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

papers

9.7K(top 2%)

citations

50(top 2%)

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76(top 2%)

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763

all documents

12.6K

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3.0K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Pediatrics	15	472	177	237
2	Nursing	41	450	70	120
3	Geriatrics	49	439	63	366
4	Pediatric Nursing	16	392	22	20
5	Health	15	356	155	239
6	Child	9	334	480	353
7	Psychology	12	315	609	788
8	Diabetes mellitus	15	257	86	300
9	United States	14	246	461	591
10	Research Design	10	212	43	154
11	Oncology	11	203	179	631
12	Research	8	202	1329	1860
13	Diabetes	11	192	193	567
14	Genetic Counseling	8	188	74	72
15	health behavior	9	187	58	113
16	Health Education	7	182	141	171
17	Epidemiology	3	166	921	666
18	Obstetrics	7	165	205	289
18	Contraception	7	165	27	45
20	Geriatric Nursing	11	163	26	31
21	Aging	38	147	39	359
22	Obstetric Nursing	11	132	28	54
22	Patient education	5	132	45	70
22	counseling	5	132	234	241
25	Environmental Health	9	125	305	830
26	Public Health	8	123	660	1612
27	Thorax	1	119	65	38
28	Medical Technology	3	117	117	131
29	Criminal psychology	1	112	461	187
29	correctional psychology	1	112	22	10
31	Social support	3	108	9	9
31	Social environment	3	108	12	11
31	pain	2	108	492	402
34	Medicine	6	101	2896	6957
34	Social work	4	101	168	201
36	rural health	2	100	158	91
37	Mental Disorders	4	80	691	1405
38	Metabolism	1	78	2510	1778
38	Obesity	1	78	3424	2388
40	Psychiatric Nursing	4	76	181	236
41	Psychiatry	3	74	1819	2649
41	Education	3	74	712	673
41	Adolescent	4	74	819	1463
44	Palliative Care	5	61	49	109
44	Information Science	1	61	452	327
46	Gerontology	37	60	27	416
47	Hospitals	2	55	388	457
48	Nutrition	2	54	2067	2849
48	hospice care	4	54	34	59
50	Health promotion	2	50	291	425
51	Pharmacology	2	49	4234	5895
52	Sports Medicine	7	48	229	1193
52	Sleep Disorders	2	48	688	1040
52	Travel	7	48	29	75
52	environmental exposure	7	48	119	520
52	Sleep	2	48	675	1024
57	Biology	4	46	6917	12726
58	Long-Term Care	3	45	49	112
58	Long-term care facilities	3	45	49	112
60	Diet	1	41	745	880
61	Medical Ethics	2	37	213	282
62	Quality Assurance	2	32	22	39
62	Safety management	2	32	40	70
62	Decision making	1	32	674	523
65	Mental Health	1	28	886	792
65	Child psychology	1	28	1451	1970
67	Chronobiology	1	27	43	54
67	Circadian rhythms	1	27	35	52
67	biological clocks	1	27	43	54
67	circadian rhythm	1	27	43	54
67	biological rhythms	1	27	42	54
72	Health insurance	2	25	111	308
73	Cancer	4	24	1381	6275
74	Elderly	36	19	19	197
74	older people	36	19	22	398
74	Quality of life	1	19	263	458
74	Therapeutics	1	19	2026	3944
74	rehabilitation	1	19	530	874
79	Disease management	2	18	17	42
79	Child Development	1	18	1296	1755
81	breastfeeding	1	17	468	771
82	Clinical Pharmacology	1	15	2344	3800
82	drug therapy	1	15	2760	5019
82	drugs	1	15	2020	3258
85	Evidence-Based Medicine	1	13	354	800
86	Altitude Sickness	2	12	7	28
86	Reproductive health	1	12	165	333
86	Altitude	2	12	7	28
86	Women's health	3	12	132	524
86	Birth control	1	12	157	309
91	medical education	1	11	936	1749
92	sadness	1	10	21	36
92	death	1	10	27	50
92	Suicide	1	10	438	911
92	antisocial personality disorder	1	10	21	36
96	Learning disabilities	2	9	355	1115
96	Intellectual disability	2	9	364	1221
98	Drug design	1	8	914	2072
98	Analgesics	1	8	2	2
100	Medical Laboratory Science	1	7	308	711
100	Biomedical Engineering	2	7	1067	4104
100	Adult Education	1	7	132	170
100	women	1	7	126	261
100	Psychophysiology	1	7	1666	3123
105	Health Services Research	1	6	895	2217
105	Community Psychiatry	1	6	696	1206
105	Neonatology	1	6	106	234
105	epidemiologic methods	1	6	34	69
105	Mental Health Services	1	6	739	1286
105	Mental illness	1	6	1166	2208
105	Psychiatric hospitals	1	6	291	311
112	Public Health Administration	1	5	77	115
112	Geriatric Psychiatry	1	5	1202	2701
112	Hemophilia	2	5	478	1440
112	recreation	1	5	82	194
116	Information Systems	1	4	159	407
116	nursing education	1	4	75	106
116	Holistic Health	1	4	69	193
116	System analysis	1	4	405	1029
116	allied health	1	4	43	140
121	Anthropology	1	3	715	1383
121	Health Services Administration	1	3	836	2326
121	Bioethics	1	3	365	889
121	Medical Anthropology	1	3	449	1116
121	locomotion	1	3	60	153
121	posture	1	3	60	153
121	nursing ethics	1	3	26	69
121	chronic disease	1	3	112	278
121	gait	1	3	60	153
121	Chronic diseases	1	3	175	433
121	walking	1	3	60	153
132	Primary health care	1	2	683	1781
133	Neurology	2	1	4138	13371
133	Global Health	1	1	336	1315
133	Health Policy	1	1	1473	4231
133	health services accessibility	1	1	202	562
133	Biomechanics	1	1	430	1406
133	data collection	1	1	175	516
133	Library Science	1	1	109	309
140	Biotechnology	1	0	4544	11350
140	Bioengineering	1	0	2220	6223
140	Microbiology	1	0	4716	11447
140	Genetic engineering	1	0	659	2207
140	Hemostasis	1	0	114	458
140	Thrombosis	1	0	170	662
140	History of Nursing	1	0	53	87

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Top Disciplines (by citations)