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American Psychiatric Association

In research, American Psychiatric Association stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,275 of 16,688 worldwide), Psychology (#2,131 of 3,404 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#9,625 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#16,306
of 34,923
Rank in United States
#3,381
of 7,310
Research works
410
▼ 33% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.3k
15.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.96×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
6%
world 18%
American Psychiatric Association

What is American Psychiatric Association known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #10,275 of 16,688 7.6%131
PsychologyField #2,131 of 3,404 3.7%151
Social SciencesDomain #9,625 of 14,833 4.8%255

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where American Psychiatric Association sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does American Psychiatric Association work in?

In 2022-now, 54% of research at American Psychiatric Association is in Social Sciences, 37% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Psychology (33%), Medicine (31%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 13 fractional works · 53.9% of its workPsychology: 8 fractional works · 33.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 21.1% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 15.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 9 fractional works · 37.0% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 31.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 11.0% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 6.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAmericanPsychiatric…24fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences37%Social Sciences54%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology833.1%
    2. Social Sciences415.9%
    3. Arts and Humanities14.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    1. Medicine831.3%
    2. Health Professions15.7%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.6%
    2. Neuroscience01.9%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    1. Engineering01.4%
    2. Computer Science00.8%
    3. Chemistry00.3%
    4. Environmental Science00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.16× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.62× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 2.15× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.63× its world share, 8 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.44× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 10.86× its world share, 8 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 10.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology10.86×8 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics4.62×0 works
  3. Health Professions2.15×1 works
  4. Medicine1.63×8 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.44×1 works
  6. Social Sciences1.25×4 works
  7. Neuroscience1.16×0 works
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.48×1 works
  9. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×0 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.20×0 works
  11. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  13. Engineering0.09×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at American Psychiatric Association?

Ranked on the quality score, Deborah A. Zarin, Emily A. Kuhl and Saul M. Levin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is American Psychiatric Association.

  1. 1 Deborah A. Zarin United States · #289,403 worldwide 7.5k citations · 138 works
  2. 2 Emily A. Kuhl United States · #513,378 worldwide 5.4k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Saul M. Levin United States · #1,313,339 worldwide 1k citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Melvin Sabshin United States · #1,713,561 worldwide 3k citations · 102 works
  5. 5 Jeanne Spurlock United States · #1,880,339 worldwide 1.5k citations · 50 works
  6. 6 Henry H. Work United States · #2,394,835 worldwide 1.7k citations · 181 works
  7. 7 Deborah J. Hales United States · #4,528,551 worldwide 132 citations · 28 works
  8. 8 Robert S. Garber United States · #4,744,956 worldwide 98 citations · 36 works
  9. 9 Daniel Blain United States · #5,564,546 worldwide 105 citations · 59 works
  10. 10 Walter E. Barton United States · #5,924,422 worldwide 570 citations · 129 works
All ranked researchers at American Psychiatric Association

What are the most cited papers from American Psychiatric Association?

The most cited paper from American Psychiatric Association is "DSM-5 Field Trials in the United States and Canada, Part II: Test-Retest Reliability of Selected Categorical Diagnoses" (Darrel A. Regier, William E. Narrow, Diana E. Clarke et al., 2013), with 1,180 citations. Next come "The DSM‐5: Classification and criteria changes" (1,144) and "Report by the ACNP Task Force on Response and Remission in Major Depressive Disorder" (707).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 DSM-5 Field Trials in the United States and Canada, Part II: Test-Retest Reliability of Selected Categorical Diagnoses Darrel A. Regier, William E. Narrow, Diana E. Clarke et al. · American Journal of Psychiatry 2013 1,180
2 The DSM‐5: Classification and criteria changes Darrel A. Regier, Emily A. Kuhl, David J. Kupfer · World Psychiatry Open access Jun 2013 1,144
3 Report by the ACNP Task Force on Response and Remission in Major Depressive Disorder Augustus John Rush, HELENA CHMURA KRAEMER, Harold A. Sackeïm et al. · Neuropsychopharmacology 21 Jun 2006 707
4 Consensus Recommendations for the Clinical Application of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) in the Treatment of Depression Shawn M. McClintock, Irving Michael Reti, Linda L. Carpenter et al. · The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry Open access 22 May 2017 698
5 What Works for Whom? A Critical Review of Psychotherapy Research Jeffrey L. Geller, Norman Andrew Clemens · Psychiatric Services Dec 1997 520
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Which keywords describe research at American Psychiatric Association?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Depression, Mental Health, Meta-Analysis, Prevalence, Psychopathology, Epidemiology, Cognitive Therapy and Neuroscience.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 27 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 27 words, with their numbers
  1. Depression3▲ 12×12 topics
  2. Epidemiology2▲ 2.6×12 topics
  3. Mental Health2▲ 7.2×16 topics
  4. Meta-Analysis2▲ 15×4 topics
  5. Prevalence2▲ 19×6 topics
  6. Psychopathology2▲ 39×4 topics
  7. Quality of Life2▲ 4.4×10 topics
  8. Treatment2▲ 5.2×6 topics
  9. Cognitive Therapy1▲ 50×4 topics
  10. Public Health1▲ 4.1×13 topics
  11. Evidence-Based Practice1▲ 39×4 topics
  12. Genetics1▲ 7.4×5 topics
  13. Metabolic Syndrome1▲ 6.7×5 topics
  14. Neuroscience1▲ 17×6 topics
  15. Comorbidity1▲ 43×2 topics
  16. Healthcare1▲ 4.5×3 topics
  17. Mental Disorders1▲ 42×3 topics
  18. Psychological Interventions1▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Research1▲ 41×2 topics
  20. Training1▲ 23×3 topics
  21. Distance Education1▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Legislation1▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Psychotherapy Outcome1▲ 214×1 topic
  24. Therapeutic Alliance1▲ 214×1 topic
  25. Adolescents1▲ 11×6 topics
  26. Neurobiology1▲ 16×5 topics
  27. Primary Care1▲ 11×5 topics

Which research topics does American Psychiatric Association publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Academic Research in Diverse Fields, Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications, Schizophrenia research and treatment and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Academic Research in Diverse Fields: 1 fractional worksPsychotherapy Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksSchizophrenia research a…1Schizophrenia research and treatment: 1 fractional worksAttention Deficit Hypera…1Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: 1 fractional worksChronic Disease Management Strategies: 1 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Feed…0Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues: 0 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 0 fractional worksMental Health and Psychiatry: 0 fractional worksPsychology and Mental He…0Psychology and Mental Health: 0 fractional works
EducationClinical PsychologyPsychiatry and Mental healthEpidemiology3 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Academic Research in Diverse Fields Education 1 works
  2. 2 Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications Clinical Psychology 1 works
  3. 3 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  4. 4 Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  5. 5 Chronic Disease Management Strategies Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  8. 8 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy 0 works
  10. 10 Psychology and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 0 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available14.4%not open85.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors6.2%domestic only93.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has American Psychiatric Association's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 33% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is American Psychiatric Association as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00010% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%American Psychiatric Association0.000039% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of American Psychiatric Association over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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