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World Scientist and University Social Sciences / Psychology Rankings 2023

AD Scientific Index analyzes academic studies from 135 countries, 3136 universities/institutions, and 17.785 scientists by using numerous criteria to present results to be used for the evaluation of productivity and efficiency by individuals and institutions. In addition to sorting by the “total H-index” you can find here, you can examine several rankings and analyses by the "last 6 years H-index", "total i10 index", "last 6 years' i10 index", "total number of citations", and “last 6 years’ citations”. Please read the methodology section for “Limitations and Possible Reasons Why a Scientist Is Not on This List”. Click for individual or institutional registration.

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				AD Scientific Index - World Scientist Rankings - 2023				H INDEX			i10 INDEX			CITATION
University / Institution	Country	Region	World	Name	Country	University / Institution	Subject	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total	Total	Last 6 year	Last 6 year/total
3	11	22	82	Chris Frith	United Kingdom	University College London	Social Sciences / Psychology mind \| brain \| social interaction \|	234	109	0.466	613	411	0.670	225882	47018	0.208
1	2	2	187	Richard M Ryan	Australia	Australian Catholic University	Social Sciences / Psychology Self-Determination Theory \| psychology \| intrinsic motivation \| education \| organizational behavior \|	215	171	0.795	435	402	0.924	517125	232284	0.449
3	103	111	218	Terrie E Moffitt	United States	Duke University	Social Sciences / Psychology developmental psychopathology \| intelligence \| crime \| aging \|	211	126	0.597	520	448	0.862	202513	67609	0.334
2	23	91	247	Robin M Murray ⁱ	United Kingdom	King's College London	Social Sciences / Psychology psychosis \| schizophrenia \| drug abuse \|	207	98	0.473	1088	626	0.575	160896	46426	0.289
4	125	138	276	Michael Tomasello	United States	Duke University	Social Sciences / Psychology developmental psychology \| evolutionary anthropology \| cognitive science \| evolutionary psychology \|	204	110	0.539	741	619	0.835	192032	64558	0.336
1	8	120	317	Hans Ulrich Wittchen ⁱ	Germany	Technische Universität Dresden	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychiatrie \| Psychologie \|	199	116	0.583	904	637	0.705	196420	65105	0.331
1	7	7	327	Roy F Baumeister	Australia	University of Queensland	Social Sciences / Psychology social psychology \| personality \|	198	136	0.687	597	467	0.782	258478	96078	0.372
1	5	130	340	Dorret I Boomsma ⁱ	Netherlands	VU University of Amsterdam	Social Sciences / Psychology	198	137	0.692	1226	932	0.760	168768	83211	0.493
1	29	132	343	Ian Deary	United Kingdom	University of Edinburgh	Social Sciences / Psychology Intelligence \| Cognitive Aging \| Personality \| Psychometrics \| Psychology \|	198	134	0.677	1383	1047	0.757	156337	77786	0.498
2	6	135	350	Wilmar Schaufeli	Netherlands	Utrecht University	Social Sciences / Psychology Occupational Health Psychology \|	197	145	0.736	556	469	0.844	249115	122436	0.491
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2	151	167	359	Ed Diener	United States	University of Illinois Urbana Champaign	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \| Social psychology \| Personality psychology \| Positive Psychology \|	196	131	0.668	442	371	0.839	314221	121677	0.387
3	16	279	656	Stanislas Dehaene	France	CEA (Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique et aux Energies Alternatives)	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \| Cognitive Neuroscience \| Education \|	179	116	0.648	473	406	0.858	145127	49221	0.339
4	12	282	661	Pim Cuijpers	Netherlands	VU University of Amsterdam	Social Sciences / Psychology depression \| prevention \| psychotherapy \| meta-analysis \| RCTs \|	179	134	0.749	789	708	0.897	116570	69866	0.599
5	269	291	663	Martin Seligman ⁱ	United States	Nemours Children's Health System	Social Sciences / Psychology Positive Psychology \| Learned Helplessness \| Prospection \| Depression \| Optimism \|	178	106	0.596	543	349	0.643	276738	85325	0.308
3	282	304	692	Eduardo Salas	United States	Rice University	Social Sciences / Psychology organizational psychology \| human factors \| teamwork \|	177	102	0.576	636	453	0.712	122275	40526	0.331
1	52	308	732	Alan Baddeley	United Kingdom	University of York	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \| Cognitive Psychology \| Memory \| Working memory \|	173	86	0.497	535	318	0.594	213420	48124	0.225
11	310	337	767	James J Gross	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Psychology Emotion \| Emotion Regulation \|	171	134	0.784	487	472	0.969	193667	95661	0.494
8	369	397	877	John Gabrieli	United States	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Social Sciences / Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience \|	166	91	0.548	391	306	0.783	97289	27614	0.284
2	375	403	890	Nancy Eisenberg Berg	United States	Arizona State University	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \| psychiatry \| pediatrics \| neuroscience \| family studies \|	165	96	0.582	499	409	0.820	123945	39913	0.322
9	383	411	905	Paul Costa	United States	Duke University	Social Sciences / Psychology Personality five- factor model. NEO-PI-R \|	164	86	0.524	453	320	0.706	195509	52237	0.267
8	452	486	1035	Michael I Posner	United States	University of Oregon	Social Sciences / Psychology attention \|	158	79	0.500	438	249	0.568	176914	37843	0.214
4	488	523	1118	Richard E Petty	United States	Ohio State University	Social Sciences / Psychology social psychology \| attitudes \| persuasion \| social cognition \| emotion \|	155	90	0.581	417	332	0.796	167683	48799	0.291
22	505	541	1144	Keith Rayner	United States	University of California San Diego	Social Sciences / Psychology Cognitive Psychology \| Language processing \| Reading \|	155	75	0.484	397	306	0.771	91879	24712	0.269
1	3	30	1197	David Fergusson	New Zealand	University of Otago	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \|	153	74	0.484	445	296	0.665	84945	22623	0.266
26	557	599	1246	I Gotlib	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Psychology psychopathology \| developmental neuroscience \|	151	84	0.556	450	386	0.858	83034	29525	0.356
3	559	601	1251	Phillip R Shaver	United States	University of California Davis	Social Sciences / Psychology personality and social psychology \| attachment theory \|	150	97	0.647	412	326	0.791	151895	46365	0.305
1	560	602	1253	Steven C Hayes	United States	University of Nevada Reno	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \| evolutionary psychology \| cognitive science \| behavior analysis \| clinical psychology \|	150	91	0.607	450	311	0.691	121203	46349	0.382
4	16	484	1271	Gerhard Andersson	Sweden	Karolinska Institute	Social Sciences / Psychology Clinical psychology \| internet \| tinnitus \| mood and anxiety disorders \|	150	104	0.693	679	571	0.841	79516	41788	0.526
3	25	489	1283	Klaus R Scherer	Switzerland	Université de Geneve	Social Sciences / Psychology emotion \| voice \| appraisal \| speech \| music \|	149	86	0.577	443	327	0.738	102414	33758	0.330
1	585	629	1307	Philip C Kendall	United States	Temple University	Social Sciences / Psychology child and adolescent clinical psychology \| treatment of anxiety disorders \|	149	73	0.490	555	358	0.645	82899	21780	0.263
1	591	635	1317	Charles S Carver	United States	University of Miami	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \|	148	78	0.527	388	280	0.722	171254	50666	0.296
8	105	510	1342	Michael Lamb	United Kingdom	University of Cambridge	Social Sciences / Psychology Developmental and forensic psychology \|	148	68	0.459	553	333	0.602	89358	20864	0.233
4	612	657	1359	Norbert Schwarz	United States	University of Southern California	Social Sciences / Psychology social psychology \| cognitive psychology \| consumer behavior \| decision making \| survey methodology \|	147	89	0.605	392	288	0.735	123035	39460	0.321
10	109	519	1371	ME Lamb	United Kingdom	University of Cambridge	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \| Law \|	147	66	0.449	550	326	0.593	83888	19453	0.232
69	633	680	1400	Larry J Seidman ⁱ	United States	Harvard University	Social Sciences / Psychology Schizophrenia \| ADHD \| Neuropsychology \|	146	79	0.541	526	426	0.810	90070	36500	0.405
16	643	690	1419	Shelley E Taylor	United States	University of California Los Angeles	Social Sciences / Psychology Social Psychology \| Social Cognition \| Health Psychology \|	145	87	0.600	371	227	0.612	152138	35092	0.231
3	655	702	1433	Thomas Joiner	United States	Florida State University	Social Sciences / Psychology Suicide prevention \|	145	89	0.614	674	522	0.774	95365	43323	0.454
9	685	736	1500	Susan Fiske	United States	Princeton University	Social Sciences / Psychology social psychology \| social neuroscience \|	143	94	0.657	385	293	0.761	148761	48966	0.329
1	6	103	1502	Qian Wang	Hong Kong	Chinese University of Hong Kong	Social Sciences / Psychology Developmental Psychology \|	143	107	0.748	1772	1542	0.870	124716	75489	0.605
6	695	746	1526	Jack M Fletcher	United States	University of Houston	Social Sciences / Psychology child neuropsychology \| neurodevelopmental disorders \| learning disabilities \|	143	71	0.497	478	298	0.623	80574	18759	0.233
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2	699	750	1535	Nathana Fox	United States	University of Maryland	Social Sciences / Psychology developmental psychology \|	143	80	0.559	523	428	0.818	70448	25569	0.363
10	701	752	1539	Jonathan D Cohen	United States	Princeton University	Social Sciences / Psychology Cognitive Neuroscience \| Cognitive Psychology \| Computational Neuroscience \| Cognitive Control \| Prefrontal Cortex \|	142	88	0.620	423	271	0.641	166009	47418	0.286
2	3	589	1574	Risto Näätänen	Estonia	University of Tartu	Social Sciences / Psychology Mismatch negativity and its clinical applications \| clinical electrophysiology \| cognitive decline \| auditory processing \|	142	59	0.415	427	275	0.644	81685	16609	0.203
17	132	591	1581	Charles Spence	United Kingdom	University of Oxford	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \|	142	90	0.634	815	711	0.872	77448	36529	0.472
6	762	816	1650	John R Anderson	United States	Carnegie Mellon University	Social Sciences / Psychology Cognitive Psychology \|	140	63	0.450	448	232	0.518	159053	25043	0.157
18	765	819	1661	John Dovidio	United States	Yale University	Social Sciences / Psychology prejudice \| intergroup relations \| prosocial behavior \|	140	94	0.671	436	364	0.835	93596	35763	0.382
19	149	640	1738	Dorothy VM Bishop	United Kingdom	University of Oxford	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \| Neuroscience \| Language \| Developmental disorders \|	139	74	0.532	376	282	0.750	71522	23200	0.324
2	812	869	1763	Mark Greenberg	United States	Pennsylvania State University	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \| Education \|	138	83	0.601	381	301	0.790	90899	31519	0.347
1	843	901	1809	Michael Hogg	United States	Claremont Graduate University	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \| social psychology \| leadership \| social identity \| group processes \|	137	78	0.569	322	260	0.807	111138	36843	0.332
10	859	917	1831	Jean Decety	United States	University of Chicago	Social Sciences / Psychology Affective neuroscience \| Developmental neuroscience \| Social neuroscience \| Cognitive neuroscience \|	137	88	0.642	315	265	0.841	82074	27877	0.340
1	8	129	1836	Mario Mikulincer	Israel	Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya	Social Sciences / Psychology Attachment \| Emotion Regulation \| Personality and Social Psychology \| Close relationships \|	137	80	0.584	388	298	0.768	79624	26919	0.338
1	159	695	1942	Mark H Johnson ⁱ	United Kingdom	Birkbeck University of London	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology neuroscience \|	135	83	0.615	569	340	0.598	91923	31435	0.342
1	960	1024	2016	Arthur Graesser	United States	University of Memphis	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \| discourse \| language \| artificial intelligence \| education \|	134	73	0.545	567	351	0.619	77109	24423	0.317
1	169	730	2038	David Perrett	United Kingdom	University of Saint Andrews	Social Sciences / Psychology Perception \| Evolutionary Psychology \| Recognition \| Face Perception \|	134	68	0.507	306	232	0.758	67303	14833	0.220
2	985	1049	2057	Paul B Baltes ⁱ	United States	Wayne State University	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \|	133	59	0.444	327	181	0.554	100974	28131	0.279
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3	988	1052	2065	Daniel Tranel	United States	University of Iowa	Social Sciences / Psychology Iowa Neuroscience Institute \| Neuropsychology \| Cognitive Neurology \|	133	72	0.541	394	286	0.726	89328	20506	0.230
3	1012	1076	2099	Richard G Heimberg	United States	Temple University	Social Sciences / Psychology anxiety \| anxiety disorders \| cognitive behavior therapy \| social anxiety \| dental anxiety \|	133	73	0.549	417	296	0.710	67498	21862	0.324
9	1019	1087	2118	Sheldon Cohen	United States	Carnegie Mellon University	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \| social psychology \| psychoneuroimmunology \| health psychology \| social support \|	132	77	0.583	302	215	0.712	173536	58330	0.336
2	10	152	2121	Shalom H Schwartz	Israel	Hebrew University of Jerusalem	Social Sciences / Psychology social psychology \| cross cultural psychology \| political psychology \|	132	89	0.674	248	211	0.851	144089	53306	0.370
1	69	1094	2129	Robert J Vallerand	Canada	Université du Québec Montréal	Social Sciences / Psychology Passion \| Motivation \| Self \| Positive Psychology \| Social Psychology \|	132	95	0.720	295	251	0.851	94108	37051	0.394
114	1054	1124	2186	Alfonso Caramazza	United States	Harvard University	Social Sciences / Psychology cognitive neuroscience \| cognitive neuropsychology \|	132	60	0.455	407	261	0.641	63783	12888	0.202
23	1057	1127	2191	Michelle Craske	United States	University of California Los Angeles	Social Sciences / Psychology clinical psychology \|	132	79	0.598	473	375	0.793	61243	26261	0.429
53	1076	1148	2227	Russ Poldrack	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Psychology cognitive neuroscience \| neuroimaging \| neuroinformatics \|	131	93	0.710	319	274	0.859	75947	36072	0.475
54	1084	1156	2240	Eric Stice	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Psychology eating disorders \| obesity \| depression \| clinical psychology \| psychiatry \|	131	79	0.603	306	271	0.886	70807	23565	0.333
3	1100	1173	2271	David Watson	United States	University of Notre Dame	Social Sciences / Psychology Affect \| Personality \| Psychopathology \|	130	86	0.662	304	257	0.845	166441	56549	0.340
7	1105	1178	2277	James W Pennebaker	United States	University of Texas Austin	Social Sciences / Psychology social psychology \| language \| health \|	130	84	0.646	361	241	0.668	115849	39202	0.338
9	1134	1209	2329	Stefan G Hofmann	United States	Boston University	Social Sciences / Psychology Clinical Psychology \| Cognitive Behavioral Therapy \| Anxiety Disorders \| Social Anxiety \|	130	89	0.685	436	347	0.796	70114	36210	0.516
8	1169	1247	2388	Dm Buss	United States	University of Texas Austin	Social Sciences / Psychology evolutionary psychology \| personality \| social psychology \| sexuality \| sex differences \|	129	77	0.597	303	240	0.792	91596	25834	0.282
8	69	75	2405	S Alexander Haslam\|Alex Haslam	Australia	University of Queensland	Social Sciences / Psychology Social identity \| Identity \| Social psychology \| Group processes \| Leadership \|	129	92	0.713	407	346	0.850	73171	37538	0.513
36	1215	1300	2486	Robert Thomas Knight	United States	University of California Berkeley	Social Sciences / Psychology Prefrontal Cortex \| Electrocorticography \| Electroencephalogram \| Neural Decoding \|	128	74	0.578	467	379	0.812	71903	24382	0.339
3	56	877	2519	Peter Muris	Netherlands	Maastricht University	Social Sciences / Psychology Anxiety \| child and adolescent psychopathology \|	128	67	0.523	458	321	0.701	49552	16885	0.341
7	1248	1336	2555	Jeff Greenberg	United States	University of Arizona	Social Sciences / Psychology social psychology \|	127	74	0.583	286	223	0.780	73744	22193	0.301
1	93	900	2580	Thomas Elbert	Germany	Universität Konstanz	Social Sciences / Psychology traumatic stress \| PTSD \| aggression \| neuroplasticity \|	127	66	0.520	492	326	0.663	61387	16849	0.274
1	1293	1384	2648	Bruce F Pennington	United States	University of Denver	Social Sciences / Psychology dyslexia \| ADHD \|	126	60	0.476	275	182	0.662	68972	16085	0.233
16	229	943	2706	Allan Young ⁱ	United Kingdom	King's College London	Social Sciences / Psychology psychopharmacology \| biological psychiatry \|	125	81	0.648	594	395	0.665	86553	39274	0.454
5	1332	1428	2743	Gerald R Ferris	United States	Florida State University	Social Sciences / Psychology Social Influence \| Power and Politics \| Reputation \| and Political Skill \|	125	80	0.640	330	259	0.785	60545	21456	0.354
17	239	983	2809	Edmund Sonuga Barke ⁱ	United Kingdom	King's College London	Social Sciences / Psychology Developmental Psychology \| Developmental Neuroscience \| ADHD \|	124	79	0.637	411	328	0.798	67226	27522	0.409
13	1374	1472	2831	Jon H Kaas	United States	Vanderbilt University	Social Sciences / Psychology brain evolution \|	124	50	0.403	504	260	0.516	58380	10370	0.178
66	1392	1490	2857	Hazel Markus	United States	Stanford University	Social Sciences / Psychology social psychology \| cultural psychology \| self \| choice \| motivaton \|	123	80	0.650	243	182	0.749	125506	33709	0.269
15	1398	1496	2869	Elizabeth F Loftus	United States	University of California Irvine	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \| Cognitive psychology \| Memory \| Eyewitness testimony \| psychology and law \|	123	56	0.455	452	221	0.489	80464	15933	0.198
11	99	1497	2870	Robert D Hare	Canada	University of British Columbia	Social Sciences / Psychology	123	63	0.512	243	185	0.761	80384	19358	0.241
14	1408	1507	2887	Henry L Roediger	United States	Washington University Saint Louis	Social Sciences / Psychology Cognitive Psychology \|	123	65	0.528	316	217	0.687	71749	22748	0.317
3	1435	1536	2942	K Daniel O Leary	United States	Stony Brook University	Social Sciences / Psychology partner violence \| partner aggression \| depression \| marital problems \|	123	47	0.382	285	181	0.635	49493	8113	0.164
6	103	1539	2947	Frank Vitaro	Canada	Université de Montréal	Social Sciences / Psychology developmental psychopathology \| prevention science \| peers \| delinquency \| addictions \|	123	61	0.496	416	320	0.769	47154	14883	0.316
145	1465	1570	3016	John R Weisz	United States	Harvard University	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \| psychiatry \| mental health \|	122	67	0.549	328	237	0.723	59083	17301	0.293
12	69	1049	3025	Jelle Jolles	Netherlands	VU University of Amsterdam	Social Sciences / Psychology Brain and behavior \| neuropsychology \| learning \| memory \| executive function \|	122	60	0.492	466	292	0.627	56032	15837	0.283
1	1474	1579	3037	Thomas A Widiger	United States	University of Kentucky	Social Sciences / Psychology	122	61	0.500	365	234	0.641	50316	16973	0.337
3	259	1056	3040	John Blundell	United Kingdom	University of Leeds	Social Sciences / Psychology exercise \| energy balance \| appetite \| obesity \| satiety \|	122	61	0.500	439	245	0.558	49536	14743	0.298
40	266	1078	3090	David M Clark	United Kingdom	University of Oxford	Social Sciences / Psychology panic \| social anxiety \| social phobia \| cognitive therapy \| iapt \|	121	67	0.554	244	202	0.828	71933	22032	0.306
2	122	1081	3100	Ulman Lindenberger	Germany	Max Planck Institute for Human Development; Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \| Developmental Psychology \| Cognitive Science \| Behavioural Science \|	121	85	0.702	419	353	0.842	64601	28439	0.440
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2	268	1085	3112	Paul Gilbert	United Kingdom	University of Derby	Social Sciences / Psychology compassion \| clinical psychology \| evolution \| self-compassion \|	121	87	0.719	327	272	0.832	61089	28366	0.464
34	1521	1630	3131	Irwin MR	United States	University of California Los Angeles	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychoneuroimmunology \| Depression \| Sleep disturbance \| Immunity \| Aging \|	121	76	0.628	402	303	0.754	55054	22705	0.412
151	1524	1634	3142	Richard Mcnally	United States	Harvard University	Social Sciences / Psychology clinical psychology \| psychology \| psychopathology \| PTSD \|	121	61	0.504	343	229	0.668	52604	15027	0.286
6	105	111	3222	Ronald Rapee	Australia	Macquarie University	Social Sciences / Psychology Anxiety \|	120	72	0.600	389	310	0.797	58062	20204	0.348
23	1599	1715	3265	Stephen Manuck	United States	University of Pittsburgh	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \| genetics \| cardiovascular disease \|	120	49	0.408	352	187	0.531	45119	9380	0.208
19	119	1722	3278	Keith E Stanovich	Canada	University of Toronto	Social Sciences / Psychology Cognitive Psychology \| Reasoning \| Decision Making \| Educational Psychology \| Reading \|	119	62	0.521	238	153	0.643	87937	23345	0.265
35	1639	1761	3348	Tyrone Cannon	United States	Yale University	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychopathology \| behavior genetics \| cognitive neuroscience \| schizophrenia \| bipolar disorder \|	119	64	0.538	402	314	0.781	53789	21427	0.398
11	1653	1779	3380	Alice Eagly	United States	Northwestern University	Social Sciences / Psychology psychology \| social psychology \| gender \| attitudes \| leadership \|	118	79	0.669	237	180	0.759	144127	50125	0.348
36	292	1150	3383	Susan Michie	United Kingdom	University College London	Social Sciences / Psychology Psychology \|	118	95	0.805	505	414	0.820	113309	73097	0.645
5	295	1159	3411	Mark Conner	United Kingdom	University of Leeds	Social Sciences / Psychology attitudes \| health behavior \| health psychology \| applied social psychology \| social psychology \|	118	72	0.610	336	273	0.813	70785	27090	0.383