SciTopics is a useful new website from Elsevier consisting of articles written by experts on hot topics in the sciences. Each article gives a round-up of current research, recommendations for further reading, links to selected web pages and details of 10 recent and highly cited journal article on the topic. A good place to start for research on an unfamiliar topic. Try SciTopics now at http://www.scitopics.com/
Top 5 most popular SciTopics pages at time of posting:
Measuring Research Output with Science & Technology Indicators By Loet Leydesdorff, 02 Jun 2008
Vaginal drug delivery By José das Neves, 09 May 2008
Sustainable development, renewable, and non-renewable resources By Jeremy Richards, 24 Nov 2008
Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria: Origins and Emergence By Don Clewell, 16 Jun 2008
Solid-state fermentation By Ashok Pandey, 13 Jun 2008
This blog is for students and staff in Biological Sciences and Earth & Planetary Sciences at Birkbeck and students studying science subjects at Birkbeck Stratford. Keep up to date with Library news, information about new resources and web sites, tips for making the most of existing resources, as well snippets on science from around the web.
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- Scienceblogs.com A community of science bloggers - 76 blogs and counting.
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