| 21-51 Chinese Scientific Papers Taken by Major Foreign Referencing Systems by Discipline (2005) | |||||
| (piece) | |||||
| Discipline | Precedence | Pieces | |||
| Total | SCI | EI | ISTP | ||
| Total | 152825 | 63150 | 60301 | 29374 | |
| Mathematics | 8 | 6043 | 3063 | 2739 | 241 |
| Mechanics | 15 | 2852 | 369 | 2130 | 353 |
| Information, Systems Science | 20 | 1862 | 292 | 17 | 1553 |
| Physics | 2 | 16616 | 9351 | 5704 | 1561 |
| Chemistry | 1 | 27977 | 18656 | 8021 | 1300 |
| Astronomy | 30 | 523 | 339 | 96 | 88 |
| Earth Science | 9 | 4816 | 1989 | 1998 | 829 |
| Biology | 6 | 8039 | 4963 | 2627 | 449 |
| Preventive Medicine | 32 | 321 | 300 | 0 | 21 |
| Basic Medicine | 18 | 2240 | 1698 | 166 | 376 |
| Pharmacy | 27 | 886 | 864 | 0 | 22 |
| Clinical Medicine | 12 | 3677 | 2393 | 0 | 1284 |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine | 40 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| Special Medicine | 33 | 253 | 253 | 0 | 0 |
| Agriculture | 25 | 1048 | 678 | 269 | 101 |
| Forestry | 38 | 76 | 46 | 0 | 30 |
| Livestock, Veterinary Medicine | 35 | 196 | 193 | 0 | 3 |
| Aquatic | 34 | 213 | 192 | 0 | 21 |
| Surveying & Mapping | 16 | 2720 | 2 | 127 | 2591 |
| Material Science | 5 | 12065 | 6657 | 3433 | 1975 |
| Engineering & Basic Technology Science | 23 | 1103 | 160 | 658 | 285 |
| Mining | 29 | 597 | 14 | 565 | 18 |
| Energy | 19 | 1937 | 119 | 1528 | 290 |
| Metallurgy, Metallography | 13 | 3494 | 1132 | 2007 | 355 |
| Machinery, Instrument | 11 | 3909 | 968 | 2041 | 900 |
| Power & Electrical Engineering | 7 | 7346 | 1502 | 5111 | 733 |
| Nuclear Technology | 31 | 333 | 58 | 149 | 126 |
| Electronics, Communication & Automation | 4 | 12668 | 444 | 7695 | 4529 |
| Computer | 3 | 13433 | 3844 | 3755 | 5834 |
| Chemical Engineering | 10 | 4348 | 1006 | 3069 | 273 |
| Light Industry & Textile Industry | 37 | 140 | 1 | 24 | 115 |
| Food | 36 | 185 | 89 | 64 | 32 |
| Civil Construction | 14 | 3052 | 352 | 2366 | 334 |
| Water Conservancy | 28 | 660 | 3 | 289 | 368 |
| Transportaiton | 22 | 1224 | 4 | 917 | 303 |
| Aviation and Aerospace | 26 | 951 | 65 | 873 | 13 |
| Environment | 17 | 2259 | 981 | 766 | 512 |
| Security | 24 | 1076 | 24 | 134 | 918 |
| Management Science | 21 | 1662 | 64 | 963 | 635 |
| Others | 39 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| a) SCI refers to Science Citation Index, EI refers to Engineering Index, and ISTP refers to Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings. | |||||