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| All fields | 26,865.8 | 27,154.0 | 32,879.4 | 31,795.3 | 29,313.6 | 30,958.9 | 29,779.4 | 31,587.9 | 31,527.1 | 33,227.3 | 34,323.0 |
| Computer sciences and mathematics | 1,293.5 | 1,407.4 | 1,861.4 | 1,663.2 | 1,788.5 | 1,794.9 | 1,690.8 | 1,917.7 | 1,984.5 | 2,105.7 | 2,170.0 |
| Computer sciences | 708.3 | 733.8 | 978.1 | 873.6 | 936.4 | 922.4 | 859.9 | 958.9 | 1,024.5 | NA | NA |
| Mathematics | 561.0 | 645.0 | 804.3 | 716.6 | 741.3 | 806.2 | 757.5 | 824.4 | 874.1 | NA | NA |
| Other computer sciences and mathematics | 24.2 | 28.6 | 79.0 | 73.0 | 110.7 | 66.3 | 73.4 | 134.4 | 85.8 | NA | NA |
| Engineering | 2,629.9 | 2,736.0 | 3,406.2 | 3,491.1 | 3,168.0 | 3,458.9 | 3,407.5 | 3,544.6 | 3,694.0 | 3,834.7 | 3,965.7 |
| Aeronautical engineering | 195.1 | 149.5 | 185.3 | 151.3 | 153.2 | 401.9 | 408.9 | 446.9 | 468.7 | NA | NA |
| Astronautical engineering | 43.8 | 32.0 | 35.3 | 31.6 | 32.9 | 79.4 | 85.0 | 92.8 | 98.8 | NA | NA |
| Chemical engineering | 109.0 | 111.6 | 167.6 | 142.7 | 182.7 | 94.4 | 84.2 | 103.7 | 60.5 | NA | NA |
| Civil engineering | 123.6 | 126.2 | 185.5 | 155.2 | 149.2 | 35.3 | 28.2 | 27.8 | 54.3 | NA | NA |
| Electrical engineering | 246.4 | 221.4 | 297.4 | 295.0 | 281.0 | 298.7 | 259.4 | 247.8 | 228.2 | NA | NA |
| Mechanical engineering | 77.6 | 65.8 | 84.3 | 80.3 | 82.3 | 156.4 | 146.9 | 128.6 | 125.5 | NA | NA |
| Metallurgy and materials engineering | 959.9 | 993.2 | 1,112.6 | 1,091.4 | 1,077.2 | 1,186.1 | 1,201.1 | 1,232.8 | 1,289.9 | NA | NA |
| Other engineering | 874.5 | 1,036.2 | 1,338.3 | 1,543.7 | 1,209.5 | 1,206.7 | 1,193.9 | 1,264.2 | 1,368.0 | NA | NA |
| Environmental sciences | 1,727.8 | 1,593.1 | 2,142.9 | 1,787.4 | 1,796.4 | 2,258.7 | 2,395.8 | 2,753.0 | 2,738.4 | 2,886.2 | 3,044.4 |
| Atmospheric sciences | 583.6 | 523.2 | 650.5 | 596.9 | 612.5 | 952.3 | 994.8 | 1,036.6 | 1,051.4 | NA | NA |
| Geological sciences | 426.8 | 303.0 | 429.7 | 332.6 | 396.4 | 501.5 | 411.2 | 417.8 | 432.7 | NA | NA |
| Oceanography | 436.9 | 433.6 | 549.2 | 471.6 | 483.0 | 494.4 | 456.5 | 482.7 | 431.8 | NA | NA |
| Other environmental sciences | 280.5 | 333.3 | 513.5 | 386.3 | 304.5 | 310.3 | 533.2 | 815.8 | 822.4 | NA | NA |
| Life sciences | 15,643.5 | 15,557.4 | 17,587.2 | 17,748.3 | 15,373.4 | 16,015.8 | 15,317.3 | 16,019.0 | 15,209.7 | 16,045.7 | 16,481.9 |
| Agricultural sciences | 532.9 | 494.7 | 531.4 | 571.4 | 547.0 | 480.4 | 462.4 | 513.7 | 554.2 | NA | NA |
| Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) | 8,075.5 | 8,258.7 | 9,600.1 | 9,417.4 | 8,277.1 | 8,317.4 | 7,918.8 | 8,283.6 | 7,758.4 | NA | NA |
| Environmental biology | 350.8 | 368.2 | 466.6 | 435.4 | 434.6 | 406.6 | 384.4 | 394.8 | 398.6 | NA | NA |
| Medical sciences | 5,504.0 | 5,314.3 | 5,747.6 | 5,786.9 | 5,085.5 | 5,528.0 | 5,325.9 | 5,564.2 | 5,270.5 | NA | NA |
| Other life sciences | 1,180.2 | 1,121.5 | 1,241.5 | 1,537.1 | 1,029.2 | 1,283.4 | 1,225.8 | 1,262.7 | 1,228.0 | NA | NA |
| Physical sciences | 3,544.5 | 3,403.1 | 4,121.0 | 3,984.1 | 3,815.0 | 4,556.7 | 4,432.2 | 4,637.5 | 4,620.8 | 4,830.0 | 5,018.3 |
| Astronomy | 592.6 | 482.5 | 617.7 | 504.2 | 498.8 | 925.0 | 973.9 | 1,036.0 | 1,073.5 | NA | NA |
| Chemistry | 732.8 | 725.8 | 835.4 | 827.7 | 774.3 | 776.3 | 714.7 | 722.1 | 672.4 | NA | NA |
| Physics | 2,012.3 | 1,986.6 | 2,370.4 | 2,377.0 | 2,275.2 | 2,568.0 | 2,468.8 | 2,576.0 | 2,569.2 | NA | NA |
| Other physical sciences | 206.8 | 208.2 | 297.5 | 275.1 | 266.7 | 287.4 | 274.8 | 303.4 | 305.7 | NA | NA |
| Psychology | 978.8 | 936.0 | 1,100.5 | 1,129.2 | 978.8 | 1,087.8 | 1,016.0 | 1,037.6 | 999.9 | 1,062.2 | 1,080.3 |
| Biological aspects | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 10.1 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 14.2 | NA | NA |
| Social aspects | 5.4 | 6.6 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 16.9 | 13.3 | 16.4 | 13.2 | 13.6 | NA | NA |
| Other psychological sciences | 972.0 | 928.9 | 1,080.0 | 1,100.8 | 948.5 | 1,061.5 | 985.8 | 1,010.7 | 972.1 | NA | NA |
| Social sciences | 361.3 | 330.0 | 432.2 | 358.9 | 371.0 | 381.4 | 373.8 | 386.1 | 344.7 | 361.8 | 374.9 |
| Anthropology | 15.3 | 15.2 | 27.7 | 24.3 | 25.8 | 26.8 | 24.1 | 24.1 | 28.2 | NA | NA |
| Economics | 52.3 | 43.7 | 52.0 | 44.4 | 54.5 | 54.6 | 58.4 | 58.2 | 47.3 | NA | NA |
| Political science | 8.5 | 16.5 | 13.0 | 9.6 | 9.3 | 10.3 | 8.9 | 12.1 | 12.4 | NA | NA |
| Sociology | 40.8 | 14.0 | 33.3 | 29.5 | 35.5 | 38.7 | 24.4 | 30.8 | 26.7 | NA | NA |
| Other social sciences | 244.3 | 240.6 | 306.1 | 251.1 | 245.9 | 251.0 | 258.1 | 260.9 | 230.1 | NA | NA |
| Other sciences nec | 686.4 | 1,190.9 | 2,227.9 | 1,633.0 | 2,022.6 | 1,404.6 | 1,145.8 | 1,292.5 | 1,935.1 | 2,101.0 | 2,187.4 |
