Top Psychology Researchers

Ronald C. Kessler ranks first, followed by Pim Cuijpers and Mark Damian Griffiths, out of 2,579,595 ranked researchers.

Field rank: how many more of the researcher's articles, reviews and conference papers in this field reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected of anyone's. A paper in the top 10% adds 0.9 and any other takes 0.1 away, however highly cited, so many strong papers in the field outrank one famous paper, a long record of ordinary papers does not climb, and work in other fields does not count. A paper in two subfields counts half in each. A researcher with fewer papers in the Nature Index's selective journals than expected has the count lowered by the square root of that journal factor. Floor: 15 works, an institution the snapshot can resolve, and an article, review or conference paper in this field.

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1 Ronald C. Kessler United States · #96 worldwide overall 332.2 of 638 papers here in the top 10%
2 Pim Cuijpers Netherlands · #1,053 worldwide overall 333.9 of 750 papers here in the top 10%
3 Mark Damian Griffiths United Kingdom · #1,929 worldwide overall 270.2 of 715 papers here in the top 10%
4 James Jonathan Gross United States · #337 worldwide overall 241.2 of 443 papers here in the top 10%
5 Richard M. Ryan United States · #66 worldwide overall 184.9 of 267 papers here in the top 10%
6 Michael Tomasello Germany · #1,841 worldwide overall 183.5 of 444 papers here in the top 10%
7 Terrie E. Moffitt United Kingdom · #82 worldwide overall 159.7 of 271 papers here in the top 10%
8 Dan J. Stein South Africa · #35,024 worldwide overall 225.8 of 965 papers here in the top 10%
9 Peter Fonagy United Kingdom · #34,291 worldwide overall 192.4 of 663 papers here in the top 10%
10 Avshalom Caspi United Kingdom · #99 worldwide overall 147.0 of 240 papers here in the top 10%
11 Matthew K. Nock United States · #3,434 worldwide overall 146.7 of 318 papers here in the top 10%
12 Richard Allan Bryant Australia · #20,878 worldwide overall 167.4 of 529 papers here in the top 10%
13 Vikram Patel United Kingdom · #3,899 worldwide overall 139.1 of 320 papers here in the top 10%
14 Kenneth A. Dodge United States · #1,801 worldwide overall 135.6 of 299 papers here in the top 10%
15 Marc Nicholas Potenza United States · #5,392 worldwide overall 150.5 of 394 papers here in the top 10%
16 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands · #2,624 worldwide overall 142.5 of 380 papers here in the top 10%
17 Katie A. McLaughlin United States · #387 worldwide overall 125.3 of 215 papers here in the top 10%
18 Graham Thornicroft United Kingdom · #10,975 worldwide overall 146.8 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
19 Roy Frederick Baumeister United States · #9,804 worldwide overall 145.7 of 356 papers here in the top 10%
20 Richard J. Davidson United States · #9,333 worldwide overall 121.7 of 245 papers here in the top 10%
21 Gerhard Andersson Sweden · #81,133 worldwide overall 172.0 of 622 papers here in the top 10%
22 Stefan G. Hofmann United States · #44,979 worldwide overall 133.1 of 398 papers here in the top 10%
23 Robert Frank Krueger United States · #6,926 worldwide overall 123.8 of 310 papers here in the top 10%
24 Simon Baron‐Cohen United Kingdom · #1,088 worldwide overall 116.6 of 245 papers here in the top 10%
25 Murray B. Stein United States · #22,379 worldwide overall 144.3 of 525 papers here in the top 10%
26 Paul T. Costa United States · #10,016 worldwide overall 116.4 of 262 papers here in the top 10%
27 Herbert W. Marsh Australia · #23,107 worldwide overall 151.1 of 370 papers here in the top 10%
28 Nancy A. Sampson United States · #1,905 worldwide overall 108.3 of 199 papers here in the top 10%
29 Helen M Christensen Australia · #15,949 worldwide overall 124.3 of 368 papers here in the top 10%
30 Alan E. Kazdin United States · #14,163 worldwide overall 121.4 of 349 papers here in the top 10%
31 John Blake Torous United States · #2,588 worldwide overall 114.1 of 280 papers here in the top 10%
32 Albert Bandura United States · #41 worldwide overall 99.5 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
33 Maarten Vansteenkiste Belgium · #17,568 worldwide overall 124.7 of 311 papers here in the top 10%
34 Dante Cicchetti United States · #13,755 worldwide overall 123.8 of 314 papers here in the top 10%
35 Jordi Alonso Spain · #3,744 worldwide overall 106.9 of 233 papers here in the top 10%
36 Martin E. P. Seligman United States · #3,105 worldwide overall 102.9 of 194 papers here in the top 10%
37 Ian H. Gotlib United States · #6,792 worldwide overall 110.5 of 275 papers here in the top 10%
38 Michael L. Rutter United Kingdom · #3,360 worldwide overall 113.1 of 258 papers here in the top 10%
39 David Harrison Barlow United States · #27,448 worldwide overall 117.3 of 369 papers here in the top 10%
40 Brent W. Roberts United States · #2,626 worldwide overall 98.0 of 178 papers here in the top 10%
41 James Frederick Leckman United States · #11,211 worldwide overall 107.7 of 284 papers here in the top 10%
42 Janet L. Treasure United Kingdom · #43,835 worldwide overall 136.7 of 578 papers here in the top 10%
43 Edward L. Deci United States · #838 worldwide overall 100.8 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
44 Carol Sorich Dweck United States · #665 worldwide overall 90.8 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
45 Nancy Eisenberg United States · #9,417 worldwide overall 111.1 of 300 papers here in the top 10%
46 Richard E. Mayer United States · #5,248 worldwide overall 99.8 of 241 papers here in the top 10%
47 Steven C. Hayes United States · #23,347 worldwide overall 104.9 of 295 papers here in the top 10%
48 David Watson United States · #8,940 worldwide overall 94.6 of 203 papers here in the top 10%
49 John T. Cacioppo United States · #1,553 worldwide overall 94.0 of 198 papers here in the top 10%
50 Peter M. Lewinsohn United States · #9,651 worldwide overall 97.5 of 233 papers here in the top 10%
51 Josep María Haro Spain · #18,443 worldwide overall 106.8 of 327 papers here in the top 10%
52 John R. Weisz United States · #13,964 worldwide overall 103.6 of 300 papers here in the top 10%
53 Thomas E. Joiner United States · #104,741 worldwide overall 140.9 of 584 papers here in the top 10%
54 Edna B. Foa United States · #25,021 worldwide overall 101.6 of 288 papers here in the top 10%
55 Reinhard H. Pekrun Germany · #4,957 worldwide overall 89.2 of 168 papers here in the top 10%
56 Bart Soenens Belgium · #12,940 worldwide overall 98.0 of 264 papers here in the top 10%
57 Arnold B. Bakker Netherlands · #298 worldwide overall 96.0 of 190 papers here in the top 10%
57 Trevor William Robbins United Kingdom · #1,151 worldwide overall 92.8 of 215 papers here in the top 10%
59 David Mataix‐Cols Sweden · #12,490 worldwide overall 99.9 of 291 papers here in the top 10%
60 Myrna M. Weissman United States · #19,433 worldwide overall 104.1 of 339 papers here in the top 10%
61 Nathan A. Fox United States · #15,000 worldwide overall 101.6 of 319 papers here in the top 10%
62 Karestan Chase Koenen United States · #31,028 worldwide overall 97.6 of 288 papers here in the top 10%
63 Susan S Redline United States · #6,716 worldwide overall 93.4 of 247 papers here in the top 10%
64 Rolf Loeber United States · #13,058 worldwide overall 90.2 of 216 papers here in the top 10%
65 David A. Brent United States · #17,180 worldwide overall 97.2 of 289 papers here in the top 10%
66 Michelle Genevieve Craske United States · #69,284 worldwide overall 113.6 of 430 papers here in the top 10%
67 Phillip R. Shaver United States · #7,013 worldwide overall 89.5 of 207 papers here in the top 10%
68 David Daniel Ebert Germany · #10,849 worldwide overall 90.0 of 231 papers here in the top 10%
69 Aidan G.C. Wright United States · #15,796 worldwide overall 100.3 of 238 papers here in the top 10%
70 Paul Lichtenstein Sweden · #11,228 worldwide overall 99.6 of 330 papers here in the top 10%
71 Marinus H. van IJzendoorn Netherlands · #33,497 worldwide overall 110.8 of 443 papers here in the top 10%
72 Kenneth S. Kendler United States · #35,525 worldwide overall 110.6 of 441 papers here in the top 10%
73 Oliver P. John United States · #2,488 worldwide overall 80.6 of 145 papers here in the top 10%
74 Andrew Steptoe United Kingdom · #13,461 worldwide overall 88.4 of 227 papers here in the top 10%
75 Mark T. Greenberg United States · #6,340 worldwide overall 85.0 of 192 papers here in the top 10%
76 Susan Nolen–Hoeksema United States · #1,534 worldwide overall 77.3 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
77 William Keith Campbell United States · #3,760 worldwide overall 80.4 of 155 papers here in the top 10%
78 Ed Diener United States · #7,978 worldwide overall 79.0 of 139 papers here in the top 10%
79 Robert J. Plomin United Kingdom · #44,829 worldwide overall 114.8 of 509 papers here in the top 10%
80 Daniel S. Pine United States · #33,044 worldwide overall 95.8 of 325 papers here in the top 10%
81 Hans‐Ulrich Wïttchen Germany · #89,332 worldwide overall 107.0 of 440 papers here in the top 10%
82 Robert R. McCrae United States · #9,958 worldwide overall 79.6 of 167 papers here in the top 10%
83 Charles J. Spence United Kingdom · #146,262 worldwide overall 132.8 of 479 papers here in the top 10%
84 Jay Belsky United States · #10,417 worldwide overall 86.4 of 228 papers here in the top 10%
85 Tyler J. VanderWeele United States · #602 worldwide overall 75.6 of 135 papers here in the top 10%
86 Ronny Bruffaerts Belgium · #36,978 worldwide overall 86.0 of 241 papers here in the top 10%
87 Andrew J. Elliot United States · #18,777 worldwide overall 95.9 of 195 papers here in the top 10%
88 FRED G. W. C. PAAS Netherlands · #8,867 worldwide overall 81.7 of 200 papers here in the top 10%
89 Laurence D. Steinberg United States · #5,043 worldwide overall 85.4 of 208 papers here in the top 10%
90 Jean Decety United States · #4,535 worldwide overall 77.2 of 156 papers here in the top 10%
91 Oye Gureje Nigeria · #14,357 worldwide overall 83.4 of 220 papers here in the top 10%
92 George A. Bonanno United States · #24,622 worldwide overall 81.8 of 217 papers here in the top 10%
93 Cynthia Marie Bulik United States · #82,427 worldwide overall 115.9 of 560 papers here in the top 10%
94 Wilmar B. Schaufeli Netherlands · #4,219 worldwide overall 86.8 of 177 papers here in the top 10%
95 Per Carlbring Sweden · #54,097 worldwide overall 96.8 of 373 papers here in the top 10%
96 Todd B. Kashdan United States · #29,241 worldwide overall 88.3 of 202 papers here in the top 10%
97 Lisa Feldman Barrett United States · #7,950 worldwide overall 73.9 of 152 papers here in the top 10%
98 Brandon A. Kohrt United States · #12,028 worldwide overall 79.9 of 219 papers here in the top 10%
99 Mark Olfson United States · #26,175 worldwide overall 88.4 of 304 papers here in the top 10%
100 Dacher J. Keltner United States · #491 worldwide overall 71.6 of 139 papers here in the top 10%

ranked researchers with an article, review or conference paper in Psychology. Author identities come from OpenAlex disambiguation and inherit its errors: a merged record can put one name over two people’s work, and a split one can halve a career. Every row links out to the OpenAlex record so the underlying claim is checkable, and anything that looks wrong can be reported from the row. That report files a correction against the bibliographic record for a human to review, but it is not a removal or delisting request, and no such route exists yet.