Table 8. Scopus Subject Areas for citing journals as % of total citations for each journal (ranked by difference between PLOS ONE and Scientific Reports).
| Scopus Subject Area of Citing Journal | PLOS ONE (%) | Scientific Reports (%) | SpringerPlus (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine | 57.5 | 20.6 | 51.5 |
| Materials Science | 1.5 | 28.3 | 2.8 |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 47.5 | 22.2 | 30.7 |
| Physics and Astronomy | 1.6 | 25.7 | 2.6 |
| Chemistry | 3.7 | 23.6 | 4.7 |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22.1 | 8.3 | 19.0 |
| Engineering | 2.5 | 16.0 | 5.6 |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 13.5 | 4.4 | 9.6 |
| Chemical Engineering | 2.1 | 10.9 | 3.6 |
| Multidisciplinary | 2.0 | 9.1 | 5.0 |
| Neuroscience | 9.3 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
| Energy | 0.2 | 5.6 | 1.0 |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics | 7.2 | 3.3 | 7.2 |
| Mathematics | 1.6 | 4.0 | 2.6 |
| Psychology | 2.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.9 |
| Nursing | 1.3 | 0.0 | 2.6 |
| Veterinary | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.6 |
| Computer Science | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.4 |
| Social Sciences | 1.6 | 0.9 | 2.8 |
| Arts and Humanities | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Health Professions | 0.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Dentistry | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Environmental Science | 4.8 | 4.5 | 8.1 |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Decision Sciences | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.3 |