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Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

In research, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#933 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#201 of 2,181 worldwide) and Medicine (#3,669 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Applied Psychology — Experimental and Cognitive Psychology is 20.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,005
of 28,054 · #5,611 all time
Rank in China
#922
of 3,058
Research works
2.9k
▲ 32% vs 2013–17
Citations
67k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #933 of 10,521 20.8%510 #1266
PsychologyField #201 of 2,181 19.9%330 #437
MedicineField #3,669 of 10,443 23.1%96 #7667
Health SciencesDomain #4,697 of 11,982 22.7%116 #8160
Social SciencesField #2,780 of 6,365 25.8%113 #3528
Life SciencesDomain #3,997 of 7,800 15.5%169 #3969
Clinical PsychologySubfield #400 of 738 23.0%83 #515
Social PsychologySubfield #410 of 664 20.1%91 #670
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield #170 of 275 19.1%89 #397
Physical SciencesDomain #9,510 of 12,888 16.5%120 #14917

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#1,266 #933
  2. Psychology#437 #201
  3. Medicine#7,667 #3,669
  4. Health Sciences#8,160 #4,697
  5. Social Sciences#3,528 #2,780
  6. Life Sciences#3,969 #3,997
  7. Clinical Psychology#515 #400
  8. Social Psychology#670 #410
  9. Experimental and Cognitive Psychology#397 #170
  10. Physical Sciences#14,917 #9,510
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology takes 20.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 89.3 works21×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 110.2 works17×
  3. Applied PsychologySubfield · 21.4 works16×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 10.22× its world share, 152 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 65 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.56× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.55× its world share, 96 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.82× its world share, 22 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.73× its world share, 22 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.20× its world share, 20 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 11.83× its world share, 330 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 113 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 11.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Xi‐Nian Zuo, Xiaolan Fu and Yuan Zhou lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

  1. 1 Xi‐Nian Zuo China · #55,360 worldwide 374 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Xiaolan Fu China · #76,126 worldwide 520 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 Yuan Zhou China · #179,884 worldwide 252 citations · 77 works
  4. 4 Kan Zhang China · #200,306 worldwide 253 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Li Wang China · #243,489 worldwide 185 citations · 47 works
  6. 6 Jia Huang China · #266,504 worldwide 182 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Chao‐Gan Yan China · #378,905 worldwide 115 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Huajian Cai China · #410,886 worldwide 190 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Raymond C. K. Chan China · #451,312 worldwide 320 citations · 91 works
  10. 10 Xiangyang Zhang China · #524,714 worldwide 120 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Emotion Regulation, Depression, Psychopathology, Meta-Analysis, Well-being, Neural Mechanisms and Emotion.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Mental Health82▲ 6.1×28 topics
  2. Emotion Regulation68▲ 24×9 topics
  3. Depression68▲ 8.4×19 topics
  4. Psychopathology44▲ 27×3 topics
  5. Meta-Analysis40▲ 7.4×13 topics
  6. Well-being36▲ 10×12 topics
  7. Neural Mechanisms35▲ 42×4 topics
  8. Emotion33▲ 18×9 topics
  9. Social Cognition32▲ 21×8 topics
  10. Anxiety Disorders30▲ 29×2 topics
  11. Adolescents28▲ 8.2×6 topics
  12. Mental Disorders28▲ 27×3 topics
  13. Social Support28▲ 5.5×14 topics
  14. Neuroscience27▲ 10×11 topics
  15. Prefrontal Cortex27▲ 37×3 topics
  16. Anxiety26▲ 6.0×11 topics
  17. Cognitive Control26▲ 48×2 topics
  18. Stress25▲ 7.5×8 topics
  19. Network Analysis25▲ 23×3 topics
  20. Resilience25▲ 5.6×11 topics
  21. Decision Making24▲ 8.8×4 topics
  22. Depression Symptoms24▲ 51×1 topic
  23. Emotion Dynamics24▲ 51×1 topic
  24. Neurological Disorders24▲ 4.7×14 topics
  25. Ethics24▲ 5.3×10 topics
  26. Psychology23▲ 20×6 topics
  27. Self-Regulation23▲ 14×5 topics
  28. Executive Functions22▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Neurobiology22▲ 9.2×9 topics
  30. Functional Connectivity21▲ 17×3 topics
  31. Adolescent Development20▲ 19×6 topics
  32. Parenting20▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Emotion Recognition19▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Neuroimaging Studies19▲ 40×3 topics
  35. Children19▲ 8.8×2 topics
  36. Adolescent Brain Development19▲ 57×1 topic
  37. Attentional Networks19▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Developmental Trajectories18▲ 16×3 topics
  39. Cognitive Therapy18▲ 19×3 topics
  40. Behavioral Problems18▲ 24×1 topic

Which research topics does Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mental Health Research Topics, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Mental Health Research T…24Mental Health Research Topics: 24 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…19Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 19 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…18Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 18 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…17Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 17 fractional worksAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes: 12 fractional worksAcademic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology: 11 fractional worksTryptophan and brain dis…10Tryptophan and brain disorders: 10 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 9 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 9 fractional worksImpact of Technology on Adolescents: 8 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceClinical PsychologyGeneral Psychology4 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 24 works
  2. 2 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 19 works
  3. 3 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 18 works
  4. 4 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 17 works
  5. 5 Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 12 works
  6. 6 Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology General Psychology 11 works
  7. 7 Tryptophan and brain disorders Biological Psychiatry 10 works
  8. 8 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  9. 9 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 9 works
  10. 10 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 8 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.8%domestic only73.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 32% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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