Table 7: Fields of Research*

%

N

Molecular biology

24%

1638

Cell biology

20%

1386

Biochemistry, biophysics, and structural biology

18%

1253

Neuroscience and neurobiology

13%

884

Genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics

13%

880

Immunology and infectious diseases

11%

718

Chemistry

8%

560

Developmental biology

7%

480

Microbiology

6%

434

Pharmacology, toxicology, and environmental health

5%

310

Oncology

5%

309

Physics

4%

304

Physiology

4%

254

Psychology

3%

210

Ecology and evolutionary biology

3%

199

Materials science

2%

145

Plant sciences

2%

128

Cardiology

2%

113

Biomedical engineering

2%

112

Hematology

2%

105

Earth sciences

2%

100