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Social Psychology research in France

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ranks first in France for Social Psychology research in 2022–2025 (#63 worldwide), followed by Inserm.

France's world rank
#14
of 76 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
3.4k
Top-10% rate
16.9%
Ranked institutions
2

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

What is the best university for Social Psychology in France?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueParis #6336.227.7%202
2InsermParis #3977.925.8%68

Institutions in France 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 France?

David Cohen, Xuguang Wang and Viviane Kovess–Masféty rank highest among researchers based in France.

  1. 1David Cohen#3,010 worldwide overall1.4k citations · 8 works
  2. 2Xuguang Wang#11,537 worldwide overall623 citations · 14 works
  3. 3Viviane Kovess–Masféty#14,158 worldwide overall606 citations · 11 works
  4. 4Rachid Alami#15,873 worldwide overall976 citations · 12 works
  5. 5Marc Jeannerod#33,947 worldwide overall510 citations · 16 works
  6. 6Andrew E. Clark#51,693 worldwide overall647 citations · 17 works
  7. 7Quy Nguyen Huy#58,851 worldwide overall454 citations · 8 works
  8. 8Paula M. Niedenthal#62,676 worldwide overall449 citations · 17 works
  9. 9Enzo Traverso#75,761 worldwide overall57 citations · 7 works
  10. 10Mohamed Chétouani#86,882 worldwide overall550 citations · 15 works
  11. 11Bernard Thierry#92,465 worldwide overall465 citations · 7 works
  12. 12Claudia Sénik#117,842 worldwide overall210 citations · 11 works
  13. 13Erik Hollnagel#136,016 worldwide overall409 citations · 18 works
  14. 14Thierry Chaminade#139,753 worldwide overall222 citations · 9 works
  15. 15Thierry Bellet#165,977 worldwide overall110 citations · 11 works

How France compares with other countries in Social Psychology