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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).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Spain 325 works
  2. 2 Argentina 197 works
  3. 3 Mexico 182 works
  4. 4 Brazil 147 works
  5. 5 Chile 111 works
  6. 6 Colombia 110 works
  7. 7 United States 85 works
  8. 8 Ecuador 67 works
  9. 9 Peru 32 works
  10. 10 Italy 26 works

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.

Spain: 25.4%Argentina: 15.3%Mexico: 14.2%Brazil: 11.5%6 others listed: 33.6%25%largest
Spain325 · 25.4%Argentina197 · 15.3%Mexico182 · 14.2%Brazil147 · 11.5%6 others listed430 · 33.6%

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.

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. 1 Sigmund Freud United States 2.7k citations
  2. 2 H. J. Eysenck United Kingdom 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. 1 Buenos Aires Argentina 100 works
  2. 2 Madrid Spain 96 works
  3. 3 Mexico City Mexico 70 works
  4. 4 Santiago Chile 66 works
  5. 5 Bogotá Colombia 47 works
  6. 6 Lubbock United States 38 works
  7. 7 São Paulo Brazil 30 works
  8. 8 Medellín Colombia 28 works
  9. 9 Barcelona Spain 27 works
  10. 10 Córdoba Argentina 22 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. CórdobaAR · 21.5 works55×
  2. LubbockUS · 38.2 works48×
  3. MontevideoUY · 20.5 works37×
  4. Buenos AiresAR · 99.9 works37×
  5. MedellínCO · 28.4 works33×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Psychological Treatments and Disorders than the world average.

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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.

0%5%10%mean 3.25%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Universidad Nacional de Colombia: 10, 10.4%University of Chile: 19, 4.4%Universidad de Buenos Aires: 34, 1.5%Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 25, 2.6%Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo: 9, 3.8%Universidad Complutense de Madrid: 23, 1.0%Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile: 9, 3.6%Universitat de Barcelona: 10, 3.4%National University of Rosario: 19, 1.8%Texas Tech University: 19, 0.0%Universidad Nacional…University of ChileUniversidad Nacional…Universidad de Bueno…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Universidad Nacional de ColombiaColombia 39.510.4%19.6×10 -7.9%
2 University of ChileChile 37.64.4%41.1×19 +49.6%
3 Universidad de Buenos AiresArgentina 32.31.5%63.0×34 +10.3%
4 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de MéxicoMexico 30.02.6%19.0×25 -8.4%
5 Universidad Autónoma del Estado de HidalgoMexico 26.63.8%36.1×9 +822.2%
6 Universidad Complutense de MadridSpain 23.11.0%21.9×23 -10.3%
7 Pontificia Universidad Católica de ChileChile 22.83.6%21.1×9 +0.4%
8 Universitat de BarcelonaSpain 22.73.4%12.8×10 -3.5%
9 National University of RosarioArgentina 21.41.8%141.5×19 -27.5%
10 Texas Tech UniversityUnited States 21.20.0%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.

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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.