Name: List of Top Disciplines of Biology sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-17T13:50:59Z
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740(top 1%)

papers

29.0K(top 1%)

citations

82(top 1%)

h-index

142(top 1%)

g-index

896

all documents

34.6K

doc citations

3.5K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Ecology	214	11.9K	51	60
2	Molecular Biology	80	3.7K	168	270
3	Pollution	42	3.2K	86	133
4	Protozoa	11	3.0K	15	5
5	Biodiversity conservation	32	2.5K	98	152
6	Environment	31	2.4K	151	220
7	Botany	45	2.4K	242	251
8	Molecular ecology	43	2.4K	41	72
9	Climate change	26	2.3K	57	142
9	Eutrophication	26	2.3K	57	142
11	Biology	69	2.0K	324	858
12	Zoology	34	1.4K	47	21
13	Molecular Genetics	27	1.4K	90	123
13	Population Genetics	27	1.4K	73	111
15	Animal ecology	20	1.1K	46	20
16	Computational Biology	16	979	86	103
17	Plant cells	14	921	181	221
18	Plant Ecology	18	886	102	129
19	environmental pollution	15	866	166	113
20	Fisheries	13	751	99	55
21	Plants	11	681	248	254
22	biological evolution	17	661	75	128
23	Evolution	23	642	84	270
24	Genetics	13	634	272	362
25	Microbial Ecology	18	631	73	137
26	Toxicology	12	569	319	225
26	Environmental Chemistry	12	569	84	112
26	pollutants	12	569	64	60
26	Environmental pollutants	12	569	98	68
30	Cell Biology	12	568	811	1338
31	Biochemistry	16	551	1204	1318
32	Agricultural Ecology	12	531	47	109
33	plant molecular biology	8	498	251	294
34	Anatomy	11	491	296	365
35	DNA	12	433	5	14
36	Microbiology	11	408	567	776
37	Developmental Biology	8	406	342	476
37	freshwater biology	14	406	33	35
39	Embryology	5	375	449	407
40	Biogeography	13	367	163	385
41	Cell differentiation	2	366	1007	474
41	Growth	2	366	778	374
43	ecosystem	10	329	108	299
44	Agriculture	11	324	170	309
45	Fishery management	13	298	46	64
46	Geology	6	287	421	217
46	Geobiology	6	287	120	92
48	Molecular Microbiology	7	255	107	164
49	Environmental Engineering	2	212	743	309
50	Biodiversity	6	207	357	337
51	Bacteriology	8	206	232	583
52	Entomology	8	202	211	198
53	environmental protection	6	199	215	353
54	Environmental Microbiology	6	198	202	457
55	Neurology	3	189	2990	2541
56	Biotechnology	7	188	841	1556
57	Geophysics	3	177	2362	1846
57	Planets	3	177	1483	1297
59	Physiology	6	172	1201	1608
60	Fisheries Law	2	162	57	45
60	fisheries management	2	162	57	45
62	Plant Biotechnology	6	160	150	421
62	Plant genetic engineering	6	160	158	442
64	plant communities	4	158	391	553
65	Science	3	154	6005	6389
65	Visual Perception	3	154	1652	1130
65	Memory	3	154	1674	1145
65	Attention	3	154	1657	1132
65	Perception	3	154	1662	1139
70	Plant physiology	5	153	348	603
71	Neurochemistry	2	143	1011	792
72	Conservation Biology	7	142	114	397
73	China	2	140	598	216
74	Oceanography	8	135	244	500
75	Diagnostic Imaging	7	134	76	207
75	Flow cytometry	7	134	31	96
77	Hydrology	3	128	1195	1183
77	Water	3	128	822	1014
77	Wildlife management	7	128	77	79
77	Technology	3	128	1345	1407
77	water supply	3	128	725	871
82	Biogeochemical cycles	2	115	334	542
83	Cytology	6	109	1180	3330
84	Aquaculture	8	100	81	191
85	Cytogenetics	2	83	396	603
86	Plant diseases	3	78	220	267
87	Morphology	4	71	48	62
87	Health	1	71	1924	1179
87	Physical fitness	1	71	118	104
87	Human physiology	1	71	8	5
91	United States	6	67	1147	2127
92	Immunology	2	65	2360	3157
93	Wildlife conservation	2	59	216	262
94	food technology	8	58	470	2260
94	Ornithology	4	58	124	160
94	Birds	4	58	164	227
97	Environmental Toxicology	1	54	889	687
97	Environmental Management	1	54	809	746
97	Environmental risk assessment	1	54	116	87
97	environmental control	1	54	97	79
101	Histology	2	51	562	1096
102	Medicine	2	49	8044	11066
103	Brain	1	46	789	854
104	Systems Biology	1	43	400	428
104	Restoration Ecology	4	43	57	255
104	diseases	1	43	41	109
104	Disease	1	43	43	115
108	cell physiology	2	39	872	2222
109	Geography	3	38	798	1939
110	Environmental monitoring	1	36	1151	1241
110	Food	2	36	1500	2995
112	soil microbiology	2	33	130	321
112	Plant breeding	2	33	186	273
112	Algae	2	33	262	425
112	Seaweed	2	33	217	386
112	United Kingdom	1	33	532	599
117	Primates	3	30	282	571
118	Animal Behavior	4	29	197	848
118	Ethology	4	29	160	700
120	Bioengineering	1	28	2220	3062
120	Invertebrates	1	28	171	185
122	Nutrition	1	27	3441	4371
122	Food Microbiology	1	27	1279	2138
124	protein	3	23	400	1087
124	proteins	3	23	720	2122
126	Biophysics	2	20	3108	6549
126	Fermentation	1	20	106	139
126	brewing	1	20	112	139
129	Microscopy	1	18	832	979
130	animals	1	17	388	561
130	Insects	1	17	653	856
132	Africa	1	16	495	566
133	glycoproteins	1	10	56	179
133	Glycoconjugates	1	10	56	179
133	Oligosaccharide	1	10	35	134
133	Carbohydrates	1	10	49	160
133	glycolipids	1	10	56	179
138	Molecular recognition	1	8	152	432
138	Molecular structure	1	8	1737	2797
140	herbicides	1	7	84	266
140	Immune system	1	7	566	1574
140	Immunity	1	7	1360	3173
143	Education	3	6	712	2691
143	bees	1	6	34	73
145	Psychology	2	5	3197	9833
145	Environmental Health	1	5	1527	3426
145	sanitation	1	5	258	630
145	Soil biology	1	5	98	235
145	Cytoskeleton	1	5	133	444
150	Developmental Genetics	1	4	267	687
150	Gene expression regulation	1	4	333	822
150	Genetic regulation	1	4	605	1883
153	Photochemistry	1	3	752	2146
153	Light	1	3	650	1957
155	Japan	1	2	749	1829
156	Marine mammals	1	1	140	422
157	Anthropology	1	0	715	1793
157	Human evolution	1	0	161	442
157	Hippocampus	1	0	279	892

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