Table 4. Representation of IK, LK and TK...

Table 4.

Representation of IK, LK and TK literature in Scopus’ subject areas

Subject area	IK (N = 6025)			LK (N = 7125)			TK (N = 8089)			Overall
Subject area	n	(%)	R	n	(%)	R	n	(%)	R	rank
Social Sciences	3,276	54.37	1	2,933	41.16	1	3,153	38.98	1	1
Environmental Sciences	1,531	25.41	2	2,036	28.58	2	2,635	32.58	2	2
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	1,360	22.57	3	1,403	19.69	3	2,538	31.38	3	3
Medicine	569	9.44	5	621	8.72	7	1,152	14.24	4	4
Arts and Humanities	881	14.62	4	586	8.22	8	713	8.81	5	5
Earth and Planetary Sciences	498	8.27	6	753	10.57	5	671	8.30	6	5
Computer Science	283	4.70	7	963	13.52	4	455	5.62	9	7
Engineering	253	4.20	8	712	9.99	6	488	6.03	8	8
Business, Management and Accounting	248	4,12	9	561	7.87	9	290	3.59	13	9
Economics, Econometrics and Finance	216	3.59	11	419	5.88	10	310	3.83	11	10
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics	223	3.70	10	96	1.35	16	586	7.24	7	11
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	151	2.51	14	163	2.29	13	371	4.59	10	12
Energy	153	2.54	13	196	2.75	12	262	3.24	14	13
Mathematics	70	1.16	16	317	4.45	11	110	1.36	16	14
Health Professions	168	2.79	12	41	0.58	22	295	3.65	12	15
Multidisciplinary	67	1.11	17	76	1.07	18	118	1.46	15	16
Decision Sciences	54	0.90	19	150	2.11	14	82	1.01	18	17
Psychology	99	1.64	15	120	1.68	15	62	0.77	22	18
Physics and Astronomy	58	0.96	18	87	1.22	17	57	0.70	23	19
Nursing	46	0.76	21	66	0.93	19	68	0.84	19	20
Chemistry	28	0.46	22	20	0.28	25	84	1.04	17	21
Immunology and Microbiology	27	0.45	23	52	0.73	21	65	0.80	20	21
Veterinary	51	0.85	20	36	0.51	23	50	0.62	24	23
Chemical Engineering	16	0.27	24	25	0.35	24	64	0.79	21	24
Materials Science	8	0.13	25	53	0.74	20	45	0.56	25	25
Neuroscience	6	0.10	26	16	0.22	26	14	0.17	26	26
Dentistry	0	0.00	27	2	0.03	27	2	0.02	27	27
Undefined	0	0.00	27	1	0.01	28	0	0.00	28	28

Subject area	IK (N = 6025)			LK (N = 7125)			TK (N = 8089)			Overall
Subject area	n	(%)	R	n	(%)	R	n	(%)	R	rank
Social Sciences	3,276	54.37	1	2,933	41.16	1	3,153	38.98	1	1
Environmental Sciences	1,531	25.41	2	2,036	28.58	2	2,635	32.58	2	2
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	1,360	22.57	3	1,403	19.69	3	2,538	31.38	3	3
Medicine	569	9.44	5	621	8.72	7	1,152	14.24	4	4
Arts and Humanities	881	14.62	4	586	8.22	8	713	8.81	5	5
Earth and Planetary Sciences	498	8.27	6	753	10.57	5	671	8.30	6	5
Computer Science	283	4.70	7	963	13.52	4	455	5.62	9	7
Engineering	253	4.20	8	712	9.99	6	488	6.03	8	8
Business, Management and Accounting	248	4,12	9	561	7.87	9	290	3.59	13	9
Economics, Econometrics and Finance	216	3.59	11	419	5.88	10	310	3.83	11	10
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics	223	3.70	10	96	1.35	16	586	7.24	7	11
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	151	2.51	14	163	2.29	13	371	4.59	10	12
Energy	153	2.54	13	196	2.75	12	262	3.24	14	13
Mathematics	70	1.16	16	317	4.45	11	110	1.36	16	14
Health Professions	168	2.79	12	41	0.58	22	295	3.65	12	15
Multidisciplinary	67	1.11	17	76	1.07	18	118	1.46	15	16
Decision Sciences	54	0.90	19	150	2.11	14	82	1.01	18	17
Psychology	99	1.64	15	120	1.68	15	62	0.77	22	18
Physics and Astronomy	58	0.96	18	87	1.22	17	57	0.70	23	19
Nursing	46	0.76	21	66	0.93	19	68	0.84	19	20
Chemistry	28	0.46	22	20	0.28	25	84	1.04	17	21
Immunology and Microbiology	27	0.45	23	52	0.73	21	65	0.80	20	21
Veterinary	51	0.85	20	36	0.51	23	50	0.62	24	23
Chemical Engineering	16	0.27	24	25	0.35	24	64	0.79	21	24
Materials Science	8	0.13	25	53	0.74	20	45	0.56	25	25
Neuroscience	6	0.10	26	16	0.22	26	14	0.17	26	26
Dentistry	0	0.00	27	2	0.03	27	2	0.02	27	27
Undefined	0	0.00	27	1	0.01	28	0	0.00	28	28

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