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Top Social Psychology Research Institutions

University College London ranks first in 2022–2025, out of 664 ranked institutions.

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: 40 fractional works in this field.

Ranked by research quality, 2022–2025

#InstitutionScoreTop-10% rateWorksCitationsAll time
1 University College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 100.0 31.6% 372 3.2k#5
2 Harvard UniversityUnited States · Cambridge 89.3 36.6% 287 3k#3
3 The University of MelbourneAustralia · Melbourne 83.1 31.8% 327 2.5k#42
4 University of TorontoCanada · Toronto 78.7 26.7% 443 2.7k#13
5 Stanford UniversityUnited States · Stanford 75.2 35.5% 220 2.5k#2
6 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong · Hong Kong 72.4 39.5% 291 2.5k#60
7 King's College LondonUnited Kingdom · London 70.1 33.0% 234 1.9k#40
8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom · Oxford 68.0 33.8% 268 2.3k#9
9 UNSW SydneyAustralia · Sydney 66.2 33.7% 243 2.5k#53
10 University of MichiganUnited States · Ann Arbor 64.6 29.4% 375 2.6k#1
11 Yale UniversityUnited States · New Haven 63.1 29.8% 274 2.1k#6
12 Beijing Normal UniversityChina · Beijing 61.8 31.6% 318 2.3k—
13 Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong · Hong Kong 60.5 37.1% 192 1.9k#93
14 Nanyang Technological UniversitySingapore · Singapore 59.4 37.9% 194 1.6k—
15 New York UniversityUnited States · New York 58.3 28.1% 257 1.8k#15
16 Tsinghua UniversityChina · Beijing 57.3 30.9% 240 1.9k—
17 The University of QueenslandAustralia · Brisbane 56.4 31.5% 247 1.9k#24
18 Arizona State UniversityUnited States · Tempe 55.5 26.9% 308 1.6k#20
19 University of British ColumbiaCanada · Vancouver 54.7 25.6% 285 1.8k#12
20 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom · Cambridge 53.9 30.8% 235 1.7k#17
21 The University of Texas at AustinUnited States · Austin 53.1 29.1% 260 1.7k#14
22 University of California, Los AngelesUnited States · Los Angeles 52.4 26.8% 227 1.7k#4
23 Education University of Hong KongHong Kong · Tai Po 51.7 43.7% 138 1.3k—
24 The University of SydneyAustralia · Sydney 51.1 29.6% 264 1.8k#61
25 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 50.5 31.7% 198 1.4k#62
26 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Rome 49.9 12.9% 552 1.5k—
27 Cornell UniversityUnited States · Ithaca 49.3 29.2% 240 1.7k#16
28 Zhejiang UniversityChina · Hangzhou 48.7 31.5% 201 1.5k—
29 University of Hong KongHong Kong · Pok Fu Lam 48.2 31.9% 227 1.9k—
30 University of FloridaUnited States · Gainesville 47.7 23.3% 264 1.5k#39
31 University of PennsylvaniaUnited States · Philadelphia 47.2 30.1% 203 1.8k#23
32 Peking UniversityChina · Beijing 46.7 30.5% 197 1.5k—
33 Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States · Baltimore 46.2 28.3% 220 1.7k#38
34 Monash UniversityAustralia · Melbourne 45.7 32.3% 226 1.6k#66
35 Purdue University West LafayetteUnited States · West Lafayette 45.3 26.6% 270 1.6k#36
36 Columbia UniversityUnited States · New York 44.9 27.3% 256 1.8k#7
37 National University of SingaporeSingapore · Singapore 44.4 36.0% 156 1.5k—
38 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Amsterdam 44.0 35.2% 186 1.5k#26
39 University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States · Los Angeles 43.6 26.3% 181 1.4k#28
40 University of AucklandNew Zealand · Auckland 43.2 31.1% 175 3.8k#71
41 Griffith UniversityAustralia · Brisbane 42.9 34.2% 159 1.2k#80
42 University of Wisconsin–MadisonUnited States · Madison 42.5 28.2% 237 1.5k#18
43 University of WashingtonUnited States · Seattle 42.1 25.9% 264 1.9k#11
44 University of ZurichSwitzerland · Zurich 41.8 31.7% 193 1.5k#47
45 University of GroningenNetherlands · Groningen 41.4 36.5% 173 1.5k#51
46 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands · Utrecht 41.1 35.7% 190 1.5k#43
47 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States · State College 40.8 23.1% 342 1.9k#21
48 Deakin UniversityAustralia · Burwood 40.4 32.4% 177 1.3k—
49 KU LeuvenBelgium · Leuven 40.1 32.9% 201 1.3k#67
50 University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom · Manchester 39.8 27.4% 181 1.2k#79
51 McGill UniversityCanada · Montreal 39.5 25.7% 210 1.4k#41
52 The Ohio State UniversityUnited States · Columbus 39.2 26.5% 261 1.4k#19
53 University of OsloNorway · Oslo 38.9 28.2% 173 1.1k—
54 University of EdinburghUnited Kingdom · Edinburgh 38.6 25.9% 205 1.2k#84
55 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States · Chapel Hill 38.3 10.1% 533 1.4k#30
56 Michigan State UniversityUnited States · East Lansing 38.1 25.9% 220 1.3k#22
57 University of ExeterUnited Kingdom · Exeter 37.8 36.6% 146 1.3k#94
58 Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityChina · Shanghai 37.5 33.1% 187 1.2k—
59 Delft University of TechnologyNetherlands · Delft 37.3 34.6% 188 1.5k#70
60 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands · Rotterdam 37.0 35.5% 133 1.1k#55
61 Aarhus UniversityDenmark · Aarhus 36.7 15.5% 328 1.2k—
62 University of HelsinkiFinland · Helsinki 36.5 29.4% 180 1.2k#99
63 Centre National de la Recherche ScientifiqueFrance · Paris 36.2 27.7% 202 1.3k#78
64 University of PaduaItaly · Padua 36.0 32.4% 167 1.3k—
65 University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignUnited States · Urbana 35.8 27.5% 231 1.4k#10
66 Clemson UniversityUnited States · Clemson 35.5 24.3% 152 1.3k—
67 Ghent UniversityBelgium · Ghent 35.3 32.2% 149 1.2k#81
68 University of California, BerkeleyUnited States · Berkeley 35.1 25.8% 170 1.1k#8
69 University of MacauMacau · Macao 34.8 37.7% 113 747—
70 East China Normal UniversityChina · Shanghai 34.6 32.4% 158 894—
71 Nanjing Normal UniversityChina · Nanjing 34.4 33.5% 89 860—
72 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands · Tilburg 34.2 32.9% 129 966#100
73 University of CalgaryCanada · Calgary 34.0 23.9% 184 914—
74 University of JohannesburgSouth Africa · Johannesburg 33.8 30.1% 169 862—
75 Universidad de GranadaSpain · Granada 33.6 26.0% 205 1.2k—
76 University of MinnesotaUnited States · Minneapolis 33.4 26.3% 188 1.2k#34
77 Universitat de ValènciaSpain · Valencia 33.2 23.9% 194 1k—
78 Texas A&M UniversityUnited States · College Station 33.0 25.5% 187 1.4k#74
79 University of CopenhagenDenmark · Copenhagen 32.8 26.7% 170 1k—
80 Macquarie UniversityAustralia · Sydney 32.6 35.3% 142 1.1k—
81 Universiti Putra MalaysiaMalaysia · Seri Kembangan 32.4 18.5% 188 712—
82 University of VirginiaUnited States · Charlottesville 32.2 27.9% 172 1k#35
83 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands · Nijmegen 32.0 30.7% 148 1k#73
84 University of GlasgowUnited Kingdom · Glasgow 31.8 27.1% 155 1k—
85 University of BolognaItaly · Bologna 31.6 32.1% 161 1.1k—
86 University of WaterlooCanada · Waterloo 31.5 25.5% 170 1.1k#68
87 University of AlbertaCanada · Edmonton 31.3 24.1% 174 1.2k—
88 University of California, DavisUnited States · Davis 31.1 25.8% 160 1.1k#33
89 Duke UniversityUnited States · Durham 30.9 26.6% 163 1.2k#45
90 Emory UniversityUnited States · Atlanta 30.8 23.1% 175 1k#27
91 University of Maryland, College ParkUnited States · College Park 30.6 27.2% 166 889#25
92 University of ViennaAustria · Vienna 30.4 27.4% 184 1k—
93 University of LeedsUnited Kingdom · Leeds 30.2 25.0% 161 954—
94 Southwest UniversityChina · Chongqing 30.1 27.7% 148 926—
95 Tongji UniversityChina · Shanghai 29.9 30.4% 186 1.1k—
96 University of TurinItaly · Turin 29.8 34.9% 119 919—
97 Australian Catholic UniversityAustralia · Brisbane 29.6 42.8% 63 723—
98 University of HaifaIsrael · Haifa 29.4 23.8% 186 1k—
99 Norwegian University of Science and TechnologyNorway · Trondheim 29.3 30.4% 154 1k—
100 University of ChicagoUnited States · Chicago 29.1 20.8% 219 1k#32

institutions ranked worldwide in Social Psychology (664). 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.

29 – 33: 21 places33 – 36: 16 places36 – 40: 13 places40 – 43: 11 places43 – 47: 8 places47 – 50: 6 places50 – 54: 6 places54 – 57: 4 places57 – 61: 3 places61 – 65: 3 places65 – 68: 2 places68 – 72: 1 places72 – 75: 1 places75 – 79: 2 places79 – 82: 0 places82 – 86: 1 places86 – 89: 1 places89 – 93: 0 places93 – 96: 0 places96 – 100: 1 places29100

One bar per band of score, counting the rows on this page.

Ranked by volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Sapienza University of RomeItaly 552 works
  2. 2 University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUnited States 533 works
  3. 3 University of TorontoCanada 443 works
  4. 4 University of MichiganUnited States 375 works
  5. 5 University College LondonUnited Kingdom 372 works
  6. 6 Aalborg UniversityDenmark 356 works
  7. 7 Pennsylvania State UniversityUnited States 342 works
  8. 8 University of RichmondUnited States 339 works
  9. 9 Aarhus UniversityDenmark 328 works
  10. 10 The University of MelbourneAustralia 327 works
  11. 11 Beijing Normal UniversityChina 319 works
  12. 12 Arizona State UniversityUnited States 308 works
  13. 13 Hong Kong Polytechnic UniversityHong Kong 291 works
  14. 14 Universiti Teknologi MARAMalaysia 290 works
  15. 15 Harvard UniversityUnited States 287 works

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