Name: List of Top Disciplines of Food Science sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-15T17:20:14Z
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73(top 1%)

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Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	food technology	62	2.1K	28	24
2	Microbiology	63	1.7K	86	182
3	Food Microbiology	44	1.5K	11	16
4	Food	33	1.2K	46	55
5	Biotechnology	58	957	68	333
6	Agricultural Chemistry	15	945	51	32
7	Bacteriology	25	929	62	173
8	Biochemistry	36	762	437	971
9	Ecology	20	735	865	1218
10	Aquaculture	23	570	22	23
11	Molecular Biology	17	560	1290	2008
12	Science	17	546	1062	2445
13	Quality Control	14	544	41	34
14	Biology	23	539	1369	2617
14	food handling	12	539	15	15
16	Chemical Engineering	27	494	155	428
17	Biochemical Engineering	22	486	51	235
18	Biodiversity	4	472	631	126
19	Fluid Mechanics	10	422	26	19
19	supercritical fluids	10	422	5	4
21	Medicine	25	411	649	2018
22	Chemistry	21	401	1999	3352
23	bees	3	396	16	6
24	Water pollution	14	393	53	80
25	Biomass Energy	15	391	36	82
26	Environment	18	370	323	1579
27	Analytical Chemistry	5	334	464	225
28	Research	13	322	822	1208
29	Nutrition	12	268	313	645
29	Computational Biology	7	268	231	421
31	genome	3	267	203	202
32	Bioinformatics	6	246	148	211
33	Water	6	245	454	584
34	Microbial Ecology	14	216	90	568
35	Bioengineering	15	213	166	725
36	Pollution	10	212	523	1861
37	Virology	4	211	701	1460
38	Molecular structure	4	204	489	300
39	environmental pollution	8	198	297	455
40	Colloids	14	186	85	294
41	Lipids	7	183	48	94
41	Membranes	5	183	61	88
43	Cell Biology	3	176	3391	3200
43	Fishery management	2	176	414	122
45	Cytology	2	166	3481	2488
46	Physics	6	163	1314	2654
46	Industrial Microbiology	12	163	43	164
48	Polymers	11	158	908	1337
49	Biophysics	7	157	1030	1468
50	Food Preservation	10	150	74	111
51	Genetics	2	134	1428	1310
52	Animal husbandry	1	125	28	7
52	livestock	1	125	41	9
54	protein	4	124	309	307
54	proteins	4	124	531	517
56	Biomedical Engineering	5	116	435	741
57	Waste management	6	115	34	59
57	Water Purification	6	115	26	39
57	Water quality management	6	115	65	111
60	Microbial Biotechnology	5	111	36	49
61	Pharmacology	7	110	1385	3235
61	Food additives	7	110	33	87
61	hydrocolloids	7	110	13	45
64	Clinical Chemistry	4	106	215	382
65	Environmental monitoring	6	103	275	535
66	Spectrum analysis	5	99	376	530
67	Chemical industry	8	94	95	244
68	glycoproteins	4	92	12	36
68	Glycoconjugates	4	92	12	36
68	Oligosaccharide	4	92	6	30
68	Carbohydrates	4	92	10	36
68	glycolipids	4	92	12	36
73	Medical Laboratory Science	7	87	57	193
74	Chromatography	3	83	506	418
74	Chromatographic analysis	3	83	704	501
76	Biocompatible Materials	5	82	539	1389
77	Technology	7	79	585	2063
78	Nanotechnology	6	78	1732	4545
79	Ethnology	2	69	175	162
79	Tropical Medicine	2	69	923	563
81	Surface Chemistry	6	68	238	599
81	food industry	5	68	15	29
83	Botany	3	66	2324	4203
84	Energy Conversion	1	64	200	249
84	Green Chemistry	3	64	748	1439
84	Environmental Chemistry	1	64	1175	690
84	Electrophoresis	2	64	1163	946
84	carbon monoxide	2	64	12	17
89	Bioremediation	1	63	237	100
89	Biodegradation	1	63	51	64
91	Drug delivery systems	2	60	110	205
92	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	3	59	1510	1939
92	food contamination	4	59	89	151
94	Alternative Medicine	7	57	44	285
94	complementary therapies	7	57	52	312
96	Histology	3	54	363	1044
96	Environmental Engineering	7	54	194	920
96	dietary supplements	3	54	32	72
99	Plant physiology	1	53	1364	1435
99	Bioorganic chemistry	4	53	213	497
101	Environmental Management	3	50	277	790
101	Evidence-Based Medicine	6	50	46	339
101	drugs	3	50	773	1473
104	biological factors	2	49	792	1179
104	viruses	1	49	448	659
106	Soil Science	2	48	333	493
107	Metabolism	1	47	2510	2601
108	Environmental Health	6	45	431	1603
108	actuators	1	45	275	297
108	transducers	1	45	275	297
111	cell interaction	1	44	288	300
111	Cell communication	1	44	218	216
113	Organic Chemistry	2	42	591	708
114	Marine Biology	3	38	179	384
115	biofuels	1	37	49	73
116	Computational Chemistry	2	35	257	378
117	Marine Pollution	2	34	68	136
117	nucleic acids	2	34	260	674
119	polymerization	4	31	1715	3459
120	Catalysis	3	29	1385	2628
120	Nanobiotechnology	1	29	58	103
122	Immunotherapy	2	28	191	580
122	Immunopharmacology	2	28	62	182
122	cytokines	2	28	135	405
125	Pharmacy	2	27	737	1324
125	Genomics	3	27	448	1387
127	Toxicology	2	26	2083	4229
127	Food Science	2	26	66	198
127	Oxidative stress	1	26	146	300
127	Cellular senescence	1	26	84	178
131	Genetic engineering	3	25	225	1436
132	Sustainable Engineering	2	24	1231	2692
132	Chromosome mapping	2	24	247	653
132	gene mapping	2	24	302	767
135	Computer Graphics	1	23	329	364
135	Biopharmaceutics	1	23	166	239
137	Environmental Toxicology	1	21	889	1342
137	Environmental pollutants	1	21	1171	1657
137	drug toxicity	1	21	52	84
140	Industrial Engineering	1	20	236	321
141	nuclear magnetic resonance	5	19	201	1148
141	nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy	5	19	47	278
143	Molecular Genetics	1	18	2091	3781
143	Population Genetics	1	18	1622	3064
143	Molecular ecology	1	18	1965	3682
146	Immunology	2	17	2360	6376
146	Pathology	1	17	2331	4126
146	Pharmaceutical Technology	1	17	1031	1384
146	Pharmacokinetics	1	17	136	233
146	soil microbiology	1	17	207	393
146	Oncogenes	1	17	249	608
146	Plant diseases	1	17	559	785
153	Nanochemistry	1	16	120	207
153	Artificial Intelligence	2	16	1101	2674
153	Nanostructured Materials	1	16	5617	8632
153	Molecular Spectroscopy	2	16	99	279
153	Biomass	1	16	61	127
158	Structure-activity relationship	1	15	40	77
159	Lipid metabolism	1	13	53	113
159	Lipid	1	13	50	113
159	Multiple sclerosis	1	13	53	97
162	Combinatorial chemistry	1	12	126	296
162	miniaturization	1	12	377	699
164	Physiology	2	11	3436	9957
164	Serology	1	11	62	96
164	Diet	1	11	745	1489
167	Environmental Policy	2	10	392	1420
167	environmental protection	3	10	518	2812
167	plant molecular biology	1	10	1177	2546
167	Plants	1	10	1559	3106
167	Plant cells	1	10	1553	3274
172	Physical Chemistry	1	9	571	1038
172	Nutrition physiology	1	9	231	492
172	Nanoparticles	1	9	4500	8238
175	Neurophysiology	1	8	1091	2187
175	Biotransformation	1	8	10	24
175	Soft Condensed Matter	1	8	124	292
175	human behavior	1	8	776	1784
175	Minority Health	1	8	12	33
175	biopolymers	1	8	808	1980
175	enzymes	1	8	223	496
175	Behavior	1	8	1698	3429
175	Psychophysiology	1	8	1666	3029
184	Diabetes mellitus	1	7	1429	3302
184	Metabolic diseases	1	7	1455	3290
184	starch	2	7	158	571
184	Mitochondria	1	7	46	112
184	Foodborne diseases	1	7	43	72
184	Agriculture	1	7	1469	3222
184	Diabetes	1	7	2183	4613
191	Thermodynamics	1	6	123	205
191	Anti-inflammatory agents	1	6	23	44
191	Wildlife conservation	1	6	391	980
191	Thermochemistry	1	6	21	44
191	energy conservation	1	6	1082	2350
191	Inflammation	1	6	255	675
191	baking	1	6	148	297
191	Australia	1	6	1632	2998
199	Chemical Oceanography	1	5	30	65
199	sanitation	1	5	258	630
199	Gene expression regulation	1	5	333	790
199	Genetic regulation	1	5	605	1844
199	foods	2	5	85	375
204	Marine Ecology	1	4	160	479
204	Systems Biology	1	4	400	1074
204	Functional foods	1	4	34	84
204	Molecular evolution	1	4	389	1022
204	Taste	1	4	208	664
204	flavor	1	4	89	381
204	smell	1	4	208	664
204	ecosystem	1	4	845	2093
204	DNA repair	1	4	42	107
204	Phytotherapy	1	4	92	286
204	Microscopy	1	4	832	2030
215	Metallurgy	1	3	776	1393
215	Functional Genomics	1	3	46	144
215	Synthetic biology	2	3	30	155
215	Metals	1	3	701	1326
219	Economic Development	1	2	438	1261
219	economic policy	1	2	1214	2296
219	economic development projects	1	2	96	477
219	Developing countries	1	2	663	1814
223	Hematology	1	1	3277	6506
223	Food Safety	1	1	261	826
223	Veterinary Pathology	1	1	356	988
223	Animal breeding	1	1	399	1095
223	Reproduction	1	1	1682	4212
223	free radicals	6	1	50	694
223	Breeding	1	1	517	1380
230	Neural circuitry	1	0	170	537
230	Developmental Immunology	1	0	161	586

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