Name: List of Top Departments of Spectroscopy sorted by peer-reviewed citations
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Published: 2026-09-29T14:33:47Z
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61.8K(top 5%)

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930.2K(top 10%)

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225(top 10%)

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242(top 10%)

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65.7K

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1.1M

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Top Departments (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Department	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Chemistry	13,191	306.5K	73	122
2	Physics	9,332	174.3K	67	103
4	Astronomy	862	32.9K	68	62
5	Biochemistry	1,017	32.1K	282	359
6	Astrophysics	309	30.3K	46	23
8	Optics	932	26.6K	36	33
9	Mechanical Engineering	850	22.6K	291	317
11	Analytical Chemistry	870	19.0K	54	72
12	Physical Chemistry	889	17.5K	51	89
13	Materials Science	634	17.4K	242	252
14	Chemical Engineering	778	16.6K	265	312
15	Applied Physics	639	14.7K	82	114
17	Education	784	12.1K	655	1,028
18	Chemical Physics	331	10.1K	67	76
19	Pharmacy	526	9.2K	397	548
20	Mathematics	520	8.5K	411	578
21	Aerospace Engineering	258	8.1K	186	199
22	Photonics	302	7.8K	92	103
23	Biophysics	311	7.7K	244	374
24	Biology	301	7.4K	983	1,119
25	Biomedical Engineering	223	7.2K	400	437
26	Food Science	140	7.2K	329	271
27	Meteorology	154	6.9K	71	69
28	Electrical Engineering	358	6.8K	409	492
29	Inorganic Chemistry	449	6.7K	46	95
30	Computer Engineering	246	6.6K	363	391
31	Organic Chemistry	394	6.0K	100	172
33	Geophysics	179	5.8K	126	133
34	Electronics	463	5.8K	273	425
35	Biotechnology	219	5.8K	632	706
36	Medical Oncology	9	5.0K	821	195
37	Mineralogy	171	4.9K	40	51
38	Pathology	129	4.7K	976	901
40	Quantum Mechanics	59	4.5K	4	2
41	Environmental Science	140	4.5K	446	455
42	Nanotechnology	162	4.4K	215	256
43	Bioengineering	147	4.2K	378	476
44	Geology	216	4.2K	230	287
45	Solid State Physics	177	3.9K	75	90
47	Computer Science	128	3.4K	855	913
48	Ecology	51	3.2K	970	658
50	Information Technology	131	3.1K	490	563
51	Surgery	99	2.9K	1,108	1,020
52	Applied Mathematics	118	2.8K	320	365
53	Physiology	109	2.7K	949	1,049
54	Archaeology	86	2.6K	111	94
55	Dynamics	108	2.4K	334	549
56	Molecular Biology	93	2.4K	738	848
57	Microbiology	85	2.3K	984	1,004
58	Atmospheric Physics	92	2.3K	44	61
59	Evolutionary Biology	8	2.2K	754	309
60	Environmental Engineering	132	2.1K	565	767
61	Geochemistry	155	2.1K	100	180
62	Engineering Physics	113	2.1K	118	147
63	Forensic Science	66	2.1K	49	49
64	Polymer Science	72	2.0K	129	148
65	Nuclear Engineering	96	2.0K	132	175
66	Optoelectronics	128	1.9K	131	190
67	Materials Engineering	116	1.9K	316	404
68	Atmospheric Science	76	1.8K	80	135
70	Nutrition	61	1.7K	1,062	1,079
71	Dermatology	33	1.7K	668	518
72	Higher Education	50	1.7K	505	337
73	Soil Science	37	1.7K	275	229
74	Oncology	66	1.7K	873	890
76	Geography	48	1.6K	778	747
77	Earth Science	73	1.5K	215	285
78	Plasma Physics	74	1.5K	70	88
79	Automation	97	1.5K	397	509
80	Genetics	50	1.5K	1,162	1,164
81	Catalysis	85	1.4K	170	235
82	Experimental Physics	141	1.4K	59	133
83	Condensed Matter Physics	46	1.4K	97	88
84	Dentistry	68	1.4K	824	988
86	Pharmacology	58	1.3K	1,059	1,111
87	Economics	94	1.3K	1,254	1,616
88	Biochemical Engineering	45	1.3K	179	223
89	Metallurgy	132	1.2K	195	332
90	Obstetrics	22	1.2K	1,208	884
91	Architecture	60	1.2K	656	762
92	Pharmaceutical Technology	32	1.2K	226	206
93	Toxicology	102	1.2K	481	851
94	Civil Engineering	79	1.1K	691	887
95	Petrology	27	1.1K	70	48
96	Oceanography	55	1.1K	351	427
97	Public Health	62	1.1K	1,731	1,921
98	Atmospheric Chemistry	30	1.1K	58	76
99	Agricultural Engineering	44	1.1K	237	287
100	Marine Ecology	1	1.1K	574	136
101	Polymers	48	1.1K	150	201
102	Radiology	58	1.1K	851	970
103	Nuclear Physics	130	1.0K	116	205
105	Cell Biology	38	1.0K	946	1,014
106	Horticulture	20	994	475	378
107	Statistics	64	978	1,342	1,835
108	Quantum Electronics	26	937	56	44
109	Telecommunications	60	935	384	490
110	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	117	933	156	354
111	Food Chemistry	16	911	261	215
112	Medicinal Chemistry	49	859	288	425
113	Environmental Health	32	855	867	963
114	Criminal Justice	95	834	81	203
115	History	43	809	766	730
117	Environmental Chemistry	44	751	178	327
118	Ceramics	43	745	189	231
119	Radio Astronomy	27	741	52	36
120	Applied Mechanics	68	737	188	355
121	Systems Engineering	41	735	768	976
122	Immunology	33	723	1,168	1,226
123	Medical Physics	38	711	297	457
124	Biomedical Sciences	41	706	1,100	1,322
125	General Surgery	9	685	817	466
126	Metabolism	31	683	778	902
128	Fine Arts	22	661	91	48
129	Mechatronics Engineering	36	654	195	260
130	Anatomy	30	645	1,097	1,184
131	Microelectronics	50	628	233	334
132	Painting	12	621	19	2
133	Biosensors	15	608	81	73
134	Food Engineering	24	606	357	375
135	Industrial Engineering	44	593	678	1,011
136	Production Engineering	16	588	414	374
137	Agricultural Science	13	545	507	383
138	Freshwater Ecology	8	536	260	200
139	Fluid Dynamics	31	531	136	219
140	Rheumatology	16	522	801	760
143	Surveying	28	508	248	310
144	Botany	28	494	712	838
146	Anthropology	14	454	1,222	1,117
147	Agricultural Chemistry	16	452	221	231
148	Planetary Science	22	450	104	176
149	Computational Mathematics	56	446	101	224
150	Energy Engineering	37	443	381	517
151	Animal Science	6	436	1,178	804
152	Ophthalmology	19	427	901	1,001
152	Hydrology	13	427	456	487
156	Urology	24	361	704	850
157	Solar Energy	18	357	180	234
158	Fluid Mechanics	22	352	153	199
159	Agronomy	18	343	513	607
160	Endocrinology	19	326	1,061	1,195
162	Neurosurgery	12	321	1,128	1,029
163	Renewable Energy	22	319	343	485
164	Cytology	10	317	433	408
165	Head and Neck Surgery	8	314	862	707
166	Sustainable Development	3	310	1,406	674
167	Mathematical Physics	20	304	80	105
168	Surgical Oncology	7	303	499	421
168	Orthopedic Surgery	2	303	1,173	589
172	Law	10	295	2,141	1,629
173	Ancient History	6	293	76	56
175	Information Systems	14	286	930	1,124
176	Robotics	33	279	376	708
177	Energy Conversion	11	272	330	336
178	Pediatrics	14	267	1,768	1,834
178	Project Management	1	267	804	198
178	Nuclear Chemistry	12	267	142	178
181	Medical Technology	15	263	613	766
182	Plant Pathology	13	262	450	547
184	Thermodynamics	14	259	239	294
185	Clinical Biochemistry	18	255	469	704
188	Gynecologic Oncology	6	238	337	282
190	Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery	9	229	499	532
191	Manufacturing Engineering	12	225	598	748
192	Neuroscience	18	224	1,575	1,938
193	Marine Geology	11	219	152	177
194	Surface Chemistry	42	217	64	245
195	Oral Medicine	7	215	427	419
196	Crop Science	7	209	432	457
197	Quantum Chemistry	23	206	42	80
198	Petroleum Engineering	9	203	520	533
199	Engineering Mathematics	14	200	297	513
200	Biostatistics	5	197	2,289	1,986
200	Nuclear Fusion	6	197	40	38
203	Mechatronics	21	195	330	542
203	Radiation Oncology	9	195	852	917
205	Climatology	5	192	241	194
206	Literature	14	191	443	485
207	Nursing	11	190	1,961	2,008
208	Film	13	182	373	468
209	Automotive Engineering	9	179	437	445
210	Marine Meteorology	5	176	35	27
210	Signal Processing	13	176	299	468
213	Pharmacognosy	27	173	271	589
214	Environmental Microbiology	5	171	331	362
215	Quality Control	11	170	397	548
216	Process Control	6	168	269	285
217	Computational Chemistry	12	163	158	264
218	Logistics	5	158	1,040	823
218	Pediatric Surgery	3	158	805	545
220	Diagnostic Radiology	6	154	562	616
221	Global Health	6	150	1,447	1,350
222	Zoology	14	142	1,222	1,657
222	Developmental Biology	5	142	1,240	1,242
224	Neurology	12	138	1,694	1,970
225	Acoustics	26	136	166	475
226	Hematology	13	135	1,079	1,307
227	Aerodynamics	14	132	128	216
228	Economic Development	4	127	632	586
229	Particle Physics	6	125	156	175
230	Genetic Engineering	5	121	908	914
230	Energy Storage	6	121	301	300
232	Molecular Pharmacology	5	116	730	855
232	Kinetics	3	116	587	535
236	Sculpture	4	111	37	5
237	Medical Genetics	2	110	1,384	1,113
238	Pediatric Dentistry	5	109	340	388
239	Building Materials	5	108	319	329
239	Interior Design	4	108	105	114
241	Occupational Health	11	107	914	1,382
242	Urban Planning	2	106	936	679
243	Philosophy	13	103	1,074	1,601
243	International Relations	4	103	751	609
245	Classics	5	102	230	151
245	Data Science	12	102	1,156	1,520
247	Psychology	5	100	3,298	3,271
247	Criminology	8	100	506	690
249	Cybernetics	20	98	237	658
251	Biopharmaceutics	5	96	360	490
251	Economic Geology	4	96	152	181
253	Environmental Geology	3	95	317	330
254	Medical Microbiology	7	94	836	1,072
255	Histology	8	91	908	1,143
255	Municipal Engineering	1	91	534	308
257	Pharmaceutical Engineering	12	90	348	531
259	Otolaryngology	3	86	1,395	1,256
259	Marine Biotechnology	1	86	798	579
259	Pathophysiology	7	86	934	1,159
264	Prosthodontics	5	84	417	483
265	Art History	5	82	195	165
266	Epidemiology	10	81	2,145	2,676
267	Nephrology	2	80	1,604	1,333
267	Stratigraphy	5	80	100	126
269	Clinical Immunology	3	78	1,008	977
270	Artificial Intelligence	7	76	1,315	1,585
271	Linguistics	2	75	1,076	765
272	Forensic Anthropology	1	72	76	42
274	Cultural Studies	3	67	648	548
275	Genomics	6	66	1,519	1,861
276	Orthopedics	6	65	1,017	1,225
276	Polymer Engineering	3	65	395	421
278	Textile Design	1	64	67	44
279	Sociology	3	63	2,634	2,454
280	Allergology	4	62	584	741
282	Seismology	3	59	204	226
282	Volcanology	3	59	113	124
282	Agricultural Biotechnology	3	59	654	768
285	Paleontology	3	58	266	321
285	Experimental Psychology	5	58	600	875
285	Molecular Genetics	6	58	1,213	1,595
288	Petroleum Geology	1	57	251	164
288	Health Education	9	57	827	1,450
290	Probability	1	56	721	545
291	Music	2	55	1,079	834
292	Phytochemistry	8	53	277	522
292	Computer Vision	3	53	344	448
294	Mining Engineering	5	52	627	823
294	Hydrometeorology	2	52	100	103
296	Endodontics	3	50	380	519
298	Nuclear Medicine	10	47	930	1,482
298	Computational Biology	2	47	1,324	1,361
301	Bioenergetics	1	43	428	391
301	Distance Education	1	43	708	458
303	Rural Development	7	41	660	1,251
305	Transfusion Medicine	2	39	807	888
306	Chemical Ecology	6	37	167	385
306	Operations Research	4	37	837	1,307
308	Pharmaceutical Biotechnology	5	36	455	830
308	Orthodontics	3	36	629	829
310	Embryology	4	34	1,047	1,371
310	Sustainable Engineering	1	34	481	462
312	Software Engineering	4	33	774	1,189
313	Cartography	3	32	220	352
313	Critical Care Medicine	3	32	1,406	1,571
315	Avionics	2	30	246	270
315	Food Microbiology	2	30	360	475
317	Musicology	1	29	184	131
317	Political Science	3	29	2,066	2,358
317	Hydrogeology	2	29	344	379
317	Clinical Chemistry	3	29	1,050	1,274
317	Forensic Pathology	4	29	103	262
323	Tribology	1	28	545	526
323	Neurobiology	6	28	1,338	2,033
323	Systems Analysis	5	28	578	1,134
323	Animal Nutrition	4	28	456	735
327	Information Theory	1	27	327	300
328	Epigenetics	4	26	593	940
328	History of Science	2	26	443	535
328	Hand Surgery	2	26	500	640
331	Optical Communications	1	25	281	265
331	Sports Medicine	3	25	952	1,279
333	Morphology	4	24	970	1,483
333	Functional Genomics	3	24	825	1,155
336	Dietetics	1	23	1,385	1,359
337	Photography	1	22	220	154
337	Risk Management	2	22	1,062	1,373
337	Oral Pathology	2	22	588	741
340	Systems Theory	3	21	136	279
340	Developmental Genetics	1	21	443	512
343	Teacher Education	6	20	523	1,186
343	Ecophysiology	1	20	556	632
346	Industrial Organization	1	17	105	139
346	Andrology	1	17	659	774
346	Interventional Radiology	1	17	1,068	1,073
346	Paleobiology	1	17	283	326
351	Transportation Engineering	1	16	925	949
351	Pediatric Neurology	2	16	563	754
353	Decorative Arts	1	15	40	24
353	Ecological Engineering	2	15	672	929
353	Cultural History	1	15	189	187
353	Plastic Surgery	1	15	1,309	1,353
357	Pediatric Dermatology	1	13	132	178
357	Immunohematology	1	13	464	567
357	Vascular Surgery	3	13	867	1,252
360	Islamic Art	1	12	86	118
361	Clinical Pharmacology	1	11	1,678	1,818
361	Clinical Toxicology	1	11	398	507
363	Psychiatry	2	10	2,839	3,281
363	Traffic Engineering	1	10	622	709
363	Actuarial Science	3	10	567	1,130
363	Quality Management	3	10	642	1,349
363	Naval Architecture	1	10	911	1,037
369	Environmental Toxicology	2	9	783	1,242
369	Fire Protection Engineering	1	9	123	167
369	Pulmonology	2	9	879	1,203
372	Algebra	1	8	259	316
372	Number Theory	1	8	90	108
372	Clinical Pharmacy	1	8	1,418	1,606
375	Landscape Architecture	1	7	1,187	1,499
375	Agricultural Ecology	1	7	141	232
375	Architectural Engineering	2	7	892	1,310
375	Colorectal Surgery	1	7	593	755
380	Veterinary Epidemiology	1	6	250	379
381	Theology	1	5	824	1,002
381	Neonatology	1	5	1,378	1,599
381	Regional Planning	2	5	794	1,338
381	Educational Research	1	5	989	1,322
381	Mental Health	2	5	2,423	3,045
386	Mathematics Education	1	4	536	790
386	Chemotherapy	1	4	718	915
386	Vocational Education	1	4	527	845
386	Elementary Education	1	4	315	489
386	Agricultural Machinery	1	4	334	455
386	Clinical Pathology	1	4	1,235	1,507
396	Geriatrics	2	3	1,449	2,012
396	Marine Biology	1	3	1,061	1,383
396	Radiologic Technology	3	3	77	284
396	Kinesiology	1	3	1,939	2,410
396	Cloud Computing	1	3	257	427
396	Mine Safety	1	3	167	291
396	Microbial Ecology	1	3	590	863
396	Control Theory	1	3	358	538
405	Marine Engineering	1	2	705	948
405	Pediatric Hematology	1	2	939	1,215
405	Algorithms	2	2	387	794
405	Agricultural Microbiology	2	2	494	790
405	Telecommunications Engineering	1	2	458	690
411	Industrial Design	1	1	862	1,325
411	Tropical Meteorology	1	1	165	229
411	Neurogenetics	1	1	678	970
411	Asian Art	1	1	14	33
411	Periodontics	1	1	671	1,030
411	Forensic Toxicology	1	1	262	455
419	Data Mining	1	0	557	954
419	Human Genetics	1	0	1,772	2,277
419	Neurochemistry	1	0	724	1,118
419	Experimental Design	1	0	146	292

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