Name: List of Top Disciplines of Psychology sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-17T13:50:59Z
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189(top 2%)

papers

5.8K(top 2%)

citations

38(top 2%)

h-index

87(top 2%)

g-index

245

all documents

10.3K

doc citations

3.1K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Health	3	2.3K	780	21
2	Qualitative Research	1	2.3K	67	2
3	psychotherapy	4	2.2K	159	13
4	counseling	2	2.2K	493	8
5	Social Psychology	34	759	24	67
6	Psychology	21	607	306	413
7	Community Psychiatry	5	395	167	116
7	Mental Disorders	6	395	474	488
9	Mental Health Services	3	383	326	60
10	Mental illness	3	353	505	394
11	Psychiatric hospitals	2	344	170	28
12	Psychiatry	7	317	887	940
13	Medicine	5	311	3486	2718
14	Child	3	295	1549	408
14	Adolescent	3	295	1076	428
16	Psychophysiology	6	278	438	469
17	Neurology	6	198	1558	2447
18	Research	4	196	2660	1907
19	Pediatric Neurology	3	164	318	669
19	Nervous system	3	164	463	787
21	Industrial Safety	1	162	165	38
22	Cognitive Science	4	157	118	163
23	Social behavior	8	156	47	115
24	Community Psychology	9	151	66	202
25	Autism	1	138	709	301
26	drug addiction	2	121	794	657
26	alcoholism	2	121	883	705
28	Clinical Psychology	7	101	187	474
29	behavior modification	4	79	30	64
29	brain mapping	4	79	520	1168
31	Child Development	3	70	555	758
32	Nursing	2	67	1153	838
33	Behavior	5	66	462	1347
34	Special Education	1	59	283	132
34	Learning disabilities	1	59	608	368
36	United States	4	57	1641	2389
37	Animal Behavior	2	47	385	634
37	Ethology	2	47	317	511
39	Public Health	2	46	2243	3347
40	Social welfare	2	45	252	318
41	Social work	1	41	724	518
41	Intellectual disability	1	41	690	481
43	Oncology	2	40	1447	2758
44	Mental Health	1	39	886	634
44	Child psychology	1	39	1451	1696
46	personality	4	37	63	255
47	Neurobiology	3	34	323	1381
47	Primary health care	1	34	683	695
47	Therapeutics	1	34	2026	3062
50	Geriatric Nursing	1	33	269	215
50	Gerontology	1	33	793	692
52	Humanities	1	32	351	274
52	Religion	1	32	268	226
52	Post-traumatic stress disorder	2	32	383	693
55	Biology	2	30	10984	15327
55	behavior therapy	3	30	91	192
57	Taste	4	26	47	248
57	smell	4	26	47	248
57	Food preferences	4	26	42	152
60	Employee selection	2	25	44	78
61	Neuropsychology	1	24	664	1004
61	Dyslexia	1	24	57	74
63	Geriatrics	1	21	3500	4539
63	Language Disorders	3	21	114	467
63	Speech Disorders	3	21	131	511
66	Linguistics	2	19	322	742
66	Developmental Psychology	3	19	296	1101
66	Oral communication	2	19	15	49
66	Hearing	2	19	85	238
66	human development	3	19	237	943
66	Speech	2	19	97	271
72	Ecology	1	17	7187	10992
72	Social problems	1	17	105	236
72	Japan	1	17	749	804
75	Evolution	1	16	1773	3108
75	Stress	2	16	126	586
77	nuclear magnetic resonance	1	13	891	1368
77	Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy	1	13	1077	1600
77	Suicide	1	13	438	842
80	Economics	1	12	2052	2358
80	International Finance	1	12	532	706
82	Psycholinguistics	1	10	584	992
82	ethnicity	1	10	147	318
82	Nationalism	1	10	75	144
82	Socialization	1	10	157	262
82	thinking	1	10	161	312
82	language	1	10	324	601
88	Criminal psychology	1	9	461	804
88	Educational Psychology	1	9	737	1231
88	Forensic Psychiatry	1	9	381	696
88	Criminal behavior	1	9	119	245
88	Australia	2	9	946	2613
88	Entomology	1	9	1462	2354
94	Substance Abuse	2	8	845	2929
94	families	1	8	422	772
96	Cognition	1	7	899	1679
97	Relationships	1	5	71	160
97	health services	1	5	677	1382
99	Public Policy	1	4	481	1237
99	Travel	1	4	178	432
99	breastfeeding	1	4	468	1201
102	Zoology	1	3	1990	4305
102	Wildlife management	1	3	435	1003
104	speech therapy	1	2	184	572
104	Communication Disorders	1	2	173	542
106	Philosophy	1	0	713	1237
106	Dementia	1	0	2032	4161
106	Alzheimer's disease	1	0	2057	4203

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Top Disciplines (by citations)