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Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Life Sciences	32,692	1,547,003	72	79
2	Physical Sciences	36,175	1,245,228	117	112
3	Health Sciences	30,311	1,146,044	130	124
4	Biology	22,284	1,124,283	71	78
5	Chemistry	15,184	537,516	111	118
6	Social Sciences	15,171	506,420	94	102
7	Applied Sciences	13,732	458,444	132	129
8	Physics	9,515	313,726	216	218
9	Microbiology	4,741	246,566	23	16
10	Materials Science	6,833	233,857	160	171
11	Psychology	4,818	215,144	75	82
12	Ecology	4,165	207,414	56	52
13	Molecular Biology	2,999	199,635	138	120
14	Biochemistry	4,967	195,090	95	119
15	Cell Biology	2,262	180,468	176	122
16	Chemical Engineering	4,322	177,278	104	104
17	Agriculture	3,578	157,923	34	17
18	Genetics	2,809	149,360	119	122
19	General Sciences	2,034	145,108	107	168
20	Pharmacology	3,746	137,641	99	69
21	Biotechnology	2,239	130,295	33	33
22	Formal Sciences	5,803	125,238	135	163
23	Arts and Humanities	4,309	125,073	93	107
24	Food Science and Technology	2,493	117,187	21	12
25	Immunology	1,731	99,473	166	133
26	Physical Chemistry	3,170	98,910	115	147
27	Mathematics	4,836	95,796	138	160
28	Public Health	2,920	95,615	63	71
29	Botany	1,286	94,193	36	24
30	Nursing	2,128	87,977	93	57
31	Organic Chemistry	2,754	87,259	54	49
32	Analytical Chemistry	2,634	85,887	11	9
33	Physiology	1,753	84,488	123	120
34	Condensed Matter Physics	2,821	80,751	213	203
35	Environmental Engineering	1,543	72,521	26	23
36	Earth Science	1,948	71,432	140	147
37	Inorganic Chemistry	2,103	71,284	162	135
38	Environmental Chemistry	1,683	68,787	22	35
39	Economics	1,306	61,281	163	154
40	Experimental Psychology	1,173	60,562	22	30
41	Energy	1,664	59,657	168	162
42	Electrical Engineering	2,284	58,179	161	188
43	Software Engineering	2,476	57,264	131	166
44	Psychiatry	1,331	57,192	172	163
45	Materials Chemistry	1,545	56,645	172	140
46	Mechanical Engineering	1,909	53,806	208	230
47	Computer Science	2,309	53,705	121	145
48	Business	1,015	48,204	131	139
49	Education	1,453	47,788	156	102
50	Applied Mathematics	2,134	46,431	115	174
51	Neuroscience	1,048	44,655	163	189
52	Spectroscopy	1,411	44,122	14	17
53	Biomedical Engineering	1,017	43,297	97	77
54	Oncology	930	41,736	450	373
55	Chemical Physics	1,265	40,900	207	169
56	Rehabilitation	909	40,713	85	42
57	Orthopedics	920	40,434	105	78
58	Neurology	1,083	39,777	288	310
59	Biophysics	966	38,870	158	148
60	Mechanics	1,343	38,782	201	217
61	Endocrinology	864	36,666	154	173
62	Clinical Neurology	955	36,276	295	316
63	Mechanics of Materials	1,230	35,876	190	212
64	Geology	963	34,560	173	203
65	Veterinary Medicine	1,274	34,454	14	11
66	Clinical Psychology	768	34,241	103	88
67	Artificial Intelligence	1,144	33,066	131	110
68	Educational Psychology	670	30,238	101	79
69	Social Psychology	703	29,773	84	90
70	Nutrition	575	29,624	26	25
71	Applied Psychology	620	29,125	77	85
72	Industrial Engineering	849	28,737	145	129
73	Oceanography	802	28,699	73	80
74	Astronomy	651	28,263	235	241
75	Management	732	27,862	159	195
76	Human Geography	1,039	27,044	67	57
77	Civil Engineering	777	26,488	106	80
78	Cognitive Neuroscience	613	26,185	61	99
79	Virology	551	25,312	109	108
80	Nuclear Physics	979	25,307	161	186
81	Clinical Biochemistry	813	25,304	43	45
82	Radiology	935	24,182	199	211
83	Astrophysics	485	22,962	202	234
84	Pediatrics	678	22,638	252	223
85	Anesthesiology	530	22,286	84	75
86	Parasitology	619	21,904	51	69
87	Linguistics	1,292	21,098	47	77
88	Developmental Biology	536	21,003	130	176
89	Applied Chemistry	552	20,926	80	90
90	Psychobiology	473	20,905	111	136
91	Applied Physics	539	19,797	255	239
92	Rheumatology	399	19,437	124	127
93	Epidemiology	455	19,428	138	140
94	Sociology	632	19,391	114	106
95	Dentistry	508	18,878	188	121
96	Law	654	16,702	74	61
97	Surgery	603	16,543	540	458
98	Forestry	406	16,322	59	36
99	Gastroenterology	203	15,142	525	271
100	Structural Biology	326	14,697	133	151
101	Fuel Technology	355	14,276	184	147
102	Behavioral Neuroscience	359	14,211	112	123
103	Cardiology	328	14,146	333	275
104	Industrial Relations	294	13,990	105	99
105	Information Systems	620	13,828	164	247
106	The Arts	543	12,964	63	21
107	Pathology	479	12,847	187	215
108	Horticulture	367	12,686	56	37
109	Anthropology	549	12,517	146	121
110	Philosophy	552	12,449	121	65
111	Evolutionary Biology	269	12,194	149	187
112	Reproductive Biology	459	12,165	36	68
113	Geography	354	12,160	107	93
114	Reproductive Medicine	478	11,899	64	103
115	Computational Mathematics	401	11,504	94	144
116	Otorhinolaryngology	447	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	1,013	9,578	126	91
121	Zoology	546	9,531	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	174	7,953	21	27
127	Geophysics	186	7,936	448	387
128	Human Genetics	131	7,928	260	268
129	Acoustics	183	7,556	142	89
130	Nephrology	150	7,448	307	219
131	Systems Science	242	7,406	111	159
132	Logic	247	7,247	7	6
133	Hepatology	106	7,225	539	406
134	Anatomy	260	7,116	75	137
135	Biological Psychiatry	169	7,110	224	223
136	Optics	211	6,995	412	268
137	Ethics	125	6,768	69	10
138	Statistics	294	6,690	169	194
139	Limnology	161	6,589	69	97
140	Dermatology	239	6,277	355	303
140	Operations Research	197	6,277	62	99
142	Urology	201	6,235	300	270
143	Anaesthesiology	144	6,139	202	136
144	Mathematical Physics	322	5,906	265	279
145	Cultural Studies	400	5,810	159	94
146	Public Law	63	5,394	31	7
147	Oral Surgery	163	5,275	157	120
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	203	4,960	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	417
157	Surface Physics	138	4,687	415	417
159	Archaeology	296	4,683	97	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	160	4,515	160	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	300	313
169	Cognitive Science	52	3,705	49	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	209	205
175	Pharmacy	91	3,331	233	147
176	Geological Engineering	143	3,111	266	309
177	Architecture	190	3,035	75	65
178	Ophthalmology	134	2,830	487	502
179	Computer	402	2,828	225	316
180	Particle Physics	88	2,819	366	335
181	Bioethics	49	2,731	64	6
182	Angiology	17	2,725	572	376
183	Developmental Neuroscience	85	2,651	300	298
184	Demography	84	2,510	152	133
185	Stratigraphy	75	2,434	101	122
186	Special Needs Education	69	2,401	163	146
187	Numerical Analysis	132	2,381	135	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	466	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	213	255
197	Infectious Disease	66	1,789	195	66
198	Mineralogy	85	1,762	284	368
199	Performing Arts	229	1,747	101	138
200	Information Science	102	1,731	122	136
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	329	122
205	Abnormal Psychology	31	1,647	47	70
206	Ethnobotany	14	1,646	294	107
207	Robotics	27	1,633	414	196
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	215	296
213	Machine Learning	21	1,463	189	113
214	Computational Mechanics	69	1,443	314	337
215	Cultural Psychology	13	1,437	91	32
216	Audiology	47	1,433	108	135
217	Emergency Medicine	55	1,359	681	575
218	Planetary Science	33	1,357	279	308
219	Statistical Physics	29	1,321	711	504
220	Pediatric Psychology	16	1,286	74	35
221	Plasma Physics	68	1,267	57	53
222	Medical Ethics	76	1,252	79	69
223	Automotive Engineering	110	1,232	212	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	115	50
229	Geochemistry	19	1,060	255	308
230	Business Studies	13	1,001	293	61
231	Psychopathology	36	937	71	118
232	Occupational Health Psychology	5	911	108	45
233	Tissue Engineering	25	889	132	169
234	Systems Biology	15	886	183	122
235	Music	69	882	121	160
236	Psychometrics	11	871	62	69
237	Cognitive Psychology	29	840	37	108
238	Morphology	41	782	92	92
239	Econometrics	15	779	259	248
240	Computer Architecture	49	724	65	143
241	Religious Studies	144	700	249	233
242	Orthopedic Surgery	18	684	533	420
243	Biological Anthropology	9	674	235	126
244	Applied Linguistics	62	670	66	144
245	Renewable Energy	23	623	192	353
246	Sociolinguistics	19	620	86	39
247	Health Information Management	57	612	236	390
248	Political Psychology	8	608	79	46
249	Pragmatics	41	600	15	47
249	Neurophysiology	25	600	301	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	332	511
259	Environmental Studies	15	503	154	211
259	Geometry	96	503	36	126
261	Financial Economics	1	496	918	264
262	Neuropharmacology	11	487	358	337
263	Computational Statistics	24	485	91	135
264	History of Africa	159	479	7	25
265	Political Economy	23	447	161	224
266	Materials Engineering	27	433	584	531
267	Chaos Theory	11	418	290	219
268	Psychophysics	15	415	176	198
269	Food Studies	9	409	58	63
270	Development Studies	11	401	208	249
271	Literature	83	390	127	128
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	60
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	117
282	Economic Systems	3	317	113	23
283	Solid State Physics	39	312	327	592
284	Traffic Psychology	8	307	63	68
285	General Practice	11	289	81	78
285	Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics	5	289	223	148
287	Neural Engineering	8	279	101	120
288	Media Psychology	4	276	58	44
289	Optical Engineering	12	273	273	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	625	579
294	Electromechanical Engineering	14	259	431	370
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	152	118
300	Neuroimmunology	9	209	429	620
301	Development Economics	5	200	280	271
302	Composite Materials	12	193	294	307
303	Applied Economics	14	190	458	473
304	Clinical Neuropsychology	2	189	488	231
304	Ergonomics	15	189	465	497
306	Statistical Modelling	4	182	29	20
307	Process Engineering	7	177	202	161
308	Public Finance	7	176	121	66
309	Mechatronics	6	175	489	315
310	Medieval History	27	174	48	11
311	Consumer Psychology	7	172	75	172
312	Volcanology	6	165	264	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	495	313
318	Environmental Psychology	5	159	110	246
319	Electronic Materials	5	153	981	580
320	Special Education	4	152	482	304
321	Petrology	8	150	348	498
322	Electronic Engineering	21	147	106	148
323	Resource Economics	5	143	263	273
324	Library Science	16	140	428	469
325	Osteology	5	135	509	698
326	Theoretical Physics	5	131	1.1K	626
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	104	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	749	501
337	Religion	4	105	267	99
338	School Psychology	5	99	274	348
338	Primatology	3	99	374	347
340	Reliability Engineering	4	96	500	522
340	Structural Engineering	13	96	123	227
342	Economic Geography	9	91	63	194
343	Control Engineering	8	84	261	436
343	Nuclear Energy	4	84	365	288
345	Agroecology	10	81	23	57
346	Counseling Psychology	1	79	209	171
347	Chronobiology	1	77	583	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	284	474
354	Comparative Law	16	67	151	112
355	Rhetoric	3	65	214	109
356	Polymer Physics	5	63	422	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	237	231
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	671	563
363	Surface Science	4	56	105	62
366	Forensic Psychology	3	55	234	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	207	301
374	International Economics	4	45	314	495
374	Education Theory	1	45	987	346
374	Neuroendocrinology	2	45	474	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	189	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	331	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	46	95
392	Political Philosophy	3	32	155	156
393	Evolutionary Economics	1	31	250	219
393	Computer Communications	5	31	360	788
395	Corrosion Engineering	3	30	128	121
396	Geotechnical Engineering	2	29	456	532
396	Visual Arts	8	29	59	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	263	313
401	Sociology of Religion	4	25	106	187
404	Number Theory	8	24	305	545
404	Spanish Literature	8	24	116	34
406	Historical Linguistics	4	21	4	11
406	Laser Physics	2	21	474	552
406	Human-Computer Interaction	4	21	379	741
406	German Literature	9	21	93	48
410	History of Philosophy	6	20	47	111
410	Operating Systems	2	20	143	169
412	Psychoanalysis	3	19	146	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	457	490
417	Crystal Engineering	2	16	166	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	335	564
430	History of America	8	10	981	883
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	804	793
437	Applied Anthropology	1	3	244	325
444	Child Psychopathology	1	2	102	124
444	Modern History	2	2	339	221
444	Green Economics	1	2	76	93
444	Art History	8	2	151	383
444	Literary Theory	1	2	71	96
444	Archaeological Theory	3	2	18	40
444	Romance Literature	5	2	96	156
451	Asian History	3	1	46	120
451	Financial Econometrics	1	1	125	267
451	Environmental Archaeology	1	1	134	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	95	184

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