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Table 7 Fields Citing Early Microarray Studies Over Time

From: The emergence and diffusion of DNA microarray technology

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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