100 key scientific research fronts released
Reserch fronts in the report were grouped into 10 broad fields of both science and social sciences.
On April 18th, the IP& Science business of Thomson Reuters launched the report “Research Fronts 2013: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences”. The report is a breakthrough analysis of the structure of science today and identifies 100 important research areas across multiple fields of science. Thomson Reuters examined those highly cited research papers published in core journals between 2007 to 2012. Gordon Macomber, managing director of Thomson Reuters Scientific and Scholarly Research indicated that this report will contribute to the scientific community and make them better informed with significant academic resrouce. He said:” trend analysis provides researchers, funders, and institution administrators a bird’s eye view of key areas of study with the most rapid growth.”