Best Psychology Scientists in France

The 1st edition of Research.com ranking of the best researchers in the discipline of Psychology was created using data combined from multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for devising the citation-based metrics were gathered on 06-12-2021. Position in the ranking is based on a researcher’s D-index (Discipline H-index), which only includes papers and citation metrics for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Psychology research
Research.com’s best scientists ranking is a reliable account of leading scholars from the area of Psychology, created using a detailed study of 166,880 scholars determined from various bibliometric data sources. For the area of Psychology, as many as 12536 scientists were investigated.

What is D-index acceptance threshold for Psychology
The D-index threshold for accepting a researcher to be evaluated is placed at 30 if most of their publications are in the field of Psychology. The approval factors for researchers to be considered into the ranking of top researchers are based on the D-index, proportion of the contributions made within the selected area in addition to the awards and achievements of the scientists. The D-index threshold for listing top scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of scientists assessed for each area od study whilst ensuring that the top 1% of best scholars are considered into the ranking. We estimate a proximity of 30% or less between a researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.

Extra verification practices
Since our main aim is to ensure that only actual researchers are included in the ranking we realize that metrics are never supposed to be an absolute measure to assess the output of researchers. Because of that we manually inspect each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a broad range of credible sources. Although it’s not a metric impacting a scientist’s position in the ranking, the number of papers published in prominent journals and conference proceedings should constitute a credible secondary implication of their contribution to research in a given field of study. Position in the ranking is established using every scientist’s D-index using data gathered from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most credible and well-known bibliometric databases of this type accessible to the research community. A comprehensive overview of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

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Key findings for Psychology
With 86 scientists France ranks in spot 11 globally.

As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the affiliation with the highest number of top scientists in France is Université Paris Cité with 14 researchers affiliated with it being present in the Psychology ranking. It is followed by Université de Caen Normandie with 10 researchers. Ranking thirds is University of Lorraine with 9 researchers.

Prominent scholars present in France are associated with Collège de France, Université de Caen Normandie, University of Lorraine, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS, François Rabelais University, Inserm : Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Université Paris Cité, School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences, Aix-Marseille University, Grenoble Alpes University.

Professor Stanislas Dehaene from Collège de France is highlighted as the best scholar in France in our ranking with a D-index of 161. Ranking on spot no. 2 in France is Francis Eustache from Université de Caen Normandie with a D-index of 89. The third spot in France is taken by Bruno Rossion from University of Lorraine with a D-index of 88.

The average D-index for the top 5% researchers is 105 in comparison to an average of 44 for all 86 scholars included in our ranking.

The average number of published papers within the field of Psychology for the top 3% of scientists in the ranking is 344 against an average of 123 for all 86 scholars.

The average number of citations for the top 10% scholars is 31469 against an average of 10290 for all 86 scientists.

World
National
Scholar
D-Index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines.
Citations
Publications
23 World 1 National D-index 161 Citations 111,932 392
548 World 2 National D-index 89 Citations 26,264 331
587 World 3 National D-index 88 Citations 26,288 310
763 World 4 National D-index 82 Citations 25,152 263
1001 World 5 National D-index 76 Citations 17,909 216
1317 World 6 National D-index 70 Citations 16,996 171
1489 World 7 National D-index 67 Citations 18,457 143
1538 World 8 National D-index 66 Citations 18,101 136
2048 World 10 National D-index 61 Citations 11,284 202
2067 World 11 National D-index 60 Citations 15,749 115
2207 World 12 National D-index 59 Citations 13,924 141
2535 World 13 National D-index 56 Citations 10,069 192
2646 World 14 National D-index 55 Citations 10,904 203
2887 World 15 National D-index 54 Citations 13,122 106
2945 World 16 National D-index 53 Citations 9,086 122
2953 World 17 National D-index 53 Citations 10,232 204
2972 World 18 National D-index 53 Citations 9,264 111
2991 World 19 National D-index 53 Citations 16,877 108
3227 World 21 National D-index 51 Citations 11,521 142
3241 World 22 National D-index 51 Citations 8,192 144
3580 World 24 National D-index 48 Citations 7,343 131
3730 World 25 National D-index 47 Citations 6,609 154
3825 World 26 National D-index 46 Citations 6,466 120
3860 World 27 National D-index 46 Citations 7,748 104
3891 World 28 National D-index 46 Citations 7,424 122
4377 World 30 National D-index 43 Citations 6,346 121
4493 World 31 National D-index 42 Citations 7,187 83
4591 World 32 National D-index 41 Citations 10,496 95
4645 World 33 National D-index 41 Citations 8,252 90
4673 World 34 National D-index 41 Citations 6,107 90
4711 World 35 National D-index 41 Citations 19,754 126
4712 World 36 National D-index 41 Citations 17,115 82
4754 World 37 National D-index 40 Citations 7,431 140
4885 World 40 National D-index 40 Citations 7,062 111
4886 World 41 National D-index 40 Citations 5,454 104
4888 World 39 National D-index 40 Citations 7,201 115
4976 World 42 National D-index 39 Citations 7,106 98
5138 World 43 National D-index 38 Citations 7,154 143
5140 World 44 National D-index 38 Citations 5,283 97
5236 World 45 National D-index 38 Citations 7,358 88
5467 World 47 National D-index 37 Citations 15,823 83
5468 World 46 National D-index 37 Citations 5,900 165
5532 World 48 National D-index 37 Citations 7,477 130
5533 World 49 National D-index 37 Citations 4,452 94
5534 World 50 National D-index 37 Citations 7,136 143
5599 World 51 National D-index 36 Citations 5,486 146
5636 World 52 National D-index 36 Citations 6,113 225
5698 World 55 National D-index 36 Citations 4,947 91
5699 World 54 National D-index 36 Citations 4,713 147
5700 World 53 National D-index 36 Citations 8,291 92
5798 World 56 National D-index 36 Citations 5,382 107
5828 World 57 National D-index 35 Citations 7,145 107
5834 World 58 National D-index 35 Citations 5,834 111
5878 World 60 National D-index 35 Citations 10,690 70
5879 World 61 National D-index 35 Citations 8,880 86
5966 World 62 National D-index 35 Citations 5,727 80
6117 World 63 National D-index 34 Citations 5,542 107
6167 World 65 National D-index 34 Citations 4,888 114
6221 World 66 National D-index 34 Citations 7,373 87
6369 World 67 National D-index 33 Citations 5,404 64
6583 World 69 National D-index 33 Citations 7,664 49
6704 World 71 National D-index 32 Citations 4,468 125
6780 World 72 National D-index 32 Citations 5,326 51
6890 World 73 National D-index 32 Citations 5,812 96
6977 World 75 National D-index 32 Citations 5,276 87
6978 World 74 National D-index 32 Citations 3,849 202
7305 World 76 National D-index 31 Citations 5,984 100
7566 World 79 National D-index 31 Citations 4,726 74
7567 World 77 National D-index 31 Citations 5,134 93
7568 World 78 National D-index 31 Citations 7,073 68
7657 World 80 National D-index 30 Citations 4,937 75
7746 World 81 National D-index 30 Citations 10,723 68
7747 World 82 National D-index 30 Citations 4,148 68
7800 World 83 National D-index 30 Citations 3,918 88
8048 World 86 National D-index 30 Citations 3,786 76
8049 World 85 National D-index 30 Citations 3,876 90
8050 World 84 National D-index 30 Citations 4,075 60

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