Name: List of Top Disciplines of Biology sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-17T11:30:22Z
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790(top 1%)

papers

39.8K(top 1%)

citations

98(top 1%)

h-index

168(top 1%)

g-index

977

all documents

46.7K

doc citations

3.8K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Ecology	231	15.4K	45	32
2	Botany	103	8.1K	72	42
3	Biology	80	4.5K	269	351
4	Molecular Biology	56	3.2K	289	318
5	Biogeography	39	3.0K	21	9
6	Biodiversity conservation	39	2.6K	64	144
7	Plant Ecology	33	2.5K	38	31
8	Environment	36	2.4K	123	218
9	ecosystem	26	2.4K	18	11
10	Climate change	34	2.4K	31	136
10	Eutrophication	34	2.4K	31	136
10	Pollution	34	2.4K	119	203
13	Evolution	19	1.6K	107	100
14	Molecular ecology	27	1.3K	92	149
15	Developmental Biology	15	1.2K	188	165
16	Geophysics	13	1.2K	705	336
17	Embryology	14	1.2K	151	130
18	Anatomy	14	1.2K	222	132
19	Planets	12	1.2K	441	237
20	Molecular Genetics	23	1.2K	105	140
20	Population Genetics	23	1.2K	88	124
22	Biochemistry	24	1.1K	737	646
23	Cell differentiation	12	1.1K	161	143
23	Growth	12	1.1K	126	126
25	Plant Taxonomy	4	1.1K	193	23
26	plant communities	9	806	155	86
27	Hydrology	6	730	665	249
28	Plants	14	724	196	239
29	Cell Biology	13	701	727	1126
30	Bacteriology	9	649	207	242
31	Plant cells	9	623	288	321
32	Entomology	9	612	187	47
33	Geography	13	610	165	105
34	Water	3	604	822	264
34	Technology	4	604	1043	299
34	water supply	3	604	725	215
37	Environmental Microbiology	9	576	117	103
37	Microbial Ecology	9	576	185	157
39	Insects	4	538	206	33
40	Genomics	4	477	360	141
41	plant molecular biology	4	460	463	307
42	Geology	11	426	213	136
42	Geobiology	11	426	53	48
44	Science	7	381	2742	3238
45	biological evolution	8	364	170	220
46	air quality management	1	348	356	61
46	indoor air pollution	1	348	344	59
46	Ventilation	1	348	359	59
46	Sick building syndrome	1	348	344	59
50	Pharmacology	5	300	1902	1302
51	Physiology	5	259	1449	1042
52	Biophysics	6	207	1208	1128
53	Plant physiology	8	204	211	477
54	Cytology	7	195	1018	2245
55	Molecular evolution	3	194	171	141
56	Biodiversity	4	185	631	371
57	Virology	4	175	701	1576
57	Algae	3	175	171	91
59	Culture techniques	2	168	124	60
60	Animal ecology	4	151	331	329
61	Ecohydrology	3	126	83	69
61	Aquatic ecology	3	126	192	149
63	Zoology	13	122	216	654
63	Biogeochemical cycles	3	122	232	521
65	Biotechnology	4	111	1443	2380
66	China	2	105	598	292
67	Animal Behavior	3	103	256	363
67	Visual Perception	3	103	1652	1638
67	Memory	3	103	1674	1654
67	Attention	3	103	1657	1649
67	Perception	3	103	1662	1649
72	Computational Biology	4	101	433	898
72	Plant Biotechnology	2	101	400	634
72	Plant genetic engineering	2	101	413	661
75	Toxicology	2	99	2083	1417
76	Genetics	3	94	1045	1660
76	Microbiology	3	94	2092	2885
78	environmental protection	4	89	374	766
79	Seaweed	2	77	217	180
80	Molecular Microbiology	2	71	435	675
81	Psychology	1	67	5136	3124
82	Comparative Psychology	1	62	19	52
82	Restoration Ecology	5	62	40	174
82	Animal welfare	1	62	48	63
82	human behavior	1	62	776	756
82	Behavior	1	62	1698	1396
87	Conservation Biology	2	61	450	783
88	Therapeutics	1	54	2026	2344
88	drug therapy	1	54	2760	2798
90	plankton	1	51	24	16
91	Primates	1	50	696	391
92	Medicine	3	49	5768	11066
93	Cancer	1	45	4200	4626
94	Ethology	2	41	317	561
95	Social behavior	1	40	452	412
96	carcinogens	1	37	710	868
97	Neurology	2	35	4138	7613
98	Pediatric Neurology	1	33	978	2043
98	Nervous system	1	33	1345	2418
98	Research	5	33	2113	7774
101	Oceanography	2	32	819	1464
102	Hematology	1	31	3277	3223
103	Climatology	2	29	713	1352
103	Geochemical Modeling	2	29	206	397
103	geological modeling	2	29	218	413
106	Cell metabolism	1	27	284	457
107	cell physiology	1	26	1675	2894
108	Atmospheric Physics	1	25	1499	1954
108	Human biology	1	25	507	426
110	Developmental Genetics	1	23	267	402
110	Gene expression regulation	1	23	333	482
110	Genetic regulation	1	23	605	1333
110	visualization	4	23	299	636
114	Mass Spectrometry	1	22	954	1172
115	Chemistry	1	20	12670	14846
115	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	1	20	3323	4049
117	Fishery management	1	16	729	1029
117	United States	1	16	4932	5346
119	Child	1	13	3815	4923
119	Obesity	1	13	3424	6049
121	Computational Chemistry	1	11	466	791
121	Cytoskeleton	1	11	133	345
123	Medical genetics	1	10	5112	9911
123	Microfluidics	1	10	196	556
125	Phylogenetics	2	9	19	83
126	Immunology	2	8	2360	7770
127	Ecological Genetics	1	7	107	296
127	Ecophysiology	1	7	82	244
127	RNA	1	7	157	528
130	Agricultural Ecology	1	6	875	2190
130	Agriculture	1	6	1469	3286
130	Liver diseases	2	6	686	3460
133	Photochemistry	1	5	752	1986
133	Light	1	5	650	1801
133	Societies	4	5	41	314
133	enzymes	1	5	223	537
137	Nuclear Energy	1	3	260	420
137	Politics	1	3	250	490
137	nuclear power	1	3	111	125
137	government	1	3	275	567
141	Photonics	1	2	2746	5907
141	Oncogenes	1	2	249	672
141	Food	1	2	2629	6758
141	Japan	1	2	749	1829
141	Spectrum analysis	1	2	1455	3504
141	Insect biochemistry	1	2	143	446
147	Fisheries	1	1	902	2227
148	Genetic engineering	1	0	659	2207
148	Biochemical Engineering	1	0	1032	3179
148	Wildlife management	8	0	65	1233

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