Name: List of Top Disciplines of Nursing sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-15T17:20:14Z
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971(top 1%)

papers

24.7K(top 1%)

citations

74(top 1%)

h-index

125(top 1%)

g-index

1.2K

all documents

29.5K

doc citations

5.6K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Nursing	105	2.1K	10	18
2	Geriatrics	74	2.0K	33	56
3	Medicine	24	1.4K	677	579
4	Psychosomatic Medicine	3	1.3K	99	10
5	Health	42	1.2K	30	45
6	United States	50	1.1K	98	116
7	Women's health	12	1.0K	48	18
8	Aging	33	791	43	68
9	Public Health	25	730	244	346
10	Research	31	689	345	587
11	Psychology	17	665	396	367
12	Gerontology	36	626	28	31
13	Pediatrics	19	599	132	186
14	Molecular Biology	2	598	9580	1893
15	Psychiatry	21	594	295	526
16	Obstetrics	10	514	149	83
17	Cardiovascular system	4	409	124	106
18	Psychiatric Nursing	15	396	32	16
19	Child psychology	5	389	482	273
20	older people	38	371	21	37
21	Mental Disorders	16	366	184	510
22	Dementia	8	356	448	499
23	Child Development	3	340	555	161
24	Sociology	6	339	250	184
25	Medical Anthropology	5	336	118	97
26	Maternal health services	6	335	33	18
26	Child welfare	6	335	55	31
28	Cancer	7	334	806	932
29	Alzheimer's disease	7	323	502	540
30	Research Design	10	310	43	107
31	Child	17	300	224	401
32	Growth	1	292	1246	442
33	health behavior	8	285	63	81
34	Adolescent	18	267	145	504
35	Hypertension	3	251	367	209
35	Behavior	4	251	579	454
37	Pediatric Nursing	14	247	24	32
38	pain	4	242	219	191
39	Suicide	3	241	168	77
40	rehabilitation	6	220	103	109
41	Education	15	218	143	251
42	Oncology	7	215	346	588
43	Geriatric Nursing	15	209	18	20
44	Menopause	11	205	7	15
45	Health promotion	10	202	98	163
46	Mental Health	3	193	360	139
47	Health Education	12	186	97	163
48	Obstetric Nursing	13	184	23	38
49	Family	2	174	252	72
50	Nutrition	5	165	868	1068
50	Diet	5	165	206	316
52	Geriatric Psychiatry	5	156	239	268
53	Diagnosis	2	153	185	104
53	Patient Safety	2	153	13	3
55	Physical Therapy	2	147	263	111
55	Health Services Research	4	147	254	239
57	Sleep Disorders	10	139	118	400
57	Sleep	10	139	115	392
59	Social support	4	134	7	7
59	Social environment	4	134	9	7
61	Neurology	7	133	1299	3348
61	Autism	1	133	709	311
63	Neurosurgery	5	130	101	303
64	families	1	128	422	83
64	Stress	2	128	126	58
66	Medical Oncology	3	124	321	322
67	counseling	6	119	198	257
68	Electrophysiology	5	117	48	50
69	Environmental Health	3	116	718	873
70	occupational diseases	2	115	283	211
71	Asthma	1	110	104	39
72	Social Psychology	2	102	866	554
72	Telemedicine	2	102	41	36
74	Neonatology	3	98	37	47
75	Hospitals	4	97	207	298
76	behavioral medicine	4	95	103	212
77	rural health	4	86	61	110
78	Tropical Medicine	1	84	1603	439
79	preventive medicine	3	81	177	287
80	Health Services Administration	4	75	223	631
81	Patient education	5	73	45	119
82	Pharmacology	1	72	6865	4500
82	Clinical Pharmacology	1	72	2344	1111
82	drug therapy	1	72	2760	2265
82	drugs	1	72	2020	1020
86	Neurobiology	1	69	1007	802
86	Neurophysiology	1	69	1091	1063
86	Psychophysiology	2	69	1094	1326
89	medical education	3	68	381	576
90	Epidemiology	5	61	605	1526
91	Depression	1	59	637	847
91	Anxiety Disorders	1	59	658	873
91	Anxiety	1	59	656	870
94	violence	2	58	185	229
95	internet	2	57	71	80
96	Health Policy	3	55	568	1287
96	family violence	1	55	59	63
96	child abuse	1	55	194	164
96	Post-traumatic stress disorder	1	55	637	479
100	Information Science	3	52	173	375
100	women	2	52	60	66
102	Health insurance	2	51	111	205
103	Medical Technology	2	50	177	312
104	Qualitative Research	4	49	18	64
105	Family Therapy	2	48	91	106
106	Biochemistry	3	46	5604	9042
106	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	2	46	2105	2353
106	Clinical Chemistry	2	46	372	663
106	Marriage	1	46	88	59
106	Obesity	4	46	1162	3346
106	Marriage counseling	1	46	65	50
112	Developmental Psychology	1	43	699	733
112	human development	1	43	558	641
114	Biology	3	42	8484	13239
114	Urology	1	42	796	701
116	Social work	2	41	363	515
117	School Psychology	1	40	160	116
117	Educational Psychology	1	40	737	521
117	environmental exposure	2	40	373	596
117	school psychologists	1	40	126	82
121	Occupational Health	1	39	525	450
121	Science	4	39	4699	13770
123	mediation	1	38	40	15
124	Clinical Trials	3	35	77	142
125	Diabetes mellitus	1	33	1429	1684
126	health workforce	1	30	46	71
126	Long-Term Care	2	30	67	153
126	Long-term care facilities	2	30	67	153
126	adolescence	2	30	386	919
126	Mental Health Services	2	30	467	611
126	Self	1	30	9	7
132	Holistic Health	2	28	37	82
133	Palliative Care	3	26	75	210
134	Elderly	23	25	27	171
134	data collection	2	25	105	252
136	child behavior	1	24	67	118
137	Public Policy	2	23	269	628
137	Community Psychiatry	3	23	286	864
137	Alternative Medicine	3	23	122	529
137	complementary therapies	3	23	147	565
141	Risk Management	1	19	542	934
141	allied health	1	19	43	80
143	hospice care	2	17	76	167
143	Substance Abuse	2	17	845	2280
143	sleep-wake cycle	1	17	34	84
146	Community Psychology	2	16	381	1027
146	Public Health Administration	3	16	35	73
148	Relationships	1	15	71	60
149	Cognitive Therapy	1	14	76	123
150	Feminism	1	12	67	164
150	Asia	1	12	1635	2267
152	Social welfare	1	11	561	1137
153	Social Sciences	2	10	825	2087
153	Smoking	1	10	206	394
153	drug addiction	1	10	1274	2431
153	alcoholism	1	10	1420	2651
157	nursing education	3	9	24	85
157	Healing	1	9	14	33
157	Evidence-Based Medicine	1	9	354	899
157	recreation	1	9	82	162
161	ethnicity	1	7	147	367
161	Bioethics	1	7	365	698
161	Medical Ethics	1	7	370	712
161	health and race	1	7	61	146
161	Adolescent Psychology	1	7	820	1705
161	Randomized Controlled Trials	1	7	200	444
161	ethnic groups	1	7	49	131
161	Youth	1	7	95	212
169	Communication in medicine	1	6	94	227
169	Communication	1	6	309	742
171	Forensic Psychiatry	1	5	381	864
171	Prisons	1	5	86	177
171	health services	1	5	677	1382
174	Human-Computer Interaction	1	4	188	619
174	Social problems	1	4	105	399
174	race relations	1	4	63	178
177	primary prevention	1	3	125	272
177	chronic disease	1	3	112	278
177	sex crimes	1	3	70	167
180	Information Technology	1	2	524	1483
180	child mental health	1	2	58	166
180	Insulin	1	2	2	8
180	Diabetes	1	2	2183	5360
184	Global Health	1	1	336	1312
184	Clinical Psychology	1	1	1073	2636
184	Sports Medicine	1	1	1533	3825
184	health services accessibility	1	1	202	558
184	Continuing Education	1	1	155	342
184	Reproductive health	1	1	165	489
184	Travel	1	1	178	538
184	Learning disabilities	1	1	608	1567
184	Radiobiology	2	1	331	965
184	Intellectual disability	1	1	690	1778
184	sexual behavior	1	1	168	495
184	Birth control	1	1	157	473
196	Psychoneuroimmunology	1	0	118	297
196	Medical genetics	1	0	5112	11838
196	Clinical Biochemistry	1	0	192	610
196	Occupational Health Nursing	1	0	2	2
196	Neuroimmunology	1	0	126	342
196	Metabolic diseases	1	0	1455	3843
196	History of Nursing	1	0	53	87
196	Yoga	1	0	3	18
196	visualization	1	0	2393	2949
196	Mental illness	1	0	1166	2700
196	Psychiatric hospitals	1	0	291	475

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Top Disciplines (by citations)