Table 11: Changes in the number of papers per field.
| Field | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 |
| Medicine | 3837 | 4048 | 4317 |
| Philosophy | 96 | 96 | 113 |
| Sociology | 242 | 288 | 318 |
| Physics | 773 | 807 | 840 |
| History | 211 | 243 | 221 |
| Mathematics | 369 | 437 | 443 |
| Engineering | 499 | 523 | 592 |
| Biology | 1249 | 1296 | 1449 |
| Computer Science | 435 | 517 | 536 |
| Chemistry | 1420 | 1503 | 1592 |
| Economics | 283 | 263 | 285 |
| Political Science | 192 | 187 | 207 |
| Environmental Science | 121 | 135 | 127 |
| Geography | 207 | 226 | 210 |
| Geology | 263 | 268 | 288 |
| Materials Science | 412 | 519 | 574 |
| Business | 122 | 146 | 153 |
| Psychology | 483 | 527 | 531 |
| Art | 116 | 111 | 120 |