| 20-63 Chinese Scientific Papers Taken by Major Foreign Referencing Systems by Discipline (2008) |
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| Discipline | Precedence | Piece | |||
| Total | SCI | EI | ISTP | ||
| Total | 240186 | 95506 | 85381 | 59299 | |
| Mathematics | 6 | 13273 | 5281 | 6672 | 1320 |
| Mechanics | 8 | 8878 | 473 | 7875 | 530 |
| Information, Systems Science | 24 | 1429 | 312 | 1117 | |
| Physics | 3 | 24743 | 13426 | 9045 | 2272 |
| Chemistry | 1 | 33040 | 23734 | 8156 | 1150 |
| Astronomy | 27 | 966 | 667 | 104 | 195 |
| Earth Science | 9 | 6708 | 3351 | 1619 | 1738 |
| Biology | 7 | 13034 | 10081 | 2603 | 350 |
| Preventive Medicine | 32 | 470 | 454 | 2 | 14 |
| Basic Medicine | 14 | 5468 | 4220 | 99 | 1149 |
| Pharmacy | 23 | 1790 | 1788 | 2 | |
| Clinical Medicine | 11 | 6201 | 6068 | 7 | 126 |
| Traditional Chinese Medicine | 40 | ||||
| Special Medicine | 30 | 525 | 525 | ||
| Agriculture | 20 | 2624 | 1707 | 222 | 695 |
| Forestry | 38 | 106 | 92 | 14 | |
| Livestock, Veterinary Medicine | 39 | 105 | 104 | 1 | |
| Aquatic | 36 | 324 | 318 | 6 | |
| Surveying & Mapping | 31 | 476 | 473 | 3 | |
| Material Science | 5 | 19756 | 7516 | 8917 | 3323 |
| Engineering & Basic Technology Science | 21 | 1909 | 411 | 1495 | 3 |
| Mining | 26 | 1026 | 28 | 786 | 212 |
| Energy | 19 | 3369 | 778 | 1504 | 1087 |
| Metallurgy, Metallography | 16 | 4680 | 1143 | 3141 | 396 |
| Machinery, Instrument | 12 | 6148 | 1472 | 3760 | 916 |
| Power & Electrical Engineering | 15 | 5209 | 25 | 4951 | 233 |
| Nuclear Technology | 33 | 467 | 198 | 228 | 41 |
| Electronics, Communication & Automation | 2 | 29820 | 3302 | 7469 | 19049 |
| Computer | 4 | 22251 | 2040 | 5401 | 14810 |
| Chemical Engineering | 18 | 3456 | 1617 | 1706 | 133 |
| Light Industry & Textile Industry | 37 | 197 | 6 | 53 | 138 |
| Food | 28 | 892 | 649 | 230 | 13 |
| Civil Construction | 10 | 6299 | 484 | 3865 | 1950 |
| Water Conservancy | 29 | 584 | 40 | 421 | 123 |
| Transportation | 25 | 1031 | 13 | 968 | 50 |
| Aviation and Aerospace | 22 | 1859 | 371 | 772 | 716 |
| Environment | 13 | 5922 | 2439 | 1156 | 2327 |
| Security | 34 | 390 | 1 | 274 | 115 |
| Management Science | 17 | 4388 | 243 | 1238 | 2907 |
| Others | 35 | 373 | 129 | 169 | 75 |
| a) SCI refers to Science Citation Index, EI refers to Engineering Index, and ISTP refers to Index to Scientific & Technical Proceedings. | |||||