Subfield · Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
Top Countries in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 57 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 | 18.9% | 21k | 113k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 82.9 | 25.8% | 13k | 85k | #3 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 72.8 | 23.1% | 5.3k | 34k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 65.7 | 23.7% | 4.7k | 29k | #4 |
| 5 | Australia | 60.2 | 26.8% | 2.7k | 20k | #7 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 55.7 | 29.1% | 1.9k | 15k | #6 |
| 7 | Canada | 51.9 | 19.5% | 3k | 17k | #5 |
| 8 | Italy | 48.6 | 23.3% | 2.6k | 15k | #8 |
| 9 | India | 45.7 | 12.4% | 4.8k | 15k | #14 |
| 10 | Spain | 43.0 | 18.1% | 2.5k | 11k | #11 |
| 11 | France | 40.7 | 15.2% | 2.7k | 11k | #9 |
| 12 | South Korea | 38.5 | 20.3% | 1.8k | 10k | #19 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 36.6 | 24.8% | 974 | 7.4k | #10 |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 34.7 | 29.2% | 768 | 5.2k | #20 |
| 15 | Japan | 33.0 | 11.6% | 3.1k | 9.6k | #13 |
| 16 | Saudi Arabia | 31.4 | 23.9% | 630 | 3.8k | #31 |
| 17 | Norway | 29.9 | 26.0% | 726 | 4.6k | #18 |
| 18 | Sweden | 28.5 | 23.9% | 840 | 4.9k | #12 |
| 19 | Türkiye | 27.2 | 12.9% | 2k | 5.8k | #26 |
| 20 | Finland | 25.9 | 26.9% | 650 | 4.1k | #16 |
| 21 | Brazil | 24.7 | 7.6% | 3.1k | 5.2k | #23 |
| 22 | Poland | 23.5 | 15.0% | 1.3k | 4.7k | #27 |
| 23 | Taiwan | 22.4 | 20.0% | 914 | 5.3k | #28 |
| 24 | Singapore | 21.4 | 27.9% | 429 | 3.7k | #25 |
| 25 | Iran | 20.4 | 14.2% | 1.3k | 5k | #33 |
| 26 | Belgium | 19.4 | 23.3% | 703 | 4.3k | #15 |
| 27 | Greece | 18.5 | 22.1% | 462 | 2.6k | #30 |
| 28 | Portugal | 17.6 | 19.1% | 744 | 3k | #29 |
| 29 | Malaysia | 16.7 | 14.9% | 821 | 2.8k | #32 |
| 30 | Austria | 15.9 | 23.9% | 578 | 3.1k | #24 |
| 31 | Denmark | 15.1 | 20.8% | 592 | 3.4k | #21 |
| 32 | Israel | 14.3 | 22.7% | 749 | 4.1k | #17 |
| 33 | Indonesia | 13.5 | 6.5% | 1.8k | 2.1k | #40 |
| 34 | ?? | 12.8 | 14.6% | 692 | 2.7k | #34 |
| 35 | Russia | 12.1 | 8.1% | 1.6k | 2.7k | #36 |
| 36 | New Zealand | 11.4 | 21.1% | 352 | 1.7k | #22 |
| 37 | Hungary | 10.7 | 15.2% | 485 | 1.6k | #35 |
| 38 | Pakistan | 10.0 | 11.1% | 625 | 1.8k | #42 |
| 39 | Czechia | 9.4 | 16.5% | 382 | 1.3k | #39 |
| 40 | Egypt | 8.8 | 14.9% | 352 | 1.5k | #46 |
| 41 | South Africa | 8.1 | 18.9% | 394 | 1.4k | #37 |
| 42 | Ireland | 7.6 | 22.4% | 345 | 1.8k | #38 |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 7.0 | 18.6% | 307 | 1.2k | #45 |
| 44 | Mexico | 6.4 | 9.9% | 653 | 1.4k | #41 |
| 45 | Romania | 5.8 | 13.3% | 437 | 1.3k | #43 |
| 46 | Thailand | 5.3 | 13.0% | 413 | 1.1k | #50 |
| 47 | Chile | 4.8 | 14.5% | 365 | 1k | #48 |
| 48 | Vietnam | 4.3 | 15.2% | 274 | 811 | #57 |
| 49 | Iraq | 3.7 | 7.2% | 383 | 590 | #61 |
| 50 | Philippines | 3.2 | 8.6% | 319 | 571 | #56 |
| 51 | Peru | 2.8 | 12.5% | 220 | 619 | #62 |
| 52 | Argentina | 2.3 | 9.2% | 370 | 669 | #47 |
| 53 | Colombia | 1.8 | 9.4% | 324 | 684 | #53 |
| 54 | Nigeria | 133.7 | 7.5% | 401 | 637 | #59 |
| 55 | Ukraine | 88.3 | 4.7% | 550 | 492 | #60 |
| 56 | Croatia | 43.8 | 10.6% | 216 | 455 | #58 |
| 57 | Serbia | 0.0 | 8.5% | 200 | 372 | #63 |
countries ranked worldwide in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (57). 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.