Human Study e.V. Competitors

The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) is the world's largest organization of scientists and physicians devoted to advancing understanding of the brain and nervous system. A membership society, SfN has grown from 500 members in 1969 to nearly 35,000 in 80+ countries today. SfN promotes scientific exchange through its annual meeting, which attracts more than 30,000 attendees from around the globe, and its scientific publications, eNeuro and The Journal of Neuroscience. SfN also supports the neuroscience community through professional development programming and is dedicated to sharing the excitement and progress of scientific discovery through public information and outreach. SfN advocates for policies that advance science and improve health, such as ensuring strong national investments in research and the responsible use of animals in research.

The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States and is the world's largest association of psychologists. APA's membership includes more than 157,000 researchers, educators, clinicians, consultants and students. Through its divisions in 54 subfields of psychology and affiliations with 60 state, territorial and Canadian provincial associations, APA works to advance psychology as a science, as a profession and as a means of promoting human welfare. The mission of the APA is to advance the creation, communication, and application of psychological knowledge to benefit society and improve people’s lives.

AERA is a national research society that strives to advance knowledge about education, to encourage scholarly inquiry related to education, and to promote the use of research to improve education and serve the public good. AERA membership includes approximately 25,000 educational researchers in the United States and abroad, including college and university professors, leaders in school systems, federal, state and local agencies, foundations and the private sector. Each of AERA’s 12 Divisions focuses on a substantive professional area, including Administration, Organization, and Leadership, Curriculum Studies, Learning and Instruction, Measurement and Research Methodology, Counseling and Human Development, History and Historiography, Social Context of Education, Research, Evaluation, and Assessment in Schools, Education in the Professions, Postsecondary Education, Teaching and Teacher Education, and Educational Policy and Politics. In addition AERA hosts Special Interest Groups on more than 160 topics, ranging from literacy to technology in the classroom. AERA publishes peer-reviewed journals, including the Educational Researcher; American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, Review of Educational Research, and an annual Review of Research in Education as well as several influential books.