Which institution is best at Social Psychology research?

Top Social Psychology Research Institutions

Harvard University ranks first in 2022-now, followed by Stanford University and University of Oxford, out of 703 ranked institutions.

Quality score: the square root of excellence (the share of works in the world top 10% against what the place's own topics predict, on English-language articles and reviews) times the square root of the journal factor (its papers in the Nature Index's selective journals against what its topics predict), times output to the power 0.3 times breadth (how much of the selected area it works in) to the power 0.25. Floor: 40 fractional works in this field.

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Ranked by research quality, 2022-now

#	Institution	Score	Top-10% rate	Works	Citations	All time
1	Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge	100.0	18.0%	569	5k	#1
2	Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford	89.4	17.8%	262	2.9k	#2
3	University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford	83.2	17.3%	297	2.5k	#4
4	Max Planck SocietyGermany · Munich	78.9	18.2%	219	2k	#12
5	University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge	75.4	15.1%	250	1.9k	#14
6	University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor	72.7	14.9%	429	2.9k	#3
7	University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	70.3	17.9%	403	3.6k	#6
8	University of TorontoCanada · Toronto	68.3	12.8%	574	3.7k	#11
9	Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca	66.5	14.2%	289	2.1k	#9
10	Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York	64.9	12.9%	297	2k	#7
11	Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven	63.4	14.6%	283	2.1k	#5
12	New York UniversityUnited States · New York	62.1	13.1%	327	2.3k	#8
13	University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle	60.9	12.3%	306	2.1k	#13
14	University of Hong KongChina · Pok Fu Lam	59.7	18.8%	232	1.9k	#32
15	Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityChina · Hong Kong	58.7	24.7%	291	2.5k	#59
16	Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore	57.7	15.3%	294	2.2k	#18
17	University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia	56.8	15.5%	220	1.9k	#16
18	Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing	55.9	15.8%	342	2.5k	#72
19	The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne	55.1	18.1%	351	2.7k	#41
20	Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris	54.3	8.0%	797	3.2k	#27
21	The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin	53.6	14.2%	262	1.7k	#19
22	UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney	52.8	18.2%	268	2.7k	#42
23	University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam	52.2	18.1%	199	1.6k	#52
24	Chinese Academy of SciencesChina · Beijing	51.5	17.2%	298	2.4k	#65
25	University of California, San FranciscoUnited States · San Francisco	50.9	15.7%	147	1.1k	#36
26	University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles	50.3	14.9%	251	1.8k	#10
27	Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing	49.7	18.5%	249	2k	#48
28	Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore	49.2	17.9%	194	1.6k	#35
29	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität MünchenGermany · Munich	48.6	13.5%	219	1.3k	#37
30	University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	48.1	16.7%	214	1.7k	#25
31	Peking UniversityChina · Beijing	47.6	19.3%	228	1.9k	#88
32	Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne	47.1	16.6%	257	1.8k	#31
33	Northwestern UniversityUnited States · Evanston	46.7	13.5%	203	1.5k	#17
34	National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore	46.2	21.0%	177	1.7k	#53
35	University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley	45.8	12.7%	179	1.2k	#15
36	University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen	45.3	15.8%	203	1.2k	#29
37	University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison	44.9	13.4%	238	1.5k	#40
38	The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane	44.5	15.9%	270	2k	#24
39	Chinese University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	44.1	22.9%	195	1.9k	#71
40	Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht	43.7	16.8%	207	1.7k	#58
41	Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai	43.4	17.3%	234	1.6k	#76
42	Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States · Cambridge	43.0	16.7%	102	937	#28
43	King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London	42.6	16.8%	245	1.9k	#84
44	Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen	42.3	13.6%	176	1.2k	#51
45	Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus	41.9	9.2%	365	1.3k	#30
46	Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham	41.6	13.1%	191	1.4k	#21
47	University of California San DiegoUnited States · San Diego	41.3	12.1%	179	1.3k	#23
48	Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam	40.9	18.9%	164	1.4k	#68
49	ETH ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich	40.6	24.5%	65	667	#49
50	Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai	40.3	17.4%	193	1.2k	-
51	McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal	40.0	12.3%	272	1.7k	#33
52	Washington University in St. LouisUnited States · St Louis	39.7	12.1%	159	1k	#64
53	University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen	39.4	17.0%	207	1.7k	#47
54	University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago	39.1	9.5%	231	1.1k	#34
55	Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou	38.9	17.2%	245	1.8k	-
56	University of ViennaAustria · Vienna	38.6	15.0%	185	1k	-
57	University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana	38.3	12.6%	231	1.4k	#20
58	University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver	38.1	13.3%	328	2k	#56
59	The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney	37.8	16.8%	284	2k	-
60	Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College	37.5	11.5%	362	2k	#44
61	University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh	37.3	12.5%	212	1.2k	#69
62	Princeton UniversityUnited States · Princeton	37.0	13.6%	83	673	#38
63	National Institutes of HealthUnited States · Bethesda	36.8	17.1%	101	999	#22
64	Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft	36.6	16.5%	188	1.5k	#46
65	University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter	36.3	19.9%	149	1.3k	-
66	Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe	36.1	12.4%	308	1.6k	#39
67	Indiana UniversityUnited States · Bloomington	35.9	10.0%	312	1.7k	#55
68	Universität HamburgGermany · Hamburg	35.6	16.2%	187	1.4k	#62
69	Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette	35.4	10.9%	270	1.6k	#82
70	University of LausanneSwitzerland · Lausanne	35.2	13.9%	139	858	-
71	University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester	35.0	14.6%	187	1.2k	#67
72	Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta	34.8	11.9%	193	1.2k	#45
73	The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus	34.6	10.4%	307	1.7k	#91
74	Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam	34.3	16.4%	207	1.5k	#99
75	KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven	34.1	14.7%	217	1.5k	#86
76	Heidelberg UniversityGermany · Heidelberg	33.9	13.6%	151	725	#83
77	Hebrew University of JerusalemIsrael · Jerusalem	33.7	14.1%	141	863	-
78	Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany · Berlin	33.5	12.0%	144	793	-
79	Karolinska InstitutetSweden · Stockholm	33.3	16.5%	122	1.1k	-
80	University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park	33.2	14.1%	167	896	#26
81	Boston UniversityUnited States · Boston	33.0	13.2%	153	932	-
82	Leibniz AssociationGermany · Berlin	32.8	17.8%	192	1.1k	#60
83	University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis	32.6	12.0%	194	1.3k	#50
84	Education University of Hong KongChina · Tai Po	32.4	22.2%	138	1.3k	#78
85	University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki	32.2	15.9%	195	1.3k	-
86	University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles	32.1	15.5%	195	1.5k	#54
87	Australian National UniversityAustralia · Canberra	31.9	20.9%	125	877	-
88	University of PittsburghUnited States · Pittsburgh	31.7	9.5%	189	1.2k	#43
89	University of BaselSwitzerland · Basel	31.5	17.4%	83	645	-
90	University of VirginiaUnited States · Charlottesville	31.4	14.4%	178	1.1k	#98
91	Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome	31.2	15.2%	556	1.6k	-
92	University of BernSwitzerland · Bern	31.0	14.3%	164	996	-
93	University of Colorado BoulderUnited States · Boulder	30.9	12.8%	115	662	#75
94	Stockholm UniversitySweden · Stockholm	30.7	14.6%	113	555	-
95	City University of Hong KongChina · Hong Kong	30.5	15.2%	123	787	#87
96	East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai	30.4	17.7%	158	894	-
97	Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States · Nashville	30.2	12.4%	162	970	#77
98	Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent	30.1	13.8%	224	1.6k	#90
99	Carnegie Mellon UniversityUnited States · Pittsburgh	29.9	14.1%	109	974	#63
100	University of TübingenGermany · Tübingen	29.7	14.9%	123	822	-

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1 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance 902 works
2 Islamic Azad University, TehranIran 715 works
3 University of TorontoCanada 659 works
4 Harvard UniversityUnited States 648 works
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 646 works
6 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 589 works
7 University of MichiganUnited States 497 works
8 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 465 works
9 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 414 works
10 Russian Academy of SciencesRussia 412 works
11 The University of MelbourneAustralia 402 works
12 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 397 works
13 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 396 works
14 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 393 works
15 New York UniversityUnited States 388 works

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