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