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This month, in-cites talks with Dr. Helen Berman about her team’s paper, "The Protein Data Bank" (Berman HM, et al., Nucl. Acid. Res. 28[1]: 235-42, 1 January 2000). According to Essential Science Indicators, this paper is currently ranked at #4 among Biology & Biochemistry papers published in the past decade, with 5,006 total cites. Dr. Berman is a Professor in the Chemistry and Chemical Biology Department at Rutgers University.» Over the past several months, the journal Small has been consistently achieving the highest percent increase in citations in the field of Materials Science. According to Essential Science Indicator, the current citation record for this Rising Star includes 469 papers cited a total of 2,059 times. Small is a relatively new journal, published by the Wiley-Blackwell Group. In this interview, in-cites talks with Small’s Editor, Graeme Horley, about the journal’s history and citation achievements.» Profile and updated rankings for the United States of America among the 145 top-performing countries in all fields and all countries. This profile also contains individual rankings for the U.S. across all fields as well as all countries.»	In this interview, we talk with Professor Tim Butler about his highly cited work on gentrification. According to a recent analysis of Essential Science Indicators data, Professor Butler's work has entered the top 1% in the field of Social Sciences. Professor Butler’s current record in this field includes 10 papers cited a total of 140 times to date. At present, he is the Head of the department of Geography at King’s College, London.» This month, in-cites talks with representatives of the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, about the institution’s citation achievements in the field of Computer Science.  The current citation record for the University in this field includes 218 papers cited a total of 695 times.» The Ten Most-Cited Journals of 2006 Science in the United Kingdom, and Switzerland Canadian Universities: Most Prolific in Library & Information Science Journals Ranked by Impact in: Pathology Australian Universities: Highest Impact in Mechanical Engineering Philosophy: Most Prolific U.S. Institutions, 2002-06
The Ten Most-Cited Journals of 2006 The Hottest Research of 2005-06. "Super Hot" Papers in Science Published Since 2003. Twenty Years of Citation Superstars!. The 100 Most-Cited Scientists in: Biology & Biochemistry, Chemistry, Economics & Business, Immunology, Microbiology, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Neuroscience, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Physics. Time period: 1996-June 30, 2006. Feeds for the editorial Web sites of Essential Science Indicators.