Top institutions for Developmental & Child Psychology

Which institutions have the most top-cited scientists in Developmental & Child Psychology?

655 researchers whose main subfield is Developmental & Child Psychology are in the 2026 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor has the most (15, 2.3%), followed by University of Minnesota Twin Cities (13) and University of California, Los Angeles (13). A row opens its scientists in the subfield in the table of all authors.

#InstitutionCountryListed authorsTop 100kHighest-ranked author
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor United States1515Gelman, Susan A. #7,105
2University of Minnesota Twin Cities United States1313Masten, Ann S. #280
3University of California, Los Angeles United States1313Lord, Catherine E. #1,673
4King's College London United Kingdom1212Goodman, Robert M. #679
5Arizona State University United States1212Eisenberg, Nancy #1,382
6University of California, Davis United States1110Belsky, J. #1,447
7University of Virginia United States1010C. Pianta, Robert C. #3,615
8The University of Texas at Austin United States98Yeager, David Scott #3,107
9University of California, Irvine United States88Eccles, Jaquelynne S. #278
10University College London United Kingdom88Mandy, William Polmear Locke #5,119
11New York University United States88Tamis-LeMonda, Catherine S. #13,825
12Pennsylvania State University United States77Greenberg, Mark T. #7,102
13University of Maryland, College Park United States77Fox, Nathan A. #9,912
14Vanderbilt University United States65Compas, Bruce E. #11,470
15Vanderbilt University Medical Center United States65Taylor, Julie Lounds #28,950
16University of Wisconsin-Madison United States66Magnuson, Katherine A. #48,865
17Universiteit Utrecht Netherlands55Branje, Susan J.T. #4,569
18La Trobe University Australia55Dwyer, Patrick S.R. #28,755
19University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine United States55Mazefsky, Carla A. #34,541
20University of California, San Francisco United States54Boyce, William Thomas #37,254
21University of Washington United States55Stone, Wendy L. #63,013
22Duke University School of Medicine United States44Dawson, Geraldine #4,990
23University of Cambridge United Kingdom44Johnson, Mark H. #5,245
24Columbia University United States44Siegler, Robert S. #7,781
25Harvard Graduate School of Education United States44Rowe, Meredith L. #8,131
26University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign United States44Larson, Reed W. #8,728
27University of Delaware United States44Izard, Carroll E. #9,614
28The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill United States44Prinstein, Mitchell J. #10,817
29University of Denver United States44Pennington, Bruce F. #11,914
30College of Arts and Sciences United States44Sheridan, Margaret A. #14,923
31George Mason University United States44Denham, Susanne Ayers #15,816
32Stanford University United States44Fernald, Anne #17,151
33University of Rochester United States44Smetana, Judith G. #18,722
34Brigham Young University United States44Coyne, Sarah Marie #19,616
35The University of Edinburgh United Kingdom43Fletcher-Watson, Sue #19,790
36University of Toronto Canada44Zucker, Kenneth J. #22,250
37Coordinating Center for Health Promotion United States44Maenner, Matthew J. #27,672
38The University of Queensland Australia44Peterson, Candida Clifford #34,451
39University of Pittsburgh United States44Silk, Jennifer S. #50,239
40Temple University United States33Steinberg, Laurence #341
41Duke University United States33Tomasello, Michael #612
42University of New Hampshire Durham United States33Finkelhor, David #1,228
43National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) United States33Bornstein, Marc H. #1,555
44University of California, Berkeley United States33Dahl, Ronald E. #4,980
45Tufts University United States33Lerner, Richard M. #5,565
46Karolinska Institutet Sweden33Bölte, Sven #11,609
47University of Montreal Canada33Tremblay, Richard E. #15,787
48David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA United States33Kasari, Connie L. #16,292
49Emory University United States33Goodman, Sherryl Hope #17,256
50Boston College United States33Bottema-Beutel, Kristen #19,747
51University of Georgia United States33Brody, Gene H. #23,643
52Michigan State University United States32Ingersoll, Brooke R. #25,538
53Emory University School of Medicine United States32Klin, Ami J. #28,791
54University of Southern California United States32Baranek, Grace T. #32,430
55The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center United States33Arnold, Lawrence Eugene #33,748
56Brown University United States32Li, Jin #37,375
57Drexel University United States33Vivanti, Giacomo #44,082
58Cornell University United States33Whitlock, Janis L. #51,454
59Stanford Graduate School of Education United States33Obradović, Jelena #62,010