Table 7

Fields Citing Early Microarray Studies Over Time

Field of Study
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
Total
N

Biochem. Research Methods
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
0.2%
0.9%
2.3%
4.6%
7.4%
12.1%
11.8%
16.7%
15.6%
14.0%
13.8%
100.0%
1990
Biochem. & Mol. Biology
0.0%
0.3%
0.2%
0.3%
0.3%
0.7%
2.2%
5.5%
11.8%
12.9%
14.8%
14.9%
13.6%
12.4%
10.1%
100.0%
4457
Biophysics
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
1.0%
0.7%
2.0%
6.0%
11.5%
11.9%
13.3%
12.4%
13.0%
12.5%
15.1%
100.0%
615
Biotech. & Appl. Microbio.
0.1%
0.2%
0.1%
0.3%
0.2%
1.0%
2.0%
6.3%
10.1%
12.7%
11.4%
14.0%
15.0%
14.5%
12.1%
100.0%
2882
Chemistry, Analytical
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.3%
1.0%
2.7%
4.6%
15.8%
14.0%
12.1%
18.0%
8.6%
12.2%
10.3%
100.0%
920
Chemistry, Physical
0.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%
1.4%
1.4%
2.3%
5.6%
4.2%
11.1%
5.1%
14.4%
18.5%
19.0%
15.7%
100.0%
216
Clinical Neurology
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.7%
3.4%
9.3%
13.6%
14.4%
16.9%
17.8%
13.6%
9.3%
100.0%
118
Eng., Electrical & Electronic
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
2.8%
1.9%
6.5%
0.9%
16.8%
23.4%
28.0%
17.8%
100.0%
107
Environmental Sciences
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.0%
0.0%
3.9%
5.4%
4.7%
22.5%
19.4%
14.7%
18.6%
10.1%
100.0%
129
Genetics & Heredity
0.0%
0.2%
0.1%
0.1%
0.0%
0.9%
3.1%
5.5%
14.6%
13.7%
13.3%
13.8%
12.7%
12.3%
9.7%
100.0%
2504
Hematology
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.8%
1.9%
7.0%
13.6%
14.9%
18.4%
14.4%
14.6%
14.1%
100.0%
369
Immunology
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.2%
0.0%
0.3%
1.5%
7.6%
4.7%
16.8%
16.0%
11.8%
14.7%
13.9%
12.3%
100.0%
619
Medical Lab Tech.
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.3%
0.6%
4.3%
8.4%
13.8%
17.9%
11.5%
13.5%
8.4%
10.7%
9.5%
100.0%
347
Medicine, General & Internal
0.0%
0.0%
1.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
4.5%
3.5%
20.3%
10.9%
13.9%
13.9%
12.9%
11.9%
7.4%
100.0%
202
Medicine, Res. & Exper.
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.0%
0.2%
0.4%
5.6%
5.6%
14.7%
13.2%
18.0%
9.3%
12.2%
8.7%
11.8%
100.0%
551
Microbiology
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
1.6%
4.8%
9.4%
14.2%
17.5%
12.2%
14.3%
15.2%
10.6%
100.0%
755
Neurosciences
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
4.9%
5.6%
12.8%
23.2%
21.1%
6.0%
16.0%
9.0%
100.0%
431
Oncology
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
1.0%
2.3%
7.1%
9.2%
14.5%
17.7%
16.7%
17.0%
14.5%
100.0%
1813
Pathology
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.1%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
1.2%
7.3%
6.4%
16.9%
15.0%
20.2%
18.1%
14.9%
100.0%
753
Peripheral Vascular Disease
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.9%
0.0%
1.9%
3.7%
14.0%
23.4%
10.3%
18.7%
9.3%
7.5%
10.3%
100.0%
107
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
0.0%
0.0%
0.5%
0.8%
0.8%
0.8%
3.2%
4.1%
5.0%
16.8%
18.3%
13.0%
13.0%
14.5%
9.5%
100.0%
662
Physics, Applied
1.1%
1.1%
1.1%
1.1%
1.1%
2.3%
0.0%
4.5%
2.3%
3.4%
6.8%
12.5%
22.7%
20.5%
19.3%
100.0%
88
Physiology
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
1.2%
6.1%
13.4%
18.3%
18.7%
17.5%
13.0%
10.6%
100.0%
246
Plant Sciences
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.2%
0.2%
0.2%
5.5%
7.5%
10.1%
16.4%
20.9%
14.8%
11.0%
13.3%
100.0%
602
Psychiatry
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
3.3%
20.0%
10.0%
22.2%
12.2%
4.4%
5.6%
11.1%
11.1%
100.0%
180
Public, Env. & Occup. Health
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.8%
0.8%
1.5%
2.3%
6.1%
4.6%
20.6%
22.9%
13.7%
13.7%
13.0%
100.0%
262
Statistics & Probability
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.9%
1.5%
7.7%
9.9%
22.4%
21.3%
17.9%
18.1%
100.0%
648
Surgery
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
2.4%
2.4%
4.3%
16.1%
15.2%
21.3%
21.3%
17.1%
100.0%
211
Toxicology
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.4%
0.0%
3.1%
5.8%
19.4%
14.3%
18.2%
14.7%
11.6%
12.4%
100.0%
258
Computer Science
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.9%
2.0%
7.9%
10.5%
19.2%
21.0%
19.2%
18.6%
100.0%
656
Materials Science
0.0%
0.8%
0.8%
0.0%
2.3%
1.5%
2.3%
4.6%
8.5%
6.2%
10.0%
12.3%
13.8%
15.4%
21.5%
100.0%
130
Mathematics
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.0%
0.3%
0.0%
0.8%
1.7%
7.9%
10.1%
23.6%
21.0%
16.5%
18.0%
100.0%
605
N per year
6
40
35
42
51
146
462
1135
2285
2973
3386
3830
3585
3447
3010



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