Name: List of Top Disciplines of Psychology sorted by citations
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Published: 2026-01-17T11:30:22Z
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323(top 2%)

papers

10.2K(top 2%)

citations

52(top 2%)

h-index

93(top 2%)

g-index

397

all documents

12.6K

doc citations

3.0K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Psychiatry	26	1.1K	230	283
2	Psychology	30	1.0K	191	225
3	counseling	18	949	44	25
4	Community Psychiatry	13	862	68	43
5	Child psychology	18	835	95	111
6	Community Psychology	14	829	33	31
7	Vocational guidance	16	667	25	18
8	adolescence	5	620	142	42
8	Adolescent	5	620	637	124
10	Adolescent Psychology	5	619	159	39
11	Psychophysiology	15	602	165	201
12	Educational measurement	1	539	41	4
13	Education	9	517	248	95
14	Mental Disorders	4	494	691	396
14	Mental illness	4	494	391	289
16	Behavior	10	476	231	244
17	drug addiction	7	424	247	188
17	alcoholism	7	424	284	206
19	Career development	5	394	21	9
20	management	3	393	590	155
21	brain mapping	9	372	209	292
22	Depression	5	371	150	208
22	Anxiety Disorders	5	371	164	210
22	Anxiety	5	371	164	210
25	Substance Abuse	11	319	161	172
26	Sociology	1	302	1137	209
26	War and Society	1	302	73	32
26	warfare	1	302	100	38
26	peace	1	302	121	36
26	international cooperation	1	302	156	44
31	Child Development	11	288	128	191
32	Developmental Psychology	13	284	57	156
33	human development	12	278	48	122
34	Vocational Education	11	273	27	36
35	Social Psychology	20	256	63	230
36	Science	6	226	3222	4790
36	Visual Perception	6	226	739	718
36	Memory	6	226	749	729
36	Attention	6	226	742	721
36	Perception	6	226	748	729
41	Neurology	12	221	712	2238
42	Decision making	2	219	371	92
43	Ophthalmology	3	209	148	118
43	Vision	3	209	29	28
45	Growth	4	173	417	636
46	United States	6	160	1147	917
47	Ecology	3	121	3747	4410
48	Bipolar Disorder	1	98	600	358
49	Mental Health Services	4	90	238	262
50	Psychiatric hospitals	3	87	117	98
51	Clinical Psychology	5	83	283	555
52	Information Theory	2	82	296	215
52	Linguistics	2	82	322	222
52	Artificial Intelligence	2	82	1101	798
52	Psycholinguistics	2	82	342	257
52	Intelligence	2	82	215	151
52	Cognition	2	82	536	413
58	Neuropsychology	2	76	363	448
58	Hippocampus	5	76	36	184
60	Mental Health	6	63	183	395
60	Australia	6	63	367	702
62	Special Education	1	61	283	130
62	Learning disabilities	1	61	608	357
62	Intellectual disability	2	61	364	348
65	Neurobiology	2	55	514	962
65	Developmental Neurobiology	2	55	267	499
67	Eating Disorders	2	52	653	833
67	Feeding and Eating Disorders	2	52	650	832
69	Forensic Psychology	1	47	283	165
69	Forensic Psychiatry	1	47	381	205
69	Neurophysiology	1	47	1091	1326
69	Brain	1	47	789	843
73	Post-traumatic stress disorder	2	45	383	550
73	violence	1	45	346	294
73	Aggression	1	45	262	219
76	Chemistry	2	41	9160	11541
77	Oncology	2	36	1447	3007
77	Suicide	5	36	95	463
77	Autism	4	36	213	875
80	Biology	1	34	16220	14590
80	Conservation Biology	1	34	775	1175
80	Environment	1	34	4407	6713
83	behavior therapy	7	32	29	185
84	Zoology	1	30	1990	2020
84	animals	1	30	388	350
86	Cognitive neuroscience	1	29	249	341
87	Social behavior	4	25	106	567
88	Language Disorders	2	23	184	444
88	Speech Disorders	2	23	206	487
88	Hearing	2	23	85	210
88	Speech	2	23	97	245
92	Personality Disorders	1	21	190	272
93	Asia	2	19	901	1669
94	Molecular Biology	1	17	14639	21294
94	Computational Biology	1	17	1372	2572
94	Molecular ecology	1	17	1965	3741
97	student	1	16	45	63
98	Probability	1	12	393	870
98	Risk Management	1	12	542	1198
98	Financial management	1	12	416	940
98	Risk	1	12	439	945
98	Protozoa	1	12	244	433
98	psychotherapy	1	12	546	857
104	Organizational Behavior	3	11	12	83
104	conflict management	3	11	25	124
106	Neurovirology	1	10	31	76
107	Ergonomics	3	9	208	369
107	Animal Behavior	1	9	663	1374
107	Ethology	1	9	556	1170
107	Family	2	9	252	800
111	families	1	8	422	772
111	Relationships	2	8	24	130
113	Pharmaceutical Chemistry	1	7	3323	5966
114	Emergency Medicine	1	6	413	908
114	Cultural diversity	1	6	86	190
114	cultural pluralism	1	6	108	210
117	behavior modification	1	4	93	208
118	Cognitive Science	1	3	463	1309
118	Nervous system	1	3	1345	3629
120	Statistics	1	2	2215	4069
120	Criminal psychology	1	2	461	1152
120	Psychometrics	1	2	112	323
120	rural health	1	2	324	940
124	Medicine	1	1	12774	27316
124	Health	1	1	1924	5158
124	complementary therapies	1	1	365	1130
124	Marriage	1	1	88	317
124	Family Therapy	1	1	192	541
124	personality	2	1	152	701
124	Marriage counseling	1	1	65	233
124	Stress	1	1	307	1135
132	Health Services Administration	1	0	836	2644
132	Leadership	1	0	34	121
132	Socialization	1	0	157	520
132	child behavior	1	0	67	229
132	Insects	1	0	653	1799
132	health planning	1	0	1379	4303
132	planning	1	0	432	1553
132	Entomology	1	0	1462	3574

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Top Disciplines (by citations)