The PsyJournals.ru portal of psychological publications presents a ranking of books that attracted the greatest reader interest in 2025. The Top 20 includes publications most frequently selected for professional reading and work by specialists in psychology, education, and related disciplines.
The absolute leader of the ranking was the monograph by Yu.A. Kochetova, devoted to the results of a two-year study of emotional intelligence and the problem of gender differences in emotional intelligence among older adolescents in a metropolitan environment — Emotional Intelligence of Older Adolescents (2021). High positions in the ranking were also held by works devoted to pedagogical conflict studies, risks of the digital environment, psychodiagnostics, inclusive education, and the cultural-historical approach.
Three stable thematic areas are clearly represented in the structure of the ranking:
—psychology of child and adolescent development and well-being;
—inclusive education and support for students with special educational needs;
—applied psychodiagnostics and the methodology of psychological practice.
Publications included in the Top 20 Reader Interest Ranking are marked on the PsyJournals.ru portal with the label “Readers’ Choice 2025.”
|
Rank |
Reader Interest Leader — 2025 |
RII |
|
1 |
Kochetova Yu.A. Emotional Intelligence of Older Adolescents (2021) |
3881 |
|
2 |
Nikolaeva A.A., Khlebnikov A.S. Pedagogical Conflict Studies: Tasks, Tests, and Training Exercises (2023) |
3399 |
|
3 |
Rubtsova O.V., Shpagina E.M., Shvedovskaya A.A., Dvoryanchikov N.V. Risks in the Digital Environment: Diagnosis, Prevention, and Intervention (2024) |
2369 |
|
4 |
Khaustov A.V. Development of Speech Communication Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (2010) |
1474 |
|
5 |
Boykina E.E., Gurina O.D., Buslaeva E.L. Psychodiagnostics (Practical Exercises), Part 1 (2024) |
1408 |
|
6 |
Trofimov S.S. Neuropharmacology for Psychologists (2018) |
1238 |
|
7 |
Alekhina S.V., Shemanov A.Yu. Philosophical and Methodological Foundations of Inclusive Education (2022) |
1207 |
|
8 |
Violence Against Children: Working with the Family and the Child (2022) |
1051 |
|
9 |
Oleshkevich V.I., Zaretsky V.K. P.Ya. Galperin’s Psychology and Its Cultural-Historical Analysis (2023) |
1039 |
|
10 |
Sorokova M.G., Kardanova E.Yu., Radchikova N.P., Fedorov V.V. Guidelines for the Standardization of Psychodiagnostic Instruments: Requirements and Quality Assessment (2024) |
966 |
|
11 |
Alekhina S.V., Kutepova E.N., Melnik Yu.V., Nesterova A.A., Karpenkova I.V., Samsonova E.V., Shemanov A.Yu. Creating an Inclusive Educational Environment in Educational Organizations (2022) |
870 |
|
12 |
Vygotsky L.S., Maidansky A.D., Rubtsov V.V. Lexicon of L.S. Vygotsky (2024) |
853 |
|
13 |
Shemanov A.Yu. et al. Technologies for Developing Individual Educational Pathways for Students with Disabilities (2020) |
818 |
|
14 |
Khukhlaev O.E., Chibisova M.Yu., Tkachenko N.V. Program for Assessing the Special Educational Needs of Foreign-Citizen Children in Psychological Well-Being, Social Skills, and Cultural Adaptation (2022) |
798 |
|
15 |
Alekhina S.V., Samsonova E.V., Bystrova Yu.A., Andreeva E.K., Nekrasov A.S. Evidence-Based Evaluation of Inclusive Practices (2024) |
783 |
|
16 |
Kholmogorova A.B., Rychkova O.V., Pugovkina O.D., Moskacheva M.A. Targets and Methods of Psychological Assistance for Patients with Schizophrenic and Affective Spectrum Disorders (2016) |
714 |
|
17 |
Khukhlaev O.E., Chibisova M.Yu., Tkachenko N.V. Guidelines for Implementing Psychological and Pedagogical Support Programs for Learning, Social, Linguistic, and Cultural Adaptation of Foreign-Citizen Children (2023) |
703 |
|
18 |
Lubovsky D.V., Umnyashova I.B., Shemanov A.Yu., Samsonova E.V. Technologies of Psychological and Pedagogical Support Ensuring Continuity of the Educational Process under Modern Federal Educational Standards (2017) |
688 |
|
19 |
Clinical Psychology of the 21st Century: Methodology, Theory, and Practice (2023) |
655 |
|
20 |
Karpenkova I.V., Samsonova E.V., Alekhina S.V., Kutepova E.N. Tutor Support for Children with Disabilities in Inclusive Education (2017) |
610 |
The methodology for calculating the Reader Interest Index and the growing dynamic ranking for 2026 are available here.