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3.0M(top 0.1%)

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553(top 0.1%)

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903(top 0.1%)

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87.4K

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3.3M

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41.6K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Health Sciences	26,865	1,218,905	158	115
2	Life Sciences	19,369	1,146,367	192	132
3	Physical Sciences	22,134	1,110,042	252	139
4	Biology	13,092	835,197	190	131
5	Social Sciences	17,894	732,719	72	59
6	Physics	11,276	578,404	161	81
7	Psychology	5,494	278,534	56	61
8	Chemistry	4,910	235,996	533	315
9	Applied Sciences	5,105	226,006	445	285
10	General Sciences	1,881	222,242	120	101
11	Formal Sciences	4,645	205,951	196	79
12	Mathematics	3,881	158,705	190	73
13	Arts and Humanities	5,809	154,895	59	81
14	Psychiatry	3,014	153,491	42	43
15	Economics	1,885	146,959	82	44
16	Ecology	1,932	137,229	197	109
17	Materials Science	2,972	130,205	466	284
18	Neuroscience	2,116	127,004	50	50
19	Molecular Biology	1,986	126,209	249	200
20	Biochemistry	2,554	121,352	271	217
21	Public Health	3,155	121,158	57	44
22	Condensed Matter Physics	2,395	119,878	260	119
23	Earth Science	1,706	116,075	171	70
24	Cell Biology	1,543	111,743	275	214
25	Genetics	1,728	108,725	216	191
26	Clinical Psychology	1,758	103,361	14	9
27	Geology	1,238	92,442	119	48
28	Neurology	1,649	87,038	180	139
29	Physiology	1,347	85,859	167	117
30	Immunology	1,221	82,920	249	154
31	Business	1,026	74,310	127	73
32	Clinical Neurology	1,417	73,808	189	148
33	Management	838	71,993	128	58
34	Nursing	1,939	68,454	114	92
35	Chemical Engineering	1,053	65,716	640	357
36	Computer Science	1,298	64,260	282	120
37	Rheumatology	812	62,487	38	20
38	Cognitive Neuroscience	806	60,025	34	34
39	Endocrinology	951	58,560	129	95
40	Software Engineering	1,303	58,174	309	160
41	Epidemiology	1,230	57,031	30	34
42	Applied Mathematics	1,326	56,373	251	128
43	Oncology	1,146	53,967	364	286
44	Electrical Engineering	1,244	53,922	350	205
45	Geophysics	1,249	53,308	52	52
46	Pharmacology	1,528	52,854	390	323
47	Experimental Psychology	831	52,553	60	40
48	Mathematical Physics	951	51,056	25	10
49	Physical Chemistry	1,265	50,657	441	321
50	Astrophysics	946	49,420	88	88
51	Microbiology	871	47,567	434	303
52	Astronomy	1,104	47,419	139	148
53	Pediatrics	1,263	45,109	126	100
54	Nuclear Physics	1,223	44,684	120	85
55	Biomedical Engineering	942	44,541	113	69
56	Chemical Physics	1,150	44,351	233	153
57	Biotechnology	866	44,082	215	173
58	Biophysics	838	43,473	195	127
59	Mechanical Engineering	789	38,392	520	318
60	Psychobiology	527	37,978	93	69
61	Artificial Intelligence	721	36,816	249	94
62	Rehabilitation	1,201	35,922	41	51
63	Education	1,757	34,114	119	153
64	Mechanics	712	33,085	420	246
65	Surgery	1,161	32,999	259	206
66	Cardiology	420	32,676	250	98
67	Dentistry	903	29,669	84	70
68	Materials Physics	518	28,534	123	87
68	Surface Physics	518	28,534	123	87
70	Applied Psychology	600	28,234	82	88
71	Orthopedics	794	26,837	137	151
72	Angiology	222	25,564	48	31
73	Educational Psychology	774	25,180	82	105
74	Linguistics	823	23,129	105	65
75	Applied Physics	461	22,477	311	218
76	Information Systems	381	22,286	319	130
77	Mechanics of Materials	391	22,229	616	322
78	Social Psychology	752	20,719	71	136
79	Otorhinolaryngology	692	20,578	68	60
80	Organic Chemistry	531	20,488	707	517
81	Industrial Relations	234	20,155	150	55
82	Structural Biology	296	20,035	160	102
83	Behavioral Neuroscience	450	19,534	84	83
84	Sociology	744	19,485	85	105
85	Political Science	455	18,603	96	55
86	Anthropology	1,041	17,776	53	86
87	Econometrics	113	17,056	28	21
88	Acoustics	419	16,819	34	28
89	Energy	412	16,237	759	621
90	Oceanography	277	16,108	297	162
91	Environmental Chemistry	219	15,992	699	390
92	Optics	568	15,897	134	103
93	Inorganic Chemistry	566	15,351	809	727
94	Developmental Biology	344	15,154	238	234
95	Biological Psychiatry	320	14,517	96	97
96	Geriatrics	252	14,452	36	33
96	Human Genetics	167	14,452	196	148
98	Evolutionary Biology	228	14,249	181	154
99	Radiology	460	14,186	435	355
100	Materials Chemistry	472	13,088	700	662
101	Social Work	494	12,939	44	61
102	Statistics	410	12,283	102	104
103	Human Geography	495	12,126	214	184
104	Philosophy	810	11,692	70	70
105	Hematology	417	11,682	415	428
106	Particle Physics	238	11,380	142	96
107	History	1,588	11,042	73	73
108	Botany	113	10,342	704	371
109	Systems Science	169	10,248	189	114
110	Dermatology	320	10,042	244	177
111	Zoology	292	9,885	213	130
112	Law	553	9,809	93	129
113	Statistical Mechanics	273	9,762	3	1
114	Statistical Physics	265	9,629	86	71
115	Neurophysiology	128	9,512	41	44
116	Neuropsychology	161	9,275	28	27
117	Pathology	275	9,120	382	307
118	Clinical Biochemistry	209	8,911	468	305
119	Ophthalmology	496	8,897	136	200
120	Analytical Chemistry	236	8,310	915	715
121	Developmental Neuroscience	360	8,132	40	114
122	Reproductive Medicine	272	7,872	162	175
123	Agriculture	212	7,803	960	761
124	Archaeology	403	7,272	60	58
125	Cybernetics	60	7,235	124	39
126	Computational Mathematics	175	7,189	334	234
127	Anatomy	197	7,150	111	130
128	Nutrition	144	7,081	270	221
129	Gerontology	179	6,894	73	41
130	Abnormal Psychology	51	6,846	15	10
131	Special Needs Education	177	6,709	55	47
132	Theoretical Computer Science	401	6,675	385	309
133	Gynaecology	207	6,486	309	214
134	Virology	166	6,480	432	420
135	Parasitology	125	6,176	472	323
136	Oral Surgery	254	6,152	71	93
137	Pulmonology	213	6,144	104	240
138	Critical Care Medicine	206	6,050	214	352
139	Neuropsychiatry	187	6,045	52	43
140	Urology	186	6,041	329	283
141	Developmental Psychology	181	5,759	96	117
142	Gastroenterology	160	5,675	645	651
143	Industrial Engineering	195	5,670	731	682
144	Hepatology	115	5,406	509	512
145	Paleoceanography	23	5,334	26	5
146	Emergency Medicine	205	5,075	170	163
147	Geography	153	4,962	286	236
148	Nephrology	123	4,933	370	308
149	Reproductive Biology	162	4,897	224	243
150	Audiology	137	4,649	29	37
151	Spectroscopy	167	4,540	811	728
152	Forestry	85	4,435	383	199
153	Aerospace Engineering	170	4,385	339	275
154	Limnology	55	4,060	280	162
155	Cognitive Science	48	3,999	55	47
156	Political Economy	45	3,982	68	22
157	Information Theory	60	3,974	70	49
158	Computer	257	3,911	375	230
159	Anesthesiology	96	3,865	605	519
160	Electrochemistry	123	3,798	588	634
161	Planetary Science	59	3,771	178	142
162	Photonics	66	3,653	162	142
163	Robotics	65	3,459	174	92
164	Personality Psychology	51	3,343	149	127
165	Machine Learning	51	3,209	37	53
166	Religious Studies	817	3,168	26	28
167	Psychophysics	28	3,147	94	29
168	Monetary Economics	28	3,124	31	21
169	Cultural Studies	673	3,042	81	187
170	Environmental Engineering	78	2,827	1.4K	1.3K
171	Financial Economics	20	2,785	108	102
172	Operations Research	94	2,741	196	244
173	Orthopedic Surgery	39	2,698	252	113
174	The Arts	332	2,653	112	233
175	Development Studies	54	2,620	22	27
176	Theoretical Biology	22	2,487	182	49
177	Psychopathology	59	2,438	29	53
178	Computer Graphics	45	2,406	206	199
179	Food Science and Technology	100	2,393	1.1K	1.2K
180	Information Science	15	2,371	1.1K	98
181	Otolaryngology	130	2,337	152	213
182	Computational Mechanics	69	2,314	313	233
183	Demography	82	2,248	157	151
184	Computational Physics	34	2,222	174	146
185	Numerical Analysis	53	2,192	422	237
186	Physical Geography	33	2,131	316	198
187	Ecological Economics	28	2,109	34	40
188	Ethics	103	2,104	99	152
189	Paleontology	67	2,102	412	320
190	Fluid Mechanics	49	2,066	257	218
191	Image Processing	34	1,979	93	131
192	Computational Neuroscience	40	1,861	4	5
193	Computer Vision	17	1,760	55	66
194	Criminal Law	86	1,743	143	155
195	Fuel Technology	65	1,609	974	1.1K
196	Energy Economics	24	1,608	45	40
197	Systems Biology	36	1,573	40	68
198	Applied Chemistry	52	1,517	1.3K	1.3K
199	Pragmatics	13	1,504	127	7
200	Transplantation	58	1,371	751	684
201	Materials Engineering	36	1,370	427	153
202	Performing Arts	256	1,344	87	177
203	Electronic Materials	32	1,338	183	57
204	Applied Linguistics	49	1,336	92	78
205	Public Economics	23	1,332	37	49
206	Petrology	6	1,260	400	121
207	Biological Engineering	28	1,250	196	189
208	Community Psychology	37	1,243	43	59
209	Psycholinguistics	39	1,240	4	10
209	History of Science	128	1,240	12	12
211	Special Education	81	1,225	56	89
212	Linguistic Anthropology	15	1,217	131	44
213	Civil Engineering	45	1,212	1.6K	1.3K
214	Development Economics	33	1,174	23	54
215	Macroeconomics	24	1,173	43	27
216	Health Information Management	50	1,112	283	200
217	International Economics	13	1,073	118	58
218	Family Psychology	19	1,066	43	60
219	Consumer Psychology	15	1,031	29	31
220	Applied Economics	29	1,026	167	60
221	Neuroimmunology	14	1,009	301	179
222	Music	108	997	64	144
223	Medical Physics	30	973	355	277
224	Infectious Disease	108	961	95	179
225	Solid State Physics	59	958	183	193
226	Geological Engineering	14	913	1.4K	715
227	Medical Ethics	124	906	39	101
228	Marine Geology	23	887	160	179
229	Stratigraphy	20	870	452	351
230	Anaesthesiology	30	855	788	752
231	Logic	42	847	240	223
232	Sociolinguistics	10	817	154	31
233	Analysis	68	812	588	569
234	Osteology	17	809	185	196
235	Neural Engineering	13	802	57	49
236	Neuroendocrinology	13	789	97	110
237	Literature	69	781	159	77
238	Health Psychology	23	778	191	218
239	Systems Neuroscience	16	767	5	18
240	Geochemistry	14	766	311	359
241	Science and Technology Studies	5	757	145	41
242	Biological Anthropology	15	734	152	112
243	Clinical Neuropsychology	20	712	71	61
244	Medical Sociology	11	710	39	45
245	Philology	251	682	88	91
246	Magnetism	45	669	465	491
247	Bioethics	63	661	43	62
248	Mathematical Statistics	24	635	2	13
249	Mineralogy	32	618	567	693
250	Agronomy	13	612	1.1K	620
250	Medicinal Chemistry	12	612	998	705
252	Human-Computer Interaction	17	611	91	46
253	Automotive Engineering	23	580	967	685
254	Military Psychology	4	575	48	4
255	Marine Biology	19	564	385	392
255	History of Africa	41	564	49	18
257	Technical Chemistry	22	563	1.2K	881
258	Business Studies	6	546	627	107
259	Pharmacy	42	540	507	744
260	Culinary Arts	11	533	650	584
261	Optical Engineering	24	530	126	51
262	Sedimentology	8	522	255	163
263	Thermodynamics	24	516	1.3K	1.5K
264	History of America	137	509	130	58
265	Industrial Organization	18	505	40	50
266	Sociology of Religion	15	500	12	6
267	Public Law	8	494	514	272
268	Media Studies	14	455	183	122
268	Molecular Neuroscience	9	455	355	286
270	Religion	26	449	33	18
271	Neuroanatomy	8	435	20	19
272	Algebra	29	423	620	453
273	Computer Architecture	21	399	156	224
274	African History	25	398	30	13
275	Computational Economics	4	391	125	9
276	Ergonomics	25	383	321	282
277	Primatology	10	380	169	142
278	Historical Archaeology	26	377	5	4
279	Pediatric Psychology	11	375	102	127
280	Phonetics	9	365	117	79
281	Morphology	16	364	298	214
281	Horticulture	14	364	1.4K	1.3K
283	Environmental Economics	6	348	149	139
284	Tissue Engineering	13	342	272	383
285	Astrobiology	17	341	83	165
286	Economic History	71	340	53	115
287	Appetite	7	327	252	239
288	Volcanology	4	311	342	215
289	Mycology	19	310	783	974
290	Microeconomics	8	300	37	44
291	Marine Engineering	9	297	956	786
292	Economic Systems	2	295	197	26
293	Resource Economics	7	290	201	168
294	Biogeography	7	286	466	646
295	Computational Statistics	13	282	205	234
296	Bioinorganic Chemistry	14	277	844	975
297	Law and Economics	21	271	39	91
298	Mathematical Psychology	5	267	81	63
299	Computer Communications	11	263	152	139
300	Family Medicine	6	262	232	148
301	Distributed Computing	5	256	278	157
302	Geobiology	4	253	137	101
303	Cognitive Psychology	6	252	297	259
303	Biophysical Chemistry	1	252	13	16
305	Labor Economics	6	248	33	75
306	Sustainable Development	4	246	569	419
307	Legal Psychology	1	237	327	101
308	Theoretical Physics	26	233	265	420
309	Architecture	17	218	1.1K	858
310	Electromechanical Engineering	13	216	460	432
310	Organometallic Chemistry	10	216	848	934
312	Counseling Psychology	6	213	51	92
313	Geometry	16	210	374	284
314	History of the United States	54	206	68	48
314	Food Safety	4	206	934	833
316	Environmental Psychology	4	205	136	208
316	Mechatronics	10	205	347	280
318	Parallel Computing	4	203	219	66
319	Environmental Studies	10	200	239	414
319	Organizational Psychology	4	200	330	318
321	Sociology of the Family	11	197	128	244
322	Renewable Energy	4	196	1.1K	938
323	Rehabilitation Psychology	6	187	29	37
324	Agricultural Economics	7	178	250	289
325	Mathematical Economics	7	173	91	47
326	Ecological Psychology	4	172	18	11
327	Structural Geology	2	167	445	286
328	Chaos Theory	7	166	449	501
329	Number Theory	19	164	125	105
330	Cryptography	7	153	41	75
331	Neuropharmacology	8	144	465	739
332	School Psychology	8	143	207	285
332	African Archaeology	2	143	66	22
334	Comparative Psychology	3	142	113	122
334	Biological Psychology	6	142	216	318
334	Data Mining	4	142	78	106
337	Psychology of Religion	13	134	15	49
338	Probability Theory	17	131	140	225
339	Sport Psychology	8	121	160	168
340	Information Economics	5	120	21	44
341	Humanistic Psychology	3	113	84	36
342	Metabolic Engineering	2	106	201	228
343	Polymer Physics	3	105	562	497
344	Relativity	14	103	157	503
345	Algorithms	9	102	396	436
346	English Literature	23	98	135	63
347	Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics	3	96	351	339
348	Phonology	2	95	114	67
349	Cultural Psychology	5	88	253	587
350	Economic Geography	2	82	231	215
351	Civil Law	11	80	103	114
351	International Law	11	80	95	114
353	Private Law	17	79	61	94
354	Semantics	4	78	239	295
355	Positive Psychology	3	73	134	202
356	History of Europe	92	67	132	339
357	Medical Anthropology	2	66	126	102
358	Molecular Physics	3	64	744	652
359	Chronobiology	2	63	383	386
359	Paleoethnobotany	5	63	72	152
361	Cultural Anthropology	14	62	401	1.6K
362	Languages	6	59	287	299
363	Social Philosophy	4	57	73	82
363	Control Theory	3	57	473	435
363	Comparative Law	9	57	256	130
366	Psychometrics	5	53	112	227
367	Veterinary Medicine	6	52	1.4K	2.0K
368	Political Philosophy	2	50	205	128
369	Natural History	6	49	466	513
370	Public Finance	4	47	234	259
370	Evolutionary Psychology	3	47	135	193
372	Socioeconomics	3	44	164	257
373	Nuclear Medicine	5	42	1.0K	1.5K
373	Hydrogeology	1	42	563	498
375	Forensic Psychology	2	39	311	331
375	Systems Theory	3	39	151	116
377	Rhetoric	7	38	128	154
377	Seismology	3	38	224	318
379	Art History	17	37	70	64
380	Operating Systems	2	36	143	136
381	Ethnobotany	4	35	793	1.8K
382	Phenomenology	10	33	69	133
383	Islamic Economics	1	30	390	163
384	Psychoanalysis	3	29	146	124
385	General Practice	1	26	428	358
385	Visual Sociology	6	26	9	29
385	Plasma Physics	8	26	401	741
385	Maritime Archaeology	5	26	47	71
389	Media Psychology	2	25	107	194
389	European History	19	25	57	106
389	Feminist Economics	1	25	110	166
389	Education Theory	3	25	528	519
393	History of Philosophy	4	24	89	88
393	Sociology of Health and Illness	2	24	229	388
393	Environmental Archaeology	4	24	27	76
396	Black Psychology	3	23	83	194
397	Epistemology	2	22	150	71
398	Real Estate Economics	1	20	233	270
399	International Studies	4	18	8	15
399	Composite Materials	2	18	1.1K	1.3K
401	Electronic Engineering	1	16	1.1K	765
402	Applied Philosophy	3	14	129	176
402	Sociology of Culture	3	14	22	63
404	Transportation Engineering	2	13	706	922
405	Intellectual History	6	12	107	176
406	Nanomaterials	1	11	1.4K	1.5K
406	Control Engineering	3	11	572	1.2K
406	Ethnobiology	1	11	71	116
409	Ethnography	1	9	150	277
410	Music Psychology	2	8	200	482
410	Telecommunications Engineering	8	8	298	627
410	Electricity	1	8	312	353
410	Polymer Chemistry	1	8	244	391
414	Library Science	5	7	1.2K	2.7K
414	Agroecology	1	7	254	416
414	Bioarchaeology	2	7	263	502
417	Environmental History	7	6	78	190
417	Environmental Sociology	1	6	74	135
417	Paleopathology	2	6	99	240
420	Reference	2	5	853	1.1K
420	Approximation Theory	4	5	269	733
420	Romance Literature	6	5	75	82
423	Thermal Engineering	1	4	1.8K	2.4K
423	Geodesy	1	4	218	354
425	Surface Engineering	1	3	543	834
425	Computer Engineering	1	3	1.2K	1.3K
425	Statistical Theory	2	3	141	331
425	Missiology	6	3	6	45
425	Applied Anthropology	1	3	244	325
430	Syntax	1	2	45	111
430	Financial Econometrics	1	2	125	247
430	Administrative Law	1	2	20	12
430	Statistical Modelling	1	2	130	287
434	Modern History	14	1	63	251
434	Archival Science	2	1	136	293
434	Laser Physics	1	1	689	1.1K
434	Radiophysics	1	1	95	141
434	Quality Engineering	1	1	284	555
434	Sports Engineering	1	1	259	432
434	Ancient History	1	1	164	116
434	Ethnohistory	1	1	103	102
434	Spanish Literature	4	1	214	326
443	Social Choice Theory	1	0	361	618
443	Linguistic Typology	1	0	111	192
443	Asian History	1	0	90	148
443	Computational Linguistics	1	0	432	885
443	Green Economics	1	0	76	150
443	English Studies	5	0	271	837
443	Medieval History	9	0	169	511
443	Slavic Literature	1	0	129	80

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