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2011 |
2012 |
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2017 |
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2018 |
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| All fields | 63,691.9 | 63,728.0 | 58,064.8 | 61,986.3 | 59,532.6 | 63,191.4 | 63,825.4 | 66,873.6 | 69,641.8 | 71,262.7 |
| Computer sciences and mathematics | 3,611.8 | 3,411.8 | 3,374.3 | 3,527.5 | 3,427.0 | 3,883.2 | 3,862.7 | 4,222.8 | 3,894.2 | 4,183.5 |
| Computer sciences | 2,422.2 | 2,362.0 | 2,191.7 | 2,392.2 | 2,361.5 | 2,612.8 | 2,645.6 | 2,815.4 | 2,734.7 | NA |
| Mathematics | 927.9 | 835.5 | 891.6 | 925.3 | 864.0 | 979.3 | 1,005.9 | 1,160.0 | 941.7 | NA |
| Other computer sciences and mathematics | 261.6 | 214.4 | 291.0 | 210.1 | 201.4 | 291.0 | 211.2 | 247.3 | 217.8 | NA |
| Engineering | 10,285.0 | 11,081.2 | 10,057.2 | 11,403.4 | 10,948.2 | 11,887.5 | 11,983.6 | 12,798.8 | 12,977.9 | 14,725.6 |
| Aeronautical engineering | 907.8 | 830.1 | 845.1 | 1,814.9 | 1,842.1 | 1,833.0 | 1,825.1 | 1,836.1 | 1,892.1 | NA |
| Astronautical engineering | 370.2 | 389.9 | 410.1 | 690.2 | 737.3 | 668.7 | 660.6 | 650.7 | 651.4 | NA |
| Chemical engineering | 447.1 | 509.7 | 474.5 | 349.6 | 419.0 | 535.4 | 374.6 | 216.7 | 194.9 | NA |
| Civil engineering | 678.9 | 699.8 | 617.1 | 513.6 | 446.9 | 445.1 | 457.6 | 448.4 | 538.1 | NA |
| Electrical engineering | 1,254.0 | 1,360.9 | 1,235.5 | 1,324.6 | 1,163.2 | 1,240.2 | 897.3 | 1,062.9 | 1,048.4 | NA |
| Mechanical engineering | 314.3 | 363.6 | 309.8 | 372.2 | 548.6 | 502.7 | 323.6 | 374.2 | 449.8 | NA |
| Metallurgy and materials engineering | 1,721.6 | 1,758.8 | 1,621.3 | 1,699.2 | 1,729.3 | 1,768.7 | 1,756.9 | 1,972.4 | 1,941.1 | NA |
| Other engineering | 4,591.2 | 5,168.4 | 4,543.8 | 4,639.1 | 4,061.8 | 4,893.6 | 5,688.0 | 6,237.3 | 6,262.1 | NA |
| Environmental sciences | 3,751.1 | 3,338.9 | 3,207.2 | 3,884.3 | 4,041.0 | 4,365.8 | 4,413.7 | 4,427.9 | 4,469.6 | 4,291.2 |
| Atmospheric sciences | 1,018.1 | 953.8 | 953.9 | 1,469.2 | 1,542.4 | 1,567.5 | 1,567.9 | 1,597.0 | 1,651.3 | NA |
| Geological sciences | 754.0 | 530.4 | 597.8 | 725.7 | 626.6 | 561.0 | 643.3 | 562.4 | 580.3 | NA |
| Oceanography | 834.2 | 743.7 | 723.7 | 813.5 | 787.6 | 848.0 | 726.0 | 773.0 | 774.3 | NA |
| Other environmental sciences | 1,144.8 | 1,111.0 | 931.7 | 875.8 | 1,084.4 | 1,389.3 | 1,476.5 | 1,495.5 | 1,463.8 | NA |
| Life sciences | 33,267.1 | 33,909.1 | 29,449.7 | 31,006.2 | 29,662.8 | 30,950.8 | 30,625.1 | 32,045.4 | 34,089.6 | 33,458.9 |
| Agricultural sciences | 1,120.4 | 1,131.9 | 1,085.0 | 942.7 | 903.1 | 1,004.2 | 1,320.3 | 1,283.1 | 1,353.4 | NA |
| Biological sciences (excluding environmental biology) | 17,376.8 | 17,213.9 | 15,178.3 | 15,458.3 | 14,588.1 | 15,310.6 | 14,839.7 | 15,922.6 | 16,555.7 | NA |
| Environmental biology | 963.7 | 816.4 | 854.9 | 796.7 | 782.0 | 820.6 | 819.1 | 788.1 | 783.4 | NA |
| Medical sciences | 11,392.7 | 11,677.0 | 10,202.2 | 11,078.5 | 10,917.4 | 11,285.3 | 11,086.8 | 11,358.6 | 12,648.7 | NA |
| Other life sciences | 2,413.6 | 3,070.0 | 2,129.4 | 2,729.9 | 2,472.3 | 2,530.0 | 2,559.2 | 2,693.0 | 2,748.4 | NA |
| Physical sciences | 5,821.1 | 5,870.8 | 5,426.6 | 6,407.5 | 6,281.9 | 6,483.1 | 6,510.3 | 6,669.8 | 6,581.5 | 6,931.3 |
| Astronomy | 671.5 | 559.9 | 555.4 | 1,099.4 | 1,147.0 | 1,191.6 | 1,230.2 | 1,246.7 | 1,292.4 | NA |
| Chemistry | 1,274.0 | 1,310.6 | 1,106.3 | 1,103.0 | 982.2 | 1,012.7 | 967.7 | 963.1 | 969.2 | NA |
| Physics | 3,356.1 | 3,470.1 | 3,268.8 | 3,708.3 | 3,481.8 | 3,565.2 | 3,040.2 | 3,731.9 | 3,675.9 | NA |
| Other physical sciences | 519.6 | 530.2 | 496.1 | 496.7 | 670.9 | 713.6 | 1,272.2 | 728.1 | 643.9 | NA |
| Psychology | 2,086.3 | 2,155.6 | 1,886.8 | 2,086.6 | 1,935.2 | 1,968.0 | 1,994.9 | 2,021.4 | 2,081.2 | 2,092.2 |
| Biological aspects | 2.1 | 13.6 | 16.4 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 19.1 | 19.8 | 10.4 | NA |
| Social aspects | 50.8 | 74.5 | 54.5 | 61.7 | 64.9 | 59.5 | 58.5 | 56.0 | 56.4 | NA |
| Other psychological sciences | 2,033.4 | 2,067.4 | 1,816.0 | 2,010.8 | 1,856.0 | 1,893.5 | 1,917.2 | 1,945.6 | 2,014.4 | NA |
| Social sciences | 1,156.7 | 1,197.3 | 1,262.4 | 1,124.5 | 1,237.3 | 1,435.1 | 1,136.3 | 1,226.7 | 1,027.2 | 1,043.7 |
| Anthropology | 29.4 | 24.7 | 26.1 | 30.2 | 26.3 | 26.5 | 29.9 | 31.5 | 32.1 | NA |
| Economics | 230.1 | 274.0 | 398.6 | 343.5 | 333.0 | 344.3 | 336.8 | 370.9 | 294.1 | NA |
| Political science | 24.6 | 14.2 | 12.0 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 13.4 | 16.0 | 14.6 | 17.6 | NA |
| Sociology | 138.8 | 132.3 | 132.5 | 154.7 | 137.2 | 157.7 | 128.2 | 197.4 | 178.0 | NA |
| Other social sciences | 733.8 | 752.0 | 693.2 | 583.2 | 729.8 | 893.2 | 625.3 | 612.2 | 505.4 | NA |
| Other sciences nec | 3,712.7 | 2,763.2 | 3,400.5 | 2,546.3 | 1,999.3 | 2,217.9 | 3,298.8 | 3,460.8 | 4,520.6 | 4,536.3 |
