Name: List of Top Disciplines of Ecology sorted by PR citations
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Published: 2026-05-11T12:57:00Z
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1.7K(top 1%)

PR articles

72.4K(top 1%)

PR citations

114(top 1%)

PR h-index

126(top 1%)

h-index

1.8K

documents

86.9K

doc citations

5.3K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by PR citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Pollution	466	25.8K	19	37
2	environmental pollution	376	21.1K	11	13
3	Toxicology	323	19.0K	27	12
4	Environmental pollutants	246	15.7K	2	1
5	pollutants	240	15.5K	2	1
6	Environmental Chemistry	227	15.0K	2	13
7	Ecology	169	10.6K	361	428
8	Environmental Health	153	8.4K	192	218
9	Environmental Engineering	113	5.9K	129	186
10	sanitation	75	4.5K	93	162
11	Environment	64	4.3K	550	673
12	Environmental monitoring	101	3.1K	102	239
13	Science	37	2.9K	6819	8032
14	Hydrology	93	2.9K	64	128
15	Biology	34	2.5K	7192	9097
16	ecosystem	32	2.0K	62	95
17	Environmental Management	40	2.0K	172	216
18	Oceanography	25	1.7K	297	197
19	environmental protection	49	1.7K	179	298
20	Environmental Toxicology	44	1.6K	126	292
21	Fisheries	42	1.6K	74	67
22	Wetland ecology	31	1.6K	7	2
23	Wetland conservation	29	1.5K	6	2
23	Wetlands	29	1.5K	6	2
25	Microbiology	25	1.5K	4638	4419
26	Zoology	6	1.5K	1903	235
27	Great Lakes	61	1.5K	4	6
28	environmental indicators	26	1.4K	39	27
29	Landscape Ecology	8	1.4K	87	26
30	Marine Biology	43	1.4K	228	283
31	Medicine	27	1.3K	9397	10012
32	Research	28	1.2K	6973	6207
33	Microbial Ecology	14	1.1K	1215	1126
34	Restoration Ecology	9	1.1K	49	16
35	Biogeochemistry	14	976	266	268
36	Water pollution	27	908	494	787
37	Botany	10	864	3565	2244
38	freshwater biology	7	860	310	81
39	Ecosystem management	21	859	37	62
40	Estuaries	15	816	12	21
41	Environmental Policy	11	764	1361	1143
42	Conservation Biology	5	759	649	258
43	Biochemistry	14	733	18041	13882
44	Marine Pollution	20	721	80	143
45	Natural history	5	660	6961	13074
46	Physics	4	655	30862	20764
47	Biophysics	5	639	19026	6049
48	Ecological Engineering	11	603	53	63
49	Biogeography	4	598	739	398
50	Agricultural Ecology	20	540	74	329
51	environmental exposure	14	512	443	508
52	Geography	13	501	624	677
53	Aquatic ecology	20	495	53	89
54	Forest Ecology	12	492	161	175
55	Pharmacology	15	483	6264	6922
56	Biomass Energy	1	453	7737	1689
56	Forest Management	10	453	174	164
56	Biomass	1	453	1179	110
59	Plant Ecology	4	413	1784	1076
60	Birds	11	397	445	321
61	Radiation effects	2	390	598	131
62	Genetics	4	377	10105	8484
63	Genetic Toxicology	3	369	341	149
64	Agriculture	4	368	1894	826
65	Plant physiology	5	364	2457	1922
66	plant communities	5	350	812	770
67	Biodiversity conservation	5	338	1240	1553
67	Plant cells	4	338	1547	1899
69	Physiology	2	331	18216	6795
70	Agronomy	4	328	272	240
71	biological evolution	2	325	4927	2421
72	Ornithology	7	323	518	291
73	Seaweed	13	319	104	220
74	Algae	12	317	200	297
75	Earth Sciences	3	314	4282	1788
76	Water	13	306	1082	2585
77	Sustainable Development	4	305	1134	792
78	Freshwater invertebrates	2	291	180	75
79	Agricultural Science	1	290	309	110
80	Biodiversity	4	264	2128	1597
81	Technology	10	262	2693	3391
82	United States	13	252	3086	4017
83	Economic Development	1	244	2712	900
83	sustainability	1	244	1866	617
85	Wildlife conservation	5	243	616	710
86	Bioenergetics	2	240	1408	657
86	Energy metabolism	2	240	1003	543
86	cell membrane	2	240	925	489
89	Climate change	2	221	1439	1718
89	Eutrophication	2	221	1397	1698
91	biological invasions	6	209	191	255
92	Chromosomes	3	206	1302	872
93	Soil Science	6	204	1123	1324
94	water supply	9	197	372	870
95	Aquatic ecosystems	10	183	14	10
96	Aquaculture	7	182	637	791
97	Molecular Biology	7	179	25041	35323
97	mutation	2	179	958	598
99	Chemistry	5	178	31190	36817
100	Ocean Engineering	2	177	2692	1342
101	Marine Ecology	6	168	260	238
102	Immunology	1	164	21801	11550
102	Serology	1	164	989	226
102	Bacteriology	1	164	6537	3780
105	Reproductive toxicology	3	153	414	413
106	Fish diseases	3	152	48	41
106	Aquatic animals	3	152	74	35
106	Invertebrates	3	152	390	218
109	Environmental risk assessment	8	149	33	115
110	Risk assessment	12	145	43	160
110	ecological risk assessment	12	145	19	90
110	Health Risk Assessment	12	145	33	128
113	Archaeology	2	144	1767	887
114	Sites	1	136	1013	523
114	Entomology	5	136	1765	1583
116	environmental control	7	135	20	90
117	Coastal zone management	10	133	34	232
118	Algal blooms	4	131	102	197
118	Cyanobacteria	4	131	102	197
118	microalgae	4	131	102	197
121	Fishery management	8	129	161	323
122	Mass Spectrometry	3	128	1506	1336
123	Geology	3	127	3748	3160
123	Geobiology	3	127	322	312
125	Continental shelf	3	121	171	213
126	Food additives	7	113	576	1507
127	soil microbiology	5	107	1234	3528
127	drug toxicity	1	107	1086	378
129	rivers	6	103	63	169
130	Soil biology	3	102	982	1515
131	Chemical Engineering	2	94	13549	12040
132	Analytical Chemistry	3	88	10901	12371
133	toxicity testing	8	82	162	813
134	Probability	2	78	732	684
134	Risk Management	2	78	671	726
134	Financial management	2	78	406	557
134	Risk	2	78	591	707
138	Energy Policy	2	77	5073	5704
139	Metabolism	5	76	5927	13853
139	Marine resources	5	76	132	479
141	Geomorphology	1	75	2510	1818
142	Biomedical Engineering	2	71	20367	19900
143	Endocrinology	2	67	11859	15292
144	Water quality management	5	65	1160	2327
145	Plant diseases	3	57	2543	3585
145	California	3	57	339	427
147	Environmental Ethics	1	56	224	78
147	Parasitology	2	56	4066	4183
149	Japan	2	55	3410	2917
150	Chemical Oceanography	1	54	359	449
151	Systems Biology	2	53	4616	5928
151	cell physiology	2	53	5250	9244
153	Mycology	3	51	1874	3006
154	Structure-activity relationship	5	49	65	628
155	Biogeochemical cycles	2	47	409	1237
156	Paleoclimatology	1	46	1920	1892
157	Coral reef biology	2	44	321	640
157	Molecular ecology	2	44	1849	4006
159	Computer-Aided Design	1	43	2975	2323
160	Geophysics	4	40	5277	10514
160	Molecular Genetics	2	40	4201	7667
160	wetland management	2	40	86	194
163	Biotechnology	3	39	18797	35433
163	Pharmacognosy	1	39	5933	6403
163	Ecohydrology	1	39	560	458
163	natural products	1	39	5103	4024
167	Population Genetics	1	38	3333	4279
167	Virology	1	38	14427	18257
167	viruses	1	38	5341	7090
167	Fungi	1	38	2172	2313
171	Pesticide residues	2	37	20	114
171	food contamination	2	37	1320	1864
173	Marine algae	2	35	88	133
174	Engineering	1	34	18040	14423
175	Geochemistry	2	33	3327	5084
175	Renewable Energy Sources	1	33	8356	10558
177	Fisheries Law	3	32	48	185
177	fisheries management	3	32	48	185
177	plant molecular biology	1	32	4936	7214
177	Plants	1	32	6283	7882
181	Nanotechnology	1	28	28146	32386
182	Bioengineering	2	27	15961	28484
182	Wildlife management	1	27	993	929
182	Microbial Metabolism	1	27	353	784
185	body temperature	2	26	533	1040
186	Agricultural Chemistry	1	24	7910	10091
187	Environmental Law	1	23	3017	5185
188	Genomics	2	21	11607	23500
188	Informatics	2	21	1280	2845
190	North America	2	19	1035	2298
191	Planets	1	18	4080	6341
191	biological monitoring	1	18	982	1758
193	Environmental Geochemistry	1	17	989	1601
193	Cheminformatics	1	17	618	1223
195	transgenic organisms	1	16	507	1238
195	Plant genetic engineering	1	16	2254	4031
195	transgenic animals	1	16	490	1203
195	Transgenic plants	1	16	1020	2128
195	Water chemistry	1	16	543	929
200	Engineering Geology	1	15	2868	3914
201	Pediatrics	1	14	13620	19768
201	Child	1	14	11661	14369
201	Child welfare	1	14	2635	3570
204	Radiology	1	13	4169	5825
204	Clinical Chemistry	2	13	9124	20350
204	Electrophoresis	2	13	3471	9066
204	Radiobiology	1	13	6105	9763
204	Chromatography	2	13	3193	7459
204	Parasitic Diseases	1	13	4894	8271
204	Spectrum analysis	2	13	9956	19011
204	Chromatographic analysis	2	13	3914	8410
212	Medical Laboratory Science	1	12	8440	14896
212	Industrial Microbiology	1	12	6720	11749
212	Atmospheric Physics	1	12	3916	5974
212	Chromosome mapping	1	12	8101	14706
212	gene mapping	1	12	9284	16476
217	Social Sciences	1	11	8431	10456
217	Sociology	1	11	7382	11161
217	Reservoirs	1	11	189	372
217	Quality of life	1	11	4574	8549
221	Proteomics	1	9	4108	8572
222	Sedimentology	2	8	476	1839
222	soil pollution	2	8	472	2000
224	Photochemistry	1	7	4776	8801
224	Light	1	7	2843	5958
224	Soil ecology	1	7	1477	3002
227	Computational Biology	1	6	12522	21962
227	Comparative Physiology	1	6	1874	3778
229	Animal Behavior	1	5	6252	12225
229	Animal ecology	1	5	2755	5125
229	Ethology	1	5	4534	9056
229	Social behavior	1	5	3107	6270
233	Transport	1	4	798	1867
233	Sea	1	4	651	1463
233	Fishery resources	1	4	704	1628
233	Societies	2	4	51	146
237	Civil Engineering	1	3	3125	5300
237	Mathematics	1	3	18539	25997
237	Ichthyology	1	3	598	1219
237	Fish	1	3	426	937
241	Embryology	1	2	7439	14565
241	Medical Ethics	1	2	2415	5537
241	embryonic development	1	2	1050	2695
241	global environmental change	2	2	763	3936
241	Informed consent	1	2	69	240
241	Reproduction	1	2	9565	18249
247	Public Health	1	1	26423	49430
247	Data Mining	2	1	2318	12309
247	Biochemical Engineering	1	1	15134	27815
247	Remote Sensing	1	1	2941	6187
247	Quality Control	1	1	3919	8875
247	Geographic information systems	1	1	2174	5385
247	Water Microbiology	1	1	878	2887
247	visualization	1	1	10373	11429
247	data collection	2	1	1274	8635

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