Subfield · Developmental and Educational Psychology
Top Countries in Developmental and Educational Psychology Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 61 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 | 22.5% | 16k | 73k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 83.1 | 26.7% | 5.5k | 27k | #6 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 73.3 | 26.2% | 3.8k | 21k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 66.3 | 26.5% | 3k | 15k | #5 |
| 5 | Australia | 60.8 | 32.4% | 2k | 13k | #4 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 56.4 | 41.2% | 742 | 6.4k | #11 |
| 7 | Spain | 52.7 | 24.2% | 2.7k | 12k | #8 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 49.4 | 6.9% | 16k | 15k | #12 |
| 9 | Canada | 46.6 | 22.1% | 2.2k | 10k | #3 |
| 10 | Türkiye | 44.0 | 17.7% | 2.7k | 7k | #14 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 41.7 | 31.9% | 1.2k | 7.4k | #7 |
| 12 | Taiwan | 39.6 | 34.3% | 791 | 6.1k | #9 |
| 13 | Italy | 37.6 | 26.4% | 1.5k | 7.4k | #13 |
| 14 | Iran | 35.8 | 18.4% | 1.1k | 4.2k | #22 |
| 15 | Finland | 34.1 | 33.9% | 572 | 4.1k | #15 |
| 16 | India | 32.6 | 11.9% | 2.3k | 5.1k | #29 |
| 17 | Malaysia | 31.1 | 15.8% | 1.5k | 4k | #24 |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 29.7 | 25.7% | 698 | 3.3k | #34 |
| 19 | Sweden | 28.4 | 27.7% | 776 | 3.7k | #16 |
| 20 | France | 27.1 | 16.1% | 1.6k | 5.1k | #10 |
| 21 | Norway | 25.9 | 29.6% | 751 | 3.8k | #19 |
| 22 | Greece | 24.8 | 27.7% | 681 | 3.5k | #27 |
| 23 | Japan | 23.7 | 12.9% | 1.7k | 3.8k | #17 |
| 24 | South Korea | 22.7 | 24.6% | 710 | 3.6k | #26 |
| 25 | Switzerland | 21.7 | 25.7% | 633 | 3k | #23 |
| 26 | Israel | 20.7 | 29.2% | 676 | 3k | #20 |
| 27 | Brazil | 19.8 | 7.0% | 3.2k | 4.8k | #25 |
| 28 | Portugal | 18.9 | 24.3% | 788 | 3.4k | #31 |
| 29 | South Africa | 18.1 | 24.3% | 760 | 2.3k | #33 |
| 30 | New Zealand | 17.3 | 27.0% | 403 | 2.1k | #18 |
| 31 | ?? | 16.5 | 10.7% | 1.2k | 2k | #37 |
| 32 | Singapore | 15.7 | 31.4% | 306 | 1.7k | #30 |
| 33 | Denmark | 14.9 | 21.2% | 482 | 2.2k | #32 |
| 34 | Russia | 14.2 | 5.7% | 3.4k | 4.8k | #36 |
| 35 | Austria | 13.5 | 27.8% | 375 | 1.9k | #28 |
| 36 | Thailand | 12.8 | 19.1% | 570 | 1.6k | #38 |
| 37 | Ecuador | 12.2 | 11.2% | 903 | 1.4k | #47 |
| 38 | Poland | 11.5 | 15.7% | 671 | 1.9k | #39 |
| 39 | Belgium | 10.9 | 23.7% | 526 | 2.4k | #21 |
| 40 | Vietnam | 10.3 | 18.7% | 415 | 941 | #45 |
| 41 | Ireland | 9.7 | 27.8% | 345 | 1.7k | #35 |
| 42 | Philippines | 9.1 | 11.0% | 860 | 1.2k | #43 |
| 43 | Hungary | 8.5 | 17.4% | 429 | 1.2k | #40 |
| 44 | Chile | 7.9 | 21.1% | 469 | 1.7k | #41 |
| 45 | Mexico | 7.4 | 9.6% | 778 | 1.4k | #44 |
| 46 | United Arab Emirates | 6.9 | 29.5% | 203 | 865 | #46 |
| 47 | Egypt | 6.3 | 12.4% | 313 | 854 | #51 |
| 48 | Colombia | 5.8 | 9.1% | 659 | 1k | #49 |
| 49 | Pakistan | 5.3 | 9.4% | 622 | 991 | #48 |
| 50 | Romania | 4.8 | 15.0% | 360 | 1k | #50 |
| 51 | Morocco | 4.4 | 18.8% | 256 | 679 | #53 |
| 52 | Czechia | 3.9 | 18.7% | 280 | 920 | #52 |
| 53 | Ukraine | 3.4 | 5.9% | 973 | 963 | #55 |
| 54 | Peru | 3.0 | 10.1% | 383 | 595 | #64 |
| 55 | Nigeria | 2.5 | 11.3% | 394 | 599 | #59 |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 2.1 | 9.9% | 297 | 435 | #67 |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 1.6 | 4.6% | 476 | 291 | #65 |
| 58 | Croatia | 122.7 | 12.0% | 261 | 543 | #57 |
| 59 | Serbia | 81.1 | 13.5% | 204 | 619 | #62 |
| 60 | Iraq | 40.2 | 6.8% | 394 | 393 | #66 |
| 61 | Argentina | 0.0 | 9.8% | 246 | 411 | #58 |
countries ranked worldwide in Developmental and Educational Psychology (61). 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.