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Top Clinical Psychology Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by University College London and University of Oxford, out of 767 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 100.0 15.6% 1.3k 9.7k#1
2University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 89.6 18.1% 740 6.9k#5
3University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 83.5 16.0% 436 3.8k#6
4Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 79.1 14.7% 536 4.1k#3
5Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 75.8 13.6% 538 4.1k#2
6University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco 73.0 14.9% 362 3.1k#13
7Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 70.7 14.1% 639 4.9k#7
8Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 68.7 15.3% 403 3.4k#4
9University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 66.9 12.4% 968 6.4k#9
10University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 65.3 12.9% 522 3.9k#8
11King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 63.9 19.0% 607 5.4k#18
12University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 62.6 15.6% 292 2.6k#21
13The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 61.4 18.0% 606 4.8k#23
14University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 60.3 14.0% 437 3k#12
15University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 59.2 13.9% 357 2.6k#11
16University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 58.3 12.6% 443 2.7k#10
17United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States · Washington 57.3 11.2% 671 5k#14
18Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 56.5 16.8% 461 3.1k#28
19New York UniversityUnited States · New York 55.7 10.6% 482 2.7k#15
20UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 54.9 16.7% 418 3.3k#26
21Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 54.2 8.2% 934 1.7k#32
22Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 53.5 13.4% 323 1.9k#19
23Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 52.8 17.2% 373 2.4k#63
24University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 52.2 18.9% 274 2.1k#51
25Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston 51.5 13.9% 280 1.9k#22
26McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 51.0 12.6% 480 3.2k#25
27University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 50.4 16.9% 262 2.5k#35
28Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm 49.8 15.3% 318 2.5k#52
29Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg 49.3 13.0% 305 1.9k#40
30National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda 48.8 17.0% 190 1.7k#16
31National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 48.3 16.0% 245 1.7k#74
32University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam 47.8 16.1% 271 1.8k#54
33Université Paris CitéFrance · Paris 47.4 12.1% 450 895#56
34University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego 46.9 12.1% 314 2.2k#20
35United States Department of Health and Human ServicesUnited States · Washington 46.5 22.3% 182 3.3k#48
36The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 46.1 18.3% 345 3.1k#36
37Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg 45.6 15.0% 311 2.2k#46
38University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 45.2 14.4% 291 2k#73
39Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich 44.8 10.4% 294 1.5k#33
40University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 44.5 15.9% 319 1.9k#37
41Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 44.1 19.6% 251 1.9k#96
42Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis 43.7 12.0% 242 1.9k#30
43Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston 43.4 15.0% 273 2k#41
44The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 43.0 15.3% 455 3.3k#71
45Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 42.7 14.7% 222 1.6k#58
46Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong 42.4 20.1% 237 1.8k#76
47University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 42.0 13.9% 272 2k#61
48Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 41.7 10.7% 469 2.5k#34
49University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 41.4 13.6% 284 1.8k#44
50The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 41.1 12.5% 300 2.2k#31
51InsermFrance · Paris 40.8 10.6% 402 1.9k#43
52University of BaselSwitzerland · Basel 40.5 18.1% 144 1.2k#69
53University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh 40.2 12.2% 323 2.1k#17
54University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 39.9 17.8% 254 2.2k#62
55Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville 39.7 14.6% 260 1.8k#29
56University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne 39.4 14.9% 222 1.2k-
57University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 39.1 12.7% 441 2.6k#53
58University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 38.9 14.0% 149 1.1k#38
59Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich 38.6 17.0% 108 671#75
60Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 38.4 12.5% 258 1.6k#24
61Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 38.1 17.3% 223 1.7k-
62Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 37.9 10.8% 323 1.8k#42
63Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 37.6 15.7% 222 1.6k#64
64Sichuan UniversityChina · Chengdu 37.4 22.8% 215 1.8k#79
65Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong 37.2 21.8% 204 1.5k-
66University of OttawaCanada · Ottawa 36.9 14.8% 348 2.7k#68
67The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 36.7 10.7% 463 2.6k#95
68Rutgers, The State University of New JerseyUnited States · New Brunswick 36.5 12.2% 333 2.1k#60
69University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 36.3 12.1% 324 1.9k#55
70University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 36.0 13.0% 283 2.1k#27
71University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 35.8 7.8% 272 1.2k#45
72Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 35.6 17.4% 202 1.4k-
73Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington 35.4 10.5% 407 2k#65
74University of BristolUnited Kingdom · Bristol 35.2 16.2% 205 1.6k#85
75Imperial College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 35.0 16.1% 163 1.7k-
76University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 34.8 14.2% 223 1.9k-
77Florida State UniversityUnited States · Tallahassee 34.6 10.6% 286 1.6k#67
78University of OsloNorway · Oslo 34.4 16.8% 318 2.3k#97
79London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineUnited Kingdom · London 34.2 18.7% 98 959#83
80Université de LyonFrance · Lyon 34.0 12.5% 338 379#86
81Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 33.8 16.7% 200 1.9k#93
82Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 33.7 14.5% 212 1.6k#80
83University of CalgaryCanada · Calgary 33.5 13.8% 335 2.4k#88
84Université de MontréalCanada · Montreal 33.3 11.1% 333 1.7k#92
85University of California, IrvineUnited States · Irvine 33.1 11.1% 192 1.1k#72
86Tel Aviv UniversityIsrael · Tel Aviv 32.9 12.0% 318 1.8k-
87Leiden UniversityNetherlands · Leiden 32.8 18.1% 192 1.5k-
88Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany · Berlin 32.6 12.6% 125 759-
89University of GenevaSwitzerland · Geneva 32.4 13.0% 148 884-
90University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 32.3 11.0% 210 1.2k#70
91Brown UniversityUnited States · Providence 32.1 9.4% 299 1.7k#49
92Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem 31.9 9.3% 215 970-
93University of BirminghamUnited Kingdom · Birmingham 31.8 15.7% 219 1.4k-
94Johannes Gutenberg University MainzGermany · Mainz 31.6 14.2% 146 1.1k-
95University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 31.4 15.5% 116 654-
96City University of New YorkUnited States · New York 31.3 9.5% 353 1.7k#87
97University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 31.1 12.2% 176 1.1k#39
98University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 31.0 17.4% 156 1k-
99Alphabet (United States)United States · Mountain View 30.8 18.6% 62 519#84
100University of FreiburgGermany · Freiburg im Breisgau 30.7 13.5% 112 749-

institutions ranked worldwide in Clinical Psychology (767). rank on the quality score within the stated pool. The score track runs 0 to 100; the rate track carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (about 6% in Dentistry, 21% in Economics).

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.

31 to 34: 21 places34 to 38: 16 places38 to 41: 13 places41 to 45: 11 places45 to 48: 8 places48 to 51: 6 places51 to 55: 6 places55 to 58: 4 places58 to 62: 3 places62 to 65: 3 places65 to 69: 2 places69 to 72: 1 places72 to 76: 1 places76 to 79: 2 places79 to 83: 0 places83 to 86: 1 places86 to 90: 1 places90 to 93: 0 places93 to 97: 0 places97 to 100: 1 places31100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 1.9k works
  2. 2 Harvard UniversityUnited States 1.4k works
  3. 3 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 1.2k works
  4. 4 University of TorontoCanada 1.1k works
  5. 5 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 991 works
  6. 6 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 827 works
  7. 7 United States Department of Veterans AffairsUnited States 733 works
  8. 8 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States 711 works
  9. 9 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 706 works
  10. 10 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom 682 works
  11. 11 The University of MelbourneAustralia 670 works
  12. 12 Yale UniversityUnited States 602 works
  13. 13 Columbia UniversityUnited States 595 works
  14. 14 University of MichiganUnited States 588 works
  15. 15 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 562 works

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