For Great Thinking

ScienceDirect is honoring the people who are shaping science today!

Several weeks ago, we asked our 11 million ScienceDirect users to tell us who they think should be recognized For Great Thinking! Nominations poured in from around the world. On September 1 voting began and in the six week voting period thousands of people voted for their three favorite scientists in the categories of: Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences; Life Sciences & Biomedicine; Natural Sciences; Engineering & Information Technology. Voting has now closed.

The four scientists who received the most votes will have original, exclusively commissioned portraits painted of them by Italian artist Marco Ventura and their stories will be shared with the international scientific community. The recipients of the portraits will be announced via email and on this website in late November 2008.