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Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Health Sciences	55,091	2,273,727	40	36
2	Life Sciences	33,998	1,844,299	66	58
3	Physical Sciences	35,687	1,573,420	120	74
4	Biology	21,014	1,252,441	82	66
5	Social Sciences	25,363	1,119,578	38	30
6	Applied Sciences	13,654	635,027	134	78
7	Physics	12,201	535,308	145	96
8	Chemistry	9,549	470,101	226	145
9	Formal Sciences	9,493	362,324	48	31
10	Psychology	7,470	347,624	28	35
11	General Sciences	2,869	346,090	60	55
12	Oncology	6,606	296,995	22	24
13	Molecular Biology	4,302	293,558	74	64
14	Cell Biology	3,926	271,255	72	70
15	Materials Science	5,679	261,928	206	143
16	Arts and Humanities	5,663	260,144	63	41
17	Mathematics	7,379	255,874	47	33
18	Biochemistry	4,838	252,178	99	72
19	Genetics	3,352	245,015	87	58
20	Economics	2,751	219,455	39	25
21	Computer Science	4,186	203,583	32	13
22	Software Engineering	4,351	202,109	39	16
23	Neurology	4,480	196,714	31	39
24	Clinical Neurology	4,091	179,145	31	39
25	Psychiatry	3,592	175,703	28	32
26	Electrical Engineering	3,603	174,206	86	29
27	Public Health	4,112	166,394	33	27
28	Management	1,578	154,391	33	18
29	Business	1,917	149,397	32	19
30	Neuroscience	2,723	148,734	27	39
31	Chemical Engineering	2,577	148,365	216	134
32	Surgery	5,351	147,690	15	18
33	Applied Mathematics	3,427	139,751	44	32
34	Pharmacology	3,581	132,303	104	78
35	Physical Chemistry	2,821	130,396	148	92
36	Condensed Matter Physics	2,884	128,602	210	109
37	Microbiology	1,956	121,622	156	94
38	Mechanical Engineering	2,189	116,633	166	107
39	Physiology	2,252	116,151	78	65
40	Immunology	2,621	113,189	90	117
41	Nursing	2,831	107,880	52	42
42	Ecology	1,604	107,310	268	147
43	Endocrinology	1,505	104,725	61	35
44	Artificial Intelligence	2,254	104,216	23	14
45	Chemical Physics	2,628	103,211	60	48
46	Earth Science	2,042	98,863	129	95
47	Pediatrics	2,579	86,210	36	36
48	Education	3,081	78,632	36	51
49	Mechanics	1,505	78,059	183	105
50	Radiology	2,372	77,398	43	41
51	Mechanics of Materials	1,324	74,862	170	94
52	Ophthalmology	1,867	72,557	12	12
53	Biotechnology	1,203	69,482	127	89
54	Social Psychology	1,420	68,573	19	26
55	Information Systems	1,215	65,549	39	18
56	Epidemiology	1,620	63,654	19	29
57	Orthopedics	1,926	63,236	27	34
58	Developmental Biology	1,152	63,102	30	41
59	Applied Physics	1,134	61,829	100	75
60	Clinical Psychology	1,439	61,495	24	34
61	Hematology	1,876	61,164	60	60
62	Sociology	1,492	61,013	25	23
63	Gastroenterology	1,059	60,623	50	43
64	Inorganic Chemistry	1,548	57,723	261	183
65	Biomedical Engineering	1,189	56,017	72	54
66	Hepatology	775	54,494	37	38
67	Educational Psychology	1,435	54,185	23	32
68	Cognitive Neuroscience	860	52,913	31	41
69	Applied Psychology	1,331	52,630	9	32
70	Biophysics	1,228	50,773	104	101
71	Geology	1,048	49,456	155	122
72	Dentistry	1,517	49,081	32	31
73	Rehabilitation	1,542	47,154	23	30
74	Materials Chemistry	1,164	43,209	263	198
75	Geophysics	961	43,182	78	75
76	Organic Chemistry	1,239	43,053	273	207
77	Industrial Relations	493	40,603	38	15
78	Urology	1,253	40,496	15	17
79	Theoretical Computer Science	1,490	39,690	35	15
80	Linguistics	1,155	39,068	60	31
81	Experimental Psychology	773	38,880	73	76
82	Psychobiology	650	38,660	64	63
83	Energy	1,000	36,430	307	287
84	Cardiology	702	35,281	116	89
85	Social Work	923	35,214	10	13
86	Virology	589	32,237	96	75
87	Human Genetics	419	32,099	50	46
88	Oceanography	624	30,931	126	71
89	Anthropology	901	27,661	72	41
90	Optics	975	27,433	65	37
91	Behavioral Neuroscience	639	26,370	39	53
92	Industrial Engineering	666	26,160	195	149
93	Astronomy	300	25,253	436	259
94	Gerontology	560	25,090	5	3
95	Information Theory	316	24,856	6	7
96	Clinical Biochemistry	476	24,603	163	50
97	Statistics	651	24,429	53	45
98	Nuclear Physics	727	23,636	237	198
99	Pathology	681	23,393	100	96
100	Astrophysics	166	22,880	530	235
101	Biological Psychiatry	483	22,665	46	52
102	Developmental Neuroscience	679	22,558	13	29
103	Gynaecology	980	22,313	26	42
104	Dermatology	870	22,053	44	51
105	Fluid Mechanics	267	21,586	33	15
106	Environmental Chemistry	405	20,759	355	292
107	Financial Economics	66	20,145	19	14
108	Otorhinolaryngology	862	20,057	39	66
109	Critical Care Medicine	487	19,676	55	97
110	Human Geography	769	18,833	104	107
111	Structural Biology	299	18,452	156	112
112	Emergency Medicine	780	18,405	16	13
113	Law	609	17,619	82	54
114	Reproductive Medicine	647	17,588	28	51
115	Computational Mathematics	474	16,272	60	87
116	Civil Engineering	457	16,237	243	162
117	Political Science	659	16,227	53	64
118	Geological Engineering	410	15,635	76	42
119	Computer	926	15,368	42	45
120	Materials Physics	393	15,245	166	159
120	Surface Physics	393	15,245	166	159
122	Pulmonology	216	14,843	101	82
123	Systems Science	370	14,758	56	60
124	Oral Surgery	495	14,594	20	20
125	Computer Graphics	197	14,385	38	33
126	Nephrology	340	14,091	97	91
127	Angiology	166	14,050	82	87
128	Mathematical Physics	483	13,834	142	102
129	Statistical Physics	434	13,814	40	46
130	Photonics	243	13,693	26	21
131	Anatomy	310	13,647	44	46
132	Evolutionary Biology	200	13,641	207	163
133	Robotics	178	12,823	36	12
134	Geography	296	12,649	145	86
135	Rheumatology	285	12,381	184	204
136	Fuel Technology	289	12,310	234	173
137	Transplantation	466	12,276	102	112
138	Acoustics	348	12,239	50	43
139	Aerospace Engineering	444	12,184	114	94
140	Anesthesiology	387	12,017	134	168
141	Agriculture	235	12,005	887	537
142	Geriatrics	291	12,003	22	45
143	Analytical Chemistry	264	11,982	838	515
144	Philosophy	792	11,750	75	69
145	Reproductive Biology	424	11,731	43	70
146	Developmental Psychology	266	11,188	43	50
147	Electrochemistry	218	11,020	341	241
148	Environmental Engineering	254	10,926	519	436
149	Food Science and Technology	194	10,877	645	389
150	Limnology	182	10,588	55	41
151	Cultural Studies	883	9,925	56	37
152	Econometrics	106	9,906	36	39
153	The Arts	504	9,657	68	34
154	Nutrition	274	9,347	121	159
155	Computer Architecture	203	8,857	9	9
156	Neuropsychiatry	241	8,429	28	23
157	Spectroscopy	246	8,186	574	433
158	Information Science	98	8,128	131	18
159	Planetary Science	119	8,033	81	68
160	Performing Arts	387	7,704	53	16
161	Demography	224	7,563	33	40
162	Thermodynamics	134	7,268	322	184
163	Geochemistry	72	7,262	71	57
164	Operations Research	229	7,254	44	79
165	Parasitology	96	6,699	599	297
166	Paleontology	165	6,695	155	85
167	Neuropsychology	131	6,672	44	49
168	History	1,384	6,061	93	138
169	Medical Physics	100	5,901	104	44
170	Cybernetics	97	5,893	66	58
171	Music	117	5,884	54	21
172	Personality Psychology	81	5,798	78	65
173	Image Processing	63	5,644	44	43
174	Applied Chemistry	124	5,486	684	494
175	Criminal Law	168	5,445	56	38
176	Consumer Psychology	44	5,385	7	2
177	Mineralogy	53	5,354	403	129
178	Otolaryngology	265	5,202	49	79
179	Pharmacy	236	5,112	90	87
180	Orthopedic Surgery	111	5,014	55	49
181	Sociology of the Family	47	5,002	24	11
182	Computational Mechanics	169	4,983	122	119
183	Automotive Engineering	95	4,935	258	83
184	Zoology	156	4,611	435	290
185	Computational Linguistics	20	3,718	23	6
186	Cognitive Science	41	3,655	66	51
187	Nuclear Medicine	76	3,528	109	73
188	Machine Learning	40	3,474	70	48
189	Biological Engineering	83	3,438	38	51
190	Analysis	168	3,425	177	131
191	Molecular Physics	20	3,287	213	38
192	Health Psychology	58	3,264	38	40
193	Special Needs Education	103	3,202	105	110
194	Anaesthesiology	136	3,198	217	276
195	Neurophysiology	80	3,172	85	148
196	Numerical Analysis	135	3,162	131	153
197	Physical Geography	24	3,032	394	134
198	Algebra	184	3,011	40	25
199	Media Studies	93	2,901	3	4
200	Archaeology	185	2,846	173	192
201	Community Psychology	62	2,820	19	21
202	Solid State Physics	31	2,719	430	45
203	Marine Biology	61	2,669	137	106
204	Psychopathology	44	2,653	53	48
205	Botany	95	2,614	794	899
206	Neuroendocrinology	28	2,584	28	14
207	Seismology	64	2,539	6	6
208	Particle Physics	80	2,344	390	375
209	Family Psychology	29	2,297	21	14
210	Abnormal Psychology	41	2,262	28	53
211	Structural Geology	38	2,073	25	23
212	Logic	51	2,000	196	76
213	Health Information Management	118	1,943	71	103
214	Osteology	39	1,919	61	79
215	Architecture	103	1,867	199	136
216	Morphology	65	1,808	42	26
217	Tissue Engineering	27	1,753	116	74
218	Medicinal Chemistry	48	1,742	298	253
219	Psychometrics	51	1,725	12	39
220	Political Economy	44	1,685	73	63
221	Computational Physics	62	1,680	78	182
222	Molecular Neuroscience	31	1,670	61	44
223	Neural Engineering	47	1,632	8	21
224	Neuropharmacology	35	1,607	87	96
225	Computer Vision	19	1,569	43	70
226	Pediatric Psychology	26	1,546	40	26
227	Theoretical Biology	31	1,506	118	91
228	Neuroimmunology	30	1,439	128	119
229	Stratigraphy	47	1,389	204	234
230	Probability Theory	51	1,351	30	20
231	Biological Anthropology	35	1,251	53	65
232	Culinary Arts	42	1,238	171	279
233	Petrology	13	1,214	252	127
234	Linguistic Anthropology	25	1,203	81	45
235	Semantics	17	1,199	49	24
236	Technical Chemistry	55	1,194	535	426
237	Marine Geology	26	1,148	142	137
238	Development Studies	21	1,133	99	86
239	Forensic Psychology	30	1,110	18	13
240	Applied Linguistics	33	1,061	164	92
241	Bioinorganic Chemistry	40	971	349	387
242	Public Economics	18	969	48	70
243	Counseling Psychology	4	944	82	28
244	Macroeconomics	30	943	26	38
245	Philology	259	935	83	63
246	Ethics	72	933	156	369
247	Geobiology	30	923	6	17
248	Materials Engineering	48	917	321	241
249	Distributed Computing	42	908	9	20
250	Organometallic Chemistry	34	898	338	339
251	Primatology	24	895	62	61
252	Appetite	36	892	39	86
253	Sociolinguistics	20	888	81	26
254	Rhetoric	68	886	14	11
255	Phonology	17	879	9	10
256	Law and Economics	23	878	28	25
257	Ergonomics	68	867	116	140
258	Religious Studies	226	844	161	199
259	Audiology	31	842	164	199
260	Mathematical Economics	17	828	22	9
261	Phonetics	30	811	28	29
262	Media Psychology	5	779	49	12
263	Infectious Disease	82	775	154	239
264	Astrobiology	29	746	39	73
265	Applied Economics	19	744	314	101
266	Special Education	27	736	136	111
267	Optical Engineering	41	735	56	33
268	Economic History	44	732	104	53
269	Literature	76	715	141	82
270	Medical Sociology	13	689	34	48
271	Forestry	28	679	946	912
272	Real Estate Economics	28	677	13	18
273	Clinical Neuropsychology	15	671	108	71
274	Public Law	13	670	350	204
275	Legal Psychology	17	667	24	35
276	Computational Statistics	42	664	26	88
277	Development Economics	15	642	85	104
278	Biological Psychology	13	634	97	88
279	Monetary Economics	22	633	39	78
280	Electronic Materials	27	611	236	172
281	International Economics	8	590	178	97
282	Environmental Psychology	7	585	62	69
283	Electromechanical Engineering	11	578	511	194
284	Sedimentology	19	556	96	148
285	Environmental Economics	9	553	98	89
286	Chaos Theory	24	535	115	181
287	Paleoceanography	11	527	65	94
288	Business Studies	4	526	891	111
289	Marine Engineering	24	477	489	573
290	Medical Ethics	82	471	69	195
291	Human-Computer Interaction	23	463	66	66
292	Sociology of Sport	7	461	46	10
293	Geometry	25	449	236	144
294	Biophysical Chemistry	1	441	13	12
295	Systems Biology	18	435	146	238
295	Psychophysics	18	435	148	184
297	Control Theory	5	433	330	77
298	Polymer Physics	14	432	202	203
299	Cultural Psychology	12	424	101	189
300	Mechatronics	6	404	489	156
301	Algorithms	26	391	109	149
302	Mathematical Psychology	6	389	70	46
303	School Psychology	15	386	135	150
304	Statistical Mechanics	24	378	347	436
305	Bioethics	63	374	43	126
306	Cognitive Psychology	17	363	112	204
307	Industrial Organization	17	362	46	77
308	History of America	238	346	69	83
308	Food Safety	6	346	732	572
310	Sociology of Education	7	325	101	75
311	Education Theory	21	303	104	64
312	Science and Technology Studies	6	302	119	106
313	Semiotics	4	300	192	9
314	Library Science	66	299	56	251
315	Computational Neuroscience	13	281	40	85
316	Veterinary Medicine	8	278	1.2K	757
317	Mycology	13	276	1.0K	1.1K
318	Composite Materials	19	275	178	220
319	Systems Theory	11	252	43	23
320	Organizational Psychology	5	245	291	278
320	Systems Neuroscience	5	245	72	58
322	Positive Psychology	6	235	62	100
322	Thermal Engineering	3	235	1.2K	624
324	Civil Law	15	228	73	51
324	International Law	15	228	70	51
326	Horticulture	9	227	1.8K	1.7K
327	Biogeography	4	223	636	710
328	Microeconomics	5	216	66	60
329	Cultural Anthropology	20	215	267	848
330	Parallel Computing	20	212	22	64
331	Resource Economics	4	211	295	208
332	Information Economics	4	210	29	21
333	Economic Systems	3	208	113	48
334	Volcanology	5	198	301	289
335	Energy Economics	7	196	290	467
336	Neuroanatomy	3	191	131	74
337	Ecological Economics	2	184	546	439
337	Magnetism	20	184	880	1.1K
339	History of the United States	92	182	37	51
340	Discourse Analysis	3	180	91	45
341	Black Psychology	4	174	66	56
341	Control Engineering	5	174	399	248
343	Pragmatics	6	166	270	194
344	Reference	44	161	21	156
345	Family Medicine	11	160	144	207
346	Agronomy	6	158	1.8K	1.4K
347	Cryptography	2	154	109	74
348	History of Europe	96	150	123	169
349	Religion	5	148	223	75
350	Structural Engineering	5	145	342	171
350	Number Theory	22	145	104	126
352	Languages	9	142	205	158
353	Computer Communications	14	138	97	286
354	Natural History	10	134	292	230
355	Environmental Studies	12	126	201	547
356	Occupational Psychology	3	123	31	45
357	Political Psychology	10	119	58	210
358	Labor Economics	4	115	54	135
359	Ethnography	5	110	13	44
360	Agricultural Chemistry	2	101	1.5K	1.5K
361	Psychoanalysis	15	98	31	41
362	Theoretical Physics	6	95	984	750
363	Chronobiology	4	94	224	297
364	Plasma Physics	22	85	172	391
365	Operating Systems	7	80	54	70
366	Sociology of Health and Illness	3	78	180	229
367	Social Choice Theory	4	75	150	141
368	Ecological Psychology	3	74	25	28
368	Social Anthropology	24	74	19	44
370	Visual Anthropology	23	73	3	6
371	Reliability Engineering	5	69	422	644
372	Sociology of Religion	10	68	32	99
373	Agricultural Economics	5	65	314	464
374	Visual Arts	12	62	30	14
375	Natural Language Processing	3	58	90	64
376	Social Philosophy	8	57	40	82
377	Military Psychology	6	52	33	78
378	Experimental Economics	3	48	191	237
378	Telecommunications Engineering	10	48	223	127
380	Computer Engineering	17	47	80	276
381	Renewable Energy	1	45	2.1K	2.0K
382	Socioeconomics	10	43	26	263
382	Relativity	8	43	293	676
382	History of Science	10	43	266	359
385	Comparative Psychology	2	42	175	254
385	Mathematical Statistics	3	42	152	214
387	Bionics	6	41	52	119
388	Traffic Psychology	1	37	403	395
389	Psychology of Religion	2	36	140	169
390	Music Psychology	6	34	74	258
391	Evolutionary Psychology	3	33	135	241
391	Evolutionary Economics	3	33	94	211
393	Private Law	8	32	201	215
394	Computer Security	3	31	170	269
395	Computational Economics	5	30	92	247
396	Environmental History	9	28	53	71
397	Applied Anthropology	9	27	40	145
397	Medical Anthropology	2	27	126	193
399	Transportation Engineering	5	25	381	677
400	General Practice	2	24	315	381
400	Cryogenics	1	24	333	124
402	Art History	5	23	219	102
403	Industrial Management	1	22	1.0K	959
403	Medieval History	21	22	81	135
403	Geochronology	2	22	191	365
406	Psycholinguistics	3	21	178	401
406	Bioeconomics	2	21	34	66
406	History of Africa	5	21	339	382
409	English Literature	18	20	189	324
410	African History	1	19	392	210
411	Phenomenology	5	18	141	211
412	Welding	1	17	656	476
412	Ethnobotany	2	17	1.2K	2.1K
414	Geotechnical Engineering	2	16	456	671
415	Economic Geography	2	14	231	459
415	Nanomaterials	1	14	1.4K	1.4K
417	Medical Psychology	2	13	127	264
417	Safety Engineering	7	13	31	159
419	Public Finance	4	12	234	519
419	Electronic Engineering	4	12	541	855
419	Metabolic Engineering	2	12	201	483
419	Sports Engineering	1	12	259	205
419	Quantum Gravity	2	12	567	877
424	Institutional Economics	2	11	110	230
425	Humanistic Psychology	3	10	84	250
425	European History	5	10	243	200
425	Sociology of Language	1	10	182	124
425	Electricity	3	10	143	317
425	Comparative Law	4	10	492	447
425	Data Mining	1	10	318	496
425	German Literature	10	10	85	98
425	Spanish Literature	2	10	331	80
433	Political Philosophy	3	9	155	245
433	Modern History	27	9	25	137
433	Nuclear Energy	2	9	532	799
433	Engineering Statistics	2	9	16	40
433	Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics	2	9	445	796
438	Intellectual History	6	8	107	218
439	Sport Psychology	2	7	555	942
439	Quantum Computing	1	7	30	42
439	Approximation Theory	3	7	326	672
442	Sociology of Culture	2	6	37	93
443	Statistical Theory	2	5	141	254
444	Syntax	1	4	45	96
444	Feminist Economics	1	4	110	283
444	Laser Physics	1	4	689	930
444	English Studies	4	4	332	394
448	Process Engineering	1	3	1.0K	1.7K
449	Criminal Psychology	1	2	216	400
450	Epistemology	1	1	230	333
450	Applied Philosophy	1	1	263	391
450	Archival Science	3	1	97	293
450	Mathematical Sociology	1	1	108	253
450	Spatial Statistics	1	1	155	345
450	Surface Science	2	1	183	427
450	Historical Archaeology	1	1	289	467
457	Child Psychopathology	1	0	102	179
457	History of Philosophy	2	0	179	410
457	Genetic Engineering	1	0	251	689
457	Cataloging	1	0	216	371
457	Preservation	1	0	1.0K	1.7K
457	Radiophysics	1	0	95	165
457	Visual Sociology	2	0	47	91
457	Literary Theory	2	0	47	150
457	Folklore	1	0	96	87
457	Romance Literature	1	0	396	344
457	Slavic Literature	3	0	56	80

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