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In the international scientific community,
the number of times a publication is cited provides a means to evaluate
the quality of research and its impact. It also represents a genuine sign
of recognition. The Institute for Scientific Information (1)(ISI), which
promotes innovative scientific research at the international level, selected
an article by a team of CNRS chemists to be on its "most-cited"
list.
The Institute for Scientific Information measures the impact of research
papers published in scientific journals by taking into account the citation
index for all the literature in a given field. In July 2003, an article
by CNRS Research Director Dominique Massiot and his team (2) was chosen
as a "New Hot Paper," and is described as "one of the most
cited recent papers in the field of engineering." The article, entitled
"Modelling one and two-dimensional solid-state NMR spectra,"
was published in early 2002 in the journal Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
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This article describes the possibilities offered by a program developed
by the CNRS "Centre de recherche sur les matériaux à
haute température" (Research Center for High Temperature Materials)
in Orleans. The article is freely available and can be downloaded from
the laboratory's web site (4). The program enables the modelling of nuclear
magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra in one or two dimensions for solids or
liquids.
This technique has become one of the tools of choice for the characterization
of classic inorganic materials (glass, ceramic, cement) and of innovative
materials (organic-inorganic hybrids, nanomaterials) as well as the various
methods used to synthesize them.
1 - http://esi-topics.com/
2 - F. Fayon, M. Capron, I. King, S. Le Calvé, B. Alonso, JO. Durand,
B. Bujoli, Z. Gan, G. Hoaston.
3 - D. Massiot, F. Fayon, M. Capron, I. King, S. Le Calvé, B. Alonso,
JO. Durand, B. Bujoli, Z. Gan, G. Hoaston, Magn. Reson. Chem.,
40 (1), 70-76 (2002)
4 - http://crmht-europe.cnrs-orleans.fr
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