University of Science and Technology Korea: Rankings
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The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 52nd in South Korea, 3082nd in the global 2025 rating, and scored in the TOP 50% across 94 research topics. The University of Science and Technology Korea ranking is based on 3 factors: research output (EduRank's index has 21,738 academic publications and 437,689 citations attributed to the university), non-academic reputation, and the impact of notable alumni.
Ranking | Category |
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#3082 of 14,131 | In the World |
#1000 of 5,830 | In Asia |
#52 of 193 | In South Korea |
#3 of 10 | In Daejeon |
#389 of 1,096 | For Nuclear Engineering |
#622 of 4,419 | For Chemical Engineering |
#647 of 4,181 | For Nanotechnology |
#5712 of 7,918 | For Alumni Impact |
#7114 of 14,131 | For Non-academic Prominence |
Top50% | For 91 other topics |
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Chemistry rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 30th for Chemistry in South Korea and 1050th in the World with 16,946 publications made and 370,703 citations received. Main research topics: Organic Chemistry, Biochemistry, Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Nanotechnology.
Chemistry ranking | Location |
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#30 of 141 | In South Korea |
#380 of 2,781 | In Asia |
#1050 of 6,545 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Chemistry Publications & Citations
Year | Chemistry publications | Chemistry citations |
---|---|---|
1992 | 1 | 0 |
1993 | 4 | 5 |
1994 | 1 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 3 |
1996 | 10 | 3 |
1997 | 22 | 5 |
1998 | 18 | 19 |
1999 | 14 | 26 |
2000 | 26 | 32 |
2001 | 18 | 45 |
2002 | 19 | 78 |
2003 | 16 | 75 |
2004 | 14 | 91 |
2005 | 41 | 92 |
2006 | 42 | 151 |
2007 | 71 | 205 |
2008 | 89 | 368 |
2009 | 139 | 622 |
2010 | 255 | 1087 |
2011 | 350 | 1960 |
2012 | 470 | 2927 |
2013 | 528 | 4028 |
2014 | 723 | 5607 |
2015 | 1096 | 7927 |
2016 | 1188 | 11248 |
2017 | 1187 | 15497 |
2018 | 1311 | 20263 |
2019 | 1291 | 26462 |
2020 | 1485 | 35572 |
2021 | 1570 | 46368 |
2022 | 1608 | 53024 |
2023 | 1750 | 58113 |
2024 | 1490 | 61672 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Chemistry.
Chemistry subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
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Chemical Engineering | 25 | 261 | 622 |
Nanotechnology | 27 | 260 | 647 |
Inorganic Chemistry | 20 | 277 | 718 |
Environmental Chemistry | 20 | 249 | 746 |
Physical chemistry | 26 | 287 | 754 |
Biochemical Engineering | 22 | 226 | 761 |
Polymer science and Plastics engineering | 28 | 311 | 910 |
Radiochemistry | 25 | 453 | 911 |
Materials Science | 30 | 348 | 938 |
Organic Chemistry | 29 | 376 | 1002 |
Biochemistry | 34 | 368 | 1009 |
Petrology and Geochemistry | 25 | 399 | 1234 |
Nutrition and Food Science | 39 | 530 | 1306 |
Pharmacy | 29 | 546 | 1374 |
Computational Chemistry | 35 | 627 | 1552 |
Biology rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 35th for Biology in South Korea and 1213th in the World with 15,499 publications made and 345,026 citations received. Main research topics: Biochemistry, Genetics, Nanotechnology, Paleontology, Immunology.
Biology ranking | Location |
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#35 of 144 | In South Korea |
#430 of 2,834 | In Asia |
#1213 of 6,833 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Biology Publications & Citations
Year | Biology publications | Biology citations |
---|---|---|
1992 | 1 | 1 |
1993 | 3 | 5 |
1994 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 2 |
1996 | 10 | 3 |
1997 | 14 | 5 |
1998 | 16 | 18 |
1999 | 11 | 24 |
2000 | 21 | 32 |
2001 | 11 | 40 |
2002 | 16 | 71 |
2003 | 9 | 94 |
2004 | 14 | 88 |
2005 | 34 | 101 |
2006 | 33 | 150 |
2007 | 57 | 205 |
2008 | 90 | 461 |
2009 | 133 | 795 |
2010 | 228 | 1131 |
2011 | 299 | 1932 |
2012 | 429 | 2887 |
2013 | 464 | 3987 |
2014 | 647 | 5464 |
2015 | 953 | 7631 |
2016 | 1066 | 10733 |
2017 | 1074 | 14630 |
2018 | 1192 | 19226 |
2019 | 1224 | 24801 |
2020 | 1403 | 34190 |
2021 | 1427 | 44157 |
2022 | 1480 | 50437 |
2023 | 1627 | 54785 |
2024 | 1424 | 56799 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Biology.
Biology subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
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Nanotechnology | 27 | 260 | 647 |
Biophysics | 22 | 228 | 806 |
Bioinformatics and Computational biology | 25 | 256 | 870 |
Oncology and Cancer research | 38 | 323 | 886 |
Molecular Biology | 36 | 338 | 985 |
Biochemistry | 34 | 368 | 1009 |
Genetics | 36 | 359 | 1028 |
Microbiology | 31 | 350 | 1034 |
Biotechnology | 35 | 372 | 1038 |
Pharmacology | 39 | 434 | 1088 |
Immunology | 38 | 382 | 1095 |
Astrobiology | 26 | 322 | 1098 |
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation | 29 | 371 | 1197 |
Paleontology | 29 | 379 | 1208 |
Neuroscience | 34 | 365 | 1228 |
Virology | 34 | 423 | 1269 |
Nutrition and Food Science | 39 | 530 | 1306 |
Botany | 31 | 470 | 1320 |
Zoology | 31 | 391 | 1326 |
Evolutionary Biology | 29 | 435 | 1439 |
Toxicology | 33 | 598 | 1488 |
Horticulture | 31 | 611 | 1518 |
Agricultural Science | 30 | 620 | 1586 |
Animal Science | 45 | 759 | 2100 |
Forestry | 38 | 801 | 2233 |
Engineering rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 31st for Engineering in South Korea and 1129th in the World with 14,354 publications made and 303,294 citations received. Main research topics: Materials Science, Chemical Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Nanotechnology, Optical Engineering.
Engineering ranking | Location |
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#31 of 144 | In South Korea |
#401 of 2,835 | In Asia |
#1129 of 6,782 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Engineering Publications & Citations
Year | Engineering publications | Engineering citations |
---|---|---|
1992 | 1 | 0 |
1993 | 2 | 2 |
1994 | 1 | 0 |
1995 | 1 | 2 |
1996 | 11 | 1 |
1997 | 25 | 4 |
1998 | 19 | 18 |
1999 | 17 | 22 |
2000 | 23 | 28 |
2001 | 13 | 33 |
2002 | 16 | 43 |
2003 | 15 | 69 |
2004 | 21 | 76 |
2005 | 35 | 89 |
2006 | 53 | 106 |
2007 | 96 | 166 |
2008 | 79 | 319 |
2009 | 113 | 449 |
2010 | 211 | 704 |
2011 | 290 | 1332 |
2012 | 381 | 1982 |
2013 | 449 | 2781 |
2014 | 629 | 3983 |
2015 | 887 | 5731 |
2016 | 965 | 8482 |
2017 | 998 | 12232 |
2018 | 1116 | 16673 |
2019 | 1076 | 22224 |
2020 | 1263 | 30271 |
2021 | 1297 | 39584 |
2022 | 1395 | 45878 |
2023 | 1516 | 51076 |
2024 | 1258 | 54119 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Engineering.
Physics rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 30th for Physics in South Korea and 1120th in the World with 13,558 publications made and 284,701 citations received. Main research topics: Quantum and Particle physics, Materials Science, Nanotechnology, Optical Engineering, Astrophysics and Astronomy.
Physics ranking | Location |
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#30 of 142 | In South Korea |
#394 of 2,817 | In Asia |
#1120 of 6,713 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Physics Publications & Citations
Year | Physics publications | Physics citations |
---|---|---|
1992 | 1 | 1 |
1993 | 2 | 2 |
1994 | 1 | 0 |
1995 | 0 | 3 |
1996 | 11 | 2 |
1997 | 19 | 6 |
1998 | 17 | 18 |
1999 | 16 | 21 |
2000 | 25 | 24 |
2001 | 12 | 37 |
2002 | 14 | 42 |
2003 | 14 | 61 |
2004 | 16 | 61 |
2005 | 35 | 69 |
2006 | 46 | 89 |
2007 | 74 | 139 |
2008 | 70 | 265 |
2009 | 102 | 407 |
2010 | 198 | 672 |
2011 | 283 | 1280 |
2012 | 365 | 1903 |
2013 | 405 | 2668 |
2014 | 576 | 3744 |
2015 | 844 | 5444 |
2016 | 904 | 7981 |
2017 | 961 | 11605 |
2018 | 1056 | 15825 |
2019 | 1037 | 21087 |
2020 | 1158 | 28127 |
2021 | 1244 | 36584 |
2022 | 1303 | 42477 |
2023 | 1476 | 47630 |
2024 | 1193 | 51236 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Physics.
Physics subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
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Nanotechnology | 27 | 260 | 647 |
Biophysics | 22 | 228 | 806 |
Applied/Engineering Physics | 26 | 321 | 891 |
Materials Science | 30 | 348 | 938 |
Condensed Matter Physics | 32 | 396 | 1019 |
Astrobiology | 26 | 322 | 1098 |
Nuclear Physics | 31 | 397 | 1128 |
Quantum and Particle physics | 30 | 400 | 1129 |
Astrophysics and Astronomy | 27 | 331 | 1138 |
Optical Engineering | 34 | 419 | 1141 |
Atomic and Molecular physics | 30 | 410 | 1219 |
Acoustical Engineering | 41 | 574 | 1537 |
Theoretical Physics | 39 | 595 | 1696 |
Environmental Science rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 30th for Environmental Science in South Korea and 1332nd in the World with 9,631 publications made and 190,061 citations received. Main research topics: Geology, Ecology, Geography and Cartography, Paleontology, Oceanography.
Environmental Science ranking | Location |
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#30 of 142 | In South Korea |
#442 of 2,838 | In Asia |
#1332 of 6,876 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Environmental Science Publications & Citations
Year | Environmental Science publications | Environmental Science citations |
---|---|---|
1992 | 0 | 1 |
1993 | 0 | 5 |
1994 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 8 | 4 |
1997 | 17 | 3 |
1998 | 12 | 18 |
1999 | 8 | 20 |
2000 | 15 | 19 |
2001 | 6 | 30 |
2002 | 10 | 36 |
2003 | 9 | 50 |
2004 | 10 | 50 |
2005 | 22 | 55 |
2006 | 34 | 86 |
2007 | 49 | 131 |
2008 | 70 | 341 |
2009 | 88 | 489 |
2010 | 149 | 573 |
2011 | 200 | 957 |
2012 | 275 | 1421 |
2013 | 296 | 2012 |
2014 | 428 | 2887 |
2015 | 603 | 4064 |
2016 | 649 | 5824 |
2017 | 619 | 7784 |
2018 | 683 | 10469 |
2019 | 738 | 13897 |
2020 | 861 | 19621 |
2021 | 898 | 25372 |
2022 | 926 | 29395 |
2023 | 1063 | 32167 |
2024 | 835 | 32745 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Environmental Science.
Environmental Science subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Environmental Chemistry | 20 | 249 | 746 |
Oceanography | 20 | 239 | 832 |
Environmental Engineering | 21 | 314 | 866 |
Mining Engineering | 13 | 342 | 892 |
Environmental Management | 22 | 353 | 1014 |
Geotechnical Engineering | 24 | 377 | 1030 |
Earth science and Geophysics | 24 | 357 | 1072 |
Meteorology and Atmospheric Science | 27 | 377 | 1120 |
Geology | 28 | 356 | 1149 |
Wildlife and Fisheries Management & Conservation | 29 | 371 | 1197 |
Paleontology | 29 | 379 | 1208 |
Ecology | 26 | 386 | 1225 |
Petrology and Geochemistry | 25 | 399 | 1234 |
Agricultural Science | 30 | 620 | 1586 |
Geography and Cartography | 33 | 587 | 1774 |
Forestry | 38 | 801 | 2233 |
Medicine rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 40th for Medicine in South Korea and 1512th in the World with 7,547 publications made and 150,274 citations received. Main research topics: Pathology, Immunology, Oncology and Cancer research, Pharmacology, Psychiatry.
Medicine ranking | Location |
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#40 of 144 | In South Korea |
#525 of 2,809 | In Asia |
#1512 of 6,775 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Medicine Publications & Citations
Year | Medicine publications | Medicine citations |
---|---|---|
1992 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 4 | 3 |
1994 | 0 | 1 |
1995 | 0 | 2 |
1996 | 7 | 4 |
1997 | 3 | 5 |
1998 | 9 | 4 |
1999 | 4 | 8 |
2000 | 3 | 15 |
2001 | 6 | 18 |
2002 | 5 | 36 |
2003 | 3 | 33 |
2004 | 11 | 48 |
2005 | 12 | 65 |
2006 | 15 | 70 |
2007 | 25 | 91 |
2008 | 47 | 165 |
2009 | 72 | 318 |
2010 | 113 | 510 |
2011 | 148 | 880 |
2012 | 192 | 1298 |
2013 | 205 | 1798 |
2014 | 271 | 2344 |
2015 | 447 | 3331 |
2016 | 553 | 4628 |
2017 | 517 | 6143 |
2018 | 565 | 7691 |
2019 | 597 | 10327 |
2020 | 695 | 15064 |
2021 | 731 | 19818 |
2022 | 739 | 22436 |
2023 | 822 | 24119 |
2024 | 681 | 23685 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Medicine.
Medicine subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
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Biomedical Engineering | 31 | 214 | 678 |
Oncology and Cancer research | 38 | 323 | 886 |
Respiratory Therapy | 34 | 309 | 985 |
Pharmacology | 39 | 434 | 1088 |
Immunology | 38 | 382 | 1095 |
Ophthalmology | 43 | 425 | 1253 |
Radiation Therapy | 42 | 513 | 1263 |
Virology | 34 | 423 | 1269 |
Physical Therapy | 41 | 370 | 1272 |
Veterinary | 26 | 511 | 1303 |
Anatomy and Physiology | 41 | 458 | 1338 |
Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 44 | 541 | 1343 |
Pathology | 39 | 489 | 1372 |
Pharmacy | 29 | 546 | 1374 |
Audiology | 41 | 470 | 1486 |
Toxicology | 33 | 598 | 1488 |
Urology | 45 | 630 | 1579 |
Sports Medicine | 59 | 471 | 1601 |
Psychiatry | 40 | 522 | 1618 |
Dermatology | 47 | 660 | 1676 |
Anesthesiology | 46 | 627 | 1706 |
Radiology and Nuclear medicine | 48 | 619 | 1720 |
Surgery | 47 | 665 | 1863 |
Cardiology | 47 | 694 | 1888 |
Critical Care Nursing | 42 | 630 | 1924 |
Healthcare Management (MHA) | 42 | 577 | 1925 |
Family medicine | 47 | 732 | 2258 |
Gerontology | 80 | 685 | 2296 |
Dentistry | 56 | 935 | 2374 |
Nursing | 53 | 785 | 2441 |
Public Health | 48 | 874 | 2454 |
Health Science | 55 | 941 | 2948 |
Clinical Psychology | 88 | 1169 | 3171 |
Computer Science rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 42nd for Computer Science in South Korea and 1626th in the World with 7,037 publications made and 136,359 citations received. Main research topics: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Telecommunications, Computer Vision, Neuroscience, Bioinformatics and Computational biology.
Computer Science ranking | Location |
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#42 of 145 | In South Korea |
#601 of 2,840 | In Asia |
#1626 of 6,845 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Computer Science Publications & Citations
Year | Computer Science publications | Computer Science citations |
---|---|---|
1992 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 2 | 1 |
1994 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 1 | 1 |
1996 | 4 | 2 |
1997 | 10 | 2 |
1998 | 2 | 3 |
1999 | 8 | 6 |
2000 | 8 | 14 |
2001 | 9 | 11 |
2002 | 7 | 27 |
2003 | 10 | 45 |
2004 | 14 | 41 |
2005 | 21 | 62 |
2006 | 39 | 60 |
2007 | 64 | 110 |
2008 | 50 | 194 |
2009 | 69 | 298 |
2010 | 121 | 436 |
2011 | 130 | 761 |
2012 | 196 | 1070 |
2013 | 217 | 1383 |
2014 | 269 | 1819 |
2015 | 410 | 2541 |
2016 | 444 | 3280 |
2017 | 472 | 4723 |
2018 | 471 | 6688 |
2019 | 512 | 9283 |
2020 | 626 | 13699 |
2021 | 666 | 18598 |
2022 | 687 | 21545 |
2023 | 799 | 23843 |
2024 | 657 | 24203 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Computer Science.
Computer Science subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Bioinformatics and Computational biology | 25 | 256 | 870 |
Game Design and Development | 37 | 267 | 952 |
Robotics | 36 | 395 | 1011 |
Telecommunications | 39 | 448 | 1175 |
Neuroscience | 34 | 365 | 1228 |
Computer Vision | 37 | 517 | 1319 |
Computer Graphics | 41 | 474 | 1375 |
Computer Engineering | 49 | 584 | 1400 |
Data Science | 31 | 443 | 1462 |
Blockchain and Cryptography | 50 | 613 | 1469 |
Computer Networking | 49 | 598 | 1509 |
Human-Computer Interaction | 51 | 554 | 1617 |
Computational Linguistics | 44 | 730 | 1765 |
Artificial Intelligence (AI) | 47 | 775 | 1888 |
Cyber Security | 51 | 751 | 1893 |
Cognitive Science | 44 | 779 | 1929 |
Machine Learning | 51 | 874 | 2024 |
Multimedia | 62 | 844 | 2172 |
Library and Information science | 34 | 603 | 2212 |
Software Engineering | 52 | 818 | 2242 |
Management Information Systems | 59 | 1042 | 2873 |
Psychology rankings
The University of Science and Technology Korea ranked 42nd for Psychology in South Korea and 1991st in the World with 2,857 publications made and 53,884 citations received. Main research topics: Neuroscience, Psychiatry, Cognitive Science, Social Psychology, Education Majors.
Psychology ranking | Location |
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#42 of 143 | In South Korea |
#692 of 2,755 | In Asia |
#1991 of 6,645 | In the World |
University of Science and Technology Korea Psychology Publications & Citations
Year | Psychology publications | Psychology citations |
---|---|---|
1992 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | 2 | 1 |
1994 | 0 | 0 |
1995 | 0 | 0 |
1996 | 1 | 0 |
1997 | 3 | 2 |
1998 | 3 | 2 |
1999 | 4 | 4 |
2000 | 0 | 4 |
2001 | 3 | 5 |
2002 | 1 | 13 |
2003 | 1 | 12 |
2004 | 8 | 11 |
2005 | 5 | 19 |
2006 | 11 | 15 |
2007 | 15 | 26 |
2008 | 11 | 52 |
2009 | 21 | 110 |
2010 | 34 | 164 |
2011 | 45 | 315 |
2012 | 72 | 429 |
2013 | 67 | 615 |
2014 | 98 | 765 |
2015 | 168 | 1056 |
2016 | 178 | 1396 |
2017 | 184 | 2022 |
2018 | 175 | 2683 |
2019 | 208 | 3659 |
2020 | 247 | 5202 |
2021 | 304 | 6699 |
2022 | 310 | 8086 |
2023 | 359 | 9041 |
2024 | 300 | 9123 |
The following table provides academic rankings for The University of Science and Technology Korea in various areas of Psychology.
Psychology subfield | South Korea ranking | Asia ranking | World rank |
---|---|---|---|
Neuroscience | 34 | 365 | 1228 |
Psychiatry | 40 | 522 | 1618 |
Cognitive Science | 44 | 779 | 1929 |
Education Majors | 58 | 1092 | 3138 |
Child Psychology | 80 | 1116 | 3167 |
Clinical Psychology | 88 | 1169 | 3171 |
Social Psychology | 75 | 1194 | 3246 |
Other rankings
Non-core subjects for the University of Science and Technology Korea
Speciality | South Korea | Asia | World Rank |
---|---|---|---|
Environmental Economics | 32 | 664 | 1636 |
Archaeology | 41 | 715 | 2036 |
Statistics | 51 | 828 | 2063 |
Fashion Design | 44 | 720 | 2115 |
History | 40 | 730 | 2196 |
Mathematics | 52 | 896 | 2237 |
Art & Design | 45 | 761 | 2324 |
Classics and Ancient History | 34 | 719 | 2426 |
Aesthetics | 49 | 862 | 2523 |
Linguistics | 54 | 1009 | 2559 |
Applied Mathematics | 61 | 1154 | 2567 |
Literature | 43 | 853 | 2605 |
Finance | 50 | 983 | 2630 |
Demography | 50 | 990 | 2706 |
Law | 47 | 944 | 2757 |
Development Studies | 45 | 978 | 2771 |
Management | 71 | 1113 | 2780 |
Theology / Divinity / Religious studies | 42 | 873 | 2799 |
Economics | 53 | 1034 | 2831 |
Marketing | 71 | 1119 | 2854 |
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences | 47 | 929 | 2856 |
Accounting | 57 | 1075 | 2874 |
Business | 67 | 1109 | 2890 |
Math Teachers | 50 | 1041 | 2916 |
Political Science | 48 | 913 | 2931 |
Sociology | 54 | 1018 | 3090 |
Philosophy | 52 | 1041 | 3106 |
Econometrics and Mathematical Economics | 67 | 1373 | 3254 |
Anthropology | 62 | 1140 | 3370 |