Name: List of Top Disciplines of Psychology sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-17T11:30:22Z
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362(top 1%)

papers

10.0K(top 2%)

citations

56(top 1%)

h-index

86(top 2%)

g-index

445

all documents

12.4K

doc citations

2.5K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Psychiatry	21	1.3K	295	253
2	Child psychology	29	1.2K	48	68
3	Post-traumatic stress disorder	7	808	107	32
4	Neurology	14	747	603	639
5	Mental Disorders	8	645	359	314
6	Psychology	26	607	228	413
7	Bipolar Disorder	8	557	106	66
8	Eating Disorders	32	556	37	96
8	Feeding and Eating Disorders	32	556	37	96
10	Child Development	21	545	43	76
11	Clinical Psychology	14	450	65	107
12	Psychophysiology	11	407	232	310
13	Adolescent	21	394	116	277
14	Autism	12	381	46	82
15	Substance Abuse	9	373	202	144
16	adolescence	19	361	18	92
17	Family	8	346	40	30
17	families	8	346	33	18
19	Medicine	4	334	4381	2497
20	Anxiety Disorders	6	315	131	233
20	Anxiety	6	315	131	233
22	Community Psychology	3	313	240	113
22	Community Psychiatry	2	313	409	140
22	Depression	5	313	150	230
25	Developmental Psychology	11	306	67	139
25	human development	11	306	52	105
27	Adolescent Psychology	14	303	32	111
28	Pharmacology	8	241	1211	1648
29	Developmental Neurobiology	2	216	267	70
30	brain mapping	6	191	347	565
31	Social Psychology	10	177	188	337
32	drug addiction	2	175	794	489
32	alcoholism	2	175	883	528
34	Educational Psychology	5	164	172	132
35	Biochemistry	7	161	2755	3804
36	School Psychology	3	155	72	35
36	school psychologists	3	155	49	26
38	Toxicology	6	142	672	944
38	Vocational Education	4	142	104	95
38	Vocational guidance	4	142	140	132
38	counseling	4	142	275	224
42	Growth	5	140	327	734
43	Psychopharmacology	1	130	811	369
44	Physiology	3	114	2377	2476
44	Biology	5	114	5798	7773
46	Behavior	7	108	323	945
47	Mental illness	1	105	1166	877
48	Family Therapy	1	87	192	53
48	family counseling	1	87	60	4
50	Neurochemistry	1	82	1857	1352
50	Neurophysiology	1	82	1091	962
52	Hypertension	1	81	1030	531
53	Experimental Psychology	3	77	14	64
54	Memory	2	75	2474	2159
55	child behavior	1	71	67	58
56	Socialization	4	70	32	47
57	Geriatrics	1	69	3500	2225
58	Science	1	67	12728	10514
58	Visual Perception	1	67	4053	2373
58	Attention	1	67	4061	2383
58	Perception	1	67	4071	2379
62	Epidemiology	1	61	2014	1531
62	Pediatrics	1	61	1839	1424
64	at-risk youth	1	59	39	84
64	Emotions	1	59	79	124
66	Dementia	1	55	2032	1846
66	Alzheimer's disease	1	55	2057	1866
68	Hippocampus	3	52	81	271
69	Statistics	3	50	1032	1113
70	Mental Health	4	49	264	523
70	Australia	4	49	511	886
72	Schizophrenia	1	48	272	337
72	Cognitive Science	4	48	118	460
74	Cognition	11	45	77	727
75	United States	4	44	1641	2876
76	Psychometrics	2	38	62	106
77	pain management	2	36	372	902
77	pain	2	36	492	1114
79	Child	2	33	2291	2825
79	Mental Health Services	2	33	467	575
79	psychotherapy	5	33	122	482
82	Special Education	2	32	146	193
83	Health	2	27	1083	2492
84	Neurobiology	4	25	225	1664
85	Neuropsychiatry	2	23	297	913
85	Medical genetics	2	23	3197	8010
85	personality	2	23	152	348
85	violence	1	23	346	476
85	Aggression	1	23	262	378
90	Stress	1	22	307	492
90	Research	4	22	2660	9715
92	Education	4	21	562	1565
92	Language Disorders	1	21	319	467
92	Neuropsychology	2	21	363	1092
92	Speech Disorders	1	21	352	511
92	Hearing	1	21	141	223
92	Speech	1	21	164	252
98	Forensic Psychology	2	18	153	381
98	Forensic Psychiatry	2	18	208	463
98	Cognitive neuroscience	3	18	85	440
101	Learning	3	17	230	577
102	rural health	1	16	324	500
103	Relationships	1	15	71	61
104	Health Education	1	14	714	1206
105	Biometrics	1	12	1619	1924
105	Intellectual disability	1	12	690	1102
107	Linguistics	5	11	121	928
107	Emergency Medicine	1	11	413	694
109	Information Theory	4	10	141	927
109	Artificial Intelligence	4	10	497	3311
109	Psycholinguistics	4	10	172	992
109	Reproductive health	1	10	165	355
109	Intelligence	4	10	99	729
109	sexual behavior	1	10	168	330
109	Birth control	1	10	157	333
116	Cognitive Learning	2	9	33	181
117	Learning disabilities	1	8	608	1174
117	behavior therapy	2	8	130	348
119	Educational Technology	1	6	318	800
119	Cognitive Therapy	2	6	41	174
119	educational innovations	1	6	186	531
122	Social Sciences	1	5	1539	2740
122	Sociology	1	5	1137	2270
122	Nursing	2	5	1153	3666
122	Smoking	2	5	118	451
122	War and Society	1	5	73	248
122	warfare	1	5	100	300
122	Teaching	1	5	785	1384
122	peace	1	5	121	341
122	international cooperation	1	5	156	426
131	Political Psychology	1	4	48	152
132	Philosophy	1	3	713	856
132	Physicians	1	3	89	141
134	Cerebral cortex	1	2	253	769
135	Applied Linguistics	1	1	112	312
135	Suicide	2	1	249	1229
137	Discourse Analysis	1	0	17	82
137	Evidence-Based Medicine	1	0	354	1203

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Top Disciplines (by citations)