Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Field · Psychology · Denmark

Psychology research in Denmark

University of Copenhagen ranks first in Denmark for Psychology research in 2022-now (#64 worldwide), followed by Aarhus University and University of Southern Denmark.

Denmark's world rank
#18
of 106 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
4.4k
Top-10% rate
10.4%
Ranked institutions
10

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

What is the best university for Psychology in Denmark?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1University of CopenhagenCopenhagen #6445.714.6%709
2Aarhus UniversityAarhus #13036.510.8%908
3University of Southern DenmarkOdense #23728.612.0%464
4Aalborg UniversityAalborg #45020.25.6%672
5Copenhagen Business SchoolCopenhagen #60916.38.8%120
6Roskilde UniversityRoskilde #65615.36.1%158
7IT University of CopenhagenCopenhagen #90811.112.2%66
8Mental Health ServicesCopenhagen #93510.712.1%91
9Technical University of DenmarkKongens Lyngby #1,0259.510.8%94
10VIA University CollegeAarhus #1,2147.37.6%60

Institutions in Denmark 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 Denmark?

Merete Nordentoft, Preben Bo Mortensen and Ingo Zettler rank highest among researchers based in Denmark, on their papers in Psychology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Merete Nordentoft#25,677 worldwide overall72.7 of 313 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Preben Bo Mortensen#14,259 worldwide overall50.8 of 132 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ingo Zettler#25,245 worldwide overall36.9 of 86 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Ole N Mors#61,157 worldwide overall35.2 of 122 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Guido Makransky#13,026 worldwide overall25.3 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Esben Agerbo#15,074 worldwide overall27.8 of 76 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 6Dorthe Berntsen#360,642 worldwide overall39.8 of 169 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Carsten Bøcker Pedersen#22,110 worldwide overall23.6 of 58 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Bo Bach#81,807 worldwide overall27.6 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Andreas Roepstorff#108,755 worldwide overall22.7 of 64 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Peter Vuust#55,312 worldwide overall20.7 of 66 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Manuel Mattheisen#16,622 worldwide overall18.3 of 48 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Victoria Southgate#75,337 worldwide overall17.4 of 39 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Søren Dalsgaard#43,745 worldwide overall16.8 of 40 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Oleguer Plana‐Ripoll#47,010 worldwide overall16.3 of 35 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Denmark 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 Denmark compares with other countries in Psychology