Name: List of Top Disciplines of Health Policy sorted by peer-reviewed citations
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Published: 2026-09-12T08:13:12Z
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241.6K(top 1%)

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182(top 1%)

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203(top 1%)

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18.8K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by peer-reviewed citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	A pos	C pos
1	Medicine	692	60.8K	34	45
2	Public Health	402	19.7K	62	68
3	Epidemiology	269	18.5K	77	64
4	Biometrics	38	17.3K	167	5
5	Statistics	43	16.6K	547	29
6	Chronic diseases	155	14.0K	6	19
7	Health Services Research	308	13.1K	2	10
8	Science	289	10.7K	330	2,240
9	Research	322	9.6K	58	244
10	Pediatrics	169	8.5K	103	123
11	Primary health care	191	6.9K	3	1
12	Geriatrics	159	5.4K	46	117
13	Critical Care	65	4.6K	46	81
13	Critical Care Medicine	65	4.6K	48	81
15	Surgery	79	4.4K	94	298
16	Health Policy	153	4.2K	29	57
17	medical education	128	4.2K	25	42
18	Medical genetics	82	4.2K	324	527
19	Cardiovascular system	29	4.1K	294	235
20	health planning	132	4.1K	14	16
21	Hypertension	26	3.6K	397	234
22	rehabilitation	96	3.6K	25	39
23	United States	99	3.2K	199	253
24	Public Policy	104	3.0K	12	19
25	Health Education	99	2.9K	26	39
26	Biology	18	2.9K	12,233	7,479
27	Obstetrics	92	2.8K	188	229
28	arthritis	31	2.8K	94	39
29	Psychiatry	116	2.7K	408	1,246
30	Neurology	59	2.6K	2,439	3,398
31	Mental Disorders	105	2.5K	221	768
32	Hematology	45	2.5K	755	776
33	Urology	41	2.1K	396	309
34	Physics	7	2.0K	19,894	8,983
35	Rheumatology	39	2.0K	67	49
36	Research Design	27	2.0K	58	67
37	Human genetics	37	1.9K	594	2,846
38	Psychology	49	1.9K	782	893
39	Natural history	2	1.9K	11,621	5,853
40	Physical Therapy	37	1.8K	99	111
41	blood transfusion	27	1.8K	90	26
42	drug therapy	58	1.7K	204	301
43	Randomized Controlled Trials	52	1.7K	22	23
43	Mental illness	76	1.7K	139	673
45	Health	86	1.7K	39	151
46	Quality of life	44	1.7K	33	76
47	Pharmacology	47	1.7K	1,662	1,904
48	Sociology	37	1.7K	230	297
49	pain	52	1.6K	98	297
50	Medical Anthropology	34	1.6K	101	171
51	Health Services Administration	64	1.5K	16	62
52	Molecular Biology	11	1.5K	17,997	8,003
53	Oncology	25	1.3K	482	1,523
54	Transplantation	32	1.3K	199	289
55	alcoholism	42	1.3K	177	237
56	Microbiology	23	1.3K	4,740	4,728
57	Medical Oncology	26	1.2K	416	470
58	Genomics	32	1.2K	564	800
59	Chemotherapy	34	1.2K	89	91
60	Kidney diseases	42	1.2K	67	99
61	Emergency Medicine	35	1.1K	41	47
62	Radiobiology	24	1.1K	339	343
63	Adolescent Medicine	22	1.1K	86	147
64	drug addiction	35	1.1K	135	213
65	Cancer	35	1.1K	1,166	2,641
66	Nephrology	39	1.1K	53	87
67	Palliative Care	38	1.1K	36	51
68	Decision making	48	1.1K	5	74
69	Child	55	1.1K	184	431
70	Women's health	18	1.1K	237	107
71	government	63	1.0K	11	31
72	Europe	26	1.0K	473	340
73	Medical Technology	25	1.0K	21	72
74	Ethics	16	972	139	34
75	Therapeutics	31	945	218	548
76	Information Science	18	928	348	293
77	Cardiovascular diseases	36	922	47	138
78	disabilities	33	911	15	21
79	Holistic Health	17	907	9	7
80	Nutrition	31	903	1,166	1,943
81	Medical Ethics	24	893	64	32
81	Parasitic Diseases	17	893	301	244
83	allied health	16	878	7	7
84	Computational Biology	18	869	979	1,366
85	Health insurance	22	842	40	66
86	Long-Term Care	31	801	23	98
86	Long-term care facilities	31	801	23	98
88	Medical Microbiology	19	800	705	1,125
89	health services accessibility	37	796	54	104
90	infection	18	772	224	344
91	Reproduction	6	744	2,642	851
92	Infections	15	740	120	286
92	Social work	28	740	39	35
94	Thorax	17	736	86	88
95	Liver diseases	17	731	292	734
96	older people	38	726	58	133
97	Diabetes	18	705	894	1,596
98	Geriatric Oncology	33	699	11	51
99	Socioeconomic Factors	27	657	28	66
100	Social welfare	23	651	9	9
101	Vaccines	30	641	175	395
102	Endocrinology	12	630	3,346	3,747
103	Bioinformatics	8	623	1,893	1,411
104	health workforce	9	609	19	13
105	Pregnancy	11	606	239	132
106	Hemophilia	20	595	35	36
107	Data Mining	6	589	227	141
107	biomedicine	6	589	223	80
109	Child welfare	5	562	625	90
110	rare diseases	10	561	84	65
111	Substance Abuse	31	559	239	425
112	Global Health	30	554	87	142
113	Mental Health Services	17	547	286	275
114	Diet	14	530	939	1,618
115	Orthopedics	18	529	445	504
116	Thrombosis	13	511	319	624
117	Hemostasis	12	510	93	63
118	drug control	23	508	26	55
119	Maternal health services	3	493	444	69
120	Genetics	8	492	5,446	6,152
120	Environmental Health	17	492	2,901	5,176
122	drug abuse	16	491	91	97
123	Diabetes mellitus	12	481	1,248	2,171
124	health services	22	475	68	193
125	preventive medicine	18	471	266	574
126	Obesity	20	454	680	1,591
127	drugs	18	444	478	790
128	counseling	17	441	277	360
129	Adolescent	23	440	415	813
130	Patient education	16	439	65	158
131	Hospitals	19	438	44	86
132	Aging	25	425	587	2,129
133	management	19	415	298	897
134	harm reduction	13	409	25	19
135	Clinical Pharmacology	16	391	321	507
136	Dermatology	11	389	960	889
137	Metabolism	17	388	1,837	4,456
138	Toxicology	12	379	4,408	5,322
139	Child Development	12	336	913	1,378
140	Developing countries	13	334	400	678
141	Elderly	23	325	53	96
142	Ecology	8	319	8,637	11,185
143	Environmental Policy	6	313	2,646	3,169
144	pain management	20	307	37	179
145	occupational diseases	14	298	171	430
146	Behavior	14	296	1,743	3,906
147	Nervous system	6	295	3,396	3,950
148	Mental Health	25	294	224	692
149	Pharmacy	16	292	770	1,476
150	Pharmacy management	15	281	54	64
151	health behavior	14	279	271	460
152	Geriatric Pharmacology	16	274	8	67
153	Food	1	270	12,202	3,096
153	feeding behavior	1	270	1,803	440
153	Appetite	1	270	1,524	365
156	Pediatric Rheumatology	14	269	27	35
157	environmental protection	8	265	2,346	3,342
157	Qualitative Research	6	265	79	74
159	System analysis	6	262	1,790	1,153
160	Community Psychiatry	9	260	453	695
160	Heart Failure	8	260	69	216
162	Bone diseases	6	254	148	537
163	Developmental Disabilities	10	252	438	909
164	Dialysis	22	249	20	19
164	Kidney transplantation	22	249	18	18
166	Pediatric Neurology	4	246	1,399	2,248
167	Information Systems	3	243	1,061	471
167	Autism	8	243	299	516
169	Environmental monitoring	6	242	4,125	4,866
170	Environmental Engineering	5	239	4,852	5,343
170	Occupational Health	16	239	157	407
170	Environmental Law	5	239	755	1,290
170	Environment	5	239	8,971	11,675
174	Geriatric Psychiatry	9	232	366	554
175	Muscles	4	226	748	705
175	international cooperation	14	226	50	252
177	Lung Transplantation	6	220	241	300
177	Heart transplantation	6	220	241	300
177	Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation	12	220	6	4
177	cardiac arrest	12	220	6	4
181	Parenteral nutrition	10	215	388	939
182	Psychiatric hospitals	6	211	176	184
183	Alternative Medicine	10	209	319	804
183	complementary therapies	10	209	338	805
185	diseases	1	203	550	1,251
185	Disease	1	203	648	1,270
187	Embryology	1	199	7,000	3,618
188	Gerontology	21	198	320	1,501
188	community participation	14	198	4	21
188	Faculty	14	198	4	21
191	healthcare disparities	8	195	131	207
192	Alzheimer's disease	5	194	1,318	1,447
193	Dementia	4	193	1,344	1,189
194	Health promotion	11	182	405	966
195	Engineering	2	179	11,520	4,257
195	Engineering Ethics	2	179	163	53
195	Professional ethics	2	179	204	58
195	cardiac catheterization	6	179	74	80
199	Health Risk Assessment	7	177	68	111
200	Nursing	16	173	490	840
201	Tropical Medicine	7	172	791	886
202	Respiratory Infections	4	171	143	119
202	Influenza	4	171	86	86
204	Risk Management	6	167	160	338
205	Jurisprudence	5	163	514	368
206	disease vectors	3	161	855	581
207	Telemedicine	7	160	60	196
208	Globalization	10	159	35	245
209	urban health	5	157	128	217
210	Neurosurgery	3	156	1,381	1,226
211	Economics	5	155	2,991	2,689
211	Reproductive health	5	155	456	541
213	Parasitology	2	153	4,086	1,861
213	Parasites	2	153	2,312	1,061
215	Demography	5	152	393	571
216	Spine	4	149	639	786
217	Birth control	4	147	287	329
218	Sleep Disorders	12	145	690	2,105
219	Schizophrenia	9	143	681	1,748
219	environmental exposure	7	143	967	2,279
221	Evidence-Based Medicine	6	142	127	405
222	Genetic Counseling	7	139	132	151
223	Dentistry	6	137	594	548
224	patient satisfaction	8	136	2	12
225	Systems Analysis	10	133	186	470
225	Production Management	3	133	643	903
227	Contraception	4	132	459	478
227	Leukemia	3	132	1,591	1,969
227	traffic safety	6	132	64	75
230	Vocational guidance	1	127	1,314	568
231	Immunology	5	126	7,602	12,270
231	Mixed methods research	3	126	4	3
233	Neuropsychiatry	3	125	1,389	1,421
233	Gastrointestinal diseases	4	125	220	282
235	Infertility	2	123	1,698	1,643
235	fertility	2	123	1,847	1,737
235	Immunity	4	123	3,716	7,937
238	Ophthalmology	9	122	1,402	3,029
239	risk factors	4	121	316	508
239	planning	9	121	68	262
241	Cognitive Science	2	119	2,792	2,539
241	Metabolic diseases	7	119	3,234	8,965
241	drug development	2	119	2,316	3,894
241	Sleep	6	119	1,371	2,466
245	Behavioral research	2	116	681	206
246	Cardiovascular Pharmacology	4	115	32	64
247	Human Rights	4	114	254	230
247	hospice care	8	114	113	296
247	Neuromuscular diseases	3	114	715	794
250	Sarcopenia	1	112	983	635
251	Medical innovations	1	111	4,090	4,532
252	Chemistry	4	110	35,038	46,597
252	marketing	1	110	1,378	680
254	Child psychology	4	109	1,691	2,447
255	human behavior	2	107	5,804	6,749
256	Cognitive Therapy	1	103	1,144	532
256	behavior therapy	1	103	1,378	703
256	autism spectrum disorder	1	103	99	32
259	Public Administration	12	100	192	782
260	Asthma	6	99	269	587
261	Student Health Services	1	98	628	224
262	Education	4	97	3,186	3,603
262	Bioethics	9	97	187	471
262	primary prevention	1	97	917	382
265	Psychophysiology	4	95	5,322	8,896
266	Organ transplantation	7	92	213	316
267	epilepsy	1	91	2,970	1,452
267	Bacterial infections	3	91	837	2,429
269	Prognosis	3	90	13	29
270	Economic Development	2	89	1,673	2,152
271	internet	5	87	1,100	2,044
272	Immunotherapy	6	85	1,978	6,732
272	Artificial Organs	2	85	957	613
272	Pollution	5	85	9,412	18,841
272	sports injuries	3	85	423	403
276	mycoses	2	84	1,177	2,434
276	Host-parasite interactions	2	84	2,751	4,802
276	Population	3	84	818	1,222
279	Industrial Safety	6	83	440	1,228
280	Brain damage	4	82	238	523
281	Clinical Trials	6	81	232	552
282	Intellectual disability	4	80	598	882
283	Sustainable Development	2	77	2,526	3,445
284	Sports Medicine	6	75	1,951	4,521
284	Organizational change	2	75	276	285
286	Neuropsychology	2	74	6,512	6,692
286	Carcinogenesis	5	74	728	2,755
286	sustainability	1	74	1,903	1,883
289	Operations Research	3	73	2,483	2,639
289	breastfeeding	4	73	321	628
291	Cytogenetics	2	72	4,128	6,759
291	Technology	5	72	4,809	9,354
293	Pharmacogenetics	5	67	865	3,733
293	pharmaceutical industry	8	67	162	580
295	Biophysics	3	66	25,912	31,566
295	Medical Physics	3	66	2,934	4,363
295	Reproductive toxicology	2	66	608	870
295	ecosystem	1	66	3,063	2,784
295	Biodiversity	1	66	6,544	4,937
300	Ergonomics	9	65	302	988
300	Pharmacogenomics	4	65	122	613
300	Feasibility studies	7	65	57	135
303	Social policy	9	64	90	850
304	Process Control	1	63	1,323	1,341
305	Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis	1	61	480	384
305	Frontotemporal lobar degeneration	1	61	381	263
305	Social Change	2	61	607	1,288
308	Australia	9	60	927	2,935
309	Social Sciences	4	59	3,037	4,637
309	environmental pollution	2	59	12,045	15,569
311	Clinical Immunology	4	58	1,286	3,386
311	Respiration	1	58	5,760	4,899
313	economic policy	8	57	916	2,206
313	Regional Development	8	57	52	345
313	child behavior	2	57	406	656
313	weight loss	5	57	62	198
317	Biotechnology	4	56	14,777	29,528
317	liver	1	56	607	367
319	Teratology	2	54	489	748
319	abnormalities	2	54	234	405
321	Allergy	4	53	1,602	5,434
322	Occupational Therapy	8	52	338	1,010
322	Bioengineering	3	52	11,665	21,385
322	Biochemical Engineering	3	52	7,416	14,229
322	Eating Disorders	3	52	1,176	2,050
322	Feeding and Eating Disorders	3	52	1,137	1,984
327	Exercise	2	51	1,942	2,293
328	Biomedical Engineering	4	50	12,142	23,481
329	Genetic testing	4	49	121	314
330	Psychosomatic Medicine	3	48	966	2,325
330	Organizational Behavior	1	48	449	572
330	behavioral medicine	7	48	882	4,780
330	Atherosclerosis	2	48	77	298
330	Trust	1	48	19	12
335	Software Engineering	1	44	1,471	1,217
335	Requirements Engineering	1	44	69	105
337	Criminology	1	42	1,948	1,387
337	Crime prevention	1	42	476	295
337	Smoking	4	42	738	2,010
340	Humanities	3	40	635	1,310
341	Depression	2	38	519	1,433
341	Vaccination	3	38	137	549
341	Anxiety Disorders	2	38	790	1,877
341	Anxiety	2	38	777	1,834
341	Safety management	2	38	619	783
346	Radiation Oncology	1	37	920	1,065
346	Genetic disorders	1	37	1,280	1,458
346	scientific societies	1	37	2,146	2,213
346	Psychiatric Epidemiology	2	37	801	1,699
350	Neonatology	5	36	250	1,471
351	Osteoporosis	5	35	95	842
352	Architectural Design	1	34	804	593
352	drug resistance	2	34	700	1,944
352	design	1	34	397	346
355	ethnicity	1	33	1,011	851
355	poverty	2	33	259	761
355	health and race	1	33	333	421
355	ethnic groups	1	33	589	678
355	chronic disease	3	33	238	788
355	genome	1	33	7,359	10,130
361	Bones	1	32	2,531	3,962
362	Cost control	2	31	50	92
363	Forensic Psychiatry	2	30	858	1,188
363	Infection control	1	30	584	894
363	Israel	3	30	129	142
366	Healing	1	29	135	162
366	Autoantibodies	1	29	1,560	2,445
366	Autoimmunity	1	29	2,191	3,444
366	Autoimmune diseases	1	29	1,758	2,764
370	Geriatric Nursing	5	28	218	732
370	Quality Assurance	1	28	454	387
370	Technological Innovations	2	28	1,087	2,353
373	Physiology	1	27	24,732	29,030
373	mental health promotion	2	27	189	388
373	anesthesia	3	27	117	471
373	child abuse	3	27	810	2,352
373	Post-traumatic stress disorder	1	27	1,826	2,211
378	Environmental Toxicology	3	26	3,926	12,380
378	pollutants	3	26	2,304	7,915
378	Environmental pollutants	3	26	3,234	10,141
378	Suicide	2	26	589	1,274
382	disease outbreaks	4	25	451	2,277
382	Epidemics	4	25	437	2,235
382	Multiple sclerosis	4	25	478	1,344
385	Otolaryngology	6	24	441	1,859
385	Pediatric Hematology	1	24	1,214	959
385	Adult Education	1	24	730	627
385	Human-Computer Interaction	1	24	3,085	3,839
385	Online social networks	1	24	437	608
390	Social support	1	23	315	545
390	Library Science	1	23	469	473
390	Social environment	1	23	324	555
390	sports administration	1	23	290	350
390	Stress	2	23	232	858
395	Virology	1	22	13,002	18,573
396	Oral Medicine	4	21	860	2,703
396	homosexuality	1	21	835	1,211
396	Asia	3	21	2,784	6,793
396	psychotherapy	1	21	2,953	3,571
396	Immune system	1	21	4,135	6,879
396	Allergies	2	21	142	505
402	Antiviral agents	3	20	83	620
402	scholarly publishing	2	20	40	187
404	sexual behavior	1	18	1,836	2,872
405	calcification	1	17	1,549	2,921
405	Electrophysiology	2	17	927	2,871
405	prostaglandins	1	17	1,168	1,860
408	Systems Engineering	2	16	4,074	7,687
408	Cybernetics	1	16	4,388	6,473
408	Psychopharmacology	2	16	4,169	9,488
408	biobanks	1	16	178	298
408	violence	1	16	1,670	2,563
408	Aggression	1	16	921	1,588
408	Cognition	1	16	5,269	7,421
415	Risk assessment	2	14	496	1,849
415	peer review	1	14	29	160
415	sadness	1	14	191	398
415	death	1	14	294	529
415	antisocial personality disorder	1	14	191	398
420	Cost of illness	1	13	55	99
420	Disease management	1	13	176	290
420	Enteral nutrition	2	13	1,441	4,841
420	Physical fitness	1	13	2,540	4,365
420	Communication	2	13	2,299	5,958
420	children	1	13	597	951
426	Radiology	2	12	2,049	5,134
426	Artificial Intelligence	1	12	12,994	17,598
426	Crisis Intervention	1	12	298	614
426	rural health	1	12	479	911
426	Telecommunication	1	12	6,551	8,293
426	Digestive system diseases	1	12	2,345	4,642
432	Dietetics	3	11	769	2,737
432	Molecular Genetics	1	11	6,456	11,430
432	Population Genetics	1	11	3,268	5,980
432	Antibacterial agents	1	11	1,205	2,863
432	Speech Disorders	1	11	2,387	3,652
432	Molecular ecology	1	11	2,931	5,873
432	disaster relief	1	11	263	725
439	Information Technology	1	10	5,203	8,468
439	physical therapy techniques	1	10	281	396
439	Cardiac electrophysiology	1	10	312	954
439	Radiotherapy	1	10	373	669
439	arrhythmia	1	10	312	954
444	Emergency Medical Services	3	9	404	2,666
444	Human Geography	1	9	1,945	3,394
444	Neurovirology	1	9	717	1,563
444	mental health policy	3	9	162	824
444	Health equity	2	9	40	275
444	local government	1	9	443	986
444	Laser therapy	1	9	973	1,599
451	Audiology	2	8	1,483	3,909
451	Orthopedic Surgery	3	8	751	3,312
451	Learning disabilities	2	8	1,137	3,097
451	Sexual health	2	8	955	3,018
451	locomotion	1	8	1,250	2,532
451	posture	1	8	1,250	2,532
451	gait	1	8	1,250	2,532
451	Zoonoses	1	8	456	1,150
451	walking	1	8	1,250	2,532
460	Political Science	1	7	2,692	3,413
460	Psychiatric Nursing	1	7	1,490	2,520
460	Electrocardiography	1	7	249	585
460	Travel	1	7	1,303	2,741
460	Pacific Islands	2	7	167	708
460	migration policy	1	7	80	267
466	Econometrics	1	6	2,257	3,191
466	Public Health Administration	1	6	329	712
466	Feminist Economics	1	6	97	325
466	Drug design	1	6	5,297	11,123
466	Neuroendocrinology	1	6	273	974
466	Feminism	1	6	817	1,722
466	nursing ethics	1	6	136	372
466	Teaching	2	6	2,172	6,197
466	Screening	1	6	419	1,209
466	society	2	6	50	334
466	India	1	6	2,620	3,891
477	Technology Assessment	1	5	388	1,428
477	Lymphoma	1	5	714	1,350
477	Neurotransmitters	2	5	605	2,373
477	Multiple Myeloma	1	5	701	1,324
477	Brain	2	5	9,683	22,854
477	Africa	1	5	3,726	6,455
483	Neurogenetics	2	4	513	2,683
483	implementation science	2	4	40	197
483	United Kingdom	2	4	3,515	11,438
486	Pediatric Endocrinology	1	3	763	1,744
486	Social Psychology	1	3	4,856	9,748
486	industrial hygiene	3	3	773	4,510
486	preimplantation genetic diagnosis	1	3	1,100	2,680
486	embryo transfer	1	3	1,135	2,743
486	Respiratory system	1	3	1,461	4,109
486	Hypertension in pregnancy	1	3	371	1,072
493	Geography	1	2	5,125	10,674
493	Nuclear Medicine	1	2	3,372	6,484
493	Community Health Nursing	1	2	126	355
493	Radiography	1	2	2,298	5,033
493	Image Processing	1	2	5,954	11,028
493	Precision medicine	1	2	507	1,539
493	Speech Perception	1	2	521	1,233
493	Genetic polymorphisms	1	2	49	126
493	auditory perception	1	2	567	1,349
493	Pastoral Theology	1	2	103	190
493	Genetic markers	1	2	455	2,080
493	Oral communication	1	2	491	1,223
493	animal diseases	1	2	1,282	3,485
493	Speech	1	2	1,943	4,192
493	recreation	1	2	875	1,920
508	Music Therapy	1	1	285	906
508	Art Therapy	1	1	236	781
508	Geographic information systems	1	1	2,226	5,653
508	epidemiologic methods	1	1	331	1,113
508	Health care reform	1	1	95	317
508	vascular diseases	1	1	3,098	7,602
514	Biochemistry	1	0	64,401	64,432
514	Clinical Biochemistry	1	0	4,216	10,334
514	Clinical Chemistry	1	0	12,340	23,275
514	Nutrition physiology	1	0	1,777	5,159
514	Organizational learning	1	0	452	1,641
514	Nutritional support	1	0	310	1,146
514	Exercise therapy	1	0	648	2,085
514	Germany	1	0	714	2,667
514	muscle strength	1	0	101	311

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