Table 2. Distribution of NIAID HIV/AIDS clinical trials networks' papers in journal hierarchy by field category (fields with 2 or more publications).
| Field Category | N | Cites | Average cites per paper | # of papers in top quartile of ranked journals within field | # of papers in 1, 2, or 3 ranked journal within field |
| Infectious Diseases | 169 | 1070 | 6.3 | 138 | 46 |
| Pharmacology & Pharmacy | 45 | 149 | 3.3 | 23 | 12 |
| Medicine, General Internal | 20 | 443 | 22.2 | 18 | 12 |
| Virology | 19 | 126 | 6.6 | 15 | 15 |
| Microbiology | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 15 | 7 |
| Public, Environmental & Occupational Health | 12 | 32 | 2.7 | 5 | 4 |
| Immunology | 12 | 21 | 1.8 | 8 | 2 |
| Clinical Neurology | 9 | 96 | 10.7 | 7 | 6 |
| Pediatrics | 9 | 29 | 3.2 | 9 | 8 |
| Medicine, Research & Experimental | 8 | 157 | 19.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 8 | 28 | 3.5 | 8 | 7 |
| Statistics & Probability | 6 | 20 | 3.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Biomedical Research Methods | 5 | 25 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Medical Laboratory Technology | 5 | 22 | 4.4 | 4 | 1 |
| Chemistry, Analytical | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Psychology, Multidisciplinary | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Social Sciences, Biomedical | 4 | 6 | 1.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Biotechnology & Applied Microbiology | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 2 | 0 |
| Healthcare Sciences & Services | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 2 | 1 |
| Endocrinology & Metabolism | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 2 | 2 |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mathematical & Computational Biology | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | 0 |
| Nursing | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nutrition & Dietetics | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Pathology | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Veterinary Sciences | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 390 | 2516 | 6.5 | 289 | 135 |