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

papers

12.8K(top 1%)

citations

57(top 1%)

h-index

97(top 1%)

g-index

548

all documents

15.4K

doc citations

3.7K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Social Psychology	12	1.1K	156	43
2	Psychology	47	1.1K	94	213
3	personality	7	950	28	7
4	Child psychology	11	937	198	97
5	Psychiatry	26	842	230	401
6	Psychophysiology	31	791	58	154
7	Science	11	762	1717	1874
8	Neurology	14	637	603	777
9	Cognitive Science	11	611	27	38
10	Substance Abuse	3	592	613	73
11	Cognitive neuroscience	11	589	25	36
12	Neuropsychology	26	565	27	60
13	Cognition	18	542	39	58
14	Attention	7	399	600	328
15	Visual Perception	7	387	596	333
16	Memory	8	380	510	352
17	Perception	6	374	748	364
18	Brain	8	333	123	150
19	Mental Disorders	13	330	220	563
20	Behavior	13	296	165	394
21	Geriatrics	6	286	749	552
22	Medicine	7	281	2463	3015
23	Human genetics	1	246	757	751
24	United States	15	242	421	603
25	Neurophysiology	11	232	136	429
26	Public Health	7	197	756	1113
26	Cognitive Therapy	2	197	41	18
26	human behavior	6	197	130	317
29	Neuropharmacology	1	195	205	28
30	Educational Psychology	4	186	218	122
31	Sociology	5	182	300	342
32	Aging	4	179	359	294
33	Medical Anthropology	3	176	198	171
34	Gerontology	3	173	340	151
35	Marriage	4	168	14	13
36	Child Development	8	160	186	352
37	counseling	4	146	275	219
38	Dementia	5	144	664	1016
38	Alzheimer's disease	5	144	670	1028
40	Community Psychology	3	143	240	211
41	Community Psychiatry	5	140	167	285
42	Physics	2	138	2956	2879
43	pain	3	133	314	329
44	Virology	5	130	565	1775
45	Developmental Psychology	5	123	170	349
45	Multivariate Analysis	1	123	38	18
45	Structural Equation Modeling	1	123	12	6
48	Biology	2	115	10984	7722
49	Education	1	114	1630	445
49	Clinical Psychology	8	114	163	428
51	Chemistry	2	110	9160	7272
52	older people	3	106	205	133
52	psychotherapy	4	106	159	210
54	Cerebral cortex	4	105	68	173
55	individual differences	2	95	14	14
56	Research	4	94	2660	3618
57	Neurons	1	93	359	715
58	Robotics	2	89	288	271
58	Schizophrenia	2	89	184	237
60	Criminal psychology	12	85	42	230
60	Health Education	2	85	400	342
60	Marriage counseling	2	85	26	28
63	Divorce	2	83	8	4
64	Anxiety Disorders	3	81	263	699
64	Anxiety	3	81	263	699
66	Physiology	4	80	1804	3335
67	Feminism	2	77	29	34
68	Adolescent Psychology	4	76	214	522
69	Social Sciences	5	74	300	539
69	Neurobiology	1	74	1007	761
69	human development	3	74	237	448
72	Feminist Jurisprudence	1	71	7	1
72	paraphilias	1	71	19	11
74	drug addiction	3	68	581	980
74	alcoholism	3	68	642	1058
76	Depression	1	67	637	776
77	Patient education	1	64	137	129
78	Social Issues	3	60	10	21
78	Social problems	3	60	30	90
80	Law	8	58	101	130
80	Learning	1	58	443	279
80	Cognitive Learning	1	58	82	33
83	movement	1	57	22	20
84	Developmental Disabilities	2	55	119	208
85	Religion	3	54	99	138
85	Quantitative Research	2	54	15	27
87	Post-traumatic stress disorder	2	50	383	510
88	Suicide	1	49	438	355
89	Mental Health Services	2	48	467	433
90	Social Entrepreneurship	1	47	12	11
91	Psycholinguistics	5	45	124	467
91	pain management	1	45	744	697
91	Adolescent	5	45	637	1927
94	Nervous system	2	43	738	2176
94	Bereavement	1	43	13	9
96	Research Design	1	41	402	466
96	Family	6	41	65	337
96	Liposomes	1	41	53	53
96	Lipid bilayers	1	41	38	34
100	Vocational Education	1	40	338	295
100	Sleep Disorders	4	40	334	1171
100	Vocational guidance	1	40	426	359
100	Sleep	4	40	330	1158
104	Intercultural Communication	1	39	24	22
104	Forensic Psychiatry	7	39	49	235
104	Cross-Cultural Studies	1	39	81	80
104	Personality Disorders	2	39	95	182
108	Identity	1	36	7	6
108	Self	1	36	9	6
110	health behavior	1	34	315	369
111	School Psychology	1	33	160	137
112	Public Policy	2	32	269	504
112	Primary health care	1	32	683	730
112	Emotions	2	32	42	168
115	Forensic Psychology	3	30	101	258
115	Well-being	2	30	53	77
117	Obesity	2	29	2108	4395
117	Jurisprudence	3	29	170	334
119	Humanities	1	28	351	306
119	Counseling Psychology	1	28	22	29
121	violence	3	27	117	418
121	drug control	1	27	82	106
123	Mental Health	2	26	518	842
123	Religion and Psychology	2	26	41	63
123	women	2	26	60	127
126	Artificial Intelligence	4	25	497	2074
126	Experimental Psychology	1	25	50	98
128	Information Theory	3	24	203	648
128	Linguistics	3	24	215	680
128	healthcare disparities	1	24	114	128
128	Intelligence	3	24	146	507
132	Animal Behavior	2	23	385	962
132	Child welfare	4	23	84	307
132	Ethology	2	23	317	804
135	Geriatric Medicine	1	22	19	31
135	Child	1	22	3815	3673
135	complementary therapies	1	22	365	582
135	Religion and Sociology	1	22	19	12
139	Neuroplasticity	1	21	60	124
139	neuronal plasticity	1	21	58	123
139	brain mapping	3	21	660	2322
142	Health	1	20	1924	2989
143	adolescence	3	19	261	1165
143	elder abuse	2	19	25	75
143	family violence	2	19	41	101
143	child abuse	2	19	102	318
147	Happiness	2	18	28	76
147	Quality of life	2	18	162	473
149	terrorism	3	17	12	45
150	Neurolinguistics	1	16	29	69
150	Speech Disorders	1	16	352	611
150	Speech	1	16	164	297
150	language	1	16	324	524
154	Epidemiology	3	15	921	3167
154	Multicultural Education	1	15	38	44
154	Eating Disorders	1	15	1000	1560
154	Feeding and Eating Disorders	1	15	995	1555
154	Family Therapy	2	15	91	241
154	Social work	2	15	363	1174
154	race relations	1	15	63	115
161	Gender Studies	2	13	29	119
161	Vision	1	13	75	181
161	Primates	1	13	696	980
164	Psychiatric Nursing	1	12	645	1062
164	Psychometrics	1	12	112	183
164	Positive Psychology	1	12	18	39
167	Criminology	1	11	377	592
167	Ethics	1	11	306	506
167	Synaptic Transmission	1	11	53	119
167	Professional ethics	1	11	41	87
167	Communication	1	11	309	642
167	Social interaction	1	11	14	26
167	Social behavior	1	11	452	871
167	Mental illness	2	11	706	1957
175	Biochemistry	1	10	11293	17328
175	Biophysics	1	10	5026	8348
175	Audiology	1	10	101	231
175	Molecular Biology	1	10	14639	24310
175	Music	1	10	236	282
175	voice	1	10	52	106
175	Aggression	1	10	262	545
182	families	4	9	107	724
183	Astrocytes	2	8	203	1395
184	Early Childhood Education	1	7	67	108
184	Queer Studies	1	7	35	100
184	Behavioral research	1	7	75	173
184	homosexuality	1	7	74	164
188	Memory disorders	2	6	4	29
188	sexual orientation	1	6	17	40
188	Gender identity	1	6	39	83
188	Therapeutics	1	6	2026	5067
188	Hippocampus	2	6	133	770
188	Psychiatric Epidemiology	1	6	93	226
188	rehabilitation	1	6	530	1357
188	investigative techniques	1	6	59	129
196	Language Disorders	1	5	319	771
196	Popular culture	1	5	39	96
196	Social welfare	1	5	561	1561
196	Writing	1	5	16	41
196	Reading	1	5	199	413
196	Psychiatric hospitals	1	5	291	319
202	Geography	1	4	1850	4236
202	Political Science	1	4	688	1098
202	Cultural Studies	1	4	18	35
202	Urban Policy	1	4	73	200
202	Religion and Culture	1	4	32	62
202	urban forestry	1	4	27	62
202	Synapses	1	4	121	373
202	Culture	2	4	74	251
210	Global Health	1	3	336	1158
210	Evolutionary Psychology	1	3	12	23
210	health services accessibility	1	3	202	511
210	Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder	1	3	9	33
210	Personality Assessment	1	3	54	134
210	biological evolution	1	3	1146	2786
216	Neurochemistry	1	2	1857	4792
216	Learning disabilities	1	2	608	1497
216	psychiatric disorders	1	2	15	48
216	Growth	1	2	1246	2949
216	Intellectual disability	1	2	690	1701
221	Sustainable Development	1	1	670	2396
221	Database Management	1	1	50	161
221	Information Systems	1	1	159	496
221	Human-Computer Interaction	1	1	188	745
221	Virtual reality	1	1	50	272
221	environmental protection	1	1	1395	3967
221	Expert Systems	1	1	11	49
221	Reproductive health	1	1	165	490
221	Socialization	1	1	157	463
221	role	1	1	20	79
221	Youth	1	1	95	288
221	family counseling	1	1	60	203
221	Women's health	1	1	288	763
234	Psychopharmacology	1	0	811	2120
234	Psychoanalytic theory	1	0	9	17
234	Psychoanalysis	1	0	125	304
234	Risk	1	0	439	1571
234	Elderly	1	0	306	466
234	social conflict	1	0	29	96

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