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Top Applied Psychology Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 13 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 39.5% 101 1.2k#4
2 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 73.0 38.6% 72 1.1k#1
3 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 57.2 34.9% 84 990#3
4 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 46.0 35.2% 78 879#20
5 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 37.3 31.8% 84 868#29
6 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 30.1 32.0% 95 896#14
7 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 24.1 38.9% 68 744#31
8 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 18.9 30.4% 80 771#5
9 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 14.3 30.3% 64 628#26
10 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 10.2 27.6% 71 564#13
11 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 6.5 29.0% 79 593#2
12 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 3.1 26.8% 62 619#6
13 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 0.0 11.3% 142 409#25

institutions ranked worldwide in Applied Psychology (13). 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.

0 – 5: 2 places5 – 10: 1 places10 – 15: 2 places15 – 20: 1 places20 – 25: 1 places25 – 30: 0 places30 – 35: 1 places35 – 40: 1 places40 – 45: 0 places45 – 50: 1 places50 – 55: 0 places55 – 60: 1 places60 – 65: 0 places65 – 70: 0 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 0 places85 – 90: 0 places90 – 95: 0 places95 – 100: 1 places0100

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 142 works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 101 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 95 works
  4. 4 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 84 works
  5. 5 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 84 works
  6. 6 University of WashingtonUnited States 80 works
  7. 7 University of MichiganUnited States 79 works
  8. 8 The University of MelbourneAustralia 78 works
  9. 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 72 works
  10. 10 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 71 works
  11. 11 The University of SydneyAustralia 68 works
  12. 12 University of British ColumbiaCanada 64 works
  13. 13 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States 62 works
  14. 14 Design Intelligence (United States)United States 60 works
  15. 15 The University of QueenslandAustralia 59 works

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