Best Psychology Scientists in France

The 2nd edition of Research.com ranking of the best scientists in the arena of Psychology is based on data combined from multiple data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for estimating the citation-based metrics were gathered on 21-12-2022. Position in the ranking is based on a scholar’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 researchers ranking is a credible account of leading scholars from the area of Psychology, created using a detailed analysis of 166,880 scientists determined from various bibliometric data sources. For the discipline of Psychology, over 15018 researchers were analysed.

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

Other verification practices
Since our leading mission is to make sure that only genuine scientists are listed in Research.com ranking we believe that raw data are never meant to be a full means to quantify the contributions of scientists. Because of that we manually check every profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a wide range of reliable sources. While it’s not a metric defining a researcher’s position in our ranking, the amount of documents published in prominent journals and conference proceedings should constitute a reliable secondary implication of their contribution to research in a selected area of science. Position in the ranking is based on every scholar’s D-index using data compiled from OpenAlex and CrossRef, which are the most trustworthy and well-known bibliometric databases of this type accessible to the scientific community. A detailed explanation of our research procedures can be found on our methodology page.

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Our objective is to motivate scientists, entrepreneurs and administrative bodies worldwide to investigate where top experts are heading and to give an opportunity for the entire scientific community to discover who the leading experts in specific areas of study, in various countries, or even within research institutions are.
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Key findings for Psychology
With 83 scientists France ranks in spot 13 globally.

As far as institutions are concerned, the institution with the highest number of top researchers in France is Université Paris Cité with 12 scholars affiliated with it being listed in the Psychology ranking. It is followed by Université de Caen Normandie with 10 scientists. Ranking thirds is Aix-Marseille University with 7 scientists.

Prominent researchers ranking in France are affiliated with Collège de France, Aix-Marseille University, University of Lorraine, Université de Caen Normandie, Claude Bernard University Lyon 1, François Rabelais University, Inserm, École Normale Supérieure, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS, University of Clermont Auvergne.

Professor Stanislas Dehaene from Collège de France is highlighted as the best scientist in France in our ranking with a D-index of 161. Ranking on the second place in France is Francis Eustache from Université de Caen Normandie with a D-index of 93. The third spot in France is occupied by Jonathan Grainger from Aix-Marseille University with a D-index of 88.

The average D-index for the top 3% researchers is 127 against an average of 46 for all 83 scholars featured in our ranking.

The average number of publications in the field of Psychology for the top 1% of researchers in the ranking is 425 against an average of 181 for all 83 researchers.

The average number of citations for the top 5% researchers is 49155 against an average of 11536 for all 83 scientists.

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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
27 World 1 National D-index 161 Citations 114,789 425
574 World 2 National D-index 93 Citations 28,194 611
721 World 3 National D-index 88 Citations 27,308 338
783 World 4 National D-index 86 Citations 26,330 429
1206 World 5 National D-index 76 Citations 19,567 361
1219 World 6 National D-index 76 Citations 16,932 273
1282 World 7 National D-index 74 Citations 25,939 227
1800 World 8 National D-index 67 Citations 24,392 178
1840 World 9 National D-index 67 Citations 16,501 431
2297 World 10 National D-index 62 Citations 30,220 202
2457 World 11 National D-index 61 Citations 16,280 168
2709 World 12 National D-index 59 Citations 14,019 151
2712 World 13 National D-index 59 Citations 13,775 273
2752 World 14 National D-index 59 Citations 10,697 184
3123 World 15 National D-index 56 Citations 10,159 157
3232 World 16 National D-index 55 Citations 11,726 348
3241 World 17 National D-index 55 Citations 11,164 482
3286 World 18 National D-index 55 Citations 8,726 193
3339 World 19 National D-index 54 Citations 12,832 138
3358 World 20 National D-index 54 Citations 11,397 218
3474 World 21 National D-index 53 Citations 12,168 175
3499 World 22 National D-index 53 Citations 10,127 296
3648 World 23 National D-index 52 Citations 8,664 173
3802 World 24 National D-index 51 Citations 8,092 202
3990 World 25 National D-index 49 Citations 15,814 136
4298 World 26 National D-index 47 Citations 13,293 150
4532 World 27 National D-index 46 Citations 8,443 202
4557 World 28 National D-index 46 Citations 6,785 206
4824 World 29 National D-index 44 Citations 8,722 125
4856 World 30 National D-index 44 Citations 7,687 150
5063 World 31 National D-index 43 Citations 7,175 147
5064 World 32 National D-index 43 Citations 7,140 196
5073 World 33 National D-index 43 Citations 6,863 280
5121 World 34 National D-index 42 Citations 20,312 162
5273 World 36 National D-index 42 Citations 7,429 140
5338 World 37 National D-index 41 Citations 18,262 98
5388 World 38 National D-index 41 Citations 9,859 145
5467 World 39 National D-index 41 Citations 7,197 278
5473 World 40 National D-index 41 Citations 7,108 343
5537 World 41 National D-index 41 Citations 5,424 119
5553 World 42 National D-index 40 Citations 20,586 96
5571 World 43 National D-index 40 Citations 13,524 107
5598 World 44 National D-index 40 Citations 10,603 82
5614 World 45 National D-index 40 Citations 9,697 119
5756 World 46 National D-index 40 Citations 6,223 110
5765 World 47 National D-index 40 Citations 6,032 188
5808 World 48 National D-index 39 Citations 16,506 97
5917 World 49 National D-index 39 Citations 7,647 183
5939 World 50 National D-index 39 Citations 7,165 132
5941 World 51 National D-index 39 Citations 7,059 111
5943 World 52 National D-index 39 Citations 7,010 160
5967 World 53 National D-index 39 Citations 6,440 275
5990 World 54 National D-index 39 Citations 5,929 177
6184 World 55 National D-index 38 Citations 7,077 134
6287 World 56 National D-index 38 Citations 5,282 140
6422 World 57 National D-index 37 Citations 8,188 114
6569 World 58 National D-index 37 Citations 5,543 87
6577 World 59 National D-index 37 Citations 5,418 150
6729 World 60 National D-index 36 Citations 7,353 130
6758 World 61 National D-index 36 Citations 6,730 121
6825 World 62 National D-index 36 Citations 5,676 125
6851 World 63 National D-index 36 Citations 5,330 129
6863 World 64 National D-index 36 Citations 5,227 111
7045 World 65 National D-index 35 Citations 7,426 226
7058 World 66 National D-index 35 Citations 7,008 167
7122 World 67 National D-index 35 Citations 6,039 93
7123 World 68 National D-index 35 Citations 6,027 189
7230 World 69 National D-index 35 Citations 4,310 148
7393 World 70 National D-index 34 Citations 6,325 88
7430 World 71 National D-index 34 Citations 5,898 59
7440 World 72 National D-index 34 Citations 5,741 112
7529 World 73 National D-index 34 Citations 4,493 281
7645 World 74 National D-index 33 Citations 7,654 66
7703 World 75 National D-index 33 Citations 6,322 138
7841 World 76 National D-index 33 Citations 4,705 137
7843 World 77 National D-index 33 Citations 4,694 99
7941 World 78 National D-index 32 Citations 11,412 94
8014 World 79 National D-index 32 Citations 7,102 84
8175 World 80 National D-index 32 Citations 4,639 136
8325 World 81 National D-index 31 Citations 7,616 94
8491 World 82 National D-index 31 Citations 3,937 93
8596 World 83 National D-index 30 Citations 4,066 70

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