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Psychology research in Austria

University of Vienna ranks first in Austria for Psychology research in 2022-now (#61 worldwide), followed by Universität Innsbruck and Medical University of Vienna.

Austria's world rank
#17
of 106 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
3.3k
Top-10% rate
11.5%
Ranked institutions
12

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Psychology in Austria?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of ViennaVienna #6146.315.1%511
2Universität InnsbruckInnsbruck #21030.213.3%229
3Medical University of ViennaVienna #44220.510.9%188
4University of SalzburgSalzburg #45420.111.8%216
5University of GrazGraz #52518.214.2%208
6University of KlagenfurtKlagenfurt #54517.710.1%117
7Johannes Kepler University of LinzLinz #69214.612.9%105
8Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität WienVienna #69414.613.6%119
9Central European UniversityVienna #1,0619.09.6%72
10TU WienVienna #1,1178.48.6%76
11Graz University of TechnologyGraz #1,1458.19.4%62
12Medical University of GrazGraz #1,2447.09.6%63

Institutions in Austria above the floor of 40 fractional works in Psychology, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Psychology researchers in Austria?

Mathias Benedek, Ulrich S. Tran and Paul Lukas Plener rank highest among researchers based in Austria, on their papers in Psychology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Mathias Benedek#22,239 worldwide overall51.2 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ulrich S. Tran#61,095 worldwide overall35.8 of 105 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Paul Lukas Plener#171,729 worldwide overall37.8 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Claus Lamm#64,151 worldwide overall30.4 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Josef Perner#101,332 worldwide overall27.4 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Stefan Stieger#67,256 worldwide overall25.0 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Martin Voracek#257,479 worldwide overall30.3 of 151 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Aljoscha C. Neubauer#163,017 worldwide overall27.2 of 99 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Thomas Niederkrotenthaler#249,766 worldwide overall27.6 of 132 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Günther Knoblich#159,343 worldwide overall23.8 of 96 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Brigitte Lueger‐Schuster#116,785 worldwide overall19.2 of 62 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Emanuel Jauk#250,936 worldwide overall24.5 of 56 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Heinz Wimmer#77,132 worldwide overall17.5 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Marko Lüftenegger#77,997 worldwide overall17.6 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Christian Häring#173,524 worldwide overall17.7 of 56 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Austria on their work in Psychology alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Austria compares with other countries in Psychology