Psychology and Mental Health
Psychology and Mental Health is a research topic within Clinical Psychology. Science Explorer counts 29k research works in it since 1950. 2.4% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.
This cluster of papers encompasses a wide range of topics related to psychoanalysis, mental health, clinical practice, social determinants of mental health, diagnostic labels in depression, parenting, adolescence, and qualitative research methods in psychopathology.
- Psychoanalysis
- Mental Health
- Clinical Practice
- Social Determinants
- Diagnostic Labels
- Depression
- Parenting
- Adolescence
- Qualitative Research
- Psychopathology
- Research works
- 29k fractional, since 1950
- In the world top 10%
- 695 per year above
- Top-10% rate
- 2.4% share of its works in the world top 10%
- Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
- +22% the tick is no change
Which countries lead Psychology and Mental Health research?
By volume, Brazil and Portugal publish the most (4.7k and 201 works in 2022–2025).
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Brazil 4.7k works
- 2 Portugal 201 works
- 3 United States 196 works
- 4 France 144 works
- 5 Spain 111 works
- 6 Mexico 66 works
- 7 Argentina 58 works
- 8 ?? 58 works
- 9 United Kingdom 54 works
- 10 Italy 41 works
How concentrated that is
The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which institutions lead Psychology and Mental Health research?
By volume in 2022–2025, Universidade de São Paulo publishes the most Psychology and Mental Health research, followed by Sociedade Brasileira de Psicologia and Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.
By volume, 2022–2025
- 1 Universidade de São PauloBrazil 168 works
- 2 Sociedade Brasileira de PsicologiaBrazil 134 works
- 3 Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 119 works
- 4 Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do SulBrazil 109 works
- 5 Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil 103 works
- 6 Universidade Federal de Minas GeraisBrazil 99 works
- 7 Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São PauloBrazil 97 works
- 8 Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil 93 works
- 9 Universidade Federal de Santa CatarinaBrazil 91 works
- 10 Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil 87 works
Who are the leading researchers in Psychology and Mental Health?
The most-cited researchers publishing on Psychology and Mental Health include Sigmund Freud and Peter Fonagy.
- 1 Sigmund Freud United States 2.7k citations
- 2 Peter Fonagy United Kingdom 1.2k citations
Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.
Where is Psychology and Mental Health research done?
The largest centres of Psychology and Mental Health research in 2022–2025 are São Paulo (Brazil), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Belo Horizonte (Brazil) and Porto Alegre (Brazil). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Ribeirão Preto, Vassouras and Maldonado.
Largest cities, 2022–2025
- 1 São Paulo Brazil 793 works
- 2 Rio de Janeiro Brazil 434 works
- 3 Belo Horizonte Brazil 235 works
- 4 Porto Alegre Brazil 177 works
- 5 Brasília Brazil 174 works
- 6 Ribeirão Preto Brazil 154 works
- 7 Curitiba Brazil 153 works
- 8 Florianópolis Brazil 119 works
- 9 Fortaleza Brazil 113 works
- 10 Salvador Brazil 113 works
Where it is the local speciality
- Ribeirão PretoBR · 153.8 works119×
- VassourasBR · 20.9 works66×
- MaldonadoUY · 24.6 works57×
Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Psychology and Mental Health than the world average.
Where is the best place to study Psychology and Mental Health?
Among universities, judged by research, Centro Universitário de Patos de Minas, Universidade de Brasília and Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.
One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.
| # | University | Score | Top 10% | Specialisation | Works | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Centro Universitário de Patos de MinasBrazil | 63.3 | 14.8% | 40.2× | 11 | — |
| 2 | Universidade de BrasíliaBrazil | 56.8 | 3.6% | 28.9× | 93 | +73.4% |
| 3 | Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do SulBrazil | 54.5 | 3.5% | 17.3× | 23 | +193.5% |
| 4 | Universidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaBrazil | 54.5 | 5.5% | 12.6× | 12 | +240.6% |
| 5 | AVM Faculdade IntegradaBrazil | 54.2 | 6.4% | 54.5× | 10 | +158.9% |
| 6 | Universidade Federal do ParanáBrazil | 54.0 | 4.1% | 21.2× | 62 | +59.3% |
| 7 | Universidade de São PauloBrazil | 53.4 | 1.7% | 16.9× | 168 | +2.4% |
| 8 | Universidade Federal de São CarlosBrazil | 52.8 | 3.5% | 29.4× | 65 | +44.4% |
| 9 | Universidade Federal FluminenseBrazil | 52.2 | 2.5% | 32.2× | 88 | +49.4% |
| 10 | Universidade do Estado do Rio de JaneiroBrazil | 51.5 | 2.7% | 39.5× | 103 | +15.4% |
Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.
Is Psychology and Mental Health research growing?
Output in 2018–2022 was 22% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2020. The fastest-growing topics are Psychology and Mental Health.
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.
Which topics inside it are moving
Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.