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

papers

14.5K(top 1%)

citations

64(top 1%)

h-index

112(top 1%)

g-index

522

all documents

17.4K

doc citations

4.2K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Social Psychology	15	2.0K	101	20
2	Depression	10	1.3K	61	29
2	Anxiety Disorders	10	1.3K	68	29
2	Anxiety	10	1.3K	68	29
5	Psychology	24	1.3K	257	158
6	Experimental Psychology	3	1.2K	14	10
7	Science	10	984	1898	1477
8	Behavior	14	834	156	133
9	Clinical Psychology	9	774	129	56
10	Child psychology	37	760	34	127
11	Child Development	16	643	73	65
12	Technology	1	630	3218	282
13	counseling	17	622	51	45
14	Neurology	5	522	1904	952
15	Sexual health	6	510	43	13
16	Educational Psychology	42	477	9	33
17	Social behavior	3	456	144	24
18	Substance Abuse	7	448	276	111
19	Obesity	3	447	1478	393
20	Developmental Psychology	15	446	46	88
20	Vocational guidance	12	446	50	35
22	Research Design	6	439	84	74
23	Attention	10	434	345	281
24	drug addiction	2	411	794	194
24	alcoholism	2	411	883	211
26	Adolescent	8	405	372	269
27	Animal Behavior	7	404	96	103
28	Education	10	401	215	129
29	Vocational Education	10	391	34	23
30	Smoking	1	390	206	45
31	Community Psychology	3	385	240	87
32	School Psychology	29	379	3	13
33	Pediatric Neurology	1	374	978	236
33	Nervous system	1	374	1345	307
35	school psychologists	28	371	2	10
36	adolescence	6	361	104	92
37	Adolescent Psychology	4	355	214	89
38	Visual Perception	9	354	409	387
38	Memory	9	354	415	397
38	Perception	9	354	416	394
41	Oncology	6	351	414	350
42	Psychiatry	9	313	709	949
43	human behavior	6	305	130	227
44	Ethology	3	298	211	116
45	Growth	6	294	272	441
46	human development	11	281	52	121
47	Sociobiology	1	278	27	5
47	biological evolution	1	278	1146	305
49	Learning disabilities	5	276	115	54
50	personality	4	245	63	41
51	brain mapping	7	231	292	471
52	Post-traumatic stress disorder	8	225	89	141
53	Suicide	3	216	168	87
54	Hippocampus	3	179	81	53
55	Neuroplasticity	2	178	25	14
55	neuronal plasticity	2	178	24	13
57	Research	5	173	2113	2126
58	Linguistics	7	172	68	106
59	Cognitive Science	9	167	36	157
60	Cultural diversity	3	163	20	19
60	cultural pluralism	3	163	29	18
62	Neuropsychology	1	152	664	219
63	Psychophysiology	7	145	369	799
63	Cognition	7	145	155	237
65	Information Theory	6	143	82	118
65	Artificial Intelligence	6	143	301	451
65	Psycholinguistics	6	143	99	148
65	Intelligence	6	143	51	73
69	Teaching	4	115	264	184
70	Health	4	111	607	792
71	Neurobiology	2	102	514	578
71	Human biology	1	102	507	103
73	Educational Technology	2	101	175	151
73	United States	6	101	1147	1453
75	Gender Studies	1	93	66	26
75	Queer Studies	1	93	35	22
75	Comparative Psychology	3	93	5	43
75	Animal welfare	3	93	11	48
75	homosexuality	1	93	74	39
80	Ecology	3	91	3747	5249
81	Geriatrics	2	76	2093	2072
82	Environment	2	73	2808	4816
83	visualization	3	71	552	150
84	Philosophy	1	68	713	189
85	Organizational Behavior	1	54	37	35
85	conflict management	1	54	86	42
87	Information Technology	2	45	293	369
87	Information Science	2	45	252	406
89	Child	2	44	2291	2367
89	Mental Disorders	2	44	1223	1864
91	Mental Health Services	1	42	739	485
92	student	3	41	12	23
93	Medicine	3	30	5768	14377
93	Zoology	1	30	1990	2020
93	Anthropology	2	30	427	597
96	Biology	7	29	4403	15540
96	Developmental Neurobiology	1	29	611	856
98	Pediatric Nursing	1	27	254	329
98	Obstetric Nursing	1	27	233	274
100	Physiology	2	26	3436	7233
100	disabilities	1	26	78	115
100	rehabilitation	1	26	530	718
103	Ergonomics	2	23	271	224
103	Neurophysiology	1	23	1091	1722
105	Eating Disorders	1	21	1000	1363
105	Feeding and Eating Disorders	1	21	995	1358
107	Cognitive neuroscience	3	20	85	425
107	Experience	1	20	3	3
107	Learning	3	20	230	552
107	Cognitive Learning	3	20	13	115
111	Sleep Disorders	2	17	688	1898
111	Sleep	2	17	675	1874
113	Relationships	2	16	24	54
113	drug abuse	1	16	182	317
115	Sociology	1	15	1137	1656
115	Hypertension	1	15	1030	1639
115	War and Society	1	15	73	203
115	warfare	1	15	100	243
115	peace	1	15	121	257
115	international cooperation	1	15	156	339
115	language	1	15	324	535
122	Endocrinology	1	13	1310	2338
122	sexual behavior	1	13	168	292
124	Educational measurement	1	12	41	91
125	Cerebral cortex	2	11	123	508
126	Socialization	1	10	157	262
126	Decision making	1	10	674	1077
128	Randomized Controlled Trials	1	9	200	417
129	Dementia	2	8	1287	3300
129	Alzheimer's disease	2	8	1292	3338
131	Stress	2	7	126	829
132	Bipolar Disorder	1	6	600	1331
132	Intellectual disability	1	6	690	1393
134	Public Policy	1	5	481	1195
134	Social welfare	1	5	561	1561
134	Communication Disorders	1	5	173	471
137	Ophthalmology	1	4	368	908
137	Public opinion	1	4	47	143
137	Vision	1	4	75	221
137	public opinion polls	1	4	8	31
141	Nursing	1	2	1835	4204
141	Pediatrics	2	2	1109	4388
141	Psychiatric Nursing	1	2	645	1614
141	Social perception	1	2	6	45
141	Food	1	2	2629	6758
141	feeding behavior	1	2	127	314
141	Appetite	1	2	113	266
148	Geriatric Psychiatry	1	1	1202	3189
149	Archaeology	1	0	337	741
149	Developing countries	1	0	663	2093

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Top Disciplines (by citations)