Special Topic: Alzheimer's Disease> Field Distribution
Published March 2011
Field Distribution
Rank | Field | Citations | Papers | Cites per paper |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NEUROSCIENCES | 537,203 | 22,784 | 23.58 |
2 | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | 264,730 | 12,671 | 20.89 |
3 | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 317,399 | 10,766 | 29.48 |
4 | PSYCHIATRY | 116,485 | 7,483 | 15.57 |
5 | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY | 102,405 | 7,087 | 14.45 |
6 | PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY | 84,284 | 5,163 | 16.32 |
7 | GERONTOLOGY | 46,041 | 3,487 | 13.20 |
8 | CELL BIOLOGY | 86,057 | 3,005 | 28.64 |
9 | PATHOLOGY | 46,339 | 2,346 | 19.75 |
10 | PSYCHOLOGY | 27,181 | 2,261 | 12.02 |
11 | BIOPHYSICS | 35,332 | 1,868 | 18.91 |
12 | CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL | 20,369 | 1,723 | 11.82 |
13 | RADIOLOGY, NUCLEAR MEDICINE & MEDICAL IMAGING | 29,445 | 1,551 | 18.98 |
14 | MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL | 21,243 | 1,454 | 14.61 |
15 | GENETICS & HEREDITY | 37,715 | 1,431 | 26.36 |
16 | PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL | 16,114 | 1,415 | 11.39 |
17 | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | 29,106 | 1,285 | 22.65 |
18 | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | 18,357 | 1,265 | 14.51 |
19 | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | 16,349 | 1,230 | 13.29 |
20 | PSYCHOLOGY, EXPERIMENTAL | 13,931 | 968 | 14.39 |
21 | BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS | 11,537 | 935 | 12.34 |
22 | NEUROIMAGING | 18,478 | 894 | 20.67 |
23 | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 11,600 | 828 | 14.01 |
24 | CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC | 6,715 | 793 | 8.47 |
25 | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | 12,828 | 758 | 16.92 |
26 | NUTRITION & DIETETICS | 10,874 | 708 | 15.36 |
27 | IMMUNOLOGY | 15,294 | 703 | 21.76 |
28 | TOXICOLOGY | 10,094 | 669 | 15.09 |
29 | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | 11,960 | 647 | 18.49 |
30 | BIOLOGY | 14,228 | 575 | 24.74 |
31 | CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL | 6,057 | 561 | 10.80 |
32 | SURGERY | 12,317 | 548 | 22.48 |
33 | PHYSIOLOGY | 10,997 | 498 | 22.08 |
34 | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 6,359 | 454 | 14.01 |
35 | PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE | 10,611 | 426 | 24.91 |
36 | NURSING | 2,115 | 400 | 5.29 |
37 | REHABILITATION | 2,817 | 386 | 7.30 |
38 | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | 2,777 | 336 | 8.26 |
39 | FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | 2,571 | 302 | 8.51 |
40 | ONCOLOGY | 6,151 | 274 | 22.45 |
41 | MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY | 3,791 | 264 | 14.36 |
42 | DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY | 6,156 | 257 | 23.95 |
43 | PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL | 3,871 | 250 | 15.48 |
44 | HEMATOLOGY | 7,219 | 241 | 29.95 |
45 | OPHTHALMOLOGY | 3,575 | 238 | 15.02 |
46 | CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR | 2,395 | 232 | 10.32 |
47 | HEALTH CARE SCIENCES & SERVICES | 2,064 | 219 | 9.42 |
48 | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | 3,274 | 207 | 15.82 |
49 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | 1,151 | 172 | 6.69 |
50 | HEALTH POLICY & SERVICES | 1,553 | 171 | 9.08 |
51 | LINGUISTICS | 2,055 | 170 | 12.09 |
52 | CHEMISTRY, APPLIED | 1,813 | 166 | 10.92 |
53 | MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY | 1,558 | 164 | 9.50 |
54 | SPECTROSCOPY | 2,767 | 161 | 17.19 |
55 | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | 2,021 | 155 | 13.04 |
56 | PLANT SCIENCES | 1,553 | 155 | 10.02 |
57 | ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL | 1,495 | 150 | 9.97 |
58 | ZOOLOGY | 2,794 | 137 | 20.39 |
59 | PSYCHOLOGY, BIOLOGICAL | 2,106 | 126 | 16.71 |
60 | STATISTICS & PROBABILITY | 1,190 | 126 | 9.44 |
61 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS | 295 | 122 | 2.42 |
62 | INTEGRATIVE & COMPLEMENTARY MEDICINE | 1,261 | 122 | 10.34 |
63 | PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL | 1,052 | 120 | 8.77 |
64 | VETERINARY SCIENCES | 740 | 119 | 6.22 |
65 | ANATOMY & MORPHOLOGY | 2,051 | 116 | 17.68 |
66 | CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS | 2,071 | 116 | 17.85 |
67 | MEDICAL INFORMATICS | 1,319 | 112 | 11.78 |
68 | MEDICINE, LEGAL | 1,034 | 109 | 9.49 |
69 | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | 1,446 | 104 | 13.90 |
70 | SOCIAL SCIENCES, BIOMEDICAL | 986 | 99 | 9.96 |
71 | SPORT SCIENCES | 1,925 | 96 | 20.05 |
72 | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | 1,036 | 92 | 11.26 |
73 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | 617 | 90 | 6.86 |
74 | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | 1,511 | 87 | 17.37 |
75 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 1,198 | 86 | 13.93 |
76 | VIROLOGY | 1,641 | 86 | 19.08 |
77 | PEDIATRICS | 1,226 | 85 | 14.42 |
78 | MICROSCOPY | 1,303 | 77 | 16.92 |
79 | ANESTHESIOLOGY | 749 | 74 | 10.12 |
80 | MICROBIOLOGY | 988 | 74 | 13.35 |
81 | EDUCATION, SPECIAL | 705 | 71 | 9.93 |
82 | SUBSTANCE ABUSE | 882 | 65 | 13.57 |
83 | AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 932 | 64 | 14.56 |
84 | UROLOGY & NEPHROLOGY | 989 | 62 | 15.95 |
85 | MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | 311 | 59 | 5.27 |
86 | SOCIAL WORK | 226 | 58 | 3.90 |
87 | GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY | 779 | 57 | 13.67 |
88 | ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | 171 | 52 | 3.29 |
89 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS | 376 | 49 | 7.67 |
90 | NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | 154 | 48 | 3.21 |
91 | CRYSTALLOGRAPHY | 384 | 47 | 8.17 |
92 | REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY | 708 | 47 | 15.06 |
93 | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 715 | 46 | 15.54 |
94 | PHYSICS, APPLIED | 353 | 44 | 8.02 |
95 | OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGY | 440 | 43 | 10.23 |
96 | SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY | 280 | 43 | 6.51 |
97 | ETHICS | 350 | 42 | 8.33 |
98 | POLYMER SCIENCE | 317 | 42 | 7.55 |
99 | ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC | 330 | 41 | 8.05 |
100 | TRANSPLANTATION | 396 | 40 | 9.90 |
101 | RHEUMATOLOGY | 582 | 37 | 15.73 |
102 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 393 | 35 | 11.23 |
103 | MEDICAL ETHICS | 324 | 35 | 9.26 |
104 | ORTHOPEDICS | 429 | 35 | 12.26 |
105 | DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE | 203 | 34 | 5.97 |
106 | ELECTROCHEMISTRY | 205 | 34 | 6.03 |
107 | SOCIAL ISSUES | 323 | 34 | 9.50 |
108 | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | 639 | 33 | 19.36 |
109 | OPTICS | 678 | 32 | 21.19 |
110 | INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION | 128 | 31 | 4.13 |
111 | ANTHROPOLOGY | 136 | 27 | 5.04 |
112 | PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL | 556 | 27 | 20.59 |
113 | FAMILY STUDIES | 235 | 26 | 9.04 |
114 | PSYCHOLOGY, APPLIED | 119 | 25 | 4.76 |
115 | LAW | 112 | 24 | 4.67 |
116 | EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH | 67 | 23 | 2.91 |
117 | DERMATOLOGY | 157 | 22 | 7.14 |
118 | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | 218 | 22 | 9.91 |
119 | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | 81 | 21 | 3.86 |
120 | PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 294 | 21 | 14.00 |
121 | ERGONOMICS | 159 | 20 | 7.95 |
A threshold of 20 papers was applied to the field distributions.
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.
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