Haslam Nick
Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Aust J Psychol. 2025 Apr 2;77(1):2485473. doi: 10.1080/00049530.2025.2485473. eCollection 2025.
Australian psychology research has become globally prominent in recent years. The present study aimed to quantify its growth and describe its current standing nationally and internationally.
Four databases were consulted to quantify historical trends in psychology publications by Australian-affiliated authors and to characterise the current standing of the field in terms of publications, leading researchers and research funding.
Australian-affiliated researchers have produced a steeply rising proportion of psychology articles since 1970. They now account for 5.8% of global productivity, a rate that exceeds most other fields of research in Australia and most leading nations when adjusted for population. Quality, assessed by top-quartile journal publications, is also high by international standards. Australia's share of leading psychology researchers is more modest. Approximately 5.7% of grant and fellowship funding from the Australian Research Council goes to psychology researchers, with stronger outcomes for fellowships than for industry-partnered grants.
Psychology research in Australia is a success story. In the past half-century, the country has emerged as a major producer of psychological knowledge with a profile that stands out internationally and, in comparison with other fields, nationally. Whether its success is sufficiently recognised or rewarded is open to debate.
近年来，澳大利亚的心理学研究在全球范围内崭露头角。本研究旨在量化其发展情况，并描述其在国内和国际上的当前地位。
查阅了四个数据库，以量化澳大利亚附属作者在心理学出版物方面的历史趋势，并从出版物、顶尖研究人员和研究资金方面描述该领域的当前地位。
自1970年以来，澳大利亚附属研究人员发表的心理学文章比例急剧上升。他们目前占全球产出的5.8%，按人口调整后，这一比例超过了澳大利亚大多数其他研究领域以及大多数主要国家。按照国际标准，通过四分位数顶级期刊出版物评估的质量也很高。澳大利亚顶尖心理学研究人员的占比则较为适中。澳大利亚研究理事会约5.7%的资助和奖学金资金流向心理学研究人员，奖学金的成果比行业合作资助更为显著。
澳大利亚的心理学研究是一个成功案例。在过去的半个世纪里，该国已成为心理学知识的主要产出国，在国际上以及与其他领域相比，在国内都颇具影响力。其成功是否得到了充分认可或回报，仍有待探讨。
