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	Science	119	8.2K	36	79
2	Medicine	113	7.1K	41	32
3	Research	100	6.3K	29	12
4	Biotechnology	33	5.6K	81	14
5	Bioengineering	24	5.2K	51	9
6	Biology	101	5.1K	94	149
7	Biochemical Engineering	14	4.7K	35	6
8	Cytology	56	3.8K	30	112
9	Microbiology	51	3.5K	65	45
10	Cell Biology	52	3.5K	45	120
11	Molecular Biology	77	3.4K	91	132
12	Computational Biology	80	3.1K	1	12
13	Physics	32	2.7K	195	215
14	Immunology	35	2.3K	62	56
15	Bioinformatics	34	1.8K	6	15
16	Genetics	20	1.8K	78	64
17	Natural history	8	1.6K	158	253
18	Human genetics	6	1.4K	110	97
19	Proteome	32	1.3K	2	4
20	Chemistry	33	1.3K	1000	806
21	Genomics	26	1.2K	25	15
22	genome	13	1.2K	18	20
23	Host-parasite interactions	16	1.1K	11	14
23	Immunity	16	1.1K	39	62
25	Cancer	25	1.1K	103	121
26	Virulence	13	1.1K	13	11
27	Biochemistry	37	955	255	429
28	Proteomics	16	835	7	6
28	Medical genetics	7	835	699	186
30	Environment	5	672	825	467
30	gene mapping	12	672	39	36
32	Systems Biology	16	633	6	4
33	Analytical Chemistry	8	623	213	58
34	Critical Care	7	544	29	21
34	Critical Care Medicine	7	544	19	21
36	cell physiology	15	541	35	72
37	proteins	19	515	26	37
38	Virology	5	494	355	570
39	Hematology	5	465	688	171
40	Chromosome mapping	6	437	54	33
41	Ecology	6	429	1533	1003
42	Environmental Health	4	378	336	164
43	Environmental Toxicology	3	377	209	50
44	Oncology	4	354	387	155
45	Food Microbiology	6	340	129	107
46	Microbial Ecology	6	332	173	149
47	Information Systems	4	317	9	5
48	Bacteriology	3	285	313	268
49	Plants	4	266	433	307
50	Plant cells	4	253	428	390
51	Pathology	7	233	175	302
52	DNA polymerases	4	224	16	44
53	Endocrinology	4	217	232	276
53	Botany	4	217	1387	1196
53	plant molecular biology	3	217	416	334
56	Biophysics	11	216	372	539
57	Dementia	16	208	145	378
57	Alzheimer's disease	16	208	146	382
59	Developmental Biology	6	207	272	431
60	infection	12	203	11	40
60	disease outbreaks	12	203	4	19
60	Epidemics	12	203	4	19
63	Urology	4	193	143	100
64	Technology	4	168	631	575
65	Immunogenetics	1	167	188	17
65	gene therapy	1	167	176	51
65	Genetic therapy	1	167	204	61
68	Data Mining	3	164	50	87
69	Genetic regulation	4	160	67	144
70	Cell differentiation	3	148	420	558
71	Meteorology	3	142	187	187
72	Histology	2	137	368	193
73	Molecular Genetics	7	130	257	565
74	Public Health	5	129	527	757
75	Mass Spectrometry	4	126	196	131
76	Biomedical Engineering	5	122	241	365
77	nucleic acids	5	120	86	200
78	Population Genetics	3	119	475	545
78	Molecular ecology	3	119	598	683
80	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	8	113	390	661
81	Developmental Genetics	2	111	79	100
81	Cytogenetics	2	111	281	282
81	Gene expression regulation	2	111	103	86
81	viral genetics	2	111	27	62
85	Strategic planning	1	102	141	72
85	Entrepreneurship	1	102	52	64
87	Anatomy	1	99	1766	674
87	Embryology	1	99	1087	608
87	Growth	1	99	771	520
90	Biometrics	2	95	609	224
91	Neurology	5	91	1185	2600
92	data collection	2	90	47	51
93	Biological Systems	3	88	10	14
94	Industrial Microbiology	1	86	312	175
95	Chromosomes	1	85	97	63
96	biomedicine	3	78	24	67
97	Astronomy	2	71	247	239
98	mycoses	3	68	25	76
98	Bacterial infections	3	68	57	102
100	Materials	2	67	3739	4830
100	Optical materials	1	67	4110	3863
102	Mathematics	6	64	1285	1142
103	Engineering	5	63	202	250
103	Medical innovations	1	63	119	189
103	drug development	1	63	257	209
106	Evolution	5	60	270	885
106	Autism	1	60	427	301
108	Biocompatible Materials	2	56	885	1130
109	Statistics	3	53	598	524
110	Diagnosis	1	52	323	212
110	disease susceptibility	1	52	137	167
110	biochemical markers	1	52	168	183
110	symptoms	1	52	137	167
114	Nanotechnology	3	51	2080	3606
114	Combinatorial chemistry	3	51	32	78
114	Nonlinear Dynamics	3	51	89	147
114	Statistical physics	3	51	165	252
114	miniaturization	3	51	98	242
119	Nutrition	1	50	2352	1808
119	Diabetes mellitus	1	50	1025	779
119	Metabolic diseases	1	50	1016	1022
119	Diabetes	1	50	1551	1130
123	Genetic engineering	2	49	201	576
123	Molecular Microbiology	4	49	116	490
123	Stem cells	2	49	217	605
123	cloning	2	49	78	386
127	Psychiatry	2	48	1599	1988
127	Mental Disorders	1	48	1222	1015
127	Mental illness	1	48	716	691
130	Pharmacology	4	44	1602	4093
130	Pharmacokinetics	4	44	9	57
130	Oncogenes	1	44	147	308
133	Pharmacy	3	41	357	581
133	Pharmaceutical Technology	3	41	388	586
133	drugs	3	41	547	1042
136	Yeast	2	40	46	85
137	Thorax	2	38	13	34
138	Environmental Microbiology	4	37	199	1023
138	Drug design	1	37	706	537
138	arthritis	1	37	418	331
141	Physiology	4	36	1099	3708
142	biological evolution	3	35	263	843
143	Medical Laboratory Science	4	33	59	234
143	Business	1	33	327	276
143	management	2	33	612	848
143	commerce	1	33	180	194
147	Cardiovascular system	1	32	275	388
148	Zoology	2	31	913	1201
148	Bioenergetics	1	31	72	108
148	Energy metabolism	1	31	53	75
148	Molecular evolution	3	31	86	315
148	Cardiovascular diseases	1	31	155	205
148	cell membrane	1	31	51	64
154	Geriatrics	1	30	2295	2277
154	Parasitology	4	30	60	294
154	Parasitic Diseases	4	30	47	184
154	disease vectors	4	30	15	85
154	Parasites	4	30	40	223
154	RNA	1	30	96	190
154	mammals	1	30	114	176
154	enzymes	2	30	67	189
162	Toxicology	1	29	2619	2546
162	gastrointestinal tract	1	29	21	29
164	Clinical Chemistry	2	27	242	552
164	Cognition	1	27	549	510
166	Biomass Energy	1	22	283	427
166	biofuels	1	22	35	59
166	Obesity	1	22	2216	2954
169	Medical Technology	2	20	84	329
169	Liver diseases	1	20	824	1746
171	animals	1	18	285	319
171	cryosphere	1	18	23	32
171	Animal	1	18	95	119
174	Electron Microscopy	1	17	43	110
174	Vaccines	2	17	116	326
176	Sustainable Development	1	14	478	774
176	Environmental Policy	1	14	401	788
176	Economic Development	1	14	293	399
176	sustainability	1	14	60	98
180	Algae	1	13	303	502
180	Japan	1	13	586	676
180	Microscopy	1	13	580	772
180	eugenics	1	13	144	245
184	Epidemiology	1	12	1274	2062
184	Nuclear Physics	1	12	514	599
184	Astrophysics	1	12	722	915
184	Enzyme inhibitors	1	12	24	41
188	Oceanography	1	11	894	1454
189	Pharmacogenetics	1	10	111	329
189	Psychoneuroimmunology	1	10	53	131
189	Pharmacogenomics	1	10	12	67
189	poverty	1	10	36	73
189	healthcare disparities	1	10	38	83
189	Neuroimmunology	1	10	61	153
189	Socioeconomic Factors	1	10	54	140
189	Visual Perception	1	10	2681	4179
189	Memory	1	10	2704	4209
189	Attention	1	10	2689	4194
189	Perception	1	10	2698	4190
200	Artificial Intelligence	2	9	746	2344
200	Animal Nutrition	1	9	310	518
200	Animal breeding	1	9	321	490
200	Animal genetics	1	9	215	457
200	transport vesicles	1	9	234	844
205	peptides	1	8	741	1500
206	Nervous system	1	6	861	2229
207	visualization	4	5	134	1014
207	Organelle biogenesis	1	5	21	67
209	System design	1	4	8	28
210	Biopharmaceutics	1	3	86	227
210	Genetic databases	1	3	1	5
212	Evolutionary Genetics	1	2	41	124
212	Molecular Epidemiology	1	2	41	124
212	Physical Chemistry	2	2	239	1052
212	Cell death	1	2	151	389
212	biological invasions	1	2	29	70
217	Environmental Engineering	1	1	1173	3065
217	sanitation	1	1	165	438
217	protein	1	1	651	1653
217	Molecular structure	1	1	1511	3088
217	Pollution	1	1	2647	6366
222	Materials Science	1	0	2534	5705
222	Optics	2	0	881	2529
222	Photography	2	0	273	687
222	Metabolism	1	0	1745	4436
222	Signal Transduction	1	0	302	1047
222	Neurosurgery	1	0	355	1280
222	Comparative Physiology	1	0	48	159
222	behavioral medicine	1	0	149	466
222	soil microbiology	1	0	126	324
222	Respiratory Infections	1	0	204	667
222	Leukemia	1	0	147	380
222	Malaria	1	0	70	168
222	Plant diseases	1	0	441	1067
222	Membranes	2	0	79	475
222	biopolymers	1	0	546	1827
222	Europe	1	0	713	2148
222	Bones	1	0	64	233
222	Influenza	1	0	203	656

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