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Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy

Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy is a research topic within Social Psychology. Science Explorer counts 19k research works in it since 1950. 6.3% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the intersection of coaching, psychodrama, and professional development, focusing on the impact of coaching relationships, self-efficacy, personality match, and emotional regulation in workplace settings. It also delves into the outcomes and effectiveness of coaching, as well as the role of supervision in coaching practices.

  • Coaching
  • Psychodrama
  • Workplace
  • Relationship
  • Self-Efficacy
  • Personality Match
  • Outcomes
  • Supervision
  • Emotional Regulation
  • Professional Development
Research works
19k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.2k
per year above
Top-10% rate
6.3%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
+6%
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Which countries lead Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy research?

By volume, Germany and Austria publish the most (2.2k and 214 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Germany 2.2k works
  2. 2 Austria 214 works
  3. 3 Switzerland 176 works
  4. 4 United States 172 works
  5. 5 United Kingdom 54 works
  6. 6 Estonia 36 works
  7. 7 Netherlands 25 works
  8. 8 China 21 works
  9. 9 Canada 18 works
  10. 10 France 14 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.

Germany: 75.4%Austria: 7.2%Switzerland: 5.9%United States: 5.8%6 others listed: 5.7%75%largest
Germany2,233 · 75.4%Austria214 · 7.2%Switzerland176 · 5.9%United States172 · 5.8%6 others listed169 · 5.7%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy research?

By volume in 2022–2025, München Klinik publishes the most Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy research, followed by Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin and University of Münster.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 München KlinikGermany 59 works
  2. 2 Charité - Universitätsmedizin BerlinGermany 50 works
  3. 3 University of MünsterGermany 40 works
  4. 4 PraxisEstonia 36 works
  5. 5 KRH Klinikum NordstadtGermany 36 works
  6. 6 TU Dortmund UniversityGermany 28 works
  7. 7 Bielefeld UniversityGermany 28 works
  8. 8 LVR-Klinik KölnGermany 28 works
  9. 9 Philipps University of MarburgGermany 27 works
  10. 10 University of KasselGermany 24 works

Who are the leading researchers in Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy include Sigmund Freud and H. J. Eysenck.

  1. 1 Sigmund Freud United States 2.7k citations
  2. 2 H. J. Eysenck United Kingdom 2.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy research done?

The largest centres of Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy research in 2022–2025 are Berlin (Germany), Munich (Germany), Vienna (Austria) and Hamburg (Germany).

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Berlin Germany 208 works
  2. 2 Munich Germany 156 works
  3. 3 Vienna Austria 116 works
  4. 4 Hamburg Germany 111 works
  5. 5 Cologne Germany 97 works
  6. 6 Münster Germany 87 works
  7. 7 Frankfurt am Main Germany 64 works
  8. 8 Hanover Germany 61 works
  9. 9 Stuttgart Germany 56 works
  10. 10 Bochum Germany 49 works
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Where is the best place to study Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Cologne, University of Vienna and Universität Trier 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.

0%20%40%mean 12.2%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Cologne: 24, 9.8%University of Vienna: 24, 7.0%Universität Trier: 9, 24.8%Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts: 11, 16.3%Osnabrück University: 9, 29.2%Universität Innsbruck: 10, 10.4%University of Kassel: 24, 8.4%University of Münster: 40, 3.4%Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität Wien: 11, 5.9%Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin: 21, 6.8%Universität TrierLucerne University o…University of CologneUniversity of Vienna
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of CologneGermany 60.79.8%25.2×24 +166.8%
2 University of ViennaAustria 59.47.0%16.6×24 +140.8%
3 Universität TrierGermany 58.124.8%37.0×9 +215.6%
4 Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and ArtsSwitzerland 56.616.3%76.1×11 +971.3%
5 Osnabrück UniversityGermany 55.929.2%30.3×9 +111.8%
6 Universität InnsbruckAustria 55.810.4%11.8×10 +232.1%
7 University of KasselGermany 54.88.4%49.7×24 +120.7%
8 University of MünsterGermany 54.43.4%39.0×40 +54.7%
9 Sigmund Freud Privatuniversität WienAustria 54.45.9%135.9×11 +826.5%
10 Humboldt-Universität zu BerlinGermany 53.86.8%19.7×21 +90.8%

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, Coaching, and Therapy research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2025. The fastest-growing topics are Psychology, Coaching, and Therapy.

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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.