How does China rank in Social Psychology research?

China ranks #2 of 76 countries on research quality in Social Psychology (2022–2025), with 16k works.

Social Psychology research in China

Beijing Normal University ranks first in China for Social Psychology research in 2022–2025 (#12 worldwide), followed by Tsinghua University and Zhejiang University.

China's world rank: #2
Works, 2022–2025: 16k
Top-10% rate: 28.7%
Ranked institutions: 47

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Social Psychology in China?

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	Beijing Normal UniversityBeijing	#12	61.8	31.6%	318
2	Tsinghua UniversityBeijing	#16	57.3	30.9%	240
3	Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou	#28	48.7	31.5%	201
4	Peking UniversityBeijing	#32	46.7	30.6%	197
5	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityShanghai	#58	37.5	33.1%	187
6	East China Normal UniversityShanghai	#70	34.6	32.4%	158
7	Nanjing Normal UniversityNanjing	#71	34.4	33.5%	89
8	Southwest UniversityChongqing	#94	30.1	27.7%	148
9	Tongji UniversityShanghai	#95	29.9	30.4%	186
10	Renmin University of ChinaBeijing	#102	28.8	31.2%	148
11	Shandong UniversityJinan	#106	28.2	37.6%	100
12	Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhan	#108	28.0	34.9%	106
13	Zhejiang Normal UniversityJinhua	#115	27.0	35.7%	91
14	Southeast UniversityNanjing	#121	26.2	27.8%	134
15	South China Normal UniversityGuangzhou	#123	26.0	30.4%	105
16	Central China Normal UniversityWuhan	#124	25.8	30.6%	121
17	Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou	#126	25.6	32.8%	127
18	Xi'an Jiaotong UniversityXi'an	#138	24.2	35.3%	90
19	Sichuan UniversityChengdu	#142	23.7	32.6%	112
20	Fudan UniversityShanghai	#160	21.9	25.6%	108
21	Shaanxi Normal UniversityXi'an	#172	20.8	39.4%	94
22	Shenzhen UniversityShenzhen	#180	20.1	35.5%	84
23	Beihang UniversityBeijing	#181	20.0	27.8%	101
24	Beijing Institute of TechnologyBeijing	#188	19.4	23.8%	94
25	Central South UniversityChangsha	#198	18.6	35.6%	88
26	Wuhan University of TechnologyWuhan	#206	18.0	30.9%	86
27	Wuhan UniversityWuhan	#208	17.9	31.0%	106
28	Soochow UniversitySuzhou	#216	17.3	29.1%	72
29	Harbin Institute of TechnologyHarbin	#217	17.2	28.2%	89
30	Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing	#231	16.2	35.0%	68
31	Tianjin UniversityTianjin	#233	16.1	35.9%	67
32	Guangzhou UniversityGuangzhou	#256	14.7	35.7%	69
33	Jilin UniversityChangchun	#285	13.0	31.2%	66
34	Xiamen UniversityXiamen	#288	12.9	34.3%	70
35	University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing	#290	12.8	28.1%	88
36	South China University of TechnologyGuangzhou	#294	12.5	30.1%	80
37	Northeast Normal UniversityChangchun	#310	11.7	36.8%	64
38	Chongqing UniversityChongqing	#344	10.1	30.3%	64
39	Hunan UniversityChangsha	#355	9.6	27.9%	73
40	Shanghai Normal UniversityShanghai	#361	9.4	31.2%	76
41	Beijing Jiaotong UniversityBeijing	#368	9.1	27.5%	65
42	East China University of Science and TechnologyShanghai	#386	8.4	26.2%	72
43	Nanjing UniversityNanjing	#407	7.5	29.2%	65
44	Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijing	#410	7.4	20.1%	91
45	Nanjing University of Aeronautics and AstronauticsNanjing	#414	7.3	30.6%	61
46	Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool UniversitySuzhou	#457	5.8	22.4%	61
47	Sino-Danish Centre for Education and ResearchBeijing	#662	5.0	1.6%	79

Institutions in China above the floor of 40 fractional works in Social Psychology, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Social Psychology researchers in China?

Kaiping Peng, Xiaolan Fu and Yu Zhang rank highest among researchers based in China.

1Kaiping Peng#31,145 worldwide overall422 citations · 8 works
2Xiaolan Fu#76,126 worldwide overall520 citations · 14 works
3Yu Zhang#91,397 worldwide overall422 citations · 9 works
4Rami K. Isaac#131,037 worldwide overall132 citations · 8 works
5John Benedicto Krejsler#184,482 worldwide overall93 citations · 14 works
6Jeroen Nawijn#273,221 worldwide overall126 citations · 8 works
7Dan Li#307,431 worldwide overall153 citations · 8 works
8Tingru Zhang#315,803 worldwide overall231 citations · 12 works
9Pengcheng Wang#318,764 worldwide overall163 citations · 10 works
10Xiao Yan Zhang#321,456 worldwide overall209 citations · 11 works
11Dan Zhang#368,824 worldwide overall184 citations · 8 works
12Hongfei Lin#447,047 worldwide overall413 citations · 7 works
13Keith M. Kendrick#447,815 worldwide overall243 citations · 11 works
14Ondrej Mitas#477,218 worldwide overall145 citations · 11 works
15Shihui Han#484,141 worldwide overall162 citations · 16 works

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