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

14.7K(top 20%)

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246.7K(top 20%)

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158(top 20%)

PR h-index

178(top 20%)

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16.7K

documents

303.2K

doc citations

Top Departments (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Department	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Education	2,022	46.6K	277	341
2	Psychology	1,044	30.8K	297	370
3	Educational Psychology	254	8.1K	39	50
4	Special Education	247	6.7K	48	38
5	Teacher Education	163	3.3K	28	40
6	Linguistics	120	3.0K	77	77
7	Experimental Psychology	58	2.5K	127	147
10	Educational Research	61	1.7K	48	60
11	Neuroscience	66	1.6K	911	1,004
14	Behavioral Genetics	18	1.2K	90	75
15	Applied Linguistics	37	1.2K	33	35
16	Statistics	32	1.1K	1,922	1,721
17	Psychiatry	40	1.0K	1,226	1,302
18	Early Childhood Education	62	990	24	26
19	Literature	54	984	118	108
20	Developmental Psychology	21	824	149	136
21	Neuropsychology	19	784	285	255
22	Neurology	15	621	1,564	1,329
23	Philosophy	27	609	622	588
24	Pediatrics	11	579	1,894	1,523
26	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	16	483	368	383
28	Music	4	406	752	261
30	Mental Health	23	373	1,084	1,293
31	Elementary Education	47	371	16	35
32	Higher Education	31	343	711	1,088
33	Mathematics	11	333	2,918	2,567
34	School Psychology	16	319	96	149
35	History	14	305	1,426	1,221
35	Cognitive Psychology	9	305	108	126
37	Economics	9	304	3,569	2,868
38	Psycholinguistics	16	301	60	119
39	Language Acquisition	7	289	27	20
41	Epidemiology	6	219	2,434	2,143
42	Radiology	3	207	2,272	1,649
43	Educational Technology	7	191	127	131
43	Pragmatics	1	191	30	9
45	Social Psychology	7	178	402	483
46	Phonetics	4	164	90	69
47	Physiology	5	159	2,685	2,422
48	Ecology	12	154	1,847	2,271
49	Nursing	9	145	2,114	2,147
50	Zoology	4	139	1,833	1,674
50	History of Science	3	139	341	172
52	Pathology	12	135	2,056	2,340
53	Anthropology	3	134	2,440	1,878
54	Sociology	8	128	1,922	2,046
54	Counseling Psychology	4	128	420	369
56	Audiology	5	120	413	433
57	Speech-Language Pathology	5	111	207	221
57	Neurobiology	4	111	1,525	1,494
59	Bilingual Education	4	107	18	14
60	Language Development	10	103	14	28
61	Social Anthropology	3	96	340	270
63	Behavioral Neuroscience	2	83	635	592
64	Genetics	2	79	2,888	2,550
64	Adult Education	7	79	78	141
67	Computer Science	7	74	2,986	3,441
68	Media Literacy	4	71	3	8
69	Public Health	3	63	3,995	3,770
70	Disability Studies	3	61	144	201
71	Clinical Psychology	4	58	1,016	1,190
72	Discourse Analysis	3	56	7	7
73	Law	4	54	2,969	2,978
73	Occupational Therapy	5	54	787	1,081
73	Biostatistics	4	54	2,424	2,614
76	Anatomy	2	48	2,411	2,288
76	Mathematics Education	4	48	247	348
76	Artificial Intelligence	2	48	2,077	1,821
79	Information Technology	4	46	2,809	3,173
80	Genetic Epidemiology	2	45	555	671
81	Educational Leadership	9	44	173	425
82	Vocational Rehabilitation	1	43	108	67
83	Sociolinguistics	1	39	19	14
84	Software Engineering	1	38	1,364	1,130
85	Physics	3	37	3,640	3,749
86	Dynamics	3	33	2,514	2,956
88	Biomedical Sciences	1	25	3,065	2,845
89	Biology	2	24	4,001	4,103
89	Semantics	2	24	92	120
91	Neurolinguistics	2	21	72	111
92	Cultural Studies	3	20	648	1,012
94	Ethnomusicology	1	19	48	34
94	Pediatric Neurology	1	19	716	724
96	Computer Engineering	1	18	3,017	3,015
97	Electronics	2	17	2,641	3,016
97	Comparative Education	1	17	94	118
97	Aesthetics	2	17	216	317
100	Data Science	1	16	2,781	2,605
101	Immunology	1	15	2,735	2,751
101	Biomedical Engineering	3	15	2,567	3,154
101	Kinesiology	2	15	1,610	2,018
104	Systems Engineering	1	13	2,964	3,076
105	Mechanical Engineering	1	12	3,452	3,501
105	Theology	2	12	614	787
107	Biotechnology	1	11	3,494	3,546
107	Electrical Engineering	1	11	3,299	3,470
107	Robotics	1	11	1,782	2,007
107	Prose	1	11	65	99
107	Children's Literature	2	11	9	14
107	Public Administration	1	11	1,988	1,990
113	Applied Mathematics	1	9	2,649	2,942
113	Sustainable Development	1	9	2,030	2,282
113	Experimental Economics	1	9	122	239
113	Phonology	1	9	28	51
113	Psychometrics	1	9	229	323
113	Health Psychology	1	9	1,176	1,396
119	Ergonomics	1	8	720	973
119	Community Psychology	1	8	144	225
119	Translation Studies	1	8	160	217
122	Human Genetics	1	7	1,772	2,038
122	Experimental Design	1	7	146	204
124	Political Science	2	6	2,372	3,057
124	Creative Writing	1	6	154	145
124	Probability	2	6	494	1,035
124	Human-Computer Interaction	2	6	225	536
128	Neuroimaging	2	5	729	1,235
128	Quality Control	1	5	1,266	1,572
128	Functional Genomics	1	5	1,159	1,477
128	Art History	1	5	534	645
132	Physical Therapy	2	4	1,317	1,897
132	Neuropsychiatry	1	4	1,073	1,358
132	Organic Chemistry	1	4	1,541	1,795
132	Voice Disorders	1	4	55	97
136	Criminal Justice	1	3	1,323	1,722
136	Human Rights	1	3	754	1,029
138	Telecommunications	1	2	2,075	2,708
138	Poetry	1	2	93	72
138	Operations Research	1	2	1,483	2,025
138	Health Education	1	2	1,937	2,432
142	Industrial Engineering	1	1	2,940	3,627
142	Archaeology	1	1	1,416	1,906
142	Dentistry	1	1	3,208	3,741
142	Classics	1	1	626	903
142	Health Information Management	1	1	331	583
142	Journalism	1	1	1,367	1,923
142	Psychosomatic Medicine	1	1	791	1,151

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