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Top institutions in the United States for Clinical Psychology

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Which institutions in the United States have the most top-cited scientists in Clinical Psychology?

212 researchers in the United States whose main subfield is Clinical Psychology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list: 0.3% of all listed authors in the United States, and 1st of 21 countries in the subfield. 187 of them rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Florida State University has the most (5), followed by Yale University (4) and University of California, Berkeley (4). A row opens its scientists in the table of all authors.

Listed authors
212
0.3% of all in the United States
In the global top 100,000
187
88.2% of them
Country rank in the subfield
#1
of 21 countries in Clinical Psychology
Highest-ranked
#236
Beck, Aaron T.
#InstitutionListed authorsTop 100kRank worldwideHighest-ranked author
1Florida State University55#4Joiner, Thomas Ellis #2,153
2Yale University44#7Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan #410
3University of California, Berkeley44#8Harvey, Allison G. #2,533
4University of Wisconsin-Madison44#10Wampold, Bruce E. #4,165
5University of North Texas43#14Parsons, Thomas D. #18,420
6University of Colorado Boulder43#15Whisman, Mark A. #23,617
7Pennsylvania State University43#16Newman, Michelle G. #29,063
8Northwestern University44#17Tackett, Jennifer Lee #38,575
9University of Notre Dame33#18Watson, David B. #516
10Boston University33#20Barlow, David Harrison #2,555
11Stanford University32#21Stice, Eric M. #2,723
12University of Pennsylvania32#22Foa, Edna B. #2,830
13David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA33#24Craske, Michelle G. #3,452
14Temple University33#27Heimberg, Richard G. #8,737
15University of Kentucky33#28Widiger, Thomas A. #9,680
16Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences33#29Weisz, John R. #12,440
17University of Minnesota Twin Cities33#30Meehl, Paul E. #14,160
18Utah State University32#34Twohig, Michael P. #36,621
19Stony Brook University33#35Lejuez, Carl W. #66,441
20Sanford Health33#36Crosby, Ross D. #69,991
21Massachusetts General Hospital30#37Wilhelm, Sabine #105,503

The top 100 in Clinical Psychology in the United States, in order

  1. 1
    Beck, Aaron T.
    University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
  2. 2
    Nolen-Hoeksema, Susan
    Yale University
  3. 3
    Watson, David B.
    University of Notre Dame
  4. 4
    Hayes, Steven C.
    University of Nevada
  5. 5
    McNally, Richard J.
    Harvard University
  6. 6
    Kazdin, Alan E.
    Yale University
  7. 7
    Joiner, Thomas Ellis
    Florida State University
  8. 8
    Kabat-Zinn, Jon
    University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
  9. 9
    Harvey, Allison G.
    University of California, Berkeley
  10. 10
    Barlow, David Harrison
    Boston University
  11. 11
    Stice, Eric M.
    Stanford University
  12. 12
    Foa, Edna B.
    University of Pennsylvania
  13. 13
    Lilienfeld, Scott O.
    Emory University
  14. 14
    Craske, Michelle G.
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  15. 15
    Wampold, Bruce E.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  16. 16
    Gratz, Kim L.
    The University of Toledo
  17. 17
    Neimeyer, Robert A.
    University of Nebraska–Lincoln
  18. 18
    Clark, Lee Anna
    University of Notre Dame
  19. 19
    Young, Kimberly S.
    St. Bonaventure University
  20. 20
    Tedeschi, Richard G.
    Boulder Crest Foundation
  21. 21
    Aldao, Amelia
    Together Cognitive Behavior Therapy
  22. 22
    Hammen, Constance L.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  23. 23
    Joormann, Jutta
    Yale University
  24. 24
    Levitt, Heidi M.
    University of Massachusetts Boston
  25. 25
    G C Wright, Aidan G.c.
    University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  26. 26
    Miller, Joshua D.
    Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
  27. 27
    Abramowitz, Jonathan S.
    College of Arts and Sciences
  28. 28
    Grilo, Carlos M.
    Yale School of Medicine
  29. 29
    Heimberg, Richard G.
    Temple University
  30. 30
    Widiger, Thomas A.
    University of Kentucky
  31. 31
    Goldberg, Simon B.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  32. 32
    Linehan, Marsha Marie
    University of Washington
  33. 33
    Cash, Thomas F.
    Old Dominion University
  34. 34
    Tolin, David F.
    Institute of Living
  35. 35
    Wiederhold, Brenda Kay
    Virtual Reality Medical Center
  36. 36
    Olatunji, Bunmi O.
    Vanderbilt University
  37. 37
    Lynam, Donald R.
    Purdue University
  38. 38
    Kirsch, Irving
    Harvard Medical School
  39. 39
    Cole, David A.
    Vanderbilt University
  40. 40
    Kendall, Philip C.
    Temple University
  41. 41
    Weisz, John R.
    Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  42. 42
    Nagata, Jason M.
    UCSF School of Medicine
  43. 43
    Meehl, Paul E.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  44. 44
    Smith, Gregory T.
    University of Kentucky
  45. 45
    Patrick, Christopher J.
    Florida State University
  46. 46
    Morey, L. C.
    Texas A&M University
  47. 47
    Lambert, Michael J.
    Brigham Young University
  48. 48
    Shapiro, Shauna L.
    Santa Clara University
  49. 49
    Markon, Kristian Erik
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  50. 50
    Parsons, Thomas D.
    University of North Texas
  51. 51
    Brownell, Kelly D.
    Cornell University College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
  52. 52
    Alloy, Lauren B.
    Temple University
  53. 53
    Kearney, Christopher A.
    University of Nevada, Las Vegas
  54. 54
    Jennings, Patricia A.
    University of Virginia
  55. 55
    Trull, Timothy J.
    University of Missouri
  56. 56
    Ruscio, Ayelet Meron
    University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
  57. 57
    Thompson, Joel Kevin
    University of South Florida
  58. 58
    Franklin, Joseph Chad
    Florida State University
  59. 59
    Lipson, Sarah Ketchen
    School of Public Health
  60. 60
    Norcross, John C.
    The University of Scranton
  61. 61
    Gallagher, Matthew W.
    University of Houston
  62. 62
    Burt, Sybil Alexandra
    Michigan State University
  63. 63
    Brown, Timothy A.
    Boston University
  64. 64
    Whisman, Mark A.
    University of Colorado Boulder
  65. 65
    Hoffman, Hunter G.
    University of Washington
  66. 66
    Klump, Kelly L.
    Michigan State University
  67. 67
    Rottenberg, Jonathan A.
    Cornell University
  68. 68
    Lock, James D.
    Stanford University School of Medicine
  69. 69
    Hooley, Jill M.
    Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
  70. 70
    Chorpita, Bruce F.
    University of California, Los Angeles
  71. 71
    Fergus, Thomas A.
    Baylor University
  72. 72
    Newman, Michelle G.
    Pennsylvania State University
  73. 73
    Lee, Sherman A.
    Christopher Newport University
  74. 74
    Bornstein, Robert F.
    Adelphi University
  75. 75
    Monroe, Scott M.
    University of Notre Dame
  76. 76
    Owen, Jesse J.
    University of Denver
  77. 77
    Duff, Kevin M.
    Oregon Health & Science University
  78. 78
    Ollendick, Thomas H.
    Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  79. 79
    Borkovec, Thomas D.
    Pennsylvania State University
  80. 80
    Twohig, Michael P.
    Utah State University
  81. 81
    Pincus, Aaron Lee
    Pennsylvania State University
  82. 82
    Le Grange, Daniel
    University of California, San Francisco
  83. 83
  84. 84
    Tackett, Jennifer Lee
    Northwestern University
  85. 85
    Johnson, Sheri L.
    University of California, Berkeley
  86. 86
    Crow, Scott J.
    University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  87. 87
    Budge, Stephanie Lynne
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  88. 88
    Mennin, Douglas S.
    Columbia University
  89. 89
    Rodebaugh, Thomas L.
    The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  90. 90
    Larrabee, Glenn J.
    Independent Practice
  91. 91
    Murray, Stuart Benjamin
    David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
  92. 92
    Boals, Adriel
    University of North Texas
  93. 93
    McGrath, Robert E.V.
    Fairleigh Dickinson University
  94. 94
    Epstein, Leonard H.
    Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
  95. 95
    Selby, Edward A.
    Rutgers University–New Brunswick
  96. 96
    Steer, Robert A.
    Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine
  97. 97
    Wilfley, Denise E.
    Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  98. 98
    Abramson, Lyn Y.
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  99. 99
    Fitzsimmons-Craft, Ellen E.
    Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
  100. 100
    Mitchell, James E.
    UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences - Southeast Campus

212 listed scientists in Clinical Psychology in the United States

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Data: Ioannidis, John P.A. (2026), ‘August 2026 data-update for “Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators”’, Mendeley Data, v9, doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9. 2026 list, ranked by composite citation score (c) excluding self-citations.

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