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Top Countries in Clinical Psychology Research

United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 76 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

#CountryScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1United States 100.0 19.6% 52k 266k#1
2China 84.0 32.7% 12k 82k#6
3United Kingdom 74.6 23.8% 15k 91k#2
4Australia 68.0 29.6% 7.5k 54k#4
5Germany 62.8 22.0% 7.9k 41k#5
6Canada 58.6 21.3% 8.1k 45k#3
7Italy 55.1 25.6% 4.9k 30k#8
8Spain 52.0 18.6% 5.8k 27k#9
9India 49.3 8.6% 9k 18k#12
10Netherlands 46.8 27.6% 3.3k 22k#7
11Türkiye 44.6 12.1% 8.2k 20k#16
12Iran 42.6 8.6% 6.5k 17k#22
13Switzerland 40.8 21.7% 1.8k 11k#10
14France 39.1 8.2% 6.1k 12k#13
15Israel 37.5 23.9% 2.1k 10k#15
16Norway 36.0 25.8% 1.7k 11k#17
17Sweden 34.6 26.8% 2k 12k#11
18Brazil 33.3 5.1% 11k 15k#14
19Hong Kong 32.0 30.6% 1.1k 7.5k#25
20Denmark 30.8 22.4% 1.3k 7.6k#18
21Saudi Arabia 29.7 17.7% 1.7k 7.2k#31
22Japan 28.6 11.5% 3.3k 11k#21
23Malaysia 27.6 13.4% 2k 6.7k#33
24South Korea 26.6 18.1% 2.4k 11k#27
25Portugal 25.7 16.2% 2k 7.5k#30
26Poland 24.8 15.4% 2.3k 9.5k#29
27Greece 23.9 22.6% 968 5k#34
28South Africa 23.1 19.1% 1.8k 7.3k#28
29?? 22.2 13.0% 1.9k 7.1k#23
30Indonesia 21.5 5.7% 6.6k 7k#37
31Finland 20.7 25.6% 1k 6.3k#24
32Ireland 20.0 22.2% 1.1k 6.8k#26
33Belgium 19.3 18.2% 1.4k 6k#19
34New Zealand 18.6 21.2% 901 4.5k#20
35Pakistan 17.9 6.2% 2.9k 5.3k#38
36Taiwan 17.3 21.2% 1k 5.6k#36
37Singapore 16.6 27.1% 651 4.2k#35
38Austria 16.0 20.7% 896 4.2k#32
39Bangladesh 15.4 18.9% 782 3.2k#39
40Romania 14.8 19.5% 858 3.8k#44
41Egypt 14.3 7.2% 1.7k 3.6k#45
42Ukraine 13.7 10.7% 993 2.4k#56
43Chile 13.2 14.1% 1k 3.1k#43
44Jordan 12.6 18.1% 609 2.8k#47
45Thailand 12.1 14.6% 770 2.7k#48
46Hungary 11.6 15.2% 719 2.5k#46
47Mexico 11.1 7.3% 1.7k 3.2k#42
48United Arab Emirates 10.6 19.2% 446 2.1k#54
49Ethiopia 10.1 28.1% 442 2.8k#52
50Lebanon 9.7 31.0% 294 1.9k#51
51Palestine 9.2 27.7% 203 971#61
52Nigeria 8.8 7.9% 1.3k 2.8k#53
53Philippines 8.3 6.9% 1.2k 2.3k#50
54Russia 7.9 5.4% 2.1k 3.2k#41
55Peru 7.5 11.7% 732 2.1k#62
56Czechia 7.1 14.2% 622 2.1k#40
57Colombia 6.6 8.1% 924 2.1k#55
58Ghana 6.2 20.8% 351 1.5k#63
59Serbia 5.8 11.5% 388 1.2k#65
60Vietnam 5.5 16.5% 360 1.3k#60
61Cyprus 5.1 19.9% 281 1.2k#66
62Croatia 4.7 8.7% 565 1.2k#58
63Qatar 4.3 21.0% 245 1.2k#59
64Argentina 4.0 5.3% 862 1.3k#57
65Iraq 3.6 4.4% 819 1k#71
66Kenya 3.3 13.7% 387 925#68
67Slovenia 2.9 14.1% 365 1.2k#49
68Lithuania 2.6 18.3% 280 1.1k#70
69Uganda 2.2 20.0% 219 990#69
70Ecuador 1.9 7.3% 533 1k#77
71Nepal 1.6 7.8% 458 930#67
72Slovakia 124.8 13.9% 243 885#78
73Kazakhstan 93.0 8.8% 312 514#73
74Tunisia 61.6 6.9% 393 638#82
75Morocco 30.6 7.5% 340 543#83
76Sri Lanka 0.0 9.9% 240 617#76

countries ranked worldwide in Clinical Psychology (76). 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: 15 places5 – 10: 12 places10 – 15: 10 places15 – 20: 8 places20 – 25: 6 places25 – 30: 5 places30 – 35: 4 places35 – 40: 3 places40 – 45: 3 places45 – 50: 2 places50 – 55: 1 places55 – 60: 2 places60 – 65: 1 places65 – 70: 1 places70 – 75: 1 places75 – 80: 0 places80 – 85: 1 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 United States 52k works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 15k works
  3. 3 China 12k works
  4. 4 Brazil 11k works
  5. 5 India 9k works
  6. 6 Türkiye 8.2k works
  7. 7 Canada 8.1k works
  8. 8 Germany 7.9k works
  9. 9 Australia 7.5k works
  10. 10 Indonesia 6.6k works
  11. 11 Iran 6.5k works
  12. 12 France 6.1k works