Global Trends in Application of Stereology as a Quantitative Tool in Biomedical Research

Table 2

Distribution of publications by subject area. The number of publications and percentage distribution are presented.

Subject area	Number of publications	Percent
Medicine	3650	38.62
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	1960	20.74
Neuroscience	1836	19.42
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	584	6.18
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics	321	3.40
Immunology and Microbiology	144	1.52
Physics and Astronomy	133	1.41
Health Professions	108	1.14
Psychology	107	1.13
Environmental Science	93	0.98
Veterinary Sciences	82	0.87
Materials Science	69	0.73
Mathematics	54	0.57
Computer Science	52	0.55
Dentistry	49	0.52
Engineering	39	0.41
Decision Sciences	38	0.40
Chemical Engineering	32	0.34
Nursing	29	0.31
Social Sciences	22	0.23
Chemistry	17	0.18
Arts and Humanities	14	0.15
Earth and Planetary Sciences	8	0.08
Multidisciplinary	7	0.07
Energy	4	0.04
Total	9,452	100.00

The number of publications exceeds 5,732 because some publications cover more than one subject category.