Thomson Reuters Online Resource Offers Key Trends in Scientific Research and Performance Analysis
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ScieneWatch.com Utilizes Industry Leading Bibliometrics to Provide Unique
Perspectives on Emerging Scientific Trends
PHILADELPHIA, PA, December 13, 2012 - The IP & Science business of Thomson
Reuters, the world's leading provider of intelligent information for businesses
and professionals, today announced the relaunch of ScienceWatch.com, an open,
web-based resource dedicated to scientific metrics and research performance
analysis. Since 1989, ScienceWatch has provided the scientific community and
media professionals with data and commentary on the people, places and topics in
the forefront of science. With its new design, this valuable resource will now
also provide its users with a customized experience.
The newly re-launched website has incorporated an innovative tagging system to
differentiate content and optimize search results. ScienceWatch leverages data
from Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge and is home to some of Thomson Reuters
most popular open-access resources, including its Global Research Reports,
Citation Laureates (predicted Nobel Prize winners), and Sci-Bytes, a close look
at trending research topics and rising scientific professionals. Other features
include exclusive data and commentary by some of the top experts in their fields
on the topics driving emerging scientific trends and research fronts.
"For the past 23 years, ScienceWatch has been dedicated to demonstrating the
power of bibliometrics by using its feature stories to provide a unique view of
the research landscape," says Keith MacGregor, executive vice president of
Thomson Reuters. "We are pleased with the additional capabilities ScienceWatch
offers viewers and its focus on the important role of research evaluation and
assessment. This new environment will further support users in strategic
decision making."
ScienceWatch also serves as a valuable data resource for media professionals,
helping journalists explore and quantify key trends in scientific research,
funding, and policy, as well as patent and drug pipeline information. Another
new edition will be quarterly e-mail alerts to keep media professionals informed
of the latest trends in scientific research.
Here are two recently released ScienceWatch features on newly emerging fields:
Galileon Cosmology Expands as Emerging Trend
"New Field of Galileon Cosmology Shows Acceleration," by Dr. Simon Mitton, who
is based at the University of Cambridge and serves as vice president of the
Royal Astronomical Society, explores the fascinating, growing study of Galileon
cosmology, which seeks to understand the biggest mystery in modern cosmology-why
the expansion rate of the universe is accelerating. Much like its focus, the
field itself is expanding at an accelerating rate. After an analysis in Thomson
Reuters Web of Knowledge, Mitton found that no papers on Gailieon cosmology
existed before the first five appeared in 2009. In just two years, this field
emerged as a rising trend, with 92 total papers by 2011 that gained an
impressive 925 citations.
Programmed Cell Death Keeps a Pulse
"Programmed Cell Death is Alive and Well," by Dr. Jeremy Cherfas, senior
science writer at Bioversity International in Rome, tracks the timeline of the
study of apoptosis (programmed cell death).
While apoptosis enjoyed a firm spot among the ranks of the most highly cited
biology topics throughout the 90s, it has apparently reached the threshold known
to scholars as "obliteration"-a state of universal acceptance in which the
foundational literature is no longer explicitly cited. Nevertheless, after
analysis in Thomson Reuters Web of Knowledge, Cherfas has found that while
apoptosis may be waning as a principal topic of investigation, it still
maintains a strong scientific heartbeat as it continues to figure robustly in
large and increasing numbers of reports each year.
Visit ScienceWatch.com to learn more about how to utilize this resource.
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