Name: List of Top Disciplines of Astronomy sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-17T13:50:59Z
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2.2K(top 0.1%)

papers

143.0K(top 0.1%)

citations

149(top 0.1%)

h-index

303(top 0.1%)

g-index

2.5K

all documents

152.4K

doc citations

1.1K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Astrophysics	1,462	114.5K	3	4
2	Astronomy	1,290	89.8K	2	3
3	Spectrum analysis	655	46.6K	6	5
4	Physics	49	4.9K	196	238
5	Science	39	4.6K	385	305
6	Biology	34	4.4K	837	361
6	Natural history	34	4.4K	54	167
8	Geophysics	8	634	1093	648
9	Optics	31	386	87	156
10	exobiology	7	325	5	11
11	Photography	29	280	28	13
12	Chemistry	4	267	6204	4348
13	Sun	1	171	29	6
14	Solid State Physics	3	86	647	430
14	Condensed Matter	3	86	265	292
16	Solar System	1	83	73	42
17	Nuclear Physics	3	65	351	365
18	Nuclear Energy	1	56	260	74
18	Nuclear Chemistry	1	56	358	110
18	Radiochemistry	1	56	101	38
21	Metallurgy	1	37	776	615
21	Electrochemistry	1	37	2277	1758
23	Surface Chemistry	1	21	1177	1401
23	Colloids	1	21	854	1264
23	Microscopy	1	21	832	849
26	Cosmology	3	12	34	67
27	Geochemistry	1	10	981	1901
27	Cosmochemistry	1	10	68	124
29	Molecules	2	9	119	563
30	Planetary Science	1	8	299	525
30	Mathematical Physics	2	8	577	1210
30	Moon	1	8	14	30
30	technical education	1	8	50	87
30	United States	1	8	4932	7212
30	extraterrestrial environment	1	8	55	118
30	astronomical phenomena	1	8	46	106
37	Engineering	2	7	792	2435
37	Education	2	7	992	2547
37	Mathematics	2	7	3434	5296
37	Technology	2	7	1919	6709
41	Space telescopes	6	5	11	45
42	Quantum Optics	1	2	72	151
42	Atomic spectroscopy	1	2	98	240
42	Laser Spectroscopy	1	2	70	142
45	Europe	1	1	1165	2889
46	Computer Graphics	1	0	329	948

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Top Disciplines (by citations)