Psychological Treatments and Disorders
Psychological Treatments and Disorders is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 10k research works in it since 1950. 1.7% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to mental health, psychoanalysis, psychiatry, and the study of emotions. It includes discussions on depression, adolescence, social discourse analysis, neuroscience, and cognitive therapy. The cluster also delves into the epidemiology of mental health issues and the intersection of mental health with social and cultural factors.
- Psychoanalysis
- Mental Health
- Depression
- Emotions
- Psychiatry
- Adolescence
- Social Discourse
- Neuroscience
- Cognitive Therapy
- Epidemiology
- Research works
- 10k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 172 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 1.7% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- -11% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Psychological Treatments and Disorders research?
By volume, Spain and Argentina publish the most (325 and 197 works in 2022–2025).
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Psychological Treatments and Disorders research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidad de Buenos Aires publishes the most Psychological Treatments and Disorders research, followed by Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina 34 works
- 2 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico 25 works
- 3 Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain 23 works
- 4 Texas Tech University United States 19 works
- 5 University of Chile Chile 19 works
- 6 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center United States 19 works
- 7 National University of Rosario Argentina 19 works
- 8 Universidad Nacional de Córdoba Argentina 17 works
- 9 Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Mexico 16 works
- 10 Asociación Psicoanalítica de Buenos Aires Argentina 15 works
Who are the leading researchers in Psychological Treatments and Disorders?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Psychological Treatments and Disorders include Sigmund Freud and H. J. Eysenck.
- 1 Sigmund Freud 2.7k citations
- 2 H. J. Eysenck 2.7k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Psychological Treatments and Disorders research done?
The largest centres of Psychological Treatments and Disorders research in 2022–2025 are Buenos Aires (Argentina), Madrid (Spain), Mexico City (Mexico) and Santiago (Chile). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Córdoba, Lubbock and Montevideo.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 Buenos Aires Argentina 100 works
- 2 Madrid Spain 96 works
- 3 Mexico City Mexico 70 works
- 4 Santiago Chile 66 works
- 5 Bogotá Colombia 47 works
- 6 Lubbock United States 38 works
- 7 São Paulo Brazil 30 works
- 8 Medellín Colombia 28 works
- 9 Barcelona Spain 27 works
- 10 Córdoba Argentina 22 works
Where it is the local speciality
- CórdobaAR · 21.5 works55×
- LubbockUS · 38.2 works48×
- MontevideoUY · 20.5 works37×
- Buenos AiresAR · 99.9 works37×
- MedellínCO · 28.4 works33×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Psychological Treatments and Disorders than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Psychological Treatments and Disorders?
Among universities, judged by research, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, University of Chile and Universidad de Buenos Aires score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Universidad Nacional de Colombia Colombia | 39.5 | 10.4% | 19.6× | 10 | -7.9% |
| 2 | University of Chile Chile | 37.6 | 4.4% | 41.1× | 19 | +49.6% |
| 3 | Universidad de Buenos Aires Argentina | 32.3 | 1.5% | 63.0× | 34 | +10.3% |
| 4 | Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Mexico | 30.0 | 2.6% | 19.0× | 25 | -8.4% |
| 5 | Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo Mexico | 26.6 | 3.8% | 36.1× | 9 | +822.2% |
| 6 | Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain | 23.1 | 1.0% | 21.9× | 23 | -10.3% |
| 7 | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile Chile | 22.8 | 3.6% | 21.1× | 9 | +0.4% |
| 8 | Universitat de Barcelona Spain | 22.7 | 3.4% | 12.8× | 10 | -3.5% |
| 9 | National University of Rosario Argentina | 21.4 | 1.8% | 141.5× | 19 | -27.5% |
| 10 | Texas Tech University United States | 21.2 | 0.0% | 34.2× | 19 | — |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Psychological Treatments and Disorders research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 11% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2016. The fastest-growing topics are Psychological Treatments and Disorders.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.