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British Psychological Society

In research, British Psychological Society stands highest in Social Sciences (#12,854 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#26,821
of 34,923
Rank in United Kingdom
#1,435
of 1,844
Research works
279
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
7.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
3.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.83×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
British Psychological Society

What is British Psychological Society known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #12,854 of 14,833 5.3%187

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where British Psychological Society sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does British Psychological Society work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at British Psychological Society is in Social Sciences, 34% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Health Professions (30%), Psychology (26%), Social Sciences (23%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 25 fractional works · 52.3% of its workPsychology: 12 fractional works · 25.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 7 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workGeneral Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 22.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 16 fractional works · 34.2% of its workHealth Professions: 14 fractional works · 29.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 25.9% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.9% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBritishPsychological…48fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences52%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 16 fields, with their numbers
    1. Psychology1225.9%
    2. Social Sciences1122.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.0%
    4. Decision Sciences11.6%
    1. Health Professions1429.8%
    2. Medicine24.3%
    1. Computer Science35.8%
    2. Energy11.4%
    3. Chemistry00.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.7%
    5. Engineering00.2%
    6. Environmental Science00.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Neuroscience23.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.7%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.7%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.71× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.92× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.51× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 11.32× its world share, 14 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.68× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 8.48× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.80× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 11.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 16 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions11.32×14 works
  2. Psychology8.48×12 works
  3. Neuroscience1.92×2 works
  4. Social Sciences1.80×11 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.68×1 works
  6. Energy1.51×1 works
  7. Computer Science0.74×3 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.71×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities0.70×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.44×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.31×0 works
  12. Medicine0.22×2 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.14×0 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.06×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.03×0 works
  16. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at British Psychological Society?

Ranked on the quality score, John Rickman, Bruce Grimley and Robert Goate lead among researchers whose main affiliation is British Psychological Society.

  1. 1 John Rickman United Kingdom · #1,888,428 worldwide 1.7k citations · 179 works
  2. 2 Bruce Grimley United Kingdom · #2,734,248 worldwide 93 citations · 40 works
  3. 3 Robert Goate United Kingdom · #2,916,187 worldwide 5 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Michele Benjamin United Kingdom · #3,295,173 worldwide 167 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Margaret Tholstrup United Kingdom · #4,344,263 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Angela Hetherington United Kingdom · #4,524,849 worldwide 59 citations · 22 works
  7. 7 Mohammad Hasan United Kingdom · #4,537,427 worldwide 16 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 Ho Chung Law United Kingdom · #6,248,936 worldwide 274 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at British Psychological Society

What are the most cited papers from British Psychological Society?

The most cited paper from British Psychological Society is "Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions" (Jamilah Z Meghji et al., 2021), with 496 citations. Next come "Unemployment and Mental Health: Some British Studies" (313) and "Race, Racism and Psychology: Towards a Reflexive History" (226).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Improving lung health in low-income and middle-income countries: from challenges to solutions Jamilah Z Meghji et al. · The Lancet Open access 23 Feb 2021 496
2 Unemployment and Mental Health: Some British Studies Peter B. Warr, Paul R. W. Jackson, Michael H. Banks · Journal of Social Issues 1988 313
3 Race, Racism and Psychology: Towards a Reflexive History Graham Richards 1997 226
4 Research priorities for the COVID‐19 pandemic and beyond: A call to action for psychological science Daryl Brian O'Connor et al. · British Journal of Psychology Open access 19 Jul 2020 220
5 Cognitive science and behaviourism B. F. Skinner · British Journal of Psychology Aug 1985 216
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at British Psychological Society?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Primary Care, COVID-19, Healthcare Workers, doctors' strikes, NHS, Mental Health and Well-being.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Public Health11▲ 16×10 topics
  2. Primary Care9▲ 51×6 topics
  3. COVID-199▲ 14×3 topics
  4. Healthcare Workers8▲ 75×3 topics
  5. NHS8▲ 1145×1 topic
  6. doctors' strikes8▲ 1439×1 topic
  7. Mental Health5▲ 7.7×14 topics
  8. Well-being3▲ 16×5 topics
  9. Social Media2▲ 3.5×8 topics
  10. Stress Management2▲ 45×3 topics
  11. Ethics2▲ 8.5×4 topics
  12. Quality of Life2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  13. Feminism2▲ 14×4 topics
  14. Health Promotion2▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Psychological Adjustment2▲ 26×3 topics
  16. Psychological Resilience2▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Depression2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  18. Professionalism2▲ 21×3 topics
  19. Social Constructionism2▲ 100×2 topics
  20. Mental Disorders2▲ 28×2 topics
  21. Meta-Analysis2▲ 5.8×4 topics
  22. Neoliberalism2▲ 9.0×2 topics
  23. Psychological Distress2▲ 13×3 topics
  24. Salutogenesis2▲ 146×1 topic
  25. Sense of Coherence2▲ 146×1 topic
  26. Trauma2▲ 15×3 topics
  27. Anxiety1▲ 6.3×6 topics
  28. Discrimination1▲ 13×2 topics
  29. Narrative Analysis1▲ 53×2 topics
  30. Network Analysis1▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Prevalence1▲ 6.3×5 topics
  32. Psychopathology1▲ 14×3 topics
  33. Embodiment1▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Intervention1▲ 58×3 topics
  35. Neuroscience1▲ 7.7×4 topics
  36. Algorithmic Bias1▲ 24×1 topic
  37. Defensive Medicine1▲ 84×1 topic
  38. Depression Symptoms1▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Emotion Dynamics1▲ 40×1 topic
  40. Fairness1▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does British Psychological Society publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Healthcare Systems and Challenges, Health, psychology, and well-being, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI and Legal Education and Practice Innovations.

Healthcare Systems and C…8Healthcare Systems and Challenges: 8 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and well-being: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksLegal Education and Practice Innovations: 1 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 1 fractional worksMedical Malpractice and Liability Issues: 1 fractional worksCounseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics: 1 fractional worksGender, Feminism, and Media: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksBullying, Victimization, and Aggression: 1 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsSafety ResearchLawExperimental and Cognitive Psychology4 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Healthcare Systems and Challenges General Health Professions 8 works
  2. 2 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  4. 4 Legal Education and Practice Innovations Law 1 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 1 works
  6. 6 Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues Pharmacy 1 works
  7. 7 Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics Clinical Psychology 1 works
  8. 8 Gender, Feminism, and Media Gender Studies 1 works
  9. 9 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  10. 10 Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression Social Psychology 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available28.0%not open72.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors12.2%domestic only87.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has British Psychological Society's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is British Psychological Society as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00031% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%British Psychological Society0.00018% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of British Psychological Society over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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