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Table 4 Some of fields of studies with the highest weighted degree

From: Understanding the development trends of big data technologies: an analysis of patents and the cited scholarly works

Field of study

Average weighted degree

Field

Average weighted degree

Field of study

Average weighted degree

Field of study

Average weighted degree

Field of study

Average weighted degree

Computer science

3773

Data mining

1642

Database

1288

Artificial intelligence

1177

Distributed computing

887

Real-time computing

843

Machine learning

732

Mathematics

554

Pattern recognition

553

Scalability

526

Architecture

509

Theoretical computer science

664

Cloud computing

438

Big data

437

Parallel computing

398

Computer network

359

Data stream mining

345

Computer vision

310

Engineering

286

Analytics

283

Data modeling

279

Query optimization

262

SQL

218

Data warehouse

218

Server

217

Statistics

217

Medicine

215

Biology

212

Cluster analysis

209

Data set

201

Bioinformatics

150

Pathology

131

Radiology

129

Physics

117

Econometrics

100

Cancer

100

Prostate cancer

93

Internet privacy

89

Chemistry

81

Molecular biology

81

Immunology

77

Analytical chemistry

75

Diffusion MRI

39

Biosensor

38