Name: List of Top Disciplines of Biology sorted by citations
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Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Ecology	392	23.8K	14	14
2	Science	136	13.8K	85	97
3	Biology	127	12.1K	122	120
4	Environment	125	11.3K	25	24
5	Biodiversity conservation	122	8.8K	6	14
6	Pollution	105	7.9K	25	28
7	Conservation Biology	79	6.0K	5	2
8	Wildlife conservation	112	6.0K	1	3
9	environmental pollution	80	4.8K	19	14
10	Animal Behavior	56	4.4K	9	6
11	Research	95	4.0K	90	101
12	Medicine	95	3.9K	141	202
13	Biodiversity	50	3.9K	17	12
14	Animal ecology	72	3.9K	6	4
15	Ethology	46	3.8K	9	6
16	Physics	15	3.3K	592	343
17	Natural history	20	3.2K	104	235
18	Plant Ecology	54	2.9K	23	21
19	Climate change	15	2.7K	158	98
19	Eutrophication	15	2.7K	157	98
21	Population Genetics	44	2.3K	28	52
22	Molecular Genetics	41	2.3K	43	66
23	Molecular Biology	44	2.2K	397	486
24	Zoology	85	2.1K	11	10
25	Molecular ecology	37	2.1K	59	89
26	Social behavior	15	1.7K	21	7
27	Evolution	29	1.6K	50	93
28	Agricultural Ecology	28	1.6K	13	16
29	Agriculture	29	1.6K	58	39
30	Primates	31	1.5K	8	5
31	Environmental Management	34	1.4K	18	22
32	Environmental Policy	19	1.4K	56	51
33	Wildlife management	39	1.3K	3	1
34	Botany	31	1.2K	386	522
35	Sustainable Development	12	1.2K	35	30
36	environmental indicators	24	1.2K	8	8
37	Birds	58	1.2K	8	9
38	mammals	36	1.1K	5	5
39	plant communities	20	1.0K	50	61
40	Marine Biology	25	946	40	36
41	sustainability	6	892	21	13
42	biological evolution	19	884	62	99
43	Ornithology	47	879	7	11
44	Biogeography	23	818	71	136
45	Landscape Ecology	10	735	7	4
46	Geography	17	733	111	73
47	Economic Development	4	710	100	41
48	Chemistry	9	599	3737	2468
49	ecosystem	17	596	48	131
50	Endocrinology	7	540	220	184
51	Entomology	29	529	36	55
52	global environmental change	7	528	22	22
53	Scandinavia	13	503	14	22
54	Microbial Ecology	6	499	303	187
55	Restoration Ecology	8	482	23	11
55	freshwater biology	19	482	21	25
57	Environmental Health	22	477	133	277
58	Forest Ecology	10	474	21	19
59	human behavior	4	423	202	155
59	Behavior	4	423	579	272
59	sexual behavior	4	423	46	17
59	Psychophysiology	4	423	626	299
63	environmental protection	15	422	66	131
64	Forest Management	8	409	18	19
65	Land use	5	396	92	32
66	biological invasions	14	390	10	11
67	Genetics	9	373	382	587
68	animals	10	370	38	17
69	Water pollution	5	369	129	84
70	Molecular evolution	9	349	53	82
71	Ecological Genetics	11	343	10	7
72	Environmental Engineering	10	322	131	207
73	Africa	20	318	22	19
74	Oceanography	11	312	173	219
75	Phylogeny	8	310	28	30
76	Toxicology	8	294	472	449
77	Marine Pollution	3	275	54	34
78	Meteorology	4	272	232	196
79	Learning	2	267	297	61
79	Cognition	2	267	536	132
81	pollutants	6	259	132	130
81	Environmental pollutants	6	259	213	160
83	Aquatic ecology	10	221	34	75
84	Virology	2	213	1253	1318
85	Environmental Chemistry	4	210	291	250
85	California	6	210	25	23
87	Environmental Microbiology	1	202	1096	438
88	Australia	11	180	198	249
89	Environmental Toxicology	4	172	258	240
90	Insects	16	166	35	105
91	environmental exposure	3	164	255	168
91	Plant diseases	4	164	176	143
93	forest policy	2	159	22	7
94	Plant Morphology	4	146	16	13
95	soil microbiology	3	139	90	129
96	Biochemistry	7	136	2744	4268
96	Japan	4	136	202	118
98	Europe	8	133	177	260
99	Computational Biology	4	130	433	722
100	Earth Sciences	2	119	550	283
101	rivers	6	117	25	57
102	Ecosystem management	6	116	18	43
103	Chemical Ecology	1	115	53	35
103	pheromones	1	115	52	33
105	Technology	1	103	3209	1635
105	international cooperation	1	103	156	137
107	Biogeochemistry	1	100	110	87
108	Fisheries	4	99	322	432
109	Parasitology	4	97	132	181
110	Parasitic Diseases	3	96	105	151
111	Environmental monitoring	6	95	275	572
111	disease vectors	2	95	77	53
113	Data Mining	2	90	157	214
113	Ecological Engineering	2	90	42	49
113	data collection	2	90	105	107
116	Water	1	89	1759	1294
117	Plants	3	87	753	1349
118	Obesity	1	80	3423	2293
118	Zoonoses	1	80	36	25
120	Visual Perception	1	78	4053	2045
120	Memory	1	78	4074	2063
120	Attention	1	78	4061	2057
120	Perception	1	78	4071	2054
124	Coastal zone management	2	72	36	28
124	Marine resources	2	72	34	27
124	Breeding	4	72	147	189
127	sanitation	3	70	123	332
128	Physiology	4	67	1804	3795
129	Freeze-Drying	1	64	43	14
129	Hypothermia	1	64	43	14
129	Freeze Drying	1	64	43	14
129	Human biology	1	64	507	181
133	environmental issues	1	61	61	46
134	Biotechnology	2	57	2737	3864
134	Soil biology	2	57	66	121
136	Veterinary Immunology	1	56	32	28
137	Epigenetics	4	51	6	22
137	Epigenomics	4	51	6	22
139	Mycology	2	48	211	214
139	Fungi	2	48	74	107
139	Microscopy	2	48	398	394
142	Geology	1	45	1734	1266
142	Geobiology	1	45	688	677
144	Veterinary Pathology	1	44	356	141
144	Animal breeding	1	44	399	182
144	Reproduction	1	44	1680	1324
147	Ichthyology	3	41	74	79
147	Fish	3	41	73	79
149	Statistical physics	2	40	344	435
150	Nonlinear Dynamics	1	37	269	274
151	energy conservation	2	36	552	830
152	Cytogenetics	1	35	696	1018
153	Paleoecology	1	34	115	135
153	Urban Policy	4	34	21	88
153	urban forestry	4	34	6	25
153	Paleobotany	1	34	21	26
153	Vegetation dynamics	1	34	21	26
158	Freshwater invertebrates	1	33	24	27
158	Herpetology	2	33	20	18
158	Amphibians	2	33	15	8
158	Reptiles	2	33	18	14
158	Acarology	2	33	18	25
158	Mites	2	33	28	28
158	Ticks	2	33	22	25
158	Acari	2	33	18	25
166	mutation	1	31	95	142
166	Chromosomes	1	31	164	225
168	Marine Ecology	2	28	70	149
168	Ethnology	2	28	175	305
168	Tropical Medicine	2	28	923	1288
171	Soil Science	1	26	620	735
172	Comparative Physiology	1	24	85	136
172	Wetland ecology	2	24	31	64
174	Medical genetics	1	23	5089	7872
174	Clinical Biochemistry	1	23	192	284
174	Metabolic diseases	1	23	1455	2386
174	Societies	2	23	76	162
178	Economics	1	22	2052	1800
178	Economic History	1	22	1489	1210
178	Agronomy	1	22	271	298
178	Sustainable agriculture	1	22	175	173
178	Emerging infectious diseases	1	22	31	66
178	Eurasia	1	22	24	29
184	Immunochemistry	2	21	73	188
184	wetland management	1	21	14	23
184	Aquaculture	4	21	194	795
187	Social Sciences	2	19	825	1453
187	Geophysics	1	19	4653	6461
187	Fishery management	3	19	270	906
187	United States	1	19	4928	4810
187	India	5	19	88	137
192	Mountains	1	18	91	66
193	Microbiology	1	17	4713	7716
193	poverty	1	17	73	106
193	healthcare disparities	1	17	114	154
193	Socioeconomic Factors	1	17	119	218
193	forestry	2	17	13	30
193	Host-parasite interactions	1	17	255	562
199	Plant breeding	2	16	186	443
199	radioactive waste	1	16	58	174
199	industrial waste	1	16	61	174
199	Hazardous waste	1	16	72	200
203	Regional Planning	1	15	719	987
203	Mitochondrial DNA	2	15	13	16
203	Parasites	1	15	305	554
203	city planning	1	15	530	694
207	Animal	1	14	127	231
208	Freshwater Ecology	1	12	16	25
208	zoos	1	12	12	30
208	heredity	1	12	556	990
211	Biophysics	1	11	5017	8042
211	Archaeology	1	11	337	357
213	Palynology	1	10	27	36
213	Biogeochemical cycles	1	10	588	1441
213	Intellectual Property	1	10	78	43
216	Landscape Architecture	1	9	17	18
217	Philosophy	1	8	713	661
218	Plant Taxonomy	1	6	481	823
218	Natural resources	1	6	159	353
218	Helminthology	1	6	15	35
218	Arthropods	1	6	17	34
218	Helminths	1	6	15	35
223	Latin America	2	5	49	236
223	energy development	1	5	136	300
225	eugenics	1	4	230	765
226	Mathematical Physics	1	3	878	1496
226	Wetland conservation	1	3	36	85
226	Wetlands	1	3	38	87
229	Pharmacology	1	2	6865	15051
229	Biotelemetry	1	2	4	16
229	Middle East	1	2	162	424
229	Chromatographic analysis	1	2	1614	3737
229	Liquid chromatography	1	2	102	298
234	Bryology	1	1	38	86
234	Electronics	1	1	1208	2491
234	Genomics	1	1	923	2495
234	Entropy	1	1	89	237
234	polar regions	1	1	67	210
234	bryophytes	1	1	27	73
240	Hydrology	1	0	2444	5689
240	Horticulture	1	0	190	523

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