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How the British Library cyberattack disrupted research

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By Jack Grove

21 November

Record early applications from China offset domestic decline

October deadline Ucas data shows drop in university applications from UK 18-year-olds, and declining interest in medicine courses, but rising interest from China and US

By Patrick Jack

7 November

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What the right’s ‘plagiarism war’ really tells us about academic writing

Plagiarism accusations that led to the downfall of black US academics and politicians have sparked criticisms of ‘sloppy’ writing practices. But these controversies actually reveal how academics are struggling with the many writing technologies now essential to their jobs, argues Genevieve Creedon

By Genevieve Creedon

7 November

Laura Trott named shadow education secretary

Former chief secretary to the Treasury set to face Bridget Phillipson in Commons for announcement on tuition fees

By Jack Grove

4 November

Top 10 researchers in psychiatry and psychology based on total citations
Data from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, 1 January 1997–31 October 2007
Num	Scientist	Papers	Citations	Citations per paper
1	Kessler, Ronald C, Harvard University School of Medicine, US	138	8,514	61.70
2	Biederman, J., Harvard University School of Medicine and Massachusetts General Hospital, US	229	6,769	29.56
3	Faraone, Stephen V., Upstate Medical Center, State University of New York, US	213	6,392	30.01
4	Kendler, Kenneth S, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, US	176	5,978	33.97
5	Rutter, Michael, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK	114	5,068	44.46
6	Akiskal, Hagop S., Veterans Administration, Medical Center, San Diego, US	144	4,869	33.81
7	Keck, Paul E, University of Cincinnati, US	135	4,838	35.84
8	Murray, Robin M., King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK	163	4,685	28.74
9	McElroy, Susan L, University of Cincinnati, US	116	4,659	40.16
10	Caspi, Avshalom, King’s College London, Institute of Psychiatry, UK	102	4,548	44.5
It can be noted that Biederman and Faraone were frequent co-authors on a number of highly cited papers dealing with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Keck and McElroy were also frequent co-authors of a number of highly cited papers concerning schizophrenia and bipolar mania. In addition to ADHD, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, depression, anxiety and autism were the other dominant subjects of papers by the authors listed in the table. For the current version, 2,190 authors are listed in the field of psychiatry and psychology, meaning that a total of about 219,000 author records were reviewed to obtain these results.
The data above were extracted from Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators database. This database, currently covering the period January 1997 to October 2007, surveys only journal articles (original research reports and review articles) indexed by Thomson Scientific. Articles are assigned to a category based on the journals in which they were published and Thomson Scientific’s journal-to-category field definition scheme. Both articles tabulated and citation counts to those articles are for the period indicated. Naturally, scientists publishing large numbers of papers have a greater likelihood of collecting more citations than scientists publishing fewer papers. This ranking is by total citations. For articles with multiple authors, each author receives full, not fractional, citation credit. Another ranking could be based on citations per paper, which reveals weighted impact. Essential Science Indicators lists authors ranked in the top 1% for a field over a given period, based on total citations. For more information on Thomson Scientific’s Essential Science Indicators, see http://scientific.thomson.com/products/esi.
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