Citations
needed for a paper to rank among the most cited
(SOURCE: ISI's Science Indicators Database, 1981-97)
Field |
Top 1% |
Top
0.1% |
Top 0.01% |
| Molecular Biology/Genetics |
285 |
808 |
1,823 |
| Immunology |
212 |
606 |
1,360 |
| Biology/Biochemistry |
167 |
513 |
1,230 |
| Neuroscience |
165 |
442 |
956 |
| Microbiology |
137 |
427 |
1,010 |
| Clinical Medicine |
136 |
364 |
759 |
| Astrophysics |
128 |
302 |
682 |
| Psychology/Psychiatry |
100 |
282 |
590 |
| Pharmacology |
97 |
300 |
702 |
| Physics |
91 |
277 |
680 |
| Geosciences |
87 |
228 |
506 |
| Chemistry |
80 |
219 |
544 |
| Ecology/Environment |
65 |
173 |
364 |
| Economics/Business |
64 |
191 |
446 |
| Plant & Animal Science |
61 |
153 |
303 |
| Engineering |
49 |
141 |
285 |
| Computer Science |
47 |
141 |
285 |
| Mathematics |
46 |
133 |
291 |
| Materials Science |
46 |
122 |
240 |
| Agricultural Sciences |
43 |
103 |
213 |
| Education |
32 |
87 |
175 |
| SOURCE: ISI's Science Indicators
Database, 1981-97 |
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