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Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Life Sciences	32,783	1,547,461	72	79
2	Physical Sciences	36,277	1,245,801	117	112
3	Health Sciences	30,382	1,146,235	130	124
4	Biology	22,351	1,124,655	71	78
5	Chemistry	15,236	537,977	111	117
6	Social Sciences	15,192	506,464	94	103
7	Applied Sciences	13,775	458,853	132	129
8	Physics	9,529	313,970	217	218
9	Microbiology	4,756	246,596	23	16
10	Materials Science	6,855	234,089	161	171
11	Psychology	4,825	215,149	75	82
12	Ecology	4,180	207,471	56	52
13	Molecular Biology	3,018	199,651	136	120
14	Biochemistry	4,990	195,102	95	119
15	Cell Biology	2,270	180,484	176	122
16	Chemical Engineering	4,343	177,462	104	104
17	Agriculture	3,584	157,942	34	17
18	Genetics	2,818	149,426	120	122
19	General Sciences	2,034	145,108	107	169
20	Pharmacology	3,760	137,658	99	69
21	Biotechnology	2,246	130,468	32	33
22	Formal Sciences	5,820	125,269	135	163
23	Arts and Humanities	4,314	125,085	94	107
24	Food Science and Technology	2,497	117,188	21	12
25	Immunology	1,732	99,517	166	133
26	Physical Chemistry	3,175	98,911	118	147
27	Mathematics	4,843	95,808	137	160
28	Public Health	2,924	95,617	63	71
29	Botany	1,287	94,209	36	24
30	Nursing	2,132	87,985	93	57
31	Organic Chemistry	2,765	87,468	54	49
32	Analytical Chemistry	2,650	85,891	11	9
33	Physiology	1,756	84,504	123	120
34	Condensed Matter Physics	2,829	80,945	213	202
35	Environmental Engineering	1,545	72,524	26	23
36	Inorganic Chemistry	2,113	71,491	161	133
37	Earth Science	1,952	71,442	140	147
38	Environmental Chemistry	1,685	68,790	22	36
39	Economics	1,308	61,287	163	154
40	Experimental Psychology	1,177	60,564	23	30
41	Energy	1,668	60,020	168	161
42	Electrical Engineering	2,289	58,370	161	188
43	Software Engineering	2,488	57,291	131	166
44	Psychiatry	1,332	57,193	173	163
45	Materials Chemistry	1,551	56,680	171	140
46	Mechanical Engineering	1,917	53,811	209	230
47	Computer Science	2,319	53,724	121	145
48	Business	1,017	48,210	132	139
49	Education	1,453	47,788	158	102
50	Applied Mathematics	2,140	46,442	116	174
51	Neuroscience	1,051	44,656	163	189
52	Spectroscopy	1,415	44,122	14	17
53	Biomedical Engineering	1,018	43,297	97	77
54	Oncology	933	41,755	451	372
55	Chemical Physics	1,268	40,901	205	169
56	Rehabilitation	913	40,713	83	42
57	Orthopedics	923	40,434	105	78
58	Neurology	1,087	39,777	287	310
59	Biophysics	968	38,870	158	148
60	Mechanics	1,344	38,783	202	217
61	Endocrinology	867	36,678	154	173
62	Clinical Neurology	959	36,276	295	316
63	Mechanics of Materials	1,231	35,877	189	212
64	Geology	967	34,570	175	203
65	Veterinary Medicine	1,275	34,454	15	11
66	Clinical Psychology	769	34,242	103	88
67	Artificial Intelligence	1,147	33,069	131	110
68	Educational Psychology	670	30,238	101	79
69	Social Psychology	704	29,773	84	90
70	Nutrition	575	29,624	26	25
71	Applied Psychology	621	29,125	77	85
72	Industrial Engineering	852	28,739	145	129
73	Oceanography	802	28,699	74	80
74	Astronomy	652	28,263	235	241
75	Management	733	27,862	160	195
76	Human Geography	1,043	27,056	67	56
77	Civil Engineering	777	26,488	106	80
78	Cognitive Neuroscience	615	26,186	61	99
79	Clinical Biochemistry	824	25,314	43	45
80	Virology	554	25,312	109	108
81	Nuclear Physics	979	25,307	161	186
82	Radiology	936	24,191	201	211
83	Astrophysics	485	22,962	202	234
84	Pediatrics	679	22,638	252	223
85	Anesthesiology	532	22,288	83	75
86	Parasitology	619	21,904	51	69
87	Linguistics	1,294	21,099	47	77
88	Developmental Biology	536	21,003	130	176
89	Applied Chemistry	553	20,927	80	90
90	Psychobiology	473	20,905	111	136
91	Applied Physics	540	19,798	255	239
92	Rheumatology	399	19,437	124	127
93	Epidemiology	455	19,428	138	141
94	Sociology	632	19,391	114	106
95	Dentistry	510	18,894	188	121
96	Law	655	16,702	74	61
97	Surgery	605	16,559	540	458
98	Forestry	407	16,339	60	35
99	Gastroenterology	203	15,142	528	271
100	Structural Biology	328	14,697	133	151
101	Fuel Technology	357	14,447	184	144
102	Behavioral Neuroscience	359	14,211	112	123
103	Cardiology	328	14,146	333	276
104	Industrial Relations	295	13,996	104	99
105	Information Systems	627	13,838	158	247
106	The Arts	544	12,964	63	21
107	Pathology	479	12,847	189	215
108	Horticulture	367	12,686	57	37
109	Anthropology	553	12,529	146	121
110	Philosophy	553	12,457	121	65
111	Evolutionary Biology	269	12,194	151	186
112	Reproductive Biology	460	12,165	36	68
113	Geography	354	12,160	108	93
114	Reproductive Medicine	479	11,901	63	103
115	Computational Mathematics	401	11,504	94	144
116	Otorhinolaryngology	448	11,233	136	154
117	Culinary Arts	231	10,807	16	8
118	Critical Care Medicine	173	10,651	268	205
119	Theoretical Computer Science	969	10,596	109	179
120	History	1,018	9,590	126	91
121	Zoology	551	9,550	65	134
122	Hematology	365	9,254	482	512
123	Personality Psychology	166	9,006	16	39
124	Developmental Psychology	259	8,521	46	69
125	Electrochemistry	258	8,387	272	330
126	Agricultural Chemistry	175	7,954	21	27
127	Geophysics	186	7,936	448	387
128	Human Genetics	131	7,928	261	269
129	Acoustics	183	7,556	142	89
130	Nephrology	152	7,448	305	219
131	Systems Science	242	7,406	112	159
132	Logic	247	7,247	7	6
133	Hepatology	106	7,225	543	407
134	Anatomy	260	7,116	75	138
135	Biological Psychiatry	169	7,110	224	223
136	Optics	211	6,995	415	268
137	Ethics	126	6,776	67	10
138	Statistics	294	6,690	171	196
139	Limnology	161	6,589	69	97
140	Dermatology	239	6,277	357	303
140	Operations Research	197	6,277	64	99
142	Urology	202	6,237	299	270
143	Anaesthesiology	145	6,139	202	136
144	Mathematical Physics	323	5,908	265	279
145	Cultural Studies	400	5,810	159	94
146	Public Law	63	5,394	31	7
147	Oral Surgery	165	5,291	156	119
148	Food Safety	143	5,217	21	15
149	Appetite	79	5,181	13	10
150	Photonics	146	5,156	68	95
151	Marine Biology	138	5,109	37	49
152	Mycology	150	5,106	87	78
153	Pulmonology	96	5,069	273	287
154	Paleontology	205	4,967	108	136
155	Technical Chemistry	228	4,834	64	33
156	Organizational Psychology	65	4,705	6	5
157	Materials Physics	138	4,687	415	418
157	Surface Physics	138	4,687	415	418
159	Archaeology	296	4,683	99	109
160	Social Work	238	4,682	132	172
161	Marine Geology	70	4,679	31	21
162	Neuropsychology	128	4,576	48	82
163	Thermodynamics	175	4,518	230	290
164	Agronomy	162	4,515	157	105
165	Marine Engineering	93	4,466	100	42
166	Gynaecology	179	4,354	356	328
167	Nuclear Medicine	139	3,787	39	64
168	Aerospace Engineering	189	3,757	301	313
169	Cognitive Science	53	3,706	47	50
170	Political Science	192	3,701	232	228
171	Medical Physics	108	3,557	94	74
172	Magnetism	171	3,551	92	65
173	Biogeography	42	3,398	65	47
174	Geriatrics	72	3,377	211	205
175	Pharmacy	91	3,331	233	147
176	Geological Engineering	143	3,111	267	309
177	Architecture	191	3,038	74	65
178	Ophthalmology	135	2,837	484	502
179	Computer	402	2,828	225	316
180	Particle Physics	88	2,819	368	336
181	Bioethics	49	2,731	64	6
182	Angiology	17	2,725	572	376
183	Developmental Neuroscience	85	2,651	300	300
184	Demography	84	2,510	152	133
185	Stratigraphy	75	2,434	101	122
186	Special Needs Education	69	2,401	165	147
187	Numerical Analysis	133	2,381	134	214
188	Bioinorganic Chemistry	86	2,339	129	143
189	Organometallic Chemistry	80	2,275	105	109
190	Neuropsychiatry	71	2,252	286	229
191	Transplantation	108	2,190	467	515
192	Medicinal Chemistry	79	2,096	147	201
193	Physical Geography	68	2,037	146	207
194	Biological Psychology	38	2,020	10	20
195	Fishery	38	2,000	18	6
196	Otolaryngology	98	1,977	214	255
197	Infectious Disease	66	1,789	196	66
198	Mineralogy	85	1,762	284	368
199	Performing Arts	230	1,747	101	138
200	Information Science	104	1,739	118	135
201	Biological Engineering	44	1,716	106	135
202	Computer Graphics	32	1,693	265	259
203	Image Processing	27	1,681	115	152
204	Cultural Anthropology	17	1,659	330	122
205	Abnormal Psychology	31	1,647	47	70
206	Ethnobotany	14	1,646	295	107
207	Robotics	27	1,633	415	197
208	Criminal Law	127	1,617	85	166
209	Analysis	143	1,590	227	312
210	Ecological Economics	19	1,540	58	67
211	Sustainable Development	34	1,515	98	94
211	Gerontology	83	1,515	216	296
213	Machine Learning	21	1,463	189	114
214	Computational Mechanics	69	1,443	315	337
215	Cultural Psychology	13	1,437	91	32
216	Audiology	47	1,433	108	135
217	Emergency Medicine	55	1,359	684	575
218	Planetary Science	33	1,357	280	308
219	Statistical Physics	29	1,321	711	504
220	Pediatric Psychology	16	1,286	74	35
221	Plasma Physics	68	1,267	58	53
222	Medical Ethics	77	1,260	78	69
223	Automotive Engineering	110	1,232	213	393
224	Computational Physics	47	1,141	118	243
225	Linguistic Anthropology	23	1,113	87	48
226	Health Psychology	32	1,079	124	167
227	Agricultural Economics	16	1,070	138	77
227	Philology	222	1,070	116	50
229	Geochemistry	19	1,060	256	308
230	Business Studies	14	1,007	267	61
231	Psychopathology	37	940	69	117
232	Occupational Health Psychology	5	911	108	45
233	Tissue Engineering	25	889	133	169
234	Systems Biology	15	886	183	122
235	Music	69	882	122	160
236	Psychometrics	11	871	62	69
237	Cognitive Psychology	29	840	38	108
238	Morphology	41	782	95	93
239	Econometrics	15	779	259	248
240	Computer Architecture	49	724	65	143
241	Religious Studies	144	700	250	233
242	Orthopedic Surgery	18	684	533	420
243	Biological Anthropology	9	674	235	126
244	Applied Linguistics	62	670	68	144
245	Renewable Energy	23	623	192	353
246	Sociolinguistics	19	620	86	39
247	Health Information Management	57	612	241	390
248	Political Psychology	8	608	80	46
249	Pragmatics	41	600	15	47
249	Neurophysiology	26	600	295	477
251	Sociology of the Family	12	596	115	117
252	Algebra	73	567	266	347
252	Sedimentology	19	567	96	143
254	Metabolic Engineering	9	545	61	67
255	Thermal Engineering	29	534	208	301
256	Hydrogeology	22	533	19	47
257	Law and Economics	30	529	18	45
258	Fluid Mechanics	35	509	333	511
259	Environmental Studies	15	503	156	211
259	Geometry	96	503	36	126
261	Financial Economics	1	496	919	264
262	History of Africa	163	491	7	25
263	Neuropharmacology	11	487	358	337
264	Computational Statistics	24	485	91	135
265	Political Economy	23	447	162	224
266	Materials Engineering	27	433	588	531
267	Chaos Theory	11	418	291	219
268	Psychophysics	15	415	176	198
269	Food Studies	9	409	58	63
270	Development Studies	11	401	209	249
271	Literature	83	390	129	129
272	Sociology of Health and Illness	9	379	83	69
273	Information Theory	19	368	197	284
274	Media Studies	24	364	94	159
274	Languages	52	364	8	61
276	Geochronology	7	360	56	40
277	Sociology of Education	9	347	79	69
278	Energy Economics	5	333	391	315
279	Cybernetics	14	331	518	664
280	Discourse Analysis	5	328	49	22
281	Macroeconomics	11	325	168	118
282	Economic Systems	3	317	113	23
283	Solid State Physics	39	312	328	592
284	Traffic Psychology	8	307	63	68
285	General Practice	11	289	81	78
285	Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics	5	289	225	148
287	Neural Engineering	8	279	101	120
288	Media Psychology	4	276	58	44
289	Optical Engineering	12	273	274	116
290	Social Choice Theory	10	270	52	45
291	Family Medicine	14	267	121	147
291	Structural Geology	8	267	178	207
293	Statistical Mechanics	12	263	626	579
294	Electromechanical Engineering	14	259	433	372
295	Medical Sociology	7	238	71	91
296	Mathematical Psychology	10	237	38	72
297	Computer Vision	3	235	222	204
298	Family Psychology	5	226	163	201
299	History of Europe	79	211	153	118
300	Neuroimmunology	9	209	430	620
301	Development Economics	5	200	280	271
302	Composite Materials	12	193	295	307
303	Applied Economics	14	190	458	473
304	Clinical Neuropsychology	2	189	488	231
304	Ergonomics	15	189	467	497
306	Statistical Modelling	4	182	29	20
307	Process Engineering	7	177	204	161
308	Public Finance	7	176	121	66
309	Mechatronics	6	175	489	315
310	Medieval History	27	174	51	11
311	Consumer Psychology	7	172	76	172
312	Volcanology	6	165	265	325
312	Paleoethnobotany	10	165	31	66
314	Theoretical Biology	10	164	373	589
315	Legal Psychology	5	163	112	144
315	Evolutionary Psychology	10	163	36	52
315	Algorithms	7	163	496	313
318	Environmental Psychology	5	159	110	246
319	Electronic Materials	5	153	982	580
320	Special Education	4	152	482	304
321	Petrology	8	150	349	498
322	Electronic Engineering	21	147	106	148
323	Resource Economics	5	143	263	273
324	Library Science	16	140	430	469
325	Osteology	5	135	509	698
326	Theoretical Physics	5	131	1.1K	627
327	Transportation Engineering	13	127	160	201
328	Music Psychology	12	116	27	86
328	Civil Law	11	116	103	83
328	History of Science	28	116	108	207
328	International Law	11	116	95	83
328	Paleoceanography	4	116	144	251
333	Atmospheric Science	4	112	111	116
334	Data Mining	10	111	19	125
335	Psycholinguistics	2	110	242	190
336	Molecular Physics	3	109	754	501
337	Religion	4	105	267	99
338	School Psychology	5	99	276	348
338	Primatology	3	99	374	347
340	Reliability Engineering	4	96	501	522
340	Structural Engineering	13	96	124	227
342	Economic Geography	9	91	63	194
343	Control Engineering	8	84	264	437
343	Nuclear Energy	4	84	367	289
345	Agroecology	10	81	23	57
346	Counseling Psychology	1	79	209	171
347	Chronobiology	1	77	584	341
348	Phonetics	6	72	182	275
348	Natural History	9	72	331	387
348	Medical Anthropology	2	72	126	94
351	Private Law	12	71	117	109
352	Socioeconomics	1	69	436	172
353	Astrobiology	5	68	285	474
354	Comparative Law	16	67	151	112
355	Rhetoric	3	65	214	109
356	Polymer Physics	5	63	429	641
357	Natural Language Processing	6	62	41	61
357	Intellectual History	12	62	50	47
359	Science and Technology Studies	4	61	173	282
359	Computational Neuroscience	2	61	253	233
361	English Literature	30	59	89	146
362	Computational Economics	6	57	63	128
363	Preservation	5	56	344	363
363	Industrial Management	2	56	676	563
363	Surface Science	4	56	105	62
366	Forensic Psychology	3	55	235	268
367	Sociology of Sport	4	52	94	153
368	Economic History	7	51	410	381
368	Systems Neuroscience	2	51	195	273
370	Positive Psychology	1	50	331	237
371	Monetary Economics	1	49	433	302
371	English Studies	22	49	54	69
373	Historical Archaeology	4	46	123	119
374	Computational Linguistics	3	45	208	301
374	International Economics	4	45	314	495
374	Education Theory	1	45	994	346
374	Neuroendocrinology	2	45	475	661
378	Petroleum Geology	1	44	154	119
379	Geobiology	3	43	177	354
379	Quantum Gravity	5	43	334	642
381	Knowledge Economy	1	42	191	92
381	Molecular Neuroscience	2	42	950	1.3K
383	Sport Psychology	4	39	341	431
383	Criminal Psychology	2	39	124	89
383	Epistemology	6	39	46	34
386	Approximation Theory	7	36	185	370
387	Semiotics	2	35	332	124
388	Mathematical Sociology	1	34	108	88
389	Applied Philosophy	6	33	68	90
389	Statistical Theory	6	33	42	39
389	African Archaeology	3	33	47	95
392	Political Philosophy	3	32	155	156
393	Evolutionary Economics	1	31	250	219
393	Computer Communications	5	31	361	788
395	Corrosion Engineering	3	30	128	121
396	Geotechnical Engineering	2	29	456	532
396	Visual Arts	8	29	60	41
398	Reference	4	28	522	490
399	Comparative Psychology	2	27	175	301
399	Human Evolution	3	27	23	60
401	Phenomenology	1	25	459	163
401	Bioarchaeology	2	25	267	313
401	Sociology of Religion	4	25	107	187
404	Number Theory	8	24	305	545
404	Spanish Literature	8	24	117	34
406	Historical Linguistics	4	21	4	11
406	Laser Physics	2	21	475	552
406	Human-Computer Interaction	4	21	380	741
406	German Literature	9	21	93	48
410	History of Philosophy	6	20	47	111
410	Operating Systems	2	20	144	169
412	Psychoanalysis	3	19	147	165
412	African History	7	19	128	210
414	Linguistic Typology	3	18	45	67
415	Psychology of Religion	1	17	236	269
415	Semantics	3	17	290	550
417	Welding	2	16	459	490
417	Crystal Engineering	2	16	167	257
417	Architectural Engineering	2	16	75	124
417	Distributed Computing	3	16	396	788
417	Control Theory	2	16	617	790
417	Parallel Computing	7	16	108	450
423	Nanomaterials	1	15	1.4K	1.3K
423	Quality Engineering	1	15	284	228
425	Cartography	2	13	160	160
425	Industrial Organization	1	13	545	630
427	European History	4	12	283	176
427	Sociology of Language	3	12	56	112
427	Social Anthropology	3	12	157	169
430	Public Economics	1	10	426	633
430	Surface Engineering	2	10	336	564
430	History of America	8	10	985	885
430	Ethnography	2	10	69	271
434	Feminist Economics	1	8	110	257
435	Relativity	3	6	605	1.1K
436	Community Psychology	2	4	449	997
437	Genetic Engineering	2	3	118	578
437	Animal Husbandry	2	3	45	77
437	Sports Engineering	1	3	259	358
437	Agrophysics	1	3	34	111
437	Ancient History	4	3	59	67
437	Agricultural Engineering	1	3	810	795
437	Applied Anthropology	1	3	244	325
444	Child Psychopathology	1	2	102	124
444	Modern History	2	2	340	221
444	Green Economics	1	2	76	93
444	Art History	9	2	139	383
444	Literary Theory	1	2	71	96
444	Archaeological Theory	3	2	18	40
444	Romance Literature	5	2	99	156
451	Asian History	3	1	46	120
451	Financial Econometrics	1	1	125	267
451	Environmental Archaeology	1	1	140	276
451	Conflict Archaeology	1	1	19	45
455	Military Psychology	1	0	174	368
455	Telecommunications Engineering	1	0	1.4K	1.7K
455	Sociology of Law	1	0	96	184

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