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349(top 0.1%)

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585(top 0.1%)

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59.6K

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1.6M

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34.3K

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Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Health Sciences	21,271	715,082	215	234
2	Life Sciences	15,849	593,081	259	278
3	Biology	12,291	478,635	205	246
4	Physical Sciences	15,211	444,347	409	403
5	Social Sciences	10,409	212,781	179	263
6	Ecology	3,877	154,749	60	92
7	Physics	4,252	133,809	511	480
8	General Sciences	1,267	104,876	215	237
9	Microbiology	2,425	95,129	113	143
10	Chemistry	3,258	89,921	772	753
11	Applied Sciences	3,396	88,256	673	691
12	Earth Science	2,538	87,274	88	116
13	Public Health	2,757	83,392	75	91
14	Immunology	1,433	77,536	208	169
15	Molecular Biology	1,254	67,092	381	368
16	Arts and Humanities	2,839	64,451	152	225
17	Biochemistry	1,519	52,160	487	498
18	Psychology	1,735	51,272	270	349
19	Genetics	1,196	50,137	335	375
20	Psychiatry	1,093	49,679	227	191
21	Pharmacology	1,570	45,422	375	379
22	Geology	1,305	44,996	109	139
23	Astronomy	1,031	40,617	150	174
24	Cell Biology	677	37,862	585	560
25	Virology	815	37,100	54	65
26	Orthopedics	895	32,561	110	113
27	Formal Sciences	1,899	31,526	573	658
28	Botany	1,270	31,282	40	121
29	Oceanography	950	29,940	53	76
30	Rehabilitation	758	29,856	103	85
31	Pediatrics	1,151	29,571	141	165
32	Neurology	841	28,905	370	404
33	Nursing	1,030	27,206	268	282
34	Clinical Neurology	788	26,932	363	400
35	Materials Science	1,207	26,379	1.0K	1.1K
36	Physiology	706	26,268	359	385
37	Mathematics	1,532	26,211	593	590
38	Surgery	1,207	24,295	249	302
39	Human Geography	1,106	23,950	57	69
40	Chemical Engineering	810	23,585	819	825
41	Education	1,202	23,114	198	223
42	Biotechnology	516	22,684	406	380
43	Cardiology	379	21,472	271	181
44	Anthropology	744	21,368	101	66
45	Economics	1,172	21,276	196	426
46	Astrophysics	515	20,854	188	257
47	Pulmonology	243	20,694	83	46
48	Mechanical Engineering	785	20,618	524	541
49	Organic Chemistry	753	19,724	517	535
50	Energy	669	18,989	473	530
51	Nuclear Physics	645	18,702	271	245
52	Oncology	549	18,273	727	721
53	Physical Chemistry	701	16,786	759	809
54	Evolutionary Biology	311	16,664	127	133
55	Geophysics	351	16,247	272	216
56	Endocrinology	399	15,413	392	414
57	Critical Care Medicine	283	14,961	141	143
58	Inorganic Chemistry	552	14,463	825	764
59	Business	671	14,289	279	456
60	Parasitology	325	13,577	153	134
61	History	932	13,287	137	56
62	Environmental Chemistry	223	13,160	692	480
63	Social Psychology	430	12,931	164	217
64	Zoology	572	12,545	57	91
65	Geography	398	12,499	94	89
66	Clinical Psychology	286	11,519	313	281
67	Mineralogy	398	11,126	28	47
68	Management	398	10,962	369	470
69	Epidemiology	368	10,932	177	242
70	Neuroscience	356	10,743	500	616
71	Archaeology	287	10,410	101	33
72	Industrial Engineering	280	10,374	519	417
73	Environmental Engineering	277	10,143	470	468
74	Applied Mathematics	498	9,886	715	749
75	Condensed Matter Physics	585	9,315	1.0K	1.2K
76	Civil Engineering	264	9,239	414	284
77	Electrical Engineering	529	9,222	800	927
78	Software Engineering	458	9,010	839	905
79	Radiology	459	8,290	439	551
80	Agriculture	360	8,151	620	736
81	Mechanics	377	8,138	751	815
82	Anesthesiology	222	8,123	281	264
83	Biophysics	295	8,085	599	677
84	Hepatology	118	7,614	499	389
85	Gastroenterology	163	7,559	639	527
86	Computer Science	615	7,533	632	921
87	Psychobiology	188	7,453	312	367
88	Mechanics of Materials	327	7,241	709	814
89	Analytical Chemistry	354	7,190	661	800
90	Biological Psychiatry	153	7,096	244	224
91	Cultural Studies	426	6,930	150	67
92	Particle Physics	196	6,883	181	168
93	Materials Chemistry	319	6,714	996	1.1K
94	Law	525	6,704	102	202
95	Anaesthesiology	154	6,501	184	119
95	Sociology	304	6,501	261	300
97	Hematology	222	5,847	713	712
98	Marine Biology	147	5,542	31	44
99	Biomedical Engineering	240	5,507	606	771
100	Anatomy	162	5,439	156	175
101	Pathology	280	5,340	375	496
102	Dermatology	230	5,277	369	362
103	Applied Psychology	139	5,208	434	448
104	Linguistics	733	5,200	127	267
105	Infectious Disease	215	5,103	24	5
106	Computational Mathematics	83	5,075	705	316
107	Reproductive Medicine	127	4,950	360	279
108	Philosophy	384	4,920	180	217
109	Clinical Biochemistry	216	4,850	453	569
110	Aerospace Engineering	131	4,847	443	255
111	Human Genetics	93	4,796	363	425
112	Planetary Science	72	4,667	144	117
113	Biogeography	50	4,530	47	25
114	Educational Psychology	182	4,369	369	432
115	Emergency Medicine	286	4,251	106	195
116	Gynaecology	198	4,178	321	343
117	Information Systems	238	4,151	540	731
118	Angiology	42	4,147	291	279
119	Behavioral Neuroscience	127	4,089	380	412
120	Structural Biology	94	4,079	550	493
121	Spectroscopy	189	4,039	727	809
122	Otorhinolaryngology	201	3,934	411	458
123	Applied Chemistry	155	3,917	525	655
124	Nutrition	125	3,910	323	386
125	Paleontology	160	3,845	163	188
126	Food Science and Technology	151	3,594	803	953
127	Ophthalmology	139	3,470	473	431
128	Developmental Biology	135	3,347	550	752
129	Transplantation	145	3,323	373	370
130	Mathematical Physics	121	3,308	639	480
131	Reproductive Biology	54	3,274	614	348
132	Geochemistry	59	3,241	93	126
133	Cognitive Neuroscience	143	3,138	369	610
134	Nephrology	133	3,107	338	469
135	Medicinal Chemistry	93	3,045	106	122
136	Bioinorganic Chemistry	72	2,857	172	95
137	Quantum Gravity	42	2,786	29	23
138	Experimental Psychology	117	2,674	471	582
139	Petrology	69	2,430	27	54
140	Horticulture	81	2,289	414	376
141	Rheumatology	103	2,232	531	710
142	Statistics	99	2,142	550	502
143	Developmental Neuroscience	48	2,138	514	372
144	Social Work	97	2,123	318	317
145	Relativity	71	2,109	4	44
146	Fuel Technology	86	2,106	764	903
147	Public Law	99	2,058	12	49
148	Ethics	102	2,054	101	156
148	Marine Engineering	46	2,054	270	137
150	History of Africa	335	2,050	2	2
151	Cultural Psychology	5	2,038	253	15
152	Artificial Intelligence	166	1,966	977	1.3K
153	Development Studies	47	1,949	29	38
154	Chemical Physics	134	1,901	1.5K	1.7K
155	Medical Ethics	82	1,870	69	37
156	Otolaryngology	106	1,776	192	281
157	Industrial Relations	75	1,705	486	585
158	Neuropsychiatry	51	1,697	397	291
159	Developmental Psychology	49	1,634	454	366
160	Organometallic Chemistry	45	1,632	239	178
161	Demography	101	1,608	112	211
162	Urology	106	1,589	563	779
163	Theoretical Computer Science	184	1,507	754	937
164	Thermodynamics	62	1,481	640	755
165	Physical Geography	61	1,446	169	268
166	Systems Science	41	1,428	733	668
167	Operations Research	34	1,392	515	418
168	Environmental Studies	30	1,346	57	76
168	Computational Mechanics	57	1,346	378	353
170	The Arts	244	1,219	167	502
171	Geological Engineering	50	1,196	620	603
172	Ecological Economics	20	1,171	55	92
173	Abnormal Psychology	1	1,140	528	95
174	Cultural Anthropology	22	1,138	233	205
175	Health Information Management	38	1,079	385	210
176	Political Science	62	1,069	504	481
177	Forestry	58	1,064	559	676
178	Computer	119	1,050	731	631
179	Dentistry	54	1,040	925	897
180	Marine Geology	34	1,038	102	151
181	Ethnobotany	15	1,025	273	200
182	Performing Arts	172	1,004	147	234
183	Computer Graphics	32	807	265	420
184	Limnology	33	799	416	522
185	Bioethics	25	755	128	55
186	Biological Anthropology	23	707	102	118
187	Architecture	51	672	435	391
188	Numerical Analysis	30	671	674	610
189	Orthopedic Surgery	88	661	90	436
190	African History	82	634	4	7
191	Stratigraphy	22	618	425	459
192	Criminal Law	45	572	283	352
193	Volcanology	14	567	133	136
194	Electrochemistry	25	548	1.6K	1.8K
195	Geriatrics	12	547	928	746
195	Linguistic Anthropology	19	547	105	101
197	Oral Surgery	17	544	958	709
198	Bioarchaeology	7	534	93	16
199	Optics	35	492	1.6K	1.6K
200	Agronomy	32	488	623	720
201	Atmospheric Physics	11	481	42	23
202	Applied Physics	56	475	1.5K	2.4K
203	Health Psychology	16	468	271	330
204	Personality Psychology	13	463	514	559
205	Neuropharmacology	5	447	636	359
206	Sociolinguistics	17	430	98	68
207	Solid State Physics	9	419	1.0K	472
208	Applied Economics	15	410	422	210
209	Political Economy	23	403	162	243
210	Primatology	10	398	169	140
211	Information Science	118	392	98	491
212	Applied Linguistics	19	386	292	235
213	Computational Physics	14	364	410	493
214	Religious Studies	126	363	284	412
215	Algebra	34	362	556	508
216	Family Psychology	2	348	265	151
217	Sociology of Education	20	329	32	73
218	Mycology	13	328	1.0K	948
219	Thermal Engineering	10	324	540	474
220	Cognitive Psychology	8	313	246	224
221	Philology	244	304	98	207
222	Development Economics	10	281	145	211
223	Acoustics	28	263	783	1.4K
224	Logic	25	261	380	556
225	Econometrics	50	256	91	444
226	Neuropsychology	17	253	480	777
227	Analysis	30	251	1.1K	1.2K
228	Morphology	18	246	281	301
229	Agricultural Economics	7	235	250	236
230	Natural History	19	230	147	140
231	Medical Physics	18	225	495	713
232	African Archaeology	10	222	7	9
233	Image Processing	1	213	967	542
234	Human-Computer Interaction	1	202	818	164
235	Automotive Engineering	17	198	1.1K	1.3K
236	Structural Geology	9	194	160	259
237	Industrial Management	48	192	13	209
238	Languages	30	184	29	126
238	Technical Chemistry	19	184	1.3K	1.8K
240	Statistical Physics	5	181	1.5K	1.2K
241	Pharmacy	12	171	1.3K	1.6K
242	Resource Economics	9	170	166	243
243	Theoretical Biology	9	169	411	575
244	Medical Anthropology	8	167	20	36
245	Media Studies	20	165	123	311
246	Biological Engineering	10	162	507	849
247	Reliability Engineering	5	160	422	382
247	Neuroendocrinology	5	160	245	354
249	Nuclear Medicine	83	157	97	849
249	Historical Archaeology	3	157	155	28
251	Feminist Economics	3	155	30	33
252	Chronobiology	5	154	179	196
253	Gerontology	8	150	1.4K	1.6K
254	Renewable Energy	5	145	912	1.1K
254	Music	53	145	164	594
256	Theoretical Physics	7	141	896	596
257	Materials Physics	9	139	1.5K	1.8K
257	Surface Physics	9	139	1.5K	1.8K
259	Comparative Law	44	135	33	42
260	Library Science	11	134	616	490
261	Tissue Engineering	8	133	396	697
262	Psychopathology	6	130	310	367
263	Process Engineering	9	128	135	237
264	Sedimentology	8	126	255	465
265	School Psychology	11	121	170	320
266	Materials Engineering	7	119	1.6K	1.4K
267	Veterinary Medicine	11	116	964	1.3K
267	Special Needs Education	12	116	626	1.0K
269	Clinical Neuropsychology	7	113	209	322
270	Culinary Arts	4	111	1.3K	1.6K
270	Appetite	4	111	401	495
272	Semantics	7	110	136	240
273	Literature	70	107	157	314
274	Ergonomics	8	106	733	717
275	Molecular Physics	4	104	657	516
276	Neuroanatomy	7	102	30	148
277	Energy Economics	3	101	603	717
278	Atmospheric Science	4	99	111	132
278	Neurophysiology	5	99	813	1.1K
280	Economic Systems	1	98	332	110
281	Neuroimmunology	6	96	544	936
282	Molecular Neuroscience	1	92	1.3K	883
283	Fluid Mechanics	8	90	868	1.2K
284	English Studies	53	89	11	30
285	Private Law	10	88	155	86
286	Law and Economics	2	86	469	241
287	Economic History	4	83	537	297
288	Political Psychology	1	79	418	274
289	Agricultural Chemistry	4	78	1.1K	1.7K
290	Black Psychology	1	77	173	97
291	Information Economics	1	76	140	70
292	Psychoanalysis	6	74	78	52
292	Phonetics	5	74	209	268
294	Evolutionary Psychology	2	69	197	130
295	Computational Statistics	5	68	527	676
295	Paleoceanography	1	68	306	309
297	Statistical Mechanics	7	65	913	1.3K
297	Geometry	5	65	756	601
299	Applied Philosophy	3	62	129	58
299	Composite Materials	3	62	875	695
299	Sociology of Health and Illness	4	62	155	251
302	Paleoethnobotany	2	59	153	160
303	Robotics	6	58	1.2K	1.7K
304	Crystal Engineering	4	57	84	99
305	Telecommunications Engineering	21	51	82	120
306	Experimental Economics	3	50	191	233
307	Community Psychology	9	49	179	479
307	Legal Psychology	3	49	173	314
307	Environmental History	3	49	183	42
307	Micropaleontology	1	49	73	34
311	Magnetism	1	47	2.9K	2.0K
312	Algorithms	7	45	496	737
312	Geodesy	3	45	88	87
314	Osteology	4	42	596	1.1K
315	Audiology	7	41	513	1.0K
316	Discourse Analysis	2	40	134	180
317	English Literature	16	39	208	211
318	Epistemology	1	38	230	36
319	Socioeconomics	2	37	270	292
320	History of Science	5	36	430	403
321	Traffic Psychology	2	35	275	416
321	International Economics	3	35	393	551
323	Transportation Engineering	3	34	552	560
324	Pediatric Psychology	1	33	406	447
324	Agroecology	5	33	58	175
324	Human Evolution	3	33	23	51
327	Pragmatics	1	30	753	529
328	Genetic Engineering	2	29	118	216
329	Sustainable Development	2	28	818	1.2K
329	Phonology	1	28	160	133
331	Geobiology	2	27	239	441
331	History of Europe	7	27	891	570
333	Industrial Organization	3	26	301	503
334	Sport Psychology	3	25	423	548
335	Laboratory Medicine	7	24	10	34
335	Approximation Theory	3	24	326	438
337	Environmental Economics	4	23	225	589
338	Business Studies	6	22	629	1.2K
338	Semiotics	4	22	192	186
338	Social Anthropology	6	22	85	114
338	Maritime Archaeology	7	22	34	85
338	Visual Anthropology	3	22	22	26
343	Sociology of the Family	2	21	382	681
343	Geochronology	3	21	138	371
345	Education Theory	1	19	994	608
346	Cybernetics	2	18	1.6K	2.2K
346	History of the United States	4	18	552	300
346	History of America	4	18	1.3K	712
349	Farming	3	17	14	39
350	Cartography	3	16	123	135
350	Civil Law	3	16	284	267
350	Sociology of Sport	1	16	246	282
350	Chaos Theory	3	16	791	1.5K
350	International Law	3	16	259	265
355	Public Finance	2	14	398	497
355	Psychometrics	2	14	194	382
357	Financial Economics	5	13	386	1.0K
357	Safety Engineering	2	13	140	159
357	Optical Engineering	2	13	1.0K	1.2K
357	Seismology	1	13	398	479
361	Bioeconomics	1	12	64	90
361	Knowledge Engineering	1	12	38	90
361	Data Mining	1	12	318	471
364	Machine Learning	1	11	1.9K	2.4K
365	Family Medicine	2	10	465	902
366	Plasma Physics	1	9	1.1K	1.0K
366	Computer Communications	2	9	700	1.3K
368	Macroeconomics	2	8	572	842
368	Sociology of Culture	1	8	66	78
370	Preservation	1	7	1.0K	1.2K
371	Mathematical Psychology	1	6	221	328
371	Computational Economics	2	6	289	614
371	Electronic Engineering	4	6	541	1.1K
371	Sports Engineering	2	6	178	283
371	Spatial Statistics	3	6	57	245
376	Organizational Psychology	1	5	656	911
376	Music Psychology	1	5	336	532
376	Rhetoric	6	5	135	343
376	Digital Economy	2	5	35	48
376	Computer Security	2	5	242	547
381	Social Choice Theory	1	4	361	500
381	Phenomenology	1	4	459	413
381	Number Theory	1	4	935	1.0K
381	Medieval History	2	4	477	315
381	Hydrogeology	1	4	563	975
386	Mathematical Economics	1	3	367	516
386	Child Psychopathology	2	3	59	101
386	Economic Geography	2	3	231	592
386	Ethnomusicology	3	3	2	3
390	Petroleum Engineering	4	2	121	662
390	Cognitive Science	1	2	847	1.4K
390	Evolutionary Economics	1	2	250	450
390	Production Engineering	4	2	116	632
390	Systems Theory	1	2	337	474
390	German Literature	1	2	397	250
396	Science and Technology Studies	1	1	387	669
396	Political Philosophy	1	1	290	400
396	Sociology of Language	1	1	182	287
396	Distributed Computing	2	1	531	1.2K
396	Statistical Modelling	1	1	130	300
396	Agricultural Engineering	1	1	810	989
396	Romance Literature	5	1	99	234
403	Electromechanical Engineering	1	0	1.8K	2.4K
403	Reference	1	0	1.2K	1.8K
403	Control Engineering	1	0	1.0K	1.7K
403	Sociology of Law	1	0	96	184
403	Sociology of Religion	1	0	314	484
403	Control Theory	1	0	831	1.4K
403	Visual Arts	1	0	296	359
403	Art History	1	0	526	594
403	Missiology	1	0	62	117
403	Literary Theory	1	0	71	150
403	Paleopathology	1	0	151	354
403	Archaeological Theory	1	0	36	71
403	Information Theory	1	0	962	1.6K
403	Applied Anthropology	1	0	244	441

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