Field Distribution

Special Topic: Cholera> Field Distribution

Published January 2011

The source database for the Cholera Special Topic was the Web of Science^®, and the field distribution reflects Web of Science database categories. A threshold of five papers was applied to the field distributions. Source dates: January 1, 2000-August 31, 2010 (fourth bimonthly period 2010).

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Rank	Field	Citations	Papers	Cites per paper
1	MICROBIOLOGY	42,181	2,252	18.73
2	IMMUNOLOGY	29,390	1,761	16.69
3	BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY	28,092	1,439	19.52
4	VETERINARY SCIENCES	8,682	885	9.81
5	INFECTIOUS DISEASES	14,027	843	16.64
6	BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY	8,648	749	11.55
7	NEUROSCIENCES	11,516	674	17.09
8	CELL BIOLOGY	14,691	515	28.53
9	MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL	5,941	507	11.72
10	PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY	6,104	410	14.89
11	VIROLOGY	5,075	278	18.26
12	BIOPHYSICS	3,589	268	13.39
13	PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH	1,855	244	7.60
14	BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS	2,967	233	12.73
15	FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY	1,538	210	7.32
16	NO CATEGORY	242	200	1.21
17	GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY	2,901	177	16.39
18	ZOOLOGY	3,092	172	17.98
19	PHYSIOLOGY	2,676	166	16.12
20	ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES	1,072	160	6.70
21	GENETICS & HEREDITY	2,137	150	14.25
22	CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY	2,285	137	16.68
23	MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL	787	127	6.20
24	CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC	1,483	119	12.46
25	CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL	2,306	116	19.88
26	TROPICAL MEDICINE	531	102	5.21
27	CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL	931	95	9.80
28	ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM	1,490	95	15.68
29	PLANT SCIENCES	1,032	92	11.22
30	MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY	660	78	8.46
31	BIOLOGY	669	76	8.80
32	CHEMISTRY, APPLIED	600	72	8.33
33	TOXICOLOGY	524	70	7.49
34	PARASITOLOGY	396	69	5.74
35	DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY	1,528	60	25.47
36	PEDIATRICS	533	59	9.03
37	NUTRITION & DIETETICS	614	54	11.37
38	CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL	509	52	9.79
39	ONCOLOGY	573	51	11.24
40	ECOLOGY	1,130	49	23.06
41	PATHOLOGY	519	47	11.04
42	FISHERIES	364	45	8.09
43	WATER RESOURCES	227	43	5.28
44	AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE	266	41	6.49
45	ALLERGY	732	40	18.30
46	ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL	258	40	6.45
47	ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY	131	32	4.09
48	DERMATOLOGY	320	31	10.32
49	OPHTHALMOLOGY	305	31	9.84
50	CLINICAL NEUROLOGY	354	30	11.80
51	HEMATOLOGY	536	28	19.14
52	MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES	122	28	4.36
53	NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY	201	27	7.44
54	REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY	263	27	9.74
55	PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE	231	26	8.88
56	SURGERY	94	26	3.62
57	ELECTROCHEMISTRY	222	25	8.88
58	UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY	190	24	7.92
59	INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE	262	23	11.39
60	CRYSTALLOGRAPHY	177	22	8.05
61	MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY	296	21	14.10
62	RESPIRATORY SYSTEM	287	21	13.67
63	BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES	161	19	8.47
64	MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY	113	18	6.28
65	SPECTROSCOPY	84	18	4.67
66	EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY	174	17	10.24
67	MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY	33	17	1.94
68	OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY	134	17	7.88
69	DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE	203	16	12.69
70	GEOGRAPHY	69	16	4.31
71	HISTORY	20	16	1.25
72	OCEANOGRAPHY	95	16	5.94
73	AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY	189	15	12.60
74	HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	37	15	2.47
75	CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS	160	14	11.43
76	MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS	116	13	8.92
77	PHYSICS, APPLIED	17	13	1.31
78	HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES	44	12	3.67
79	STATISTICS & PROBABILITY	230	12	19.17
80	MICROSCOPY	311	11	28.27
81	POLYMER SCIENCE	80	11	7.27
82	SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL	78	11	7.09
83	COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS	215	10	21.50
84	OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY	28	10	2.80
85	PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL	36	10	3.60
86	ANESTHESIOLOGY	202	9	22.44
87	CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE	37	9	4.11
88	MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS	197	9	21.89
89	METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES	118	9	13.11
90	PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT	26	9	2.89
91	SPORT SCIENCES	95	9	10.56
92	CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR	151	8	18.88
93	ECONOMICS	33	8	4.13
94	INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION	33	8	4.13
95	LIMNOLOGY	46	8	5.75
96	PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER	11	8	1.38
97	PSYCHIATRY	115	8	14.38
98	AGRONOMY	45	7	6.43
99	ANTHROPOLOGY	67	7	9.57
100	EDUCATION, SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINES	9	7	1.29
101	ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL	24	7	3.43
102	GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY	96	7	13.71
103	RHEUMATOLOGY	82	7	11.71
104	AREA STUDIES	8	6	1.33
105	GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY	31	6	5.17
106	HISTORY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES	5	6	0.83
107	ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL	52	5	10.40
108	ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY	3	5	0.60
109	ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES	17	5	3.40
110	MYCOLOGY	14	5	2.80
111	ORTHOPEDICS	39	5	7.80

A threshold of five papers was applied to the field distributions. Source dates: January 1, 2000-August 31, 2010 (fourth bimonthly period 2010).

Overall General Information

Modern scientific research is, in general, multidisciplinary in nature. It is rather rare for a researcher to work within the narrow confines of any one discipline. A molecular biologist could deal in cell biology, pathology, biochemistry, or any number of related fields. Materials science can encompass chemistry and physics.

The field distribution will show, for any given Topic, which disciplines have a shared interest in a particular research area, as well as to what degree these discipline influence the Topics in question.

What are Special Topics?

Special Topics, from ScienceWatch.com, is designed to complement Essential Science IndicatorsSM from Clarivate in providing citation analyses and commentary for selected scientific research areas that have experienced notable recent advances or are of special current interest.

Read about the overall methodology for Special Topics in the "What are Special Topics?" page.

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