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United States 8,968 Scientists H-Index Social Sciences / Psychology Rankings - 2025
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On Selection: 1
psychology
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Last 6 Years
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243
104
0.428
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On Selection: 2
developmental psychopathology
intelligence
crime
aging
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Last 6 Years
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224
125
0.558
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 3
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
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219
109
0.498
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 4
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
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207
137
0.662
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 5
Emotion
Emotion Regulation
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194
144
0.742
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On Selection: 6
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
101
0.534
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 7
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
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188
108
0.574
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 8
aging
dementia
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive reserve
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184
95
0.516
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 9
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
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183
131
0.716
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 10
psychology
psychiatry
pediatrics
neuroscience
family studies
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182
96
0.527
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 11
Cognitive Neuroscience
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176
88
0.500
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 12
Personality five- factor model. NEO-PI-R
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Last 6 Years
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173
84
0.486
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 13
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
165
93
0.564
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 14
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
judgment and decision making
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165
88
0.533
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 15
attention
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164
79
0.482
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 16
personality and social psychology
attachment theory
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163
99
0.607
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 17
psychopathology
developmental neuroscience
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162
86
0.531
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 18
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Total
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160
99
0.619
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 19
Cognitive Psychology
Language processing
Reading
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160
75
0.469
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 20
Suicide prevention
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157
91
0.580
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 21
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Control
Cognitive Science
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
87
0.554
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 22
child and adolescent clinical psychology
treatment of anxiety disorders
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Last 6 Years
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157
70
0.446
* Total H Index Rankings
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On Selection: 23
social psychology
cognitive psychology
consumer research
decision making
survey methodology
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Last 6 Years
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154
86
0.558
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 24
developmental psychology
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Total
Last 6 Years
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154
80
0.519
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 25
psychology
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Total
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154
80
0.519
Robert Sternberg
Cornell University
Ithaca, United States
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243
104
0.428
Terrie E Moffitt
Duke University
Durham, United States
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224
125
0.558
developmental psychopathology
intelligence
crime
aging
Michael Tomasello
Duke University
Durham, United States
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Total
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219
109
0.498
developmental psychology
evolutionary anthropology
cognitive science
evolutionary psychology
Ed Diener
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Total
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Last 6 Years / Total
207
137
0.662
Psychology
Social psychology
Personality psychology
Positive Psychology
James J Gross
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
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194
144
0.742
Eduardo Salas
Rice University
Houston, United States
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Total
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189
101
0.534
organizational psychology
team training
safety culture
human factors
teamwork
Martin Seligman
Nemours Children's Health System
Wilmington, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188
108
0.574
Positive Psychology
Learned Helplessness
Prospection
Depression
Optimism
Yaakov Stern
Columbia University New York
New York, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
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184
95
0.516
aging
dementia
cognitive neuroscience
cognitive reserve
Edward L Deci
University of Rochester
Rochester, United States
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183
131
0.716
self-determination theory
motivation
psychology
Nancy Eisenberg Berg
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
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182
96
0.527
psychology
psychiatry
pediatrics
neuroscience
family studies
John Gabrieli
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Total
Last 6 Years
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176
88
0.500
Paul Costa
Duke University
Durham, United States
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173
84
0.486
Steven C Hayes
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Total
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165
93
0.564
psychology
evolutionary psychology
cognitive science
behavior analysis
clinical psychology
Richard E Petty
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
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165
88
0.533
social psychology
attitudes
persuasion
social cognition
judgment and decision making
Michael I Posner
University of Oregon
Eugene, United States
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164
79
0.482
Phillip R Shaver
H-Index Metrics
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163
99
0.607
personality and social psychology
attachment theory
I Gotlib
Stanford University
Stanford, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
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162
86
0.531
psychopathology
developmental neuroscience
Daniel Kahneman
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
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160
99
0.619
Keith Rayner
University of California San Diego
San Diego, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
160
75
0.469
Cognitive Psychology
Language processing
Reading
Thomas Joiner
Florida State University
Tallahassee, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
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157
91
0.580
Jonathan D Cohen
Princeton University
Princeton, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
87
0.554
Cognitive Neuroscience
Cognitive Psychology
Cognitive Control
Cognitive Science
Philip C Kendall
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
157
70
0.446
child and adolescent clinical psychology
treatment of anxiety disorders
Norbert Schwarz
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
86
0.558
social psychology
cognitive psychology
consumer research
decision making
survey methodology
Nathana Fox
University of Maryland
College Park, United States
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Total
Last 6 Years
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154
80
0.519
Charles S Carver
University of Miami
Coral Gables, United States
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
154
80
0.519