Name: List of Top Departments of Social Problems sorted by peer-reviewed citations
Creator: exaly.com
Published: 2026-09-29T14:23:12Z
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

5.3K(top 50%)

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217.5K(top 20%)

PR citations

182(top 10%)

PR h-index

207(top 10%)

h-index

6.1K

documents

278.0K

doc citations

Top Departments (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Department	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Psychology	423	12.0K	556	641
2	Law	45	5.0K	914	230
3	Sociology	149	3.4K	330	406
5	Education	104	3.1K	2,511	2,154
6	Mental Health	16	2.3K	1,298	583
7	Public Health	72	2.1K	1,639	1,580
10	Criminal Justice	41	1.0K	158	162
11	Psychiatry	18	863	1,648	1,351
12	Ecology	8	690	2,099	1,374
13	Public Policy	26	643	521	622
14	Epidemiology	15	583	1,903	1,700
14	Theology	1	583	824	51
16	Political Science	31	520	620	755
17	Risk Management	1	453	1,365	330
18	Economics	26	403	2,413	2,609
19	Anthropology	21	356	976	1,270
21	Social Psychology	27	338	131	354
23	Criminology	22	300	259	381
24	Nursing	12	282	1,907	1,781
25	Health Policy	9	246	994	973
26	Health Education	8	241	871	799
27	Gender Studies	12	232	128	156
28	Neuroscience	7	230	2,164	1,925
29	Higher Education	1	222	3,735	1,408
30	Dynamics	6	220	1,981	1,806
31	Comparative Psychology	1	215	95	46
32	Educational Psychology	14	187	476	678
33	Pediatrics	4	132	2,415	2,156
34	Public Health Nursing	1	127	342	93
35	International Relations	5	125	652	561
36	Cultural Psychology	8	101	21	76
37	Philosophy	10	97	1,272	1,658
37	Peace Studies	1	97	205	62
39	Environmental Health	4	96	1,999	2,019
40	Optics	1	93	1,607	1,023
41	Journalism	5	90	609	675
42	History	4	84	2,460	2,116
44	Biostatistics	8	80	2,034	2,424
45	Developmental Psychology	7	76	334	585
46	Ethics	5	73	1,079	1,229
47	Human Rights	1	71	754	367
49	Health Services Administration	1	66	554	352
51	School Psychology	5	64	242	367
52	Surgery	3	61	2,837	2,654
53	Pharmacy	3	56	3,150	3,062
54	Global Health	3	54	1,801	1,882
55	Statistics	3	52	4,045	3,981
55	Special Education	4	52	680	853
57	Civil Engineering	1	49	2,827	2,306
58	Clinical Psychology	3	48	1,121	1,249
59	Urban Policy	1	44	162	150
60	Child and Adolescent Psychiatry	2	41	957	1,013
61	Teacher Education	2	34	962	950
62	Mass Communication	3	32	336	480
63	Experimental Psychology	3	31	743	1,048
64	Applied Linguistics	1	29	418	385
65	Religious Studies	2	28	498	467
65	Health Psychology	3	28	850	1,170
67	Organizational Behavior	3	27	183	318
68	Urban Planning	2	26	936	1,149
68	Social History	1	26	183	136
70	Political Communication	1	25	42	50
71	Computer Science	2	21	4,067	4,253
71	Biology	2	21	4,001	4,155
71	Kinesiology	3	21	1,400	1,896
74	Neurology	1	20	2,844	2,711
74	Educational Research	1	20	989	976
77	Classics	2	16	427	542
77	Mathematics	1	16	4,849	4,604
77	Environmental Policy	1	16	768	928
77	Counseling Psychology	3	16	482	774
82	Biomedical Sciences	1	14	3,065	3,064
82	Ethnic Studies	2	14	165	346
84	Art History	1	13	534	460
85	Geography	2	12	2,839	3,339
85	Genomics	1	12	2,371	2,505
87	Oncology	2	11	2,451	2,744
88	Hematology	1	10	2,021	2,097
88	Human Genetics	1	10	1,772	1,979
88	Educational Leadership	1	10	593	670
91	Early Childhood Education	1	9	517	630
92	Computer Engineering	1	8	3,017	3,323
93	Dentistry	1	7	3,208	3,412
93	Medical Oncology	1	7	1,497	1,698
95	Communication Studies	1	6	1,106	1,342
96	Geriatrics	1	5	1,688	1,948
96	Econometrics	1	5	972	1,364
96	Operations Research	1	5	1,483	1,914
99	Physiology	1	4	3,470	3,745
99	Physics	1	4	4,308	4,608
99	Public Administration	2	4	1,640	2,299
102	Geology	1	3	2,140	2,584
102	Biomedical Engineering	1	3	3,189	3,549
104	Medical Sociology	1	2	604	873
104	Data Science	1	2	2,781	3,311
106	Public Relations	2	1	413	961
106	Logistics	1	1	1,991	2,608
106	Social Networks	1	1	93	208
110	History of Science	1	0	646	1,129

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