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Table 6 The top 20 research areas related to forest ecology indexed using the web of science during 2002–2011

From: A bibliometric analysis of global forest ecology research during 2002–2011

 

Research areas

Articles number

Ratio (%)

1

Environmental Sciences Ecology

31172

39.47

2

Forestry

13164

16.67

3

Agriculture

8354

10.58

4

Plant Sciences

8027

10.16

5

Zoology

6470

8.19

6

Biodiversity Conservation

6005

7.60

7

Geology

5660

7.17

8

Meteorology Atmospheric Sciences

3654

4.63

9

Physical Geography

3453

4.37

10

Water Resources

2521

3.19

11

Marine Freshwater Biology

2271

2.88

12

Entomology

2176

2.76

13

Engineering

1981

2.51

14

Life Sciences Biomedicine Other Topics

1650

2.09

15

Evolutionary Biology

1631

2.07

16

Remote Sensing

1611

2.04

17

Science Technology Other Topics

1319

1.67

18

Biochemistry Molecular Biology

1269

1.61

19

Imaging Science Photographic Technology

1205

1.53

20

Genetics Heredity

1079

1.37