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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research

Experimental and Cognitive Psychology is a subfield of Psychology. Science Explorer counts 482k research works in it since 1950. 21.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: subdiscipline of psychology.

Research works
482k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
104k
per year above
Top-10% rate
21.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
24
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+30%
the tick is no change

What is Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research about, and what is growing?

By the world's output in 2019–23, its most used keywords are Meta-Analysis, Cognitive Science, Neuroscience, Insomnia, Sleep Duration, Cognition. Gaining share since 2009–13: Emotion Recognition, Multimodal Data, Network Analysis, Psychopathology, Future Orientation. Losing share: Phonetics, Speech Perception, Crossmodal Processing, Multisensory Integration.

▲ gaining share of this field◆ holding its share▼ losing share

Size is the world's fractional works in 2019–23 in the topics tagged with each word; colour compares the word's share of this field with 2009–13. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Meta-Analysis18k▲ 1.29×2 topics
  2. Cognitive Science15k▼ 0.73×3 topics
  3. Neuroscience15k◆ 0.91×3 topics
  4. Insomnia14k▲ 1.55×1 topic
  5. Sleep Duration14k▲ 1.55×1 topic
  6. Cognition14k▼ 0.73×2 topics
  7. Language14k▼ 0.73×2 topics
  8. Network Analysis12k▲ 1.69×1 topic
  9. Psychopathology12k▲ 1.69×1 topic
  10. Metaphor11k▼ 0.73×1 topic
  11. Time11k▼ 0.73×1 topic
  12. Personality Traits11k▲ 1.19×2 topics
  13. Psychology10k◆ 1.02×2 topics
  14. Education9,319◆ 1.08×3 topics
  15. Anxiety Disorders8,242◆ 0.98×1 topic
  16. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy8,242◆ 0.98×1 topic
  17. Creativity8,008◆ 1.07×1 topic
  18. Innovation8,008◆ 1.07×1 topic
  19. Neural Correlates6,920▼ 0.74×2 topics
  20. Fatigue6,637▲ 1.33×1 topic
  21. Sleep Deprivation6,637▲ 1.33×1 topic
  22. Phonetics6,347▼ 0.61×1 topic
  23. Speech Perception6,347▼ 0.61×1 topic
  24. Emotion Recognition6,086▲ 2.4×1 topic
  25. Multimodal Data6,086▲ 2.4×1 topic
  26. Evolutionary Psychology5,322▼ 0.83×1 topic
  27. Human Behavior5,322▼ 0.83×1 topic
  28. Crossmodal Processing4,937▼ 0.69×1 topic
  29. Multisensory Integration4,937▼ 0.69×1 topic
  30. Motivation4,125▲ 1.55×2 topics
  31. Consciousness3,769▼ 0.69×1 topic
  32. Phenomenal Experience3,769▼ 0.69×1 topic
  33. Intelligence3,553▼ 0.76×1 topic
  34. Working Memory3,553▼ 0.76×1 topic
  35. Achievement Motivation3,449▲ 1.17×1 topic
  36. Self-Efficacy3,449▲ 1.17×1 topic
  37. Dance Movement Therapy3,192◆ 0.93×1 topic
  38. Injury Patterns3,192◆ 0.93×1 topic
  39. Future Orientation2,970▲ 1.67×1 topic
  40. Time Perspective2,970▲ 1.67×1 topic

Which countries lead Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (21k and 13k works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 18.9% top 10% · 21k works
  2. 2 China · #3 all time 25.8% top 10% · 13k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 23.1% top 10% · 5.3k works
  4. 4 Germany · #4 all time 23.7% top 10% · 4.7k works
  5. 5 Australia · #7 all time 26.8% top 10% · 2.7k works
  6. 6 Netherlands · #6 all time 29.1% top 10% · 1.9k works
  7. 7 Canada · #5 all time 19.5% top 10% · 3k works
  8. 8 Italy · #8 all time 23.3% top 10% · 2.6k works
  9. 9 India · #14 all time 12.4% top 10% · 4.8k works
  10. 10 Spain · #11 all time 18.1% top 10% · 2.5k works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 57 countries ranked in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 21k works
  2. 2 China 13k works
  3. 3 United Kingdom 5.3k works
  4. 4 India 4.8k works
  5. 5 Germany 4.7k works
  6. 6 Brazil 3.1k works
  7. 7 Japan 3.1k works
  8. 8 Canada 3k works
  9. 9 Australia 2.7k works
  10. 10 France 2.7k works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 32.9%China: 20.9%United Kingdom: 8.3%India: 7.5%6 others listed: 30.4%33%largest
United States21k · 32.9%China13k · 20.9%United Kingdom5,304 · 8.3%India4,809 · 7.5%6 others listed19k · 30.4%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research?

Harvard University (United States) ranks first in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology on research quality in 2022–2025, followed by University College London and University of Oxford.

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Harvard University United States · Cambridge · #3 all time 27.8% top 10% · 265 works
  2. 2 University College London United Kingdom · London · #6 all time 27.6% top 10% · 297 works
  3. 3 University of Oxford United Kingdom · Oxford · #4 all time 24.3% top 10% · 273 works
  4. 4 Stanford University United States · Stanford · #1 all time 26.4% top 10% · 228 works
  5. 5 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam · #56 all time 35.2% top 10% · 141 works
  6. 6 University of Amsterdam Netherlands · Amsterdam · #15 all time 33.5% top 10% · 170 works
  7. 7 University of Toronto Canada · Toronto · #11 all time 19.4% top 10% · 274 works
  8. 8 Pennsylvania State University United States · State College · #19 all time 20.8% top 10% · 256 works
  9. 9 Beijing Normal University China · Beijing 29.6% top 10% · 257 works
  10. 10 Yale University United States · New Haven · #7 all time 23.1% top 10% · 230 works

The track on each row is that row’s top-10% rate. The ranking itself is the composite score, which the rate is only one part of.

Of 275 institutions above the floor of 40 fractional works in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

Top 100 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology institutions

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 297 works
  2. 2 University of TorontoCanada 274 works
  3. 3 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 273 works
  4. 4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 265 works
  5. 5 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 257 works
  6. 6 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 255 works
  7. 7 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 245 works
  8. 8 Yale UniversityUnited States 230 works
  9. 9 Stanford UniversityUnited States 228 works
  10. 10 University of PittsburghUnited States 226 works

Who are the leading researchers in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology?

Among the most productive authors in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Noam Chomsky, Ronald C. Kessler and Sigmund Freud rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Noam Chomsky United States · #7 worldwide 3.7k citations · 239 works
  2. 2 Ronald C. Kessler United States · #14 worldwide 9.8k citations · 232 works
  3. 3 Sigmund Freud United States · #25 worldwide 2.7k citations · 174 works
  4. 4 Josep María Haro Spain · #63 worldwide 6.4k citations · 180 works
  5. 5 Herbert A. Simon United States · #65 worldwide 4.2k citations · 188 works
  6. 6 Mika Kivimäki United Kingdom · #69 worldwide 6.7k citations · 266 works
  7. 7 Richard M. Ryan United States · #153 worldwide 10k citations · 118 works
  8. 8 Robert Rosenthal United States · #204 worldwide 3.8k citations · 135 works
  9. 9 Howard Gardner United States · #205 worldwide 3.7k citations · 123 works
  10. 10 Jean Piaget Switzerland · #208 worldwide 1.6k citations · 144 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 5,311 highest-output authors in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Experimental and Cognitive Psychology researchers

Where is Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research done?

The largest centres of Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), London (United Kingdom), Shanghai (China) and Tokyo (Japan). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Stoneham.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 2.4k works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 1.3k works
  3. 3 Shanghai China 1.1k works
  4. 4 Tokyo Japan 1.1k works
  5. 5 Paris France 999 works
  6. 6 Seoul South Korea 930 works
  7. 7 New York United States 921 works
  8. 8 Guangzhou China 838 works
  9. 9 Moscow Russia 728 works
  10. 10 Melbourne Australia 646 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. StonehamUS · 24.6 works41×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Experimental and Cognitive Psychology than the world average.

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Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research by country

The best places for Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research inside each country, with that country's researchers and world standing.

Where is the best place to study Experimental and Cognitive Psychology?

Among universities, judged by research, Education University of Hong Kong, University of Macau and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%20%40%mean 31.82%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Education University of Hong Kong: 86, 41.3%University of Macau: 92, 32.9%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 141, 35.2%University of Amsterdam: 170, 33.5%University College London: 297, 27.6%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 154, 31.4%University of Hong Kong: 183, 29.0%Monash University: 193, 26.4%Beijing Normal University: 257, 29.6%University of Zurich: 157, 31.3%Education University…Vrije Universiteit A…University of Amster…University of Macau
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong 64.541.3%6.0×86 +67.7%
2 University of MacauMacau 62.132.9%2.9×92 +222.3%
3 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 57.235.2%3.8×141 +38.6%
4 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 55.733.5%3.4×170 +16.1%
5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 55.327.6%2.2×297 +27.9%
6 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 55.131.4%1.8×154 +61.6%
7 University of Hong KongHong Kong 54.529.0%2.2×183 +39.7%
8 Monash UniversityAustralia 53.926.4%2.4×193 +99.3%
9 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 53.729.6%3.8×257 -2.5%
10 University of ZurichSwitzerland 53.531.3%3.0×157 +30.3%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Experimental and Cognitive Psychology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Memory, Trauma, and Testimony, Emotion and Mood Recognition and Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.

  1. Memory, Trauma, and Testimony+461%
  2. Emotion and Mood Recognition+295%
  3. Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research+234%
  4. Sound Studies and Aurality+206%
  5. Mental Health Research Topics+194%
  6. Sleep and related disorders+189%
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Growth in output from 2005–09 to 2015–19. Every topic is a page of its own.

What does Experimental and Cognitive Psychology include?

Language, Metaphor, and …50kLanguage, Metaphor, and Cognition: 50k fractional worksSleep and related disord…47kSleep and related disorders: 47k fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 41k fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology Research: 38k fractional worksAnxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes: 35k fractional worksCreativity in Education and Neuroscience: 31k fractional worksMultisensory perception and integration: 25k fractional worksEvolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior: 25k fractional worksSleep and Work-Related Fatigue: 23k fractional worksPhilosophy and Theoretical Science: 23k fractional worksCognitive Abilities and Testing: 21k fractional worksEmotion and Mood Recognition: 19k fractional works

Area is fractional works in that topic. Every name below is a page of its own.