TABLE. Publication results of RBI fundamental research projects ranked among top 10 Croatian projects in 2003 in their respective fields of science. The list was prepared according to National Bibliography database - only research articles published in journals indexed in Currents Contents were counted.
Field of Science - Number of National Projects in the Field /Project Title
/ Principal Investigator / Rank of the Project in the National Bibliography for 2003 / Number of CC Articles Published in 2003BIOMEDICINE
/ Tumour gene therapy – correction of oncosuppressor genes / Jasminka Pavelić / 1-2 / 13399 / Gene or protein transduction andsignalling pathways in transformed cells / Krešimir Pavelić / 3 / 12
Oxidative stress and malignant diseases
/ Neven Žarković / 7 / 7Neuropharmacology of the serotonergic system / Dorotea Muck-Šeler / 9-12 / 5
BIOLOGY / Dynamics and genetics of bioactive molecules / Volker Magnus / 1-2 / 11
55 / Genes and genomes of evolutionary conserved and economically important species / Vera Gamulin / 4-6 / 6
Regulation of recombination and recombinational repair / Mirjana Petranović / 4-6 / 6
Endemic and relict phytocenosis of Croatia and their mykcoflora
/ Andrija-Željko Lovrić / 4-6 / 6Cell response to physical, chemical and biological noxa / Maja Osmak / 7-8 / 5
GEOLOGY & OCEANOLOGY / Nature and reactivity of organic substances in the aquatic environment / Božena Ćosović / 1-4 / 6
52 / Physical chemistry and biogeochemistry of trace metals in aquatic systems / Marko Branica / 1-4 / 6
Persistent organohalogenic pollutants in some costal areas of Dalmatia / Mladen Picer / 1-4 / 6
Programmed biosynthesis and genotoxic risk assessments / Renato Batel / 5-7 / 5
Mechanism of long-term changes of the Adriatic-sea ecosystem / Danilo Degobbis / 5-7 / 5
Geochemistry of recent and ancient sedimentary systems of the Adriatic platform / Goran Kniewald / 5-7 / 5
Tidal and longer-period dynamics of the northern Adriatic / Milivoj Kuzmić / 8 / 4
Multidisciplinary sedimentological investigations / Halka Bilinski / 9-10 / 3
Ecophysiological studies and stress-response in marine organisms / Čedomil Lucu / 9-10 / 3
PHYSICS
/ Impact of defects and nanostructures on semiconductor properties / Branko Pivac / 1 / 1980 / Light atomic nuclei: clusters, nuclear molecules, reactions ... / Đuro Miljanić / 3 / 13
High-energy experimental physics / Krešo Kadija / 4 / 11
Fundamental interactions in physics of elementary particles and in cosmology / Branko Guberina / 5 / 10
Heavy-ion physics / Zoran Basrak / 6 / 9
Nanophase films and nanocomposite solid electrolytes research / Aleksandra Turković / 7-11 / 8
Physics and application of nanostructures / Krešimir Furić / 7-11 / 8
CHEMISTRY
/ Stereoselective synthesis and catalysis / Vitomir Šunjić / 1 / 1470 / Reactive intermediates in ground and excited state / Mirjana Maksić / 2 / 13
Reactivity and reaction mechanism / Leo Klasinc / 3 / 11
Nuclear magnetic resonance and calculations of bioorganic molecules / Dražen Vikić-Topić / 4 / 10
Structure and dynamics of (bio)molecules / Biserka Kojić-Prodić / 5-7 / 9
Structural and biological studies of new complex compounds / Ljerka Tušek-Božić / 5-7 / 9
Supramolecular organization of gels, molecular recognition and catalysis / Mladen Žinić / 8-10 / 8
Physico-chemical effects of ionising radiation / Dušan Ražem / 8-10 / 8