Subfield · Applied Psychology
Top Countries in Applied Psychology Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 32 ranked countries.
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: 100 fractional works in this field.
Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025
| # | Country | Score | Top-10% rate | Works | Citations | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 100.0 | 22.4% | 7.5k | 53k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 80.0 | 35.0% | 2.5k | 20k | #5 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 68.3 | 28.1% | 2.1k | 18k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 60.0 | 27.7% | 1.7k | 13k | #4 |
| 5 | Australia | 53.6 | 33.4% | 1.1k | 12k | #3 |
| 6 | Canada | 48.3 | 25.6% | 1.1k | 8.9k | #6 |
| 7 | India | 43.9 | 14.8% | 1.6k | 5.5k | #12 |
| 8 | Italy | 40.0 | 31.1% | 574 | 4.9k | #8 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 36.6 | 32.4% | 689 | 6.6k | #7 |
| 10 | South Korea | 33.6 | 30.4% | 466 | 3.8k | #13 |
| 11 | Switzerland | 30.8 | 30.5% | 370 | 3.6k | #9 |
| 12 | Spain | 28.3 | 26.5% | 544 | 4k | #11 |
| 13 | Sweden | 26.0 | 29.9% | 326 | 2.7k | #10 |
| 14 | Türkiye | 23.9 | 13.5% | 808 | 2.7k | #24 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 21.9 | 38.6% | 206 | 2.4k | #18 |
| 16 | Norway | 20.0 | 33.5% | 225 | 2.2k | #15 |
| 17 | France | 18.3 | 20.6% | 400 | 2.3k | #17 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 16.6 | 32.5% | 206 | 1.8k | — |
| 19 | Israel | 15.0 | 28.5% | 229 | 1.8k | #16 |
| 20 | Taiwan | 13.6 | 31.8% | 207 | 1.6k | #25 |
| 21 | Malaysia | 12.2 | 17.5% | 389 | 1.7k | #28 |
| 22 | Japan | 10.8 | 13.8% | 554 | 2k | #21 |
| 23 | Iran | 9.5 | 11.2% | 566 | 1.9k | #32 |
| 24 | Denmark | 8.3 | 22.6% | 203 | 1.2k | #22 |
| 25 | South Africa | 7.1 | 22.3% | 229 | 1.3k | #30 |
| 26 | Portugal | 6.0 | 22.3% | 249 | 1.5k | #31 |
| 27 | Pakistan | 4.9 | 11.5% | 303 | 1.3k | #36 |
| 28 | Indonesia | 3.9 | 6.1% | 705 | 1k | #37 |
| 29 | Poland | 2.8 | 16.9% | 303 | 1.5k | #34 |
| 30 | Brazil | 1.9 | 10.2% | 411 | 1.4k | #29 |
| 31 | ?? | 91.6 | 17.0% | 236 | 1.2k | #33 |
| 32 | Nigeria | 0.0 | 5.9% | 245 | 441 | #39 |
countries ranked worldwide in Applied Psychology (32). 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.
One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.
Ranked by volume, 2022–2025
- 1 United States 7.5k works
- 2 China 2.5k works
- 3 United Kingdom 2.1k works
- 4 Germany 1.7k works
- 5 India 1.6k works
- 6 Australia 1.1k works
- 7 Canada 1.1k works
- 8 Türkiye 808 works
- 9 Indonesia 705 works
- 10 Netherlands 689 works
- 11 Italy 574 works
- 12 Iran 566 works