Name: List of Top Disciplines of Political Science sorted by citations
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Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Political Science	230	3.3K	3	3
2	Economic History	147	3.0K	7	7
3	Europe	189	2.7K	11	13
4	Science	19	2.0K	914	769
5	Environmental Policy	44	2.0K	31	34
6	Sociology	52	1.9K	19	25
7	International Relations	92	1.8K	5	3
8	Democracy	62	1.6K	1	1
9	Democratization	56	1.6K	1	1
10	Environment	9	1.5K	726	448
11	peace	44	1.4K	3	5
12	Social policy	42	1.3K	7	5
13	international cooperation	56	1.3K	1	6
14	Europa	50	1.2K	2	4
15	Public Administration	67	1.2K	5	10
16	economic policy	56	1.2K	19	19
17	Sustainable Development	26	1.2K	14	32
18	Psychology	12	1.1K	609	188
19	European Union	54	1.1K	1	3
20	Developing countries	56	1.0K	13	31
21	Environmental Psychology	1	914	24	1
22	Economics	53	873	53	100
23	Elections	43	841	3	4
24	Political Participation	28	836	3	4
25	Scandinavia	7	826	33	16
26	Ecology	15	773	1100	1184
26	War and Society	13	773	2	10
26	warfare	14	773	8	11
29	Public Choice	10	757	7	2
29	Group decision making	10	757	9	2
29	Decision making	10	757	50	17
32	Economic Development	23	734	17	40
33	Public Policy	22	722	35	38
34	Social Sciences	54	697	16	37
35	Ethnic relations	28	660	5	2
36	election law	25	654	3	4
36	Voting	25	654	3	4
38	Corporate governance	29	652	2	4
39	Environmentalism	16	589	1	3
40	Regional Planning	28	588	10	26
41	Eastern Europe	43	575	3	4
42	race relations	17	559	5	7
43	Diplomatic relations	67	549	4	5
44	International security	24	546	2	19
44	conflict management	24	546	2	5
46	civil service	26	540	5	12
47	Energy Policy	18	537	31	60
48	Ethnic Conflict	14	532	3	1
48	forced migration	14	532	3	1
50	Environmental Management	5	529	166	67
51	Geopolitics	26	519	1	1
52	energy resources	14	505	19	43
53	European integration	32	472	3	4
53	European Economic Community	32	472	3	4
55	China	32	464	36	61
55	Economic Assistance	22	464	6	16
57	Political Sociology	11	456	3	4
58	International Finance	13	428	35	21
59	sustainability	8	414	14	28
60	Development	12	404	15	23
61	Physics	2	401	2956	1629
62	Political Psychology	9	376	3	7
63	Transport	3	366	32	12
64	Biology	2	360	10984	3514
65	environmental protection	6	354	215	177
66	Natural history	1	351	1285	1147
67	Renewable Energy Sources	2	350	354	131
68	energy development	1	340	136	41
69	United States	16	332	380	425
70	Global Health	2	325	174	47
70	Climate change	2	325	1104	1067
72	Political Geography	8	314	4	3
73	Federal government	20	310	6	1
74	Australia	11	306	198	144
75	world	5	301	39	36
76	Regionalism	18	289	1	1
77	Asia	45	277	24	85
77	Research	15	277	720	1391
79	Fisheries	2	273	564	166
80	Sea	1	270	74	12
80	Fishery resources	1	270	77	13
82	administrative agencies	10	246	7	4
83	local government	14	245	7	13
84	Environmental Health	7	241	376	500
85	city planning	10	238	30	52
86	Political Parties	13	213	3	3
87	Geography	8	202	288	456
88	Public Health	15	198	394	1106
89	management	5	194	320	315
90	terrorism	12	190	2	5
91	Nonprofit organizations	11	186	4	4
92	disarmament	10	183	3	3
93	global environmental change	11	179	14	61
94	Sovereignty	5	176	1	1
95	Ethics	10	166	31	55
96	Public opinion	14	160	2	16
96	violence	8	160	32	84
98	Africa	14	158	39	47
99	Human Rights	5	157	36	22
100	industrial relations	13	156	7	22
101	Medicine	12	154	1379	5031
102	human behavior	2	152	440	399
103	civil rights	5	146	17	10
104	Human Geography	3	145	126	105
105	Communism	9	144	5	2
106	Economic Geography	1	138	135	35
106	civil society	5	138	3	3
108	libraries	2	135	32	18
109	foreign policy	11	129	4	13
110	Jurisprudence	9	126	73	91
111	Gender identity	3	125	11	5
111	women	3	125	34	23
113	Feminist theory	2	124	5	6
114	Tourism	2	122	112	122
115	System analysis	2	120	217	95
116	ethnicity	12	117	10	20
117	behavioral medicine	1	116	307	180
117	Quantitative Research	4	116	9	16
119	Pollution	10	115	523	2677
120	Regional Economics	2	113	48	17
121	Securities	5	112	6	10
122	Communist countries	7	109	6	5
123	Government policy	9	106	6	29
123	Soviet Union	6	106	40	21
125	United Kingdom	7	105	79	251
126	Transportation	3	103	74	90
126	health planning	4	103	337	374
128	Systems Analysis	1	102	110	45
129	Nationalism	8	101	3	6
130	national security	12	100	5	10
131	Surface Chemistry	3	97	476	447
132	Transportation Engineering	2	96	7	8
133	regional security	6	93	3	3
133	nation-building	3	93	3	2
133	regional cooperation	6	93	3	3
136	Education	17	92	127	532
137	Colloids	2	91	534	518
138	Quality of life	7	90	50	167
139	Sexuality	3	88	38	33
139	sexual behavior	3	88	63	73
141	immigration	1	86	6	18
141	migration policy	1	86	14	19
141	Asylum seeker	1	86	6	18
144	emergency management	2	85	62	43
145	Biotechnology	3	84	1889	2981
145	Genetic engineering	3	84	225	678
145	Biochemical Engineering	3	84	396	792
145	Industrial Microbiology	3	84	171	328
145	arms control	7	84	1	1
145	Culture	5	84	26	34
151	Methodology	8	83	9	19
151	Behavior	3	83	748	1128
153	Land use	4	82	121	313
154	Engineering	2	81	792	352
154	Engineering Ethics	1	81	26	15
154	Professional ethics	1	81	41	20
157	Business Ethics	2	79	30	59
157	social science	3	79	10	54
159	Middle East	4	76	31	23
160	Cytology	1	71	5693	4378
160	Pharmacognosy	1	71	237	172
160	Cell Biology	1	71	7435	6011
160	Medicinal plants	1	71	169	124
160	Virology	1	71	2225	2253
160	environmental issues	6	71	12	40
166	Social History	4	70	12	26
166	educational planning	3	70	27	38
168	Consumer Protection	2	67	23	27
168	consumers	2	67	29	37
168	Customer Relations	2	67	4	4
171	Legislative Power	8	66	1	3
171	public opinion polls	6	66	3	13
173	forest policy	2	65	22	19
173	Agriculture	4	65	480	1307
175	Communication	7	64	58	230
176	Technology	3	63	1345	2447
176	Southeast Asia	7	63	11	34
176	United Nations	6	63	1	3
179	Health Policy	5	61	351	1184
179	Group Identity	1	61	4	2
181	Analytical Chemistry	3	59	740	1020
182	Latin America	4	57	16	30
183	Solar Energy	1	56	195	133
183	Mass Media	3	56	25	33
183	Applied Ethics	2	56	4	1
183	Agricultural systems	1	56	30	34
187	Environmental Economics	3	55	17	44
188	Philosophy	5	52	237	226
189	Public Health Administration	1	48	77	36
189	health services	1	48	677	410
191	Social Movements	4	47	3	4
191	War	8	47	8	27
191	Medical Anthropology	4	47	153	467
191	social conflict	5	47	4	23
191	Phytotherapy	1	47	92	81
191	civil war	7	47	2	4
197	Collective behavior	3	46	3	4
197	Citizenship	1	46	10	8
199	Pharmacology	1	45	6865	6211
199	Physiology	1	45	5694	5192
199	Development Economics	6	45	18	121
202	Health Education	2	44	400	619
202	Politics	2	44	113	147
202	medical education	2	44	554	788
202	government	2	44	136	180
206	North Africa	2	42	24	3
207	Clinical Psychology	2	41	662	941
208	Health Services Research	4	40	254	798
208	Molecular Genetics	1	40	2091	2590
208	Molecular evolution	1	40	389	526
208	Germany	11	40	12	42
208	Personality Assessment	1	40	54	60
208	biological evolution	1	40	1146	1442
208	Phylogeny	1	40	141	183
215	Globalization	6	38	16	120
215	Critical theory	7	38	2	19
215	Social Change	6	38	17	165
215	Oral communication	1	38	32	21
219	Research methodology	3	37	6	14
219	Eurasia	3	37	11	17
221	women's rights	1	33	36	40
221	Reproduction	1	33	1682	1664
221	Women's health	1	33	288	310
224	Herbal medicine	1	32	67	121
225	East Asia	6	31	11	47
226	Systems Theory	2	30	47	95
227	strategy	2	29	14	15
228	Energy Consumption	2	28	9	26
228	energy conservation	2	28	552	1035
230	Humanities	7	27	62	314
230	Organizational Sociology	1	27	73	141
232	Law	8	26	101	244
232	Human genetics	2	26	461	1425
232	Medical genetics	2	26	3197	7684
232	Semiotics	1	26	14	7
232	ethnic groups	2	26	24	73
232	Labor Movement	6	26	2	12
238	Social welfare	3	24	160	606
238	Japan	3	24	279	628
240	Public Relations	3	23	51	186
240	marketing	4	23	74	356
240	Social environment	2	23	15	45
243	Criminology	5	22	97	468
243	Environmental Ethics	2	22	27	61
243	insurgency	3	22	1	5
243	Computational Complexity	2	22	48	73
247	Data Mining	2	21	157	527
247	Ideology	1	21	3	3
247	Technological Innovations	1	21	1229	1855
247	Qualitative Research	1	21	67	117
247	irrigation	1	21	122	119
247	drainage	1	21	115	105
253	Geriatrics	4	20	1107	4628
253	Land Use Planning	1	20	29	57
253	Algorithms	1	20	46	58
253	Ethnology	6	20	72	362
253	curriculum evaluation	2	20	19	42
253	values	1	20	11	8
253	economic development projects	2	20	36	135
260	Statistics	5	19	648	2000
260	Welfare Economics	2	19	42	118
260	Environmental Chemistry	1	19	1175	1665
260	income distribution	2	19	9	29
260	Environmental monitoring	1	19	1151	1767
260	greenhouse effect	1	19	3	9
260	Carbon	1	19	204	371
260	Carbon dioxide	1	19	3	9
260	Climate	1	19	62	108
269	Maritime Law	2	18	13	22
269	Urban Policy	1	18	73	124
269	Rural Development	1	18	102	205
269	Marine Conservation	2	18	12	20
269	Law of the Sea	2	18	12	20
269	Biological Systems	1	18	91	155
269	Urbanization	1	18	22	47
269	Social Systems	2	18	8	20
269	Arab-Israeli Conflict	2	18	10	34
269	Social problems	4	18	22	229
279	Epidemiology	2	17	1275	3011
279	Therapeutics	2	17	1167	4047
279	rehabilitation	2	17	288	915
279	Aggression	1	17	262	439
283	Organizational Behavior	1	16	37	77
283	Metallurgy	1	16	776	910
283	Materials	1	16	7264	11410
283	commerce	3	16	110	447
283	Metals	1	16	701	884
283	Trust	1	16	1	6
289	Behavioral research	1	15	75	130
289	Child welfare	1	15	278	409
289	Child Development	1	15	1296	1910
289	Trademarks	2	15	17	25
289	Prisons	1	15	86	95
289	identification	1	15	5	7
289	Criminal investigation	1	15	20	40
289	Ireland	3	15	16	21
297	Ecosystem management	1	14	75	120
297	Electrochemistry	2	14	1458	2981
297	Adolescent Psychology	1	14	820	1437
297	Primary health care	2	14	406	1185
297	Child psychology	1	14	1451	2501
297	France	2	14	7	23
297	Earth Sciences	1	14	1038	1523
304	Genetics	1	13	2297	4104
304	Health Services Administration	2	13	455	1670
304	Social Psychology	4	13	491	2117
304	Plant breeding	1	13	327	506
304	Communication in politics	1	13	37	53
304	heredity	1	13	556	965
304	Youth	1	13	95	174
304	Breeding	1	13	517	793
312	Intercultural Communication	1	12	24	51
312	Research Design	1	12	402	847
312	Cross-Cultural Studies	1	12	81	163
312	Crisis management	2	12	33	173
312	Entrepreneurship	1	12	80	259
317	Biochemistry	1	11	11293	16890
317	Mathematics	1	11	4872	4528
317	Hydrology	1	11	2444	4390
317	Industrial Ecology	1	11	194	591
317	Technology Assessment	1	11	23	60
317	Bioethics	1	11	365	559
317	soil microbiology	1	11	207	431
317	Soil biology	1	11	98	217
317	data collection	1	11	175	330
317	Social behavior	3	11	144	871
317	planning	1	11	432	752
328	Structuralism	2	10	10	43
328	Industrial Sociology	1	10	19	58
328	Social Networks	2	10	13	51
328	housing policy	1	10	8	19
328	Forecasting	3	10	68	412
328	Access to Information	1	10	15	41
328	big data	1	10	35	83
328	Housing	1	10	38	84
328	disaster relief	2	10	41	357
328	evaluation	1	10	27	46
328	Information dissemination	1	10	15	41
328	Aging	2	10	669	1918
340	Neurology	1	9	6364	11451
340	Conservation Biology	1	9	775	1762
340	Educational Research	2	9	4	22
340	Economic Integration	2	9	10	15
340	society	2	9	11	34
345	Chemistry	1	8	12670	18616
345	Criminal Law	1	8	67	96
345	Electronics	1	8	1226	1424
345	Geochemistry	1	8	981	1994
345	economic forecasting	1	8	40	82
345	Consciousness	1	8	41	92
345	Cognition	1	8	899	1614
352	Chemical Engineering	1	7	3525	6134
352	Happiness	1	7	50	100
352	land tenure	1	7	36	139
352	Land reform	1	7	36	139
352	Chemical industry	1	7	892	1819
352	population geography	1	7	229	501
352	Investments	1	7	115	230
359	Gender Studies	2	6	29	162
359	Vocational Education	1	6	338	683
359	Probability	2	6	176	1117
359	Risk Management	2	6	238	1547
359	Feminism	2	6	29	220
359	Electrochemical Analysis	1	6	632	1410
359	Financial management	2	6	183	1208
359	Risk	2	6	188	1208
359	Military readiness	4	6	5	22
359	refugees	2	6	36	115
359	technical education	1	6	50	96
370	genre	2	5	9	41
370	Entropy	2	5	56	192
370	India	1	5	240	309
370	hygiene	1	5	95	183
374	Agricultural Engineering	2	4	25	82
374	poverty	1	4	73	196
374	space warfare	1	4	3	8
374	crime	1	4	245	506
378	Nutrition	1	3	3441	7918
378	Multicultural Education	5	3	7	89
378	Identity Politics	1	3	1	1
378	Religion	1	3	268	623
378	Electrophoresis	1	3	1963	4532
378	Social Security	1	3	12	33
378	Chromatography	1	3	1195	2771
378	Sports	1	3	1261	3149
378	Health promotion	1	3	470	1103
378	Diet	1	3	745	1923
378	Islam	1	3	46	76
378	cultural pluralism	1	3	108	260
378	Post-traumatic stress disorder	1	3	637	1395
378	Chromatographic analysis	1	3	1614	3628
392	Psychiatry	1	2	3737	7849
392	Toxicology	1	2	3659	8770
392	Tribology	1	2	292	684
392	Remote Sensing	1	2	169	358
392	Photogrammetry	1	2	118	243
392	Transnationalism	1	2	2	6
392	Toxins	1	2	111	239
399	Anthropology	1	1	715	1621
399	Cognitive Psychology	1	1	26	79
399	Nuclear Energy	1	1	260	522
399	Community Psychology	1	1	659	1797
399	Mythology	1	1	1	2
399	Educational Psychology	1	1	737	1809
399	Social Ethics	1	1	85	257
399	Political Ethics	1	1	12	48
399	Social participation	1	1	2	6
399	sexual orientation	1	1	17	53
399	Religion and Sociology	1	1	19	49
399	Nuclear disarmament	1	1	2	7
399	Teaching	1	1	785	1869
399	Family	1	1	468	1313
399	organizational effectiveness	1	1	44	135
399	families	1	1	422	1248
399	environmental pollution	1	1	1903	4877
399	Social interaction	1	1	14	45
399	corporate culture	1	1	11	31
399	human development	1	1	558	1440
399	Nuclear family	1	1	16	45
399	Maps	1	1	11	35
399	public assistance	1	1	10	24
422	Literature	1	0	50	116
422	History	1	0	246	496
422	Constitutional Law	2	0	29	106
422	International Law	2	0	104	319
422	Mathematical Physics	1	0	880	1757
422	Critical thinking	1	0	3	14
422	mediation	1	0	40	199
422	Well-being	1	0	109	504
422	Diffusion of innovations	1	0	10	37
422	Gerontology	1	0	793	2036
422	philology	1	0	57	91
422	genocide	1	0	5	8
422	civilization	1	0	89	184
422	Elderly	1	0	306	466
422	Foreign relations	1	0	10	35
422	constitutional courts	1	0	39	86
422	older people	1	0	430	834
422	labor	1	0	53	177
422	Criticism	1	0	22	67
422	prejudices	1	0	6	16
422	Anti-Semitism	1	0	4	9
422	Ukraine	1	0	100	103
422	Work	1	0	21	76
422	working class	1	0	39	140
422	Israel	1	0	47	137
422	Jews	2	0	15	76
422	discrimination	1	0	4	9

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