The Hottest Research of 1997

摘要

It was a year in which science made headlines—when a lamb named Dolly came on like a lion, and the Pathfinder mission bounced to a perfect Martian landing. And, as always, Science Watch was watching. Here is the annual citation roundup for 1997: above, those scientists who, at year's end, could boast the greatest number of highly cited papers published during the preceding two years, according to the latest update of ISI's Hot Papers Database. Page 2 features the reports (excluding reviews) published in 1997 that had garnered the most citations by December.