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The Hottest Research of 2011

ScienceWatch offers its annual survey of the foregoing year's hottest research, featuring the scientists whose recent papers were highly cited on a consistent basis, and presenting the papers published during 2011 that were most cited by year's end. Among the featured scientists, geneticist Eric Lander makes the list for yet another year. And the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe continues to spawn blockbuster papers.
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Commentary From Trending Scientists & Topics

Mirjam Cvetic on String Theory and Supersymmetry

Our Special Topics analysis of supersymmetry research over the last decade has demonstrated that Professor Mirjam Cvetic of the University of Pennsylvania is a highly cited author in the field. In our special dataset on supersymmetry, Cvetic has contributed to 62 papers cited a total of 2,764 times, placing her at #8 among authors ranked by total citations. In this interview, she talks with ScienceWatch.com correspondent Gary Taubes about her work.
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Shinichi Nakagawa on Improving Statistical Reporting

Shinichi Nakagawa talks about his 2007 BIOL REV paper, "Effect size, confidence interval and statistical significance: a practical guide for biologists," from the field of Biology & Biochemistry in this Fast Moving Fronts commentary. From the interview: "Our paper describes a synthesis of knowledge regarding how we could improve our interpretation and presentation of statistical results. In many biological sciences, statistical reporting concentrates on whether results are 'statistically..."
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