top-cited scientists

Top-cited scientists in Developmental & Child Psychology

2025 single-year list · 655 listed authors · Psychology & Cognitive Sciences

655 researchers whose main subfield is Developmental & Child Psychology, part of Psychology & Cognitive Sciences, are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, out of 25,365 Scopus authors in the subfield. Authors qualify by ranking in the top 2% of their main subfield or in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c); 632 of these are in the top 100,000.

Listed authors
655
2.58% of the subfield’s Scopus authors
Scopus authors in the subfield
25,365
Median citations
30
top 1% from 1,171 · all authors in the subfield
Highest-ranked
#184
Baron-Cohen, Simon B.

Top countries

  1. United States43366%
  2. United Kingdom6610%
  3. Canada345%
  4. Netherlands223%
  5. Germany213%
  6. Australia213%
  7. Italy91%
  8. Israel51%
  9. Norway51%
  10. Sweden51%

Top institutions

  1. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor152%
  2. University of Minnesota Twin Cities132%
  3. University of California, Los Angeles132%
  4. King's College London122%
  5. Arizona State University122%
  6. University of California, Davis112%
  7. University of Virginia102%
  8. The University of Texas at Austin91%
  9. University of California, Irvine81%
  10. University College London81%

655 listed scientists in Developmental & Child Psychology

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