Name: List of Top Disciplines of Materials Science sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-17T13:50:59Z
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161(top 0.1%)

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citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Materials	239	29.0K	18	11
2	Optical materials	151	16.5K	23	11
3	fuel cells	89	12.5K	10	8
4	Chemistry	86	6.5K	558	324
5	Nanostructured Materials	63	4.5K	111	55
6	Nanotechnology	53	4.2K	180	90
7	Science	25	3.6K	646	409
8	Nanoparticles	41	3.2K	149	83
9	Materials Science	43	1.7K	79	96
10	Technological Innovations	25	1.5K	6	3
11	particles	9	877	10	1
12	Electromagnetism	14	796	39	33
12	Magnetic Materials	14	796	59	42
14	Polymers	41	684	175	263
15	Biocompatible Materials	5	672	539	203
16	polymerization	30	542	175	211
17	Renewable Energy Sources	1	506	650	97
18	Photonics	15	418	236	381
19	Physics	10	313	846	1871
20	Biology	7	213	4403	5147
21	Ceramics	16	208	148	325
21	Glass	16	208	146	335
21	pottery	16	208	142	324
24	Plastics	8	144	113	218
25	Chemical Engineering	4	141	1388	1408
25	Green Chemistry	4	141	575	810
25	Sustainable Engineering	4	141	644	811
25	Environment	4	141	1629	3264
29	Fracture mechanics	12	135	32	79
30	Metallurgy	4	94	313	340
30	Metals	4	94	274	347
32	Mineralogy	3	92	71	80
33	Biophysics	4	90	1752	2364
33	biological factors	4	90	366	609
33	nanoscience	1	90	598	504
33	Research	4	90	2660	3736
37	Ceramic materials	3	83	266	143
38	Microbiology	4	64	1609	3818
39	Nondestructive testing	1	58	51	26
40	Biomolecules	2	54	349	559
40	biopolymers	2	54	421	630
42	Composite Materials	3	52	250	519
43	Manufacturing Processes	2	46	272	286
43	Technology	4	46	1043	3040
45	Molecular Biology	2	43	9580	14672
46	Biochemistry	4	37	4481	10214
46	Solid State Physics	4	37	497	845
48	Molecular Microbiology	1	35	739	1105
48	explosives	1	35	161	82
50	Nuclear Engineering	1	34	293	156
50	Nuclear Energy	1	34	260	120
50	Nuclear Physics	1	34	666	523
50	nuclear power	1	34	111	23
54	Electrochemistry	3	31	1059	1964
55	Mass Spectrometry	2	30	553	929
56	Biotechnology	3	29	1889	5752
56	Bioengineering	3	29	895	2998
56	Electrophysiology	1	29	373	325
59	management	1	27	1593	1607
59	innovation	1	27	155	231
59	research and development	1	27	87	158
62	Microscopy	2	26	398	730
63	Catalysis	3	23	1385	2918
64	Hydrology	1	17	2444	3853
64	Water	1	17	1759	3114
64	water supply	1	17	1622	2889
67	lasers	2	16	505	1221
68	Optics	1	13	1549	1455
69	color	3	11	65	375
70	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	1	8	3323	5780
70	Physical Chemistry	1	8	571	1072
72	Mechanical Engineering	1	7	548	742
72	Energy Storage	2	7	556	2214
72	energy conservation	2	7	552	2258
72	Condensed Matter	1	7	471	754
76	Computational Chemistry	1	5	466	998
76	Industrial Ecology	1	5	194	691
78	Education	1	4	1630	3019
78	Luminescence	1	4	600	1202
78	bioluminescence	1	4	507	1021
78	United States	1	4	4932	8679
82	Electrical Engineering	2	3	698	1916
83	Surface Chemistry	1	2	1177	2669
83	Colloids	1	2	854	1915
85	Engineering	1	1	1508	3817
85	Nanoelectronics	1	1	326	802
85	Microelectronics	1	1	500	1135
85	phase diagrams	1	1	8	29

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Top Disciplines (by citations)