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

10.3K(top 20%)

PR articles

216.8K(top 20%)

PR citations

181(top 10%)

PR h-index

207(top 10%)

h-index

13.8K

documents

279.2K

doc citations

Top Departments (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Department	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Economics	2,708	131.3K	91	66
2	Food Policy	87	5.6K	23	16
4	Agricultural Economics	74	3.4K	113	82
5	Development Economics	58	3.1K	15	15
6	Public Policy	70	3.0K	232	207
7	Political Science	53	2.6K	437	279
9	International Economics	34	1.9K	48	31
10	Economic Development	27	1.5K	127	87
11	International Relations	20	1.4K	262	101
12	Rural Development	20	1.4K	329	202
13	Law	64	1.3K	707	700
14	Statistics	60	1.2K	1,388	1,678
16	Public Health	24	814	2,424	2,121
17	Education	43	703	3,556	3,527
19	Nutrition	13	595	1,987	1,606
20	Global Health	16	551	916	801
21	Ecology	4	379	2,647	1,688
22	Econometrics	11	345	286	296
23	Geography	12	320	1,550	1,473
25	Public Administration	23	291	414	595
26	Rural Sociology	4	288	180	110
27	Health Policy	5	285	1,227	933
28	Labor Economics	20	284	29	64
29	Environmental Economics	5	251	178	136
30	Demography	4	238	499	372
31	Health Economics	5	162	886	808
32	Macroeconomics	5	158	45	61
33	Sociology	16	155	1,436	1,932
34	Information Technology	7	132	2,269	2,379
35	Dynamics	4	127	2,268	2,136
36	Political Economy	7	124	158	216
37	Mathematics	14	112	2,653	3,390
38	Environmental Science	5	109	2,067	2,151
40	Industrial Engineering	6	86	1,786	2,081
41	Economic Geography	1	82	250	158
42	Telecommunications	2	81	1,742	1,376
43	Behavioral Economics	2	75	91	111
44	Earth Science	1	69	1,538	1,119
44	Architectural Engineering	2	69	892	772
46	Human Rights	2	67	532	380
47	Clinical Psychology	1	65	1,524	1,159
48	Higher Education	9	62	1,689	2,409
49	Cultural Studies	4	52	516	637
50	Experimental Economics	2	48	69	112
50	Political Theory	1	48	175	107
52	Evolutionary Biology	1	42	1,479	1,392
53	Applied Mathematics	3	40	2,005	2,341
55	Environmental Engineering	3	35	2,420	2,662
56	Psychology	4	34	3,452	3,874
58	Psychiatry	1	30	3,153	2,900
58	Economic History	3	30	210	366
58	Mental Health	1	30	2,758	2,462
61	Computer Science	3	24	3,735	4,183
61	Biology	2	24	4,001	4,103
63	Production Engineering	1	23	1,456	1,409
65	History	2	18	3,046	3,191
66	Aerospace Engineering	1	17	2,037	2,079
67	Global Governance	1	16	217	266
68	Philosophy	2	15	2,665	2,959
69	Logistics	10	12	711	2,056
69	Data Science	1	12	2,781	2,771
71	Civil Engineering	2	11	2,443	2,932
71	Risk Management	2	11	1,062	1,628
73	Sustainable Development	4	9	1,257	2,282
74	Dermatology	1	8	2,048	2,197
74	Architecture	4	8	2,418	3,635
74	Horticulture	1	8	1,391	1,641
77	Biotechnology	2	7	3,168	3,664
77	Bioengineering	1	7	2,936	3,224
79	Biostatistics	2	6	2,803	3,491
80	Botany	1	5	2,024	2,376
80	Teacher Education	1	5	1,268	1,643
80	Educational Psychology	1	5	1,379	1,704
83	Anthropology	4	4	2,198	3,675
83	Nursing	1	4	3,481	3,807
83	Information Systems	4	4	1,805	3,357
83	Regional Planning	1	4	1,023	1,359
83	Operations Research	2	4	1,142	1,957
83	Financial Economics	1	4	251	398
89	Mechanical Engineering	2	3	3,022	3,881
89	Urban Planning	1	3	1,222	1,682
89	Environmental Law	2	3	128	303
89	Supply Chain Management	1	3	531	790
94	Nanotechnology	1	2	2,029	2,487
94	Economic Theory	2	2	99	294
94	Soil Science	1	2	1,228	1,547
94	Mathematical Economics	2	2	123	278
98	Physiology	1	1	3,470	3,914
98	Criminology	2	1	1,095	1,955
98	Materials Engineering	1	1	1,976	2,500
98	Agricultural Microbiology	1	1	593	800
102	Software Engineering	1	0	1,364	1,945
102	Optics	1	0	1,607	2,147
102	Landscape Architecture	1	0	1,187	1,702
102	Cybersecurity	1	0	474	815

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