The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has released 'Research Fronts 2014: 100 Top Ranked Specialties in the Sciences and Social Sciences,' an annual report identifying prominent areas of scientific research over the past year.
The study identifies the top 100 hottest fields of scientific research and 44 emerging research fronts, based on a comprehensive analysis of scientific literature citations. Working in collaboration with the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences (NSLC), Thomson Reuters bibliometric experts utilised InCites Essential Science Indicators, a web-based research analytics platform and a unique compilation of science performance metrics and trend data based on scholarly paper publication counts and citation data from the Web of Science, to identify 'research fronts' built on recently published 'core' or foundational journal articles.
The report is available online at http://sciencewatch.com/sites/sw/files/sw-article/media/research-fronts-2014.pdf.
