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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology research

Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology is a subfield of Psychology. Science Explorer counts 31k research works in it since 1950. 22.2% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

In short: study of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors.

Research works
31k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
6.8k
per year above
Top-10% rate
22.2%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Topics
2
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+42%
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Which countries lead Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology research?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the United States, China and the United Kingdom rank highest in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. By volume, the United States and China publish the most (1.8k and 483 works in 2022–2025).

By research quality, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States · #1 all time 16.9% top 10% · 1.8k works
  2. 2 China · #3 all time 45.2% top 10% · 484 works
  3. 3 United Kingdom · #2 all time 27.6% top 10% · 295 works
  4. 4 Canada · #5 all time 23.0% top 10% · 261 works
  5. 5 Germany · #4 all time 30.1% top 10% · 215 works
  6. 6 Spain · #8 all time 12.5% top 10% · 461 works
  7. 7 Ecuador · #13 all time 10.4% top 10% · 268 works
  8. 8 Mexico · #12 all time 6.0% top 10% · 235 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 8 countries ranked in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. Composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%); the bracket is the all-time rank.

All countries ranked in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 1.8k works
  2. 2 China 483 works
  3. 3 Spain 461 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 295 works
  5. 5 Ecuador 268 works
  6. 6 Canada 261 works
  7. 7 Mexico 235 works
  8. 8 Germany 215 works
  9. 9 Australia 188 works
  10. 10 India 161 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: 41.4%China: 11.0%Spain: 10.5%United Kingdom: 6.7%6 others listed: 30.3%41%largest
United States1,817 · 41.4%China483 · 11.0%Spain461 · 10.5%United Kingdom295 · 6.7%6 others listed1,329 · 30.3%

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

Which institutions lead Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Ação Educativa publishes the most Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology research, followed by Washington University in St. Louis and Universidad Estatal de Milagro.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Ação Educativa Brazil 36 works
  2. 2 Washington University in St. Louis United States 33 works
  3. 3 Universidad Estatal de Milagro Ecuador 31 works
  4. 4 University of Michigan United States 28 works
  5. 5 Universidad Estatal Península de Santa Elena Ecuador 28 works
  6. 6 Peking University China 24 works
  7. 7 Bar-Ilan University Israel 24 works
  8. 8 Pennsylvania State University United States 24 works
  9. 9 University of Toronto Canada 23 works
  10. 10 University of Guayaquil Ecuador 23 works

Who are the leading researchers in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology?

Among the most productive authors in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology, Josep María Haro, Carol Brayne and Howard Gardner rank highest on the composite score.

  1. 1 Josep María Haro Spain · #63 worldwide 6.4k citations · 180 works
  2. 2 Carol Brayne United Kingdom · #131 worldwide 3.9k citations · 167 works
  3. 3 Howard Gardner United States · #205 worldwide 3.7k citations · 123 works
  4. 4 Bryan S. Turner United States · #337 worldwide 1.9k citations · 273 works
  5. 5 Francisco Herrera Spain · #517 worldwide 6.5k citations · 311 works
  6. 6 Paul B. Baltes Germany · #783 worldwide 2.1k citations · 147 works
  7. 7 Steve Iliffe United Kingdom · #1,469 worldwide 1.6k citations · 156 works
  8. 8 Luigi Ferrucci United States · #1,649 worldwide 5.3k citations · 345 works
  9. 9 Matteo Cesari Italy · #1,686 worldwide 2.1k citations · 87 works
  10. 10 Kaisu Pitkälä Finland · #1,770 worldwide 1.7k citations · 84 works

Re-ranked on the composite score from the 2,234 highest-output authors in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology. Identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation, which occasionally merges or splits people.

Top 100 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology researchers

Where is Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology research done?

The largest centres of Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology research in 2022–2025 are Beijing (China), Madrid (Spain), New York (United States) and London (United Kingdom). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in La Libertad and Guayaquil.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Beijing China 97 works
  2. 2 Madrid Spain 89 works
  3. 3 New York United States 75 works
  4. 4 London United Kingdom 72 works
  5. 5 Mexico City Mexico 69 works
  6. 6 Boston United States 64 works
  7. 7 Guayaquil Ecuador 64 works
  8. 8 São Paulo Brazil 61 works
  9. 9 Seoul South Korea 58 works
  10. 10 Hong Kong China 57 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. La LibertadEC · 27.6 works75×
  2. GuayaquilEC · 63.5 works19×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology than the world average.

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology research by country

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

Where is the best place to study Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology?

Among universities, judged by research, Bar-Ilan University, International Institute for Population Sciences and Washington University in St. Louis 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%60%mean 32.15%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →Bar-Ilan University: 24, 43.7%International Institute for Population Sciences: 12, 49.6%Washington University in St. Louis: 33, 21.2%Friedrich Schiller University Jena: 12, 34.1%National University of Singapore: 18, 38.1%University of Massachusetts Boston: 20, 10.5%Florida State University: 14, 33.4%University of Haifa: 14, 30.0%Hong Kong Polytechnic University: 16, 50.1%Universidad Estatal de Milagro: 31, 10.8%International Instit…Bar-Ilan UniversityFriedrich Schiller U…Washington Universit…
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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
1Bar-Ilan University Israel 79.643.7%13.8×24 +128.9%
2International Institute for Population Sciences India 68.049.6%53.5×12 —
3Washington University in St. Louis United States 65.821.2%7.1×33 +251.6%
4Friedrich Schiller University Jena Germany 61.834.1%8.7×12 +127.3%
5National University of Singapore Singapore 61.238.1%2.9×18 +191.1%
6University of Massachusetts Boston United States 61.010.5%27.4×20 +665.8%
7Florida State University United States 60.733.4%6.7×14 +215.9%
8University of Haifa Israel 60.330.0%9.3×14 +97.6%
9Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hong Kong 60.250.1%2.7×16 +70.5%
10Universidad Estatal de Milagro Ecuador 56.810.8%40.3×31 —

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 Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 42% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Aging and Gerontology Research and Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology.

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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.

What does Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology include?