Subfield · Social Psychology
Top Countries in Social Psychology Research
United States ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 76 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 | 20.5% | 38k | 188k | #1 |
| 2 | China | 84.0 | 28.7% | 16k | 99k | #4 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 74.6 | 25.4% | 9.4k | 60k | #2 |
| 4 | Germany | 68.0 | 21.2% | 9.1k | 41k | #3 |
| 5 | Australia | 62.8 | 30.8% | 4.8k | 35k | #6 |
| 6 | Canada | 58.6 | 22.9% | 5.3k | 28k | #5 |
| 7 | Italy | 55.1 | 27.6% | 4k | 25k | #8 |
| 8 | India | 52.0 | 12.6% | 7.8k | 20k | #13 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 49.3 | 31.9% | 2.6k | 19k | #7 |
| 10 | Spain | 46.8 | 20.9% | 5.1k | 23k | #9 |
| 11 | Türkiye | 44.6 | 10.9% | 11k | 18k | #16 |
| 12 | South Korea | 42.6 | 24.0% | 2.4k | 13k | #20 |
| 13 | Iran | 40.8 | 14.3% | 2.6k | 9.7k | #30 |
| 14 | France | 39.1 | 16.9% | 3.4k | 13k | #10 |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 37.5 | 35.1% | 1.1k | 9.4k | #19 |
| 16 | Malaysia | 36.0 | 14.7% | 2.4k | 7.8k | #31 |
| 17 | Japan | 34.6 | 11.1% | 4.7k | 13k | #14 |
| 18 | Switzerland | 33.3 | 24.2% | 1.6k | 8.8k | #11 |
| 19 | Sweden | 32.0 | 27.7% | 1.6k | 9.2k | #12 |
| 20 | Norway | 30.8 | 22.4% | 1.6k | 7.9k | #18 |
| 21 | Poland | 29.7 | 15.4% | 2.4k | 7.7k | #27 |
| 22 | Finland | 28.6 | 28.8% | 1k | 6.3k | #21 |
| 23 | Portugal | 27.6 | 24.9% | 1.5k | 7.6k | #29 |
| 24 | South Africa | 26.6 | 22.4% | 1.4k | 7k | #25 |
| 25 | Taiwan | 25.7 | 23.8% | 1.2k | 7k | #32 |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 24.8 | 27.4% | 878 | 5.6k | #36 |
| 27 | Greece | 23.9 | 27.4% | 813 | 4.3k | #35 |
| 28 | Israel | 23.1 | 25.2% | 1.3k | 6.9k | #15 |
| 29 | Brazil | 22.2 | 8.5% | 4.7k | 9.8k | #24 |
| 30 | Denmark | 21.5 | 14.0% | 1.8k | 5.5k | #23 |
| 31 | Austria | 20.7 | 21.4% | 1.2k | 5.3k | #26 |
| 32 | Singapore | 20.0 | 34.3% | 600 | 4.8k | #28 |
| 33 | Indonesia | 19.3 | 6.4% | 5.3k | 6.2k | #38 |
| 34 | Belgium | 18.6 | 24.9% | 1k | 5.7k | #17 |
| 35 | Ireland | 17.9 | 24.7% | 692 | 4k | #33 |
| 36 | ?? | 17.3 | 14.1% | 1.5k | 5.1k | #34 |
| 37 | New Zealand | 16.6 | 25.4% | 785 | 7k | #22 |
| 38 | Pakistan | 16.0 | 9.0% | 2.1k | 4.9k | #40 |
| 39 | Romania | 15.4 | 16.9% | 874 | 3k | #44 |
| 40 | Mexico | 14.8 | 7.6% | 2.4k | 4.2k | #39 |
| 41 | Macau | 14.3 | 37.8% | 263 | 1.8k | #47 |
| 42 | Thailand | 13.7 | 16.3% | 843 | 3.1k | #48 |
| 43 | Bangladesh | 13.2 | 21.4% | 534 | 2.2k | #51 |
| 44 | Egypt | 12.6 | 13.7% | 698 | 2.3k | #52 |
| 45 | Philippines | 12.1 | 8.7% | 1.1k | 2.3k | #49 |
| 46 | Chile | 11.6 | 15.2% | 1.2k | 3.3k | #43 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 11.1 | 23.2% | 417 | 2.3k | #46 |
| 48 | Czechia | 10.6 | 18.0% | 674 | 2.6k | #41 |
| 49 | Hungary | 10.1 | 16.2% | 844 | 2.6k | #42 |
| 50 | Russia | 9.7 | 6.9% | 2.1k | 3.3k | #37 |
| 51 | Peru | 9.2 | 8.9% | 1.2k | 2.4k | #56 |
| 52 | Nigeria | 8.8 | 9.0% | 1.1k | 2.1k | #55 |
| 53 | Jordan | 8.3 | 20.2% | 357 | 1.4k | #61 |
| 54 | Colombia | 7.9 | 8.3% | 1.3k | 2.3k | #50 |
| 55 | Ecuador | 7.5 | 7.6% | 1.3k | 1.8k | #60 |
| 56 | Vietnam | 7.1 | 18.6% | 466 | 1.8k | #59 |
| 57 | Argentina | 6.6 | 6.1% | 1.2k | 1.6k | #45 |
| 58 | Ethiopia | 6.2 | 27.8% | 260 | 1.6k | #64 |
| 59 | Ghana | 5.8 | 19.9% | 330 | 1.3k | #65 |
| 60 | Lithuania | 5.5 | 18.8% | 291 | 1.1k | #66 |
| 61 | Cyprus | 5.1 | 23.1% | 224 | 1.1k | #53 |
| 62 | Slovenia | 4.7 | 19.2% | 337 | 1.1k | #57 |
| 63 | Croatia | 4.3 | 13.3% | 430 | 1.2k | #58 |
| 64 | Ukraine | 4.0 | 6.2% | 755 | 759 | #69 |
| 65 | Kenya | 3.6 | 13.3% | 343 | 914 | #54 |
| 66 | Estonia | 3.3 | 16.7% | 210 | 787 | #63 |
| 67 | Serbia | 2.9 | 13.9% | 364 | 1k | #67 |
| 68 | Kazakhstan | 2.6 | 13.2% | 317 | 624 | #75 |
| 69 | Slovakia | 2.2 | 16.0% | 305 | 970 | #62 |
| 70 | Iraq | 1.9 | 4.8% | 688 | 614 | #71 |
| 71 | Nepal | 1.6 | 10.0% | 299 | 785 | #77 |
| 72 | Morocco | 124.8 | 13.2% | 240 | 570 | #73 |
| 73 | Tunisia | 93.0 | 15.0% | 212 | 660 | #81 |
| 74 | Sri Lanka | 61.6 | 10.7% | 233 | 595 | #76 |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 30.6 | 10.7% | 225 | 438 | #78 |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 0.0 | 6.9% | 209 | 198 | #83 |
countries ranked worldwide in Social Psychology (76). 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.