Japanese researcher tops the list with most “Hot Papers.” U.S. makes strong showing accounting for half of the top researchers.

Philadelphia, PA USA-London UK - February 27, 2006 - Authoring or co-authoring 11 'Hot Papers' on immune-system function, Osaka University’s Shizuo Akira surpasses fellow scientists to earn the title of the 2004-2005 "Hottest Researcher." This, according to the March/April issue of Science Watch - the bimonthly newsletter published by Thomson Scientific, a business unit of The Thomson Corporation.

Marc A. Pfeffer of Harvard University led U.S.-based researchers (tied for second overall) with eight Hot Papers in the field of Clinical Medicine. Another Japanese researcher, Norio Tamura of Niigata University, tied Pfeffer for second.

“Our annual roundup of the hottest research celebrates those scientists making a significant impact,” said Christopher King, editor of Science Watch. “Having authored multiple Hot Papers is an achievement of the highest level, as it truly demonstrates their impact on modern scientific thought.”

The Thomson Scientific Hot Papers database identifies a published work as a Hot Paper if it has achieved a rate of citations in scientific journals that is markedly higher than papers of comparable type and age. The researchers named in Science Watch published the most Hot Papers in the latest two-year period indexed by Thomson Scientific.

“Hottest” Researchers, ranked by number of Hot Papers:
(Ordered by average citations per paper)

Name	Institution	Field	Number of Hot Papers
Shizuo Akira	Osaka University	Immunology	11
Marc A. Pfeffer Norio Tamura	Harvard University Niigata University	Clinical Medicine Physics	8 8
Peer Bork Thomas Nash Kenneth S. Ganezer Yasushi Watanabe Young-II Choi Raymond Frey David Strom James E. Brau	Eu. Molecular Bio. Lab, Heidelberg Fermilab California State University Tokyo Institute of Technology Sungkyunkwan University, Korea University of Oregon University of Oregon University of Oregon	Bioinformatics Physics Physics Physics Physics Physics Physics Physics	7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7
Simon Eidelman Vincent A. Miller Eugene Braunwald Max Tegmark Valery Frolov Matthew Berriman Masashi Hazumi Toru Iijima Nobuhiko Katayama Takeshi Okabe	Budker Institute, Russia Memrl. Sloan Kettering Cancer Ctr. Harvard University MIT Caltech Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute KEK, Japan Nagoya University KEK, Japan Nagoya University	Physics Clinical Medicine Clinical Medicine Space Science Physics Genomics Physics Physics Physics Physics	6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6

With 10 researchers named to the list, the United States boasts the most “Hot” researchers of any nation. Japan comes in second in the 2004-2005 period with seven researchers.

Countries with “Hot” researchers:
(Ordered by number of “Hot” researchers)

Dominating the 2004-2005 period was the field of physics with 14 of 21 total researchers listed. Three clinical medicine researchers were named this year, placing that field at second in terms of producing “Hot” researchers for the two-year period.

“Hottest” Fields:
(Ranked by number of “Hot” researchers)

For more information about the Hottest Researchers of 2004-2005, contact Rodney Yancey at 215-386-6362 or rodney.yancey@thomson.com.

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