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	Biotechnology	169	10.7K	21	19
2	Molecular Biology	92	4.6K	142	211
3	Pollution	97	4.4K	30	75
4	Biochemistry	109	4.3K	119	157
5	Technology	51	4.0K	50	31
6	Microbiology	83	3.5K	66	102
7	Biomedical Engineering	39	3.3K	40	20
8	Bioengineering	74	3.1K	21	50
9	Botany	46	2.9K	232	190
10	Science	48	2.8K	286	520
11	Biology	45	2.8K	577	603
12	Environmental Health	38	2.7K	82	60
13	Toxicology	66	2.7K	45	40
14	Chemistry	51	2.2K	937	907
15	environmental pollution	73	2.2K	23	39
16	Medicine	52	2.1K	293	380
17	Biochemical Engineering	21	1.8K	52	68
18	Environmental Engineering	18	1.7K	73	47
19	Plant genetic engineering	28	1.6K	20	35
20	Environmental pollutants	38	1.6K	21	22
21	environmental protection	18	1.6K	52	32
22	pollutants	36	1.6K	17	20
23	Industrial Microbiology	16	1.5K	31	14
24	Plant Biotechnology	23	1.5K	29	38
25	Plants	16	1.4K	168	106
26	Pharmacology	34	1.3K	213	242
27	Ecology	35	1.2K	506	784
28	Biophysics	20	1.2K	328	164
29	Genetic engineering	12	1.1K	45	31
30	Research	45	1.0K	236	417
31	Environmental Toxicology	22	994	44	49
32	sanitation	12	971	42	49
33	Cytology	18	963	337	744
34	Oxidation-reduction	5	944	21	10
35	free radicals	3	941	108	23
36	Environmental monitoring	26	913	56	71
37	Genetics	4	909	814	260
38	Environmental Chemistry	28	905	25	61
39	Oxidative stress	2	897	89	9
40	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	34	889	72	102
41	Cell Biology	20	874	409	965
42	plant molecular biology	17	858	100	171
43	environmental exposure	12	822	58	32
44	Immunology	13	767	375	461
45	Environment	15	636	413	950
46	pain	17	618	38	49
47	Physics	12	591	736	1278
48	Medical Laboratory Science	10	563	39	39
49	Cancer	12	543	440	587
50	Clinical Chemistry	18	522	38	70
51	Insects	11	503	63	37
52	Nanotechnology	10	497	1077	1123
53	Biomass Energy	8	476	69	60
54	Genomics	13	471	114	144
55	Insect biochemistry	10	470	10	8
56	Molecular Microbiology	9	469	75	77
57	Chemical Engineering	22	462	227	475
58	Histology	7	459	125	104
59	Plant physiology	7	453	254	201
60	Developmental Immunology	6	440	20	13
61	biofuels	6	433	9	9
62	Environmental Management	11	409	72	93
62	Virulence	9	409	44	91
64	soil conservation	12	403	19	24
64	soil pollution	12	403	4	4
66	Environmental Policy	4	363	209	163
67	Agricultural Chemistry	28	352	35	70
68	Bacterial diseases	8	345	4	4
69	Lipids	6	330	61	50
70	Biopharmaceutics	4	329	46	22
71	Zoology	4	320	679	249
72	Plant cells	8	309	316	565
73	Microbial Ecology	8	285	220	406
74	gene therapy	4	284	54	62
75	drug therapy	6	282	612	659
76	Pharmacognosy	7	272	59	64
77	Therapeutics	5	271	465	581
78	biological evolution	4	257	367	324
79	Microbial Biotechnology	4	256	43	29
80	Neurology	10	247	864	2029
81	Environmental Law	2	238	158	84
82	Chemotherapy	1	236	446	91
83	Meteorology	1	230	707	232
84	cell interaction	2	227	131	38
85	Developmental Biology	4	223	673	743
86	Pharmacy	11	216	131	164
87	Nutrition	4	198	1089	867
88	Entomology	7	196	265	205
89	Neurophysiology	5	192	278	497
89	Virology	8	192	364	1522
91	Immunochemistry	3	190	46	25
92	proteins	8	189	223	345
93	Physiology	2	188	3436	1470
93	Anatomy	2	188	1574	812
93	Ecophysiology	2	188	38	3
96	Inflammation	2	187	130	69
97	cell adhesion molecules	1	186	150	18
97	cytokines	1	186	263	45
97	Cell communication	1	186	218	37
100	biological monitoring	4	183	20	16
100	Immunity	3	183	515	568
102	Medicinal plants	1	180	169	63
103	miniaturization	3	178	157	199
104	Lipid metabolism	4	175	10	15
104	Lipid	4	175	10	15
106	protein	7	171	155	241
107	Chromosome mapping	6	170	91	197
107	gene mapping	6	170	117	275
109	Environmental risk assessment	8	158	5	27
109	environmental control	8	158	3	26
111	Host-parasite interactions	2	154	144	200
111	drugs	7	154	298	450
113	Signal Transduction	6	149	63	138
114	Transgenic plants	7	148	16	34
115	pain management	4	146	158	203
116	Evolution	2	137	1095	917
117	natural products	7	131	57	75
118	Green Chemistry	1	126	1614	917
119	Gene expression regulation	4	122	88	146
119	Genetic regulation	4	122	127	384
121	Analytical Chemistry	4	120	565	587
122	Microorganisms	6	118	64	133
123	Microelectronics	2	109	305	244
124	Informatics	2	107	66	58
125	Drug discovery	6	104	8	16
126	Plant Ecology	1	100	1313	883
126	Molecular Genetics	2	100	1230	1314
126	Molecular evolution	2	100	249	275
126	mycoses	3	100	52	117
126	Phylogeny	2	100	94	87
131	Invertebrates	4	98	49	54
132	Bacterial infections	1	90	298	164
133	Serology	3	89	31	34
133	Bacteriology	3	89	508	1016
133	ecosystem	4	89	300	902
136	Vaccines	2	88	228	191
137	Mycology	5	82	108	153
137	Fungi	5	82	40	85
139	Biofilms	1	80	16	14
140	Pharmaceutical Technology	4	78	399	541
141	Catalysis	7	75	716	1548
141	Plant breeding	3	75	121	125
143	transgenic organisms	4	73	9	31
143	transgenic animals	4	73	9	31
143	Bioinformatics	5	73	179	530
146	Computational Biology	5	72	344	1195
146	Malaria	5	72	41	86
148	Parasitology	6	71	93	253
149	Chemical Ecology	1	70	53	51
149	pheromones	1	70	52	51
151	Microfluidics	1	67	196	160
152	Water pollution	2	66	329	366
153	drug development	1	63	361	357
153	Structure-activity relationship	3	63	19	35
153	enzymes	6	63	52	196
153	drug evaluation	1	63	527	238
157	Reproductive toxicology	1	62	92	58
158	Drug design	2	61	451	515
159	Plant Genetics	2	59	57	105
159	Animal husbandry	1	59	28	18
159	Biocompatible Materials	3	59	938	1808
159	livestock	1	59	41	21
163	Medical genetics	2	58	3197	5216
163	Analytical Biochemistry	3	58	97	205
165	Psychoneuroimmunology	1	57	118	130
165	Neuroimmunology	1	57	126	144
167	Pathology	1	56	2331	2147
167	Electrophoresis	4	56	588	1062
167	Chromatography	4	56	364	619
167	Brain	2	56	449	758
167	Nervous system	1	56	1345	1876
167	Chromatographic analysis	4	56	521	761
173	Immunotherapy	2	52	191	431
173	Japan	3	52	279	324
173	Natural history	4	52	434	1939
176	Pharmacogenetics	3	50	72	299
177	Nuclear Medicine	1	49	117	131
177	Diagnostic Imaging	1	49	608	563
177	Molecular Imaging	1	49	67	95
177	Europe	1	49	1165	653
181	Parasites	5	48	72	246
182	Antioxidants	3	47	33	168
182	Nanoparticles	1	47	4500	4812
182	Food	4	47	762	2482
182	nanoscience	1	47	598	743
186	Medical Microbiology	1	46	393	509
186	biological factors	2	46	792	1246
188	Rheumatology	3	44	461	852
188	Neurochemistry	4	44	474	2220
188	Obesity	1	44	3424	3452
191	Public Health	2	43	2243	3503
191	Clinical Pharmacology	4	43	598	1853
191	Colloids	2	43	534	849
191	Industry	2	43	13	42
191	Spectrum analysis	3	43	600	1068
196	Bioorganic chemistry	5	42	178	565
196	arthritis	3	42	223	621
196	biopolymers	2	42	421	769
199	catalytic activity	1	41	861	713
199	genome	2	41	281	608
201	Neuropsychology	1	40	664	740
202	soil microbiology	1	39	207	299
202	Soil biology	1	39	98	153
202	food contamination	2	39	177	227
202	Molecular structure	2	39	1002	1071
202	Biodiversity	2	39	1249	1563
207	Proteomics	4	37	73	323
207	Pharmacokinetics	3	37	44	148
209	Marine Biology	1	36	377	391
209	Marine Pollution	1	36	110	129
209	Parasitic Diseases	3	36	106	307
209	disease vectors	3	36	50	129
213	Food Microbiology	2	35	721	1872
213	food technology	2	35	1760	3254
213	cell physiology	1	35	1675	2387
216	Surface Chemistry	1	34	1177	1017
217	Biomolecules	1	33	689	848
218	Water	1	30	1759	2528
218	Enzyme	1	30	50	75
220	Nanomedicine	1	29	139	410
220	Immune system	1	29	566	891
222	Embryology	1	28	1656	2035
222	Geophysics	1	28	4653	5740
222	Growth	1	28	1246	1641
222	Genes	1	28	356	460
226	Pharmacogenomics	1	27	45	77
227	mutation	1	26	95	157
227	Cardiovascular system	1	26	464	807
227	particles	1	26	491	644
227	Chromosomes	1	26	164	245
231	Data Mining	1	25	285	488
231	Molecular cloning	2	25	109	335
231	Genetic recombination	2	25	109	323
231	big data	1	25	35	45
231	data collection	1	25	175	253
231	Recombinant DNA	2	25	119	357
237	Organic Chemistry	3	24	410	984
237	Polymers	2	24	3694	5192
237	Combinatorial chemistry	1	24	126	235
237	China	1	24	1011	1025
241	Plant tissue culture	1	23	78	107
241	Genetic therapy	2	23	161	695
241	Plant cell culture	1	23	72	106
244	infection	1	22	226	401
245	toxicity testing	1	21	504	709
246	Environmental Microbiology	1	20	1096	2135
246	Systems Biology	3	20	182	688
246	Pesticide residues	1	20	9	26
246	Food additives	1	20	153	229
250	Fluid Mechanics	1	19	409	496
250	Food Preservation	1	19	837	929
250	supercritical fluids	1	19	27	55
250	Aquaculture	2	19	389	857
254	nucleic acids	1	18	415	839
254	Proteome	1	18	221	525
256	patents	1	17	10	15
257	Fishery management	1	16	729	1029
257	Interferons	1	16	26	62
257	Cytokine	1	16	42	116
260	Synthetic biology	1	15	59	112
260	visualization	6	15	159	952
262	Chemical industry	3	14	326	1390
262	Psychophysiology	1	14	1666	2638
264	brain mapping	1	13	1525	2743
265	Agricultural Biotechnology	2	12	12	27
265	Autoantibodies	1	12	50	156
265	Autoimmunity	1	12	85	237
265	animals	2	12	209	697
265	Autoimmune diseases	1	12	58	181
265	Forest genetics	2	12	23	53
265	wildlife diseases	2	12	12	28
272	venom	8	11	15	171
272	Toxins	8	11	18	182
274	Immunopathology	1	10	483	1618
275	Soft Condensed Matter	1	9	124	279
275	Molecular ecology	1	9	1965	4177
277	actuators	2	8	177	585
277	transducers	2	8	177	585
279	Biosecurity	1	7	1	3
279	Cyberterrorism	1	7	2	13
281	isomerism	1	6	265	540
281	immunoassay	1	6	30	57
281	Chirality	1	6	265	540
284	Physical organic chemistry	1	5	435	849
284	Risk assessment	1	5	65	156
284	ecological risk assessment	1	5	27	66
284	Taste	1	5	208	615
284	flavor	1	5	89	350
284	smell	1	5	208	615
284	Health Risk Assessment	1	5	57	122
291	Human genetics	1	4	757	1693
291	Forest Ecology	1	4	89	210
291	Biotransformation	1	4	10	34
291	drug toxicity	1	4	52	150
295	Biomarkers	1	3	44	144
295	peptides	1	3	924	2597
295	biochemical markers	1	3	241	1023
295	Aging	1	3	1137	2495
299	Statistics	1	2	2215	4069
299	Materials	1	2	7264	13957
299	Optical materials	1	2	5645	11387
299	Biometrics	1	2	1619	3121
299	antibiotics	1	2	77	207
304	Hematology	1	1	3277	6508
304	Optics	1	1	1549	2719
304	Photography	1	1	299	418
304	Emerging infectious diseases	1	1	31	126
308	Materials Science	1	0	3447	7763
308	Electrical Engineering	1	0	1214	2772
308	Food Science	1	0	136	529
308	Freeze-Drying	1	0	43	119
308	Hypothermia	1	0	43	119
308	Freeze Drying	1	0	43	119
308	plasma spraying	1	0	13	35
308	Stem cells	1	0	726	2408

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