Name: List of Top Disciplines of Psychology sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-17T13:50:59Z
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355(top 1%)

papers

12.7K(top 1%)

citations

61(top 1%)

h-index

102(top 1%)

g-index

433

all documents

15.5K

doc citations

3.8K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Community Psychology	21	3.9K	23	4
2	Community Psychiatry	19	3.9K	47	9
3	Behavior	24	1.3K	84	76
4	Ecology	11	842	1376	1112
4	Environment	10	842	644	745
6	Adolescent	22	839	110	69
7	adolescence	21	830	13	25
8	Adolescent Psychology	19	823	18	21
9	Vocational guidance	13	817	43	14
10	counseling	15	501	65	55
11	Education	7	500	316	101
12	Child Development	22	450	38	111
13	Psychology	23	409	272	627
14	United States	17	376	354	368
15	Career development	2	370	66	12
15	Child psychology	18	370	95	300
17	Substance Abuse	9	355	202	148
18	Developmental Psychology	8	333	97	131
19	Genetics	4	329	814	669
19	biological evolution	4	329	367	246
21	Neurology	8	319	1101	1597
22	alcoholism	9	285	217	319
23	Vocational Education	9	278	41	34
24	drug addiction	7	275	247	310
25	Educational Technology	7	242	42	66
26	Psychiatry	9	238	709	1189
27	Family	13	220	19	56
28	families	11	219	18	38
29	Mental Disorders	4	210	691	769
30	Cognition	6	195	177	180
31	Health	4	172	607	531
32	Discourse Analysis	2	167	8	8
33	Obesity	7	156	632	1373
34	Medicine	6	155	2896	5012
35	Cultural diversity	3	142	20	22
35	cultural pluralism	3	142	29	21
37	Psychometrics	1	141	112	34
38	Clinical Psychology	6	133	233	374
38	at-risk youth	2	133	22	30
38	Emotions	2	133	42	51
41	Social Psychology	11	130	171	446
42	Growth	6	127	272	772
43	Suicide	2	123	249	153
44	human development	4	115	183	306
45	Information Theory	4	109	141	166
45	Linguistics	4	109	161	175
45	Artificial Intelligence	4	109	497	619
45	Psycholinguistics	4	109	172	207
45	Intelligence	4	109	99	115
45	Psychophysiology	6	109	438	993
51	Mental Health	2	104	518	260
52	Stress	2	101	126	87
53	Research	4	100	2660	3443
54	Educational Psychology	9	85	85	268
55	personality	4	81	63	165
56	Mental Health Counseling	1	80	9	6
57	Social behavior	2	77	225	237
57	Mental illness	2	77	706	1024
59	Social perception	1	76	6	6
59	Socialization	7	76	11	45
59	Eating Disorders	4	76	384	659
59	Feeding and Eating Disorders	4	76	383	655
63	Nutrition	1	75	3441	2210
63	School Psychology	8	75	26	68
63	Enteral nutrition	1	75	434	171
63	Parenteral nutrition	1	75	891	372
63	school psychologists	8	75	19	48
68	Sociology	5	74	300	696
69	Science	2	73	8152	10046
69	Visual Perception	2	73	2457	2186
69	Memory	2	73	2474	2204
69	Attention	2	73	2462	2196
69	Perception	2	73	2475	2193
74	Nursing	1	69	1835	814
75	child behavior	1	67	67	60
76	Dementia	1	64	2032	1711
76	Alzheimer's disease	1	64	2057	1731
78	Post-traumatic stress disorder	5	63	159	440
79	Sports	2	62	714	852
80	Health Education	1	57	714	501
80	recreation	1	57	82	46
80	Exercise	1	57	429	281
83	Geriatrics	1	56	3500	2608
84	Learning disabilities	4	55	160	385
85	consumer behavior	1	50	152	138
85	Consumer Protection	1	50	46	37
85	Consumer education	1	50	141	165
85	consumers	1	50	58	47
89	Biology	3	48	8484	12466
90	violence	3	46	117	278
90	Aggression	3	46	72	207
92	War and Society	2	42	33	148
92	warfare	2	42	52	174
92	peace	2	42	57	178
92	international cooperation	2	42	71	225
96	Child	3	39	1549	2555
97	Intellectual disability	2	34	364	543
98	Humanities	2	33	204	261
98	Religion	2	33	151	209
100	Sleep Disorders	1	30	1161	1381
100	Sleep	1	30	1133	1359
102	behavioral medicine	1	28	307	466
102	Autism	1	28	709	1006
104	Decision making	1	26	674	622
105	Physiology	2	25	3436	7358
106	Australia	1	24	1632	1510
107	Hospitals	2	22	388	924
107	humanistic psychology	2	22	3	9
109	Ergonomics	10	20	74	244
110	Public Health	1	19	3758	5463
110	Cognitive Science	1	19	463	791
110	Medical Anthropology	1	19	449	770
113	Neurophysiology	1	13	1091	2013
113	human behavior	1	13	776	1609
115	Pharmacology	1	12	6865	11293
115	Biochemistry	1	12	11293	16492
117	Relationships	1	11	71	90
118	Smoking	1	10	206	394
119	Neurobiology	1	9	1007	2525
119	Child welfare	1	9	278	501
119	Social work	1	9	724	1569
122	Social Sciences	1	7	1539	2426
122	Well-being	1	7	109	267
124	Sports Medicine	1	5	1533	3324
124	Depression	1	5	637	1721
124	Anxiety Disorders	1	5	658	1759
124	Anxiety	1	5	656	1759
124	behavior therapy	2	5	130	407
124	Social problems	1	5	105	387
124	Hippocampus	1	5	279	795
124	Youth	1	5	95	233
132	Physical Therapy	1	3	521	1323
132	Human-Computer Interaction	1	3	188	657
134	Forensic Psychology	1	2	283	765
134	Forensic Psychiatry	1	2	381	1063
134	Taste	1	2	208	736
134	smell	1	2	208	736
134	Food preferences	1	2	143	400
134	women	1	2	126	378
134	Human biology	1	2	507	1251
141	Special Education	1	1	283	645
141	Marriage	2	1	38	317
141	Family Therapy	2	1	91	541
141	behavior modification	1	1	93	228
141	intervention	1	1	39	112
141	Marriage counseling	2	1	26	233
147	Zoology	1	0	1990	4803
147	Animal ecology	1	0	998	2511
147	Mental Health Services	1	0	739	1710
147	drugs	1	0	2020	5740
147	Psychiatric hospitals	1	0	291	475

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Top Disciplines (by citations)