December 14, 2014
"This year, Research Fronts 2014 was undertaken as a collaborative project by the Joint Research Center of Emerging Technology Analysis established by Thomson Reuters and the National Science Library, Chinese Academy of Sciences. In this report, 100 hot research fronts and 44 emerging ones were identified based on cocitation analysis that generated more than 9,700
research fronts in the Thomson Reuters database Essential Science Indicators (ESI). "
- The 2014 Thomson Reuters Research Fronts report
Some emerging research fronts are listed here:
- Ecological status assessment of Europe surface waters by aquatic organisms #Ecology and Environmental Sciences
- Major non-CO2 Greenhouse gas such as ozone, methane, and black carbon, as well as OH and anthropogenic sulfur dioxide in the Atmospheric Chemistry and Climate Model Intercomparison Project simulaitons #Geosciences
- Clinical and virological features of Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus infection #Clinical Medicine
- CRISPR/CAS system for genomic editing #Biological Sciences
- Polymer solar cells with enhanced power-conversion efficiency #Chemistry and Materials Science
- Inverse spin hall and spin Seebeck effects; Pt films #Physics
- Precision measurement of cosmic ray positron fraction by Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer #Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Higher order shear deformation theories, functionally graded plates #Mathematics, Computer Science and Engineering
- Control and treatment of schistosomiasis in Africa using the drug praziquantel #Economics, Psychology and Other Social Sciences
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