Table 6.
Top 10 Web of Science subject categories, synthetic biology publications.
Source: Synthetic biology publications, 2000–2015 (N = 8064)
| Publication years | 2000–2005 | 2006–2010 | 2011–2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Publications | 1037 | 1971 | 5056 |
| Subject categories | Percent of total publications | ||
| Biochemistry and molecular biology | 38.1 | 25.8 | 19.0 |
| Biotechnology and applied microbiology | 16.2 | 19.0 | 21.1 |
| Biochemical research methods | 8.0 | 9.2 | 19.8 |
| Multidisciplinary sciences | 5.9 | 9.8 | 11.5 |
| Chemistry, multidisciplinary | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.9 |
| Cell biology | 7.5 | 5.4 | 4.1 |
| Biophysics | 7.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| Microbiology | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.7 |
| Genetics and heredity | 6.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 |
| Mathematical and computational biology | 1.3 | 5.6 | 3.7 |
Total number of Web of Science subject categories in synthetic biology publications = 178. Percentages for all subject categories sum to more than 100% as publications may be associated with more than one journal or book subject category