冉冉升起的科技星（2009年3月），中山大学、南开大学、北京大学榜上有名。
RISING STARS （March 2009）
Following the latest bimonthly update to Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Thomson Reuters, ScienceWatch.com has produced a listing of the scientists, institutions, countries, and journals that have achieved the highest percentage increase in total citations from the fourth to the fifth bimonthly periods of 2008—that is, August to October 2008. These entities are singled out as Rising Stars in their respective fields.
The Rising Stars among the scientists are::
Scientist                                   Field
BENDINI, A                    Agricultural Sciences
COLLINS, JJ                   Biology & Biochemistry
SIRRINGHAUS, H            Chemistry
ULLRICH, A                   Clinical Medicine
SHARAN, R                 Computer Science
LOCKETT, A               Economics & Business
TEZDUYAR, TE            Engineering
GILL, JA                        Environment/Ecology
MCNALLY, AP                 Geosciences
NAGATA, S                  Immunology
XU, J                            Materials Science
GUTMAN, I                       Mathematics
COX, NJ                       Microbiology
BLAKESLEY, RW         Molecular Biology & Genetics
TANAKA, Y                    Multidisciplinary
XU, HX                        Neuroscience & Behavior
LICHTMAN, AH            Pharmacology & Toxicology
POIREAU, V                  Physics
BEHRENFELD, MJ      Plant & Animal Science
DEHAENE, S               Psychiatry/Psychology
THORNE, A                 Social Sciences, general
ODEGARD, N              Space Science

The University of Hamburg has achieved Rising Star status in two fields—Neuroscience & Behavior and Psychiatry & Psychology. The full list of institutions is below:
Institution                                                                                  Field
SELCUK UNIV                                                                          Agricultural Sciences
INST CANC RES                                                                 Biology & Biochemistry
SUN YAT SEN UNIV(中山大学)                                                  Chemistry
CELL GENESYS INC                                                              Clinical Medicine
PRINCETON UNIV                                                              Computer Science
GEORGIA INST TECHNOL                                             Economics & Business
CENT S UNIV TECHNOL                                                   Engineering
BEIJING UNIV  （北京大学）                                             Environment/Ecology
SWISS FED INST ENVIRONM SCI & TECHNOL         Geosciences
NIDDK                                                                                        Immunology
NANKAI UNIV （南开大学）                                                   Materials Science
OSAKA UNIV                                                                           Mathematics
UNIV HEIDELBERG                                                           Microbiology
AFFYMETRIX INC                                                            Molecular Biology & Genetics
UNIV N CAROLINA                                                          Multidisciplinary
UNIV HAMBURG                                                            Neuroscience & Behavior
SCRIPPS RES INST                                                       Pharmacology & Toxicology
PERIMETER INST THEORET PHYS                             Physics
ZOOL SOC SAN DIEGO                                               Plant & Animal Science
UNIV HAMBURG                                                          Psychiatry/Psychology
UNIV NEW ENGLAND                                                 Social Sciences, general
INAF                                                                                Space Science

Bangladesh, Iran, and Serbia have distinguished themselves in more than one field in this update period. The full list of countries named as Rising Stars are as follows:
Country                                                  Field
TUNISIA                                    Agricultural Sciences
IRAN                                      Biology & Biochemistry
SERBIA Chemistry
IRAN Clinical Medicine
PAKISTAN Computer Science
VIETNAM Economics & Business
LIBYA Engineering
IRAN Environment/Ecology
BANGLADESH Geosciences
BULGARIA Immunology
ICELAND Materials Science
SERBIA Mathematics
IRAN Microbiology
GAMBIA Molecular Biology & Genetics
WALES Multidisciplinary
JORDAN Neuroscience & Behavior
BANGLADESH Pharmacology & Toxicology
SERBIA MONTENEG Physics
TUNISIA Plant & Animal Science
MALTA Psychiatry/Psychology
INDONESIA Social Sciences, general
SLOVENIA Space Science

LWT-Food Science and Technology, Chemistry & Biodiversity, and Zootaxa are enjoying repeat visits to the Rising Star lists. All the journals on the list are given below:
Journal                                                         Field
LWT-FOOD SCI TECHNOL              Agricultural Sciences
NAT CHEM BIOL                                  Biology & Biochemistry
ASIAN J CHEM                                    Chemistry
J SEX MED                                          Clinical Medicine
PROC NAT ACAD SCI USA                    Computer Science
J POLICY MODELING                      Economics & Business
SENSORS                                           Engineering
CHEM BIODIVERS                          Environment/Ecology
OCEAN MODEL                                     Geosciences
NAT REV IMMUNOL                                    Immunology
SOFT MATTER                                            Materials Science
NONLINEAR ANAL-REAL WORLD APP Mathematics
BMC MICROBIOL                                      Microbiology
PLOS GENET                                       Molecular Biology & Genetics
SCIENCE                                               Multidisciplinary
CORTEX                                                Neuroscience & Behavior
PHARMACOGENET GENOMICS             Pharmacology & Toxicology
J PHYS CHEM C                                           Physics
ZOOTAXA                                                         Plant & Animal Science
AIDS BEHAV                                             Psychiatry/Psychology
J PALLIAT MED                                         Social Sciences, general
INT J MOD PHYS D                                             Space Science

详见：http://sciencewatch.com/dr/rs/09mar-rs/