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

papers

4.6K(top 5%)

citations

32(top 5%)

h-index

58(top 5%)

g-index

345

all documents

6.1K

doc citations

2.0K

citing journals

Top Disciplines (by citations)

#	Discipline	Articles	Citations	R ARank	R CRank
1	Economics	52	980	57	91
2	Economic History	32	590	51	54
3	Science	12	527	1559	2512
4	Economic Development	17	350	25	71
5	Demography	11	310	27	31
6	Developing countries	17	306	45	92
7	United States	9	300	764	472
8	Labor Economics	16	198	5	22
9	Human Capital	4	176	10	5
10	Vocational Education	3	175	135	70
11	Development	9	171	20	42
12	Statistics	5	157	648	472
13	Medicine	10	153	1691	5055
14	Chemistry	1	138	12670	6401
14	Physics	1	138	4474	2879
14	Biology	1	138	16220	6851
17	Economic Thought	4	113	10	24
17	economic conditions	4	113	52	46
17	Economic Assistance	5	113	26	48
17	world	5	113	39	75
21	Research	8	111	1329	3181
22	Econometrics	6	94	107	230
23	Small Business	2	92	33	114
24	Sports Medicine	1	90	1533	683
24	Sports	1	90	1261	611
26	Aging	5	89	280	550
27	economic policy	16	86	79	315
28	Public Health	8	81	660	2242
29	Cost of illness	4	73	3	3
29	Socioeconomic Factors	4	73	42	76
31	labor	2	72	26	19
31	working class	2	72	19	19
33	behavioral medicine	2	70	172	255
33	human behavior	2	70	440	705
35	Depression	1	60	637	834
35	Anxiety Disorders	1	60	658	860
35	Anxiety	1	60	656	857
38	commerce	2	59	160	237
39	immigration	1	54	6	23
39	migration policy	1	54	14	26
39	Asylum seeker	1	54	6	23
42	foreign exchange	1	49	18	16
43	Sociology	3	45	468	985
44	Renewable Energy Sources	1	41	650	721
44	energy development	1	41	136	133
46	industrial relations	11	40	9	144
47	Environment	3	37	2048	6492
47	China	3	37	426	733
49	Urban Economics	1	33	79	92
49	urban population	1	33	28	50
51	income	3	32	16	68
51	Input-output analysis	3	32	22	76
51	Wealth	3	32	16	68
51	Population	3	32	72	172
51	Spain	1	32	50	28
56	Psychology	1	31	5136	5119
56	Medical Anthropology	1	31	449	622
58	alcoholism	2	30	883	1805
59	Distance Education	1	29	30	32
59	Educational Technology	1	29	318	402
59	Decision making	3	29	243	575
62	Development Economics	3	28	52	159
63	Information Theory	2	25	296	621
63	Risk	2	25	188	657
63	Uncertainty	2	25	10	38
66	Social Psychology	1	19	1447	1784
66	Social behavior	2	19	225	667
66	Birth control	1	19	157	251
69	Ecology	2	18	4852	10838
69	Environmental Policy	2	18	392	1203
69	Environmental Management	2	18	457	1541
72	Mathematical Economics	1	17	29	40
72	curriculum evaluation	1	17	38	47
72	ethanol	1	17	89	157
75	Education	1	16	1630	1821
75	Epidemiology	4	16	744	3102
75	Medical genetics	2	16	3197	8907
75	Business Ethics	1	16	64	169
75	Gerontology	1	16	793	1048
75	Elderly	1	16	306	218
75	older people	1	16	430	434
82	Economic Geography	1	15	135	232
82	International Education	1	15	19	37
84	Social Sciences	4	14	398	1741
84	technical education	1	14	50	73
86	Public Policy	1	13	481	874
86	Disability Studies	1	13	13	35
86	Disability Law	1	13	51	108
86	drug addiction	1	13	1274	2300
86	Demographic research	2	13	15	77
86	rehabilitation	1	13	530	1046
92	Psychiatry	2	12	2441	5831
92	Health Services Research	1	12	895	1762
92	Primary health care	1	12	683	1288
92	Communist countries	1	12	33	32
92	Germany	1	12	106	88
92	Mental illness	2	12	706	1900
92	Developed countries	2	12	13	59
92	Europe	7	12	204	1610
100	Quality of life	1	10	263	529
100	Africa	1	10	495	765
102	poverty	1	8	73	154
103	Molecular Biology	1	7	14639	25826
103	Mental Disorders	1	7	1930	3497
105	Microeconomics	4	6	15	121
105	preventive medicine	2	6	225	776
105	Health promotion	2	6	291	999
105	economic analysis	1	6	38	87
105	health services	2	6	405	1315
105	Australia	1	6	1632	3007
111	Political Science	2	5	360	1037
111	Human genetics	1	5	757	1676
111	Health Policy	1	5	1473	3650
111	Genomics	1	5	923	2213
111	International Finance	2	5	300	1003
111	international trade	2	5	43	264
117	Public Finance	1	4	107	196
117	Public Choice	1	4	42	81
117	Group decision making	1	4	54	103
117	Japan	1	4	749	1610
117	Southern states	1	4	228	412
122	finance	2	3	292	933
122	Information Science	1	3	452	1294
124	Labor Unions	1	2	42	100
124	Teaching	1	2	785	1705
124	Learning	1	2	443	979
124	economic development projects	1	2	96	486
124	Vaccines	1	2	370	857
129	Regional Planning	2	1	383	1880
129	Regional Development	1	1	159	515
129	Development planning	1	1	125	456
129	Financial Institutions	1	1	79	221
129	Asia	1	1	1635	4306
129	India	1	1	240	537
129	Economic planning	1	1	161	524
136	Structuralism	1	0	16	70
136	Land Use Planning	1	0	29	104
136	Social Networks	1	0	28	98
136	Business	1	0	513	1305
136	management	1	0	1593	4459

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Top Disciplines (by citations)