FEATURES
An interview with:
Dr. Charles L. Bennett
June 2007 |
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Dr. Charles Bennett
discusses his research in cosmic microwave background
radiation. According to our analysis of this topic over
the past decade, Dr. Bennett’s work ranks at #4, with 31
papers cited a total of 7,204 times. Six of these papers
are included on the list of the 20 most-cited papers in
the past decade. In
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM, Dr. Bennett’s work
can be found in the field of Space Science. In addition,
he has been named a Highly Cited Researcher in Space
Sciences. Dr. Bennett hails from the Johns Hopkins
University, where he is Professor of Physics and
Astronomy.
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An interview with:
Dr. Angelica de Oliveira-Costa
May 2007 |
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Dr. Angelica de
Oliveira-Costa talks about her work on cosmic microwave
background radiation, specifically her 2004 Physical
Review D paper, "Significance of the largest-scale
CMB fluctuations in WMAP, (de Oliveira-Costa A, et
al., Phys. Rev. D 69[6]: art. no. 063516,
March 2004), which is ranked at #8 on our list of CMB
papers published in the past two years. This paper has
also been designated as a Highly Cited Paper in the
field of Physics in
Essential
Science Indicators .
Dr. de Oliveira-Costa is the Principal Research
Scientist at MIT’s Kavli Institute for Astrophysics &
Space Research.
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An interview with:
Prof. Yun Wang and
Prof. Max Tegmark
April 2007 |
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In our Special Topics
analysis of cosmic microwave background radiation
research, the paper, "New dark energy constraints from
supernovae, microwave background, and galaxy
clustering," (Wang Y and Tegmark M, Phys. Rev. Lett.
92[24]: art. no. 241302, 18 June 2004) is ranked at #5
among papers in this topic published in the past two
years. Professor Yun Wang answers a few questions about
this paper and her work in the field. Professor Wang is
currently Associate Professor of Cosmology at the
University of Oklahoma. Her partner on the 2004 paper,
Professor Max Tegmark, currently hails from MIT.
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An interview with:
Prof. Edward L. (Ned)
Wright
March 2007 |
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In our Special Topics
analysis on Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation, the
scientist whose work ranks at #1 is Professor Edward L.
(Ned) Wright, with 33 papers cited a total of 7,617
times to date. Eight of these papers are also ranked in
our list of the top 20 papers on CMB published over the
past decade. In
Essential
Science IndicatorsSM, Professor Wright’s
record includes 62 papers, the bulk of which are
classified in the field of Space Science, cited a total
of 8,893 times to date, and he is ranked among the top
20 scientists in the field of Space Science. Professor
Wright is affiliated with the Division of Astronomy and
Astrophysics at the University of California, Los
Angeles. He talks with Special Topics about his highly
cited work.
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An interview with:
Dr. Hans Kristian Kamfjord Eriksen
February 2007 |
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Special
Topics talks with Dr. Hans Kristian Kamfjord Eriksen
about his highly cited CMB research, in particular his
paper, "Asymmetries in the cosmic microwave
background anisotropy field" (Eriksen HK, et
al., Astrophysical Journal 605[1]: 14-20 Part 1,
10 April 2004), which ranks at #7 on our list of
most-cited papers on the topic published in the past
two years. Dr. Eriksen is presently engaged in a
post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Oslo’s
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics.
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