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Top Psychology Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 2,181 ranked institutions.

Composite score: field-normalised excellence, output and total citations weighted 50 / 30 / 20, each as a percentile so no single heavy-tailed measure dominates. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 32.8% 1.3k 13k#4
2 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 91.0 32.0% 1.6k 14k#6
3 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 85.7 28.9% 764 5.6k—
4 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 82.0 32.1% 1.2k 10k#27
5 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 79.1 30.5% 971 9.1k#1
6 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 76.7 24.6% 1.6k 9.9k#10
7 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 74.7 31.4% 878 7.6k#54
8 Hebei Normal UniversityChina · Shijiazhuang 73.0 24.9% 89 960—
9 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 71.4 27.6% 1.3k 8.5k#2
10 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 70.0 31.1% 1.1k 9.3k#16
11 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 68.8 31.3% 1.2k 9.3k#56
12 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 67.7 31.4% 853 6.8k#46
13 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 66.6 27.3% 1.2k 8.5k#3
14 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 65.7 25.0% 1k 7k#11
15 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 64.8 34.1% 807 6.7k—
16 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 63.9 32.7% 588 5.3k—
17 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 63.1 36.7% 818 6.3k—
18 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 62.4 32.2% 918 7.4k—
19 Nanjing Normal UniversityChina · Nanjing 61.7 28.0% 336 2.4k—
20 Renmin University of ChinaChina · Beijing 61.0 32.3% 394 2.9k—
21 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 60.4 25.5% 728 4.6k#17
22 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 59.8 26.1% 996 7.2k#28
23 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong · Tai Po 59.2 44.3% 548 5.1k—
24 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 58.7 26.3% 1k 7.3k#7
25 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 58.1 23.9% 1k 6.3k#23
26 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 57.6 28.6% 1k 7.2k#49
27 Bar-Ilan UniversityIsrael · Ramat Gan 57.1 28.1% 567 3k—
28 Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 56.7 25.8% 649 4.8k#32
29 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 56.2 32.0% 998 7.4k#90
30 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 55.8 31.2% 1.2k 8.2k—
31 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 55.3 29.8% 847 6.7k#33
32 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 54.9 35.2% 611 4.7k—
33 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 54.5 26.8% 927 6.3k#24
34 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 54.1 25.6% 800 5k#57
35 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 53.8 25.6% 941 6.7k#9
36 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 53.4 34.4% 729 5.9k#41
37 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 53.0 25.0% 724 4.8k#22
38 University of FlorenceItaly · Florence 52.7 29.3% 395 2.7k—
39 University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 52.3 33.2% 621 5.1k#52
40 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 52.0 25.8% 896 5.4k#18
41 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands · Tilburg 51.7 32.3% 458 3.4k—
42 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 51.4 26.9% 835 6.6k#15
43 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 51.1 31.5% 436 3.2k#96
44 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 50.8 32.8% 683 5.9k#65
45 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 50.5 27.8% 473 3.1k—
46 Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 50.2 27.0% 631 4.4k#58
47 Griffith UniversityAustralia · Brisbane 49.9 32.3% 539 4.1k—
48 University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 49.6 24.5% 878 5.9k#20
49 Deakin UniversityAustralia · Burwood 49.4 35.7% 688 5.8k—
50 Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 49.1 27.4% 520 3.3k—
51 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 48.9 23.7% 1.3k 7.1k#8
52 University of California, IrvineUnited States · Irvine 48.6 28.0% 596 3.9k#60
53 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 48.4 25.6% 702 4.3k#70
54 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 48.1 33.7% 650 5.5k#89
55 Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 47.9 26.5% 580 3.7k—
56 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 47.6 30.1% 643 4.6k#97
57 Florida State UniversityUnited States · Tallahassee 47.4 25.2% 737 4.2k#45
58 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 47.2 16.6% 1.4k 5.6k—
59 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 47.0 24.5% 863 5.9k#36
60 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 46.7 31.3% 631 4.6k—
61 University of Central FloridaUnited States · Orlando 46.5 20.2% 472 2.3k—
62 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 46.3 32.0% 665 5.1k—
63 University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 46.1 26.6% 636 5.1k#63
64 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 45.9 24.9% 934 4.8k#31
65 University of JyväskyläFinland · Jyväskylä 45.7 32.1% 395 2.4k—
66 Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyChina · Wuhan 45.5 36.4% 331 3.1k—
67 Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 45.3 27.5% 642 5.2k#29
68 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 45.1 23.9% 983 6.6k#13
69 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 44.9 25.0% 779 4.3k#26
70 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 44.7 28.2% 568 4.2k#5
71 University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 44.6 23.7% 721 4.8k#50
72 University of LiverpoolUnited Kingdom · Liverpool 44.4 23.9% 368 2.2k—
73 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 44.2 26.1% 711 5k#21
74 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 44.0 33.3% 665 5k#72
75 University of AucklandNew Zealand · Auckland 43.8 28.8% 633 6.8k—
76 Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 43.7 24.5% 481 3.1k#80
77 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 43.5 29.6% 643 4.5k—
78 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 43.3 21.6% 685 4k#83
79 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 43.2 31.2% 540 4.2k—
80 Jilin UniversityChina · Changchun 43.0 36.5% 197 1.7k—
81 University of HaifaIsrael · Haifa 42.8 26.0% 745 4k—
82 Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 42.7 32.4% 395 3.1k—
83 University of WürzburgGermany · Würzburg 42.5 26.6% 270 1.6k—
84 York UniversityCanada · Toronto 42.4 20.5% 522 2.6k#14
85 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 42.2 25.7% 714 4.2k#47
86 Southeast UniversityChina · Nanjing 42.1 31.5% 298 2.4k—
87 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 41.9 20.1% 782 3.8k—
88 University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 41.8 24.6% 549 3.8k#38
89 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 41.6 21.8% 805 4.5k#30
90 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 41.5 23.2% 961 5.2k#34
91 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 41.3 10.9% 2.1k 6.4k#39
92 Fudan UniversityChina · Shanghai 41.2 28.4% 342 2.6k—
93 Simon Fraser UniversityCanada · Burnaby 41.0 24.5% 385 2.2k#71
94 Hunan Normal UniversityChina · Changsha 40.9 34.5% 190 1.5k—
95 University of the WitwatersrandSouth Africa · Johannesburg 40.8 22.6% 382 1.7k—
96 Flinders UniversityAustralia · Adelaide 40.6 30.8% 463 3k—
97 Yonsei UniversitySouth Korea · Seoul 40.5 21.9% 479 3k—
98 University of YorkUnited Kingdom · York 40.4 25.9% 415 2.6k—
99 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany · Berlin 40.2 26.8% 442 2.8k—
100 University of DundeeUnited Kingdom · Dundee 40.1 24.7% 114 1.6k—

institutions ranked worldwide in Psychology (2,181). rank on the composite score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field.

How spread out this pool is

Every row above on one axis — one tick each, right is a higher score. A field where the top few are far clear of everyone and one that runs down evenly look identical as a table.

40 – 43: 21 places43 – 46: 16 places46 – 49: 13 places49 – 52: 11 places52 – 55: 8 places55 – 58: 6 places58 – 61: 6 places61 – 64: 4 places64 – 67: 3 places67 – 70: 3 places70 – 73: 2 places73 – 76: 1 places76 – 79: 1 places79 – 82: 2 places82 – 85: 0 places85 – 88: 1 places88 – 91: 1 places91 – 94: 0 places94 – 97: 0 places97 – 100: 1 places40100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 2.1k works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 1.6k works
  3. 3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 1.6k works
  4. 4 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 1.4k works
  5. 5 Harvard UniversityUnited States 1.3k works
  6. 6 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 1.3k works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 1.3k works
  8. 8 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 1.2k works
  9. 9 The University of MelbourneAustralia 1.2k works
  10. 10 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 1.2k works
  11. 11 Yale UniversityUnited States 1.2k works
  12. 12 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 1.2k works
  13. 13 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 1.1k works
  14. 14 The University of SydneyAustralia 1k works
  15. 15 New York UniversityUnited States 1k works

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