Special Topic: Oil Spills> Field Distribution
Published September 2010
Field Distribution
Rank | Field | Citations | Papers | Cites per paper |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES | 15,814 | 2,013 | 7.86 |
2 | NO CATEGORY | 213 | 920 | 0.23 |
3 | MARINE & FRESHWATER BIOLOGY | 6,030 | 655 | 9.21 |
4 | ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL | 4,341 | 589 | 7.37 |
5 | BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY | 5,295 | 501 | 10.57 |
6 | WATER RESOURCES | 2,285 | 380 | 6.01 |
7 | MICROBIOLOGY | 5,583 | 351 | 15.91 |
8 | TOXICOLOGY | 2,633 | 317 | 8.31 |
9 | GEOSCIENCES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 1,690 | 256 | 6.60 |
10 | ENGINEERING, CHEMICAL | 875 | 239 | 3.66 |
11 | ECOLOGY | 2,446 | 236 | 10.36 |
12 | ENGINEERING, CIVIL | 1,129 | 222 | 5.09 |
13 | CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL | 1,527 | 212 | 7.20 |
14 | OCEANOGRAPHY | 1,210 | 203 | 5.96 |
15 | ENGINEERING, PETROLEUM | 607 | 178 | 3.41 |
16 | ENERGY & FUELS | 837 | 176 | 4.76 |
17 | GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS | 866 | 95 | 9.12 |
18 | CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 327 | 93 | 3.52 |
19 | BIOCHEMICAL RESEARCH METHODS | 856 | 84 | 10.19 |
20 | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY | 728 | 84 | 8.67 |
21 | METEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES | 497 | 82 | 6.06 |
22 | SOIL SCIENCE | 362 | 75 | 4.83 |
23 | CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL | 358 | 73 | 4.90 |
24 | FISHERIES | 754 | 61 | 12.36 |
25 | ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES | 383 | 60 | 6.38 |
26 | PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH | 350 | 58 | 6.03 |
27 | REMOTE SENSING | 348 | 56 | 6.21 |
28 | ENGINEERING, MECHANICAL | 199 | 55 | 3.62 |
29 | GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL | 154 | 55 | 2.80 |
30 | ZOOLOGY | 404 | 53 | 7.62 |
31 | ENGINEERING, OCEAN | 119 | 50 | 2.38 |
32 | ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC | 242 | 49 | 4.94 |
33 | FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | 269 | 44 | 6.11 |
34 | ORNITHOLOGY | 215 | 43 | 5.00 |
35 | AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING | 419 | 41 | 10.22 |
36 | BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION | 314 | 39 | 8.05 |
37 | INSTRUMENTS & INSTRUMENTATION | 104 | 34 | 3.06 |
38 | IMAGING SCIENCE & PHOTOGRAPHIC TECHNOLOGY | 228 | 33 | 6.91 |
39 | CHEMISTRY, ORGANIC | 72 | 32 | 2.25 |
40 | LIMNOLOGY | 109 | 31 | 3.52 |
41 | BIOLOGY | 143 | 30 | 4.77 |
42 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | 114 | 30 | 3.80 |
43 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 401 | 30 | 13.37 |
44 | SPECTROSCOPY | 143 | 29 | 4.93 |
45 | CHEMISTRY, APPLIED | 152 | 27 | 5.63 |
46 | VETERINARY SCIENCES | 133 | 25 | 5.32 |
47 | AGRONOMY | 93 | 24 | 3.88 |
48 | ECONOMICS | 110 | 22 | 5.00 |
49 | ENGINEERING, GEOLOGICAL | 65 | 22 | 2.95 |
50 | PLANT SCIENCES | 114 | 22 | 5.18 |
51 | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | 82 | 21 | 3.90 |
52 | PHYSICS, APPLIED | 70 | 21 | 3.33 |
53 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | 65 | 20 | 3.25 |
54 | PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY | 136 | 20 | 6.80 |
55 | OPERATIONS RESEARCH & MANAGEMENT SCIENCE | 72 | 19 | 3.79 |
56 | ENGINEERING, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 32 | 18 | 1.78 |
57 | GENETICS & HEREDITY | 276 | 17 | 16.24 |
58 | MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES | 105 | 16 | 6.56 |
59 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, THEORY & METHODS | 14 | 15 | 0.93 |
60 | MATHEMATICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS | 81 | 15 | 5.40 |
61 | OPTICS | 51 | 15 | 3.40 |
62 | AGRICULTURE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 53 | 14 | 3.79 |
63 | IMMUNOLOGY | 152 | 13 | 11.69 |
64 | MECHANICS | 25 | 13 | 1.92 |
65 | LAW | 13 | 12 | 1.08 |
66 | POLYMER SCIENCE | 31 | 11 | 2.82 |
67 | SOCIOLOGY | 52 | 11 | 4.73 |
68 | ENGINEERING, MARINE | 8 | 10 | 0.80 |
69 | MINING & MINERAL PROCESSING | 31 | 10 | 3.10 |
70 | TELECOMMUNICATIONS | 56 | 10 | 5.60 |
71 | THERMODYNAMICS | 106 | 10 | 10.60 |
72 | ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL | 30 | 9 | 3.33 |
73 | GEOLOGY | 112 | 9 | 12.44 |
74 | NUCLEAR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | 25 | 9 | 2.78 |
75 | PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT | 32 | 9 | 3.56 |
76 | TRANSPORTATION SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY | 6 | 9 | 0.67 |
77 | ELECTROCHEMISTRY | 49 | 8 | 6.13 |
78 | MATHEMATICS, APPLIED | 5 | 8 | 0.63 |
79 | METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING | 6 | 8 | 0.75 |
80 | MINERALOGY | 37 | 8 | 4.63 |
81 | STATISTICS & PROBABILITY | 58 | 8 | 7.25 |
82 | AUTOMATION & CONTROL SYSTEMS | 14 | 7 | 2.00 |
83 | PALEONTOLOGY | 42 | 7 | 6.00 |
84 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, HARDWARE & ARCHITECTURE | 29 | 6 | 4.83 |
85 | MANAGEMENT | 38 | 6 | 6.33 |
86 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, COATINGS & FILMS | 32 | 6 | 5.33 |
87 | PHYSICS, CONDENSED MATTER | 35 | 6 | 5.83 |
88 | POLITICAL SCIENCE | 1 | 6 | 0.17 |
89 | SOCIAL SCIENCES, MATHEMATICAL METHODS | 24 | 6 | 4.00 |
90 | BUSINESS | 51 | 5 | 10.20 |
91 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | 15 | 5 | 3.00 |
92 | ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM | 13 | 5 | 2.60 |
93 | ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING | 8 | 5 | 1.60 |
94 | MEDICINE, RESEARCH & EXPERIMENTAL | 1 | 5 | 0.20 |
95 | MYCOLOGY | 5 | 5 | 1.00 |
96 | NANOSCIENCE & NANOTECHNOLOGY | 44 | 5 | 8.80 |
97 | PHYSICS, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR & CHEMICAL | 4 | 5 | 0.80 |
98 | PHYSICS, FLUIDS & PLASMAS | 8 | 5 | 1.60 |
99 | PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 9 | 5 | 1.80 |
100 | PSYCHIATRY | 186 | 5 | 37.20 |
101 | PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY | 32 | 5 | 6.40 |
102 | ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS | 32 | 4 | 8.00 |
103 | BIOPHYSICS | 29 | 4 | 7.25 |
104 | BUSINESS, FINANCE | 4 | 4 | 1.00 |
105 | CHEMISTRY, INORGANIC & NUCLEAR | 8 | 4 | 2.00 |
106 | COMMUNICATION | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
107 | FORESTRY | 12 | 4 | 3.00 |
108 | MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL | 15 | 4 | 3.75 |
109 | MEDICINE, LEGAL | 58 | 4 | 14.50 |
110 | NUTRITION & DIETETICS | 7 | 4 | 1.75 |
111 | OPHTHALMOLOGY | 14 | 4 | 3.50 |
112 | TRANSPORTATION | 5 | 4 | 1.25 |
113 | AGRICULTURE, DAIRY & ANIMAL SCIENCE | 5 | 3 | 1.67 |
114 | CELL BIOLOGY | 1 | 3 | 0.33 |
115 | CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
116 | ENGINEERING, AEROSPACE | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
117 | ENTOMOLOGY | 6 | 3 | 2.00 |
118 | GEOGRAPHY | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
119 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, BIOMATERIALS | 14 | 3 | 4.67 |
120 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, CERAMICS | 18 | 3 | 6.00 |
121 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, COMPOSITES | 3 | 3 | 1.00 |
122 | PHYSIOLOGY | 14 | 3 | 4.67 |
123 | PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL | 50 | 3 | 16.67 |
124 | RESPIRATORY SYSTEM | 8 | 3 | 2.67 |
125 | SOCIAL SCIENCES, INTERDISCIPLINARY | 1 | 3 | 0.33 |
126 | TROPICAL MEDICINE | 7 | 3 | 2.33 |
127 | ANTHROPOLOGY | 21 | 2 | 10.50 |
128 | BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES | 46 | 2 | 23.00 |
129 | COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS | 9 | 2 | 4.50 |
130 | CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE | 5 | 2 | 2.50 |
131 | CRYSTALLOGRAPHY | 1 | 2 | 0.50 |
132 | DENTISTRY, ORAL SURGERY & MEDICINE | 4 | 2 | 2.00 |
133 | DERMATOLOGY | 1 | 2 | 0.50 |
134 | ETHICS | 30 | 2 | 15.00 |
135 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, PAPER & WOOD | 17 | 2 | 8.50 |
136 | PARASITOLOGY | 6 | 2 | 3.00 |
137 | PHYSICS, MATHEMATICAL | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
138 | PHYSICS, NUCLEAR | 2 | 2 | 1.00 |
139 | PSYCHOLOGY | 15 | 2 | 7.50 |
140 | ROBOTICS | 4 | 2 | 2.00 |
141 | SURGERY | 0 | 2 | 0.00 |
142 | ARCHAEOLOGY | 2 | 1 | 2.00 |
143 | CHEMISTRY, MEDICINAL | 5 | 1 | 5.00 |
144 | CLINICAL NEUROLOGY | 31 | 1 | 31.00 |
145 | ENGINEERING, BIOMEDICAL | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
146 | ERGONOMICS | 12 | 1 | 12.00 |
147 | EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY | 37 | 1 | 37.00 |
148 | GERIATRICS & GERONTOLOGY | 6 | 1 | 6.00 |
149 | HISTORY | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
150 | INFECTIOUS DISEASES | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
151 | MATERIALS SCIENCE, CHARACTERIZATION & TESTING | 2 | 1 | 2.00 |
152 | MATHEMATICAL & COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY | 25 | 1 | 25.00 |
153 | OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY | 13 | 1 | 13.00 |
154 | ONCOLOGY | 18 | 1 | 18.00 |
155 | PATHOLOGY | 32 | 1 | 32.00 |
156 | PEDIATRICS | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
157 | PHYSICS, PARTICLES & FIELDS | 14 | 1 | 14.00 |
158 | PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION | 1 | 1 | 1.00 |
159 | SOCIAL WORK | 14 | 1 | 14.00 |
160 | URBAN STUDIES | 18 | 1 | 18.00 |
Ranked by papers. Source dates: 2000-June 30, 2010 (third bimonthly period 2010). The source database for the Oil Spills Special Topic was the Web of Science®, and the field distribution reflects Web of Science database categories.
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.
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