Name: List of Top Departments of Documentation sorted by peer-reviewed citations
Creator: exaly.com
Published: 2026-09-29T14:33:47Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

15.2K(top 20%)

PR articles

137.1K(top 20%)

PR citations

118(top 20%)

PR h-index

143(top 20%)

h-index

16.5K

documents

187.6K

doc citations

Top Departments (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Department	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Computer Science	270	7.2K	578	637
2	Education	183	4.6K	1,892	1,791
4	Information Systems	97	2.5K	240	335
5	Media Studies	59	2.5K	31	14
6	Psychology	57	2.0K	1,485	1,394
8	Information Technology	88	1.8K	636	777
9	History of Science	7	1.6K	151	16
11	Economics	108	1.5K	1,157	1,509
13	Mathematics	58	1.1K	1,426	1,645
16	Higher Education	14	899	1,297	560
17	Educational Technology	14	861	74	38
18	Journalism	34	770	148	178
19	Sociology	19	742	1,322	1,050
20	Industrial Engineering	41	728	720	912
21	Communication Studies	39	703	81	159
22	Operations Research	15	672	368	310
24	Mental Health	24	512	1,064	1,133
25	Literature	17	448	368	249
26	Statistics	33	445	1,895	2,444
27	Software Engineering	3	401	886	387
28	Dynamics	7	339	1,865	1,522
29	Systems Engineering	15	329	1,281	1,328
30	Chemistry	12	327	2,749	2,516
31	Electronics	20	304	1,265	1,473
32	Human-Computer Interaction	8	299	88	96
33	Physics	36	287	1,804	2,494
34	Geography	9	273	1,738	1,562
35	Artificial Intelligence	9	265	1,137	1,000
36	Public Administration	9	248	771	652
37	Telecommunications	15	247	765	889
38	Applied Physics	8	245	1,142	1,093
39	History	30	244	942	1,358
40	Public Health	14	221	2,830	3,007
41	Law	24	217	1,383	1,841
42	Nursing	12	214	1,907	1,936
43	Art History	4	204	231	58
44	Microelectronics	2	198	917	536
45	Automation	16	197	971	1,231
46	Computer Engineering	11	195	1,503	1,709
47	Philosophy	16	175	923	1,259
48	Educational Psychology	12	158	520	726
49	Astrophysics	2	148	696	434
50	Film	16	143	332	525
51	Environmental Engineering	1	136	2,977	1,997
52	Biology	8	134	3,176	3,239
53	Engineering Physics	1	121	1,238	753
54	Linguistics	7	120	531	595
55	Music	7	117	498	591
56	Political Science	7	106	1,464	1,585
57	Architecture	11	105	1,605	2,135
58	Biotechnology	6	99	2,570	2,615
59	Electrical Engineering	15	95	1,637	2,339
60	Forest Ecology	1	89	553	385
60	Health Education	8	89	871	1,216
60	Philosophy of Science	4	89	178	192
63	Environmental Science	3	87	2,426	2,266
64	Engineering Management	3	83	722	684
65	Special Education	4	78	680	730
66	Psychiatry	5	77	2,354	2,487
66	Epidemiology	7	77	2,346	2,700
68	Anthropology	6	76	1,888	2,248
69	Mass Communication	4	74	277	319
71	Theology	4	57	429	385
72	Human Resource Management	1	51	462	335
73	Radiology	21	48	1,312	2,266
73	Human Geography	2	48	406	478
73	Counseling Psychology	1	48	738	579
73	Information Retrieval	17	48	14	82
77	Astronomy	5	47	1,317	1,719
78	Logistics	2	46	1,573	1,440
79	Social Psychology	1	44	1,043	903
80	Health Information Management	2	42	217	280
81	Natural Language Processing	3	41	47	77
81	Applied Arts	1	41	412	321
83	Public Relations	5	39	215	435
83	Digital Media	4	39	350	564
83	Cybersecurity	4	39	238	344
86	Aerospace Engineering	1	36	2,037	1,856
86	Robotics	3	36	1,297	1,574
86	Elementary Education	2	36	217	242
91	Drama	1	35	494	315
92	Data Science	4	34	1,890	2,187
92	Health Informatics	3	34	797	1,051
94	Public Policy	5	31	1,410	2,115
96	Classical Philology	3	30	19	18
97	Biochemical Engineering	1	29	1,132	1,098
98	Analytical Chemistry	1	26	1,747	1,673
99	Biostatistics	1	25	3,174	2,997
99	Educational Research	5	25	417	905
101	Paramedicine	1	24	535	555
102	Health Policy	1	23	1,957	1,889
102	Fine Arts	2	23	751	838
104	Musicology	1	21	184	151
105	Animal Science	1	19	1,897	1,879
106	Biochemistry	2	18	3,219	3,369
106	Biophysics	1	18	2,715	2,666
106	Agronomy	1	18	1,482	1,528
110	Genetics	3	16	2,671	3,163
110	Computational Linguistics	5	16	60	228
112	Teacher Education	1	15	1,268	1,284
112	Quality Management	1	15	1,101	1,209
115	Physiology	2	14	3,153	3,444
115	Urban Planning	2	14	936	1,306
117	Archaeology	2	13	1,091	1,424
117	Logic	2	13	513	903
117	Applied Mathematics	5	13	1,663	2,816
120	Early Childhood Education	1	12	517	579
120	Pragmatics	1	12	30	48
120	Philosophy of Language	1	12	11	22
123	Chemical Engineering	1	11	3,074	3,165
124	Supply Chain Management	1	10	531	661
125	Geophysics	4	9	903	1,521
126	Zoology	2	8	2,141	2,697
126	Endocrinology	1	8	2,235	2,378
126	Actuarial Science	1	8	932	1,196
129	Botany	4	7	1,461	2,304
130	Criminology	1	6	1,411	1,691
130	Ethics	1	6	1,993	2,224
130	Agricultural Economics	1	6	1,171	1,450
130	Genomics	1	6	2,371	2,674
130	Aesthetics	1	6	334	470
130	Solar Energy	1	6	672	855
137	Petroleum Geology	2	5	184	313
137	Health Communication	2	5	214	463
139	Mechanical Engineering	3	4	2,771	3,833
139	Civil Engineering	2	4	2,443	3,182
139	Ergonomics	2	4	534	1,070
139	Rock Mechanics	1	4	199	286
139	International Relations	4	4	751	1,692
139	Educational Leadership	1	4	593	776
139	Applied Linguistics	1	4	418	612
139	Databases	1	4	192	353
139	Risk Management	1	4	1,365	1,870
139	Literary Criticism	1	4	13	12
139	Health Economics	2	4	1,188	1,693
150	Pharmacy	1	3	3,716	4,065
150	Geology	1	3	2,140	2,584
150	Dentistry	2	3	2,894	3,604
150	Agricultural Science	1	3	1,412	1,845
150	Cybernetics	1	3	1,200	1,648
150	Intercultural Communication	1	3	172	326
150	Children's Literature	1	3	20	29
150	Avionics	2	3	246	450
150	Metallurgy	2	3	1,233	1,741
150	Signal Processing	1	3	933	1,333
160	Toxicology	1	2	2,590	2,938
160	Rheumatology	1	2	1,842	2,153
160	Oceanography	1	2	1,708	2,120
160	Cultural Studies	1	2	1,148	1,637
160	Lexicography	1	2	19	36
160	Rural Development	3	2	1,004	2,030
160	Aerodynamics	1	2	446	644
160	Animal Physiology	2	2	929	1,474
168	Nutrition	1	1	3,495	4,027
168	Surveying	1	1	1,147	1,585
168	Systems Analysis	1	1	1,214	1,761
168	Economic Development	1	1	1,332	2,013
168	Cell Biology	1	1	2,547	3,038
168	History of Medicine	2	1	419	858
174	Classics	1	0	626	971
174	Pathology	1	0	3,322	3,826
174	Paleontology	1	0	450	631
174	Ethnomusicology	1	0	48	116
174	Catalysis	1	0	1,025	1,362
174	Economic History	2	0	295	748
174	Vocational Education	1	0	527	1,026
174	Dance	1	0	539	909
174	Micropaleontology	1	0	47	94

Linked contributors

Journals

Authors

Affiliations

Scientometrics

Citing Bodies

Documentation

Top Departments (by peer-reviewed citations)