City · Netherlands
Research in Amsterdam
Science Explorer records 185 research institutions in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Amsterdam, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam University Medical Centers.
- Research institutions
- 185 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 269k ▲ 6% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 27.0% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.
Which research institutions are in Amsterdam?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of AmsterdamUniversity | 86,016 | #132 | |
| 2 | Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity | 48,348 | #241 | |
| 3 | Amsterdam UMC Location University of AmsterdamHospital / health system | 20,297 | #4,908 | |
| 4 | Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamHospital / health system | 14,709 | #4,628 | |
| 5 | Philips (Netherlands)Company | 11,671 | #11,938 | |
| 6 | Amsterdam University Medical CentersHospital / health system | 10,410 | #520 | |
| 7 | Centrum Wiskunde & InformaticaResearch facility | 5,468 | #5,937 | |
| 8 | Institute for Atomic and Molecular PhysicsResearch facility | 5,440 | #3,401 | |
| 9 | Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesUniversity | 5,403 | #2,634 | |
| 10 | RijksmuseumArchive | 5,007 | #11,288 | |
| 11 | Academic Center for Dentistry AmsterdamUniversity | 4,198 | #4,491 | |
| 12 | Amsterdam NeuroscienceResearch facility | 3,466 | #1,642 | |
| 13 | GGD AmsterdamHospital / health system | 3,161 | #6,150 | |
| 14 | RELX Group (Netherlands)Company | 2,863 | #15,040 | |
| 15 | Netherlands Institute for NeuroscienceResearch facility | 2,791 | #4,446 | |
| 16 | Dutch Blood Transfusion SocietyInstitution | 2,093 | #2,717 all time | |
| 17 | Emma KinderziekenhuisHospital / health system | 2,025 | #6,621 | |
| 18 | Amsterdam Public HealthResearch facility | 1,971 | #4,207 all time | |
| 19 | National Institute for Subatomic PhysicsResearch facility | 1,950 | #7,093 | |
| 20 | OLVGHospital / health system | 1,857 | #9,589 | |
| 21 | SanquinNonprofit | 1,717 | #5,344 | |
| 22 | Netherlands Aerospace CentreNonprofit | 1,677 | #24,501 | |
| 23 | International Institute of Social HistoryArchive | 1,589 | #15,248 | |
| 24 | AkzoNobel (Netherlands)Company | 1,474 | #16,859 | |
| 25 | Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and SciencesGovernment institution | 1,339 | #5,123 | |
| 26 | De Nederlandsche BankFunder | 1,279 | #16,996 | |
| 27 | Amsterdam University of the ArtsUniversity | 1,065 | #9,149 | |
| 28 | SlotervaartziekenhuisHospital / health system | 970 | #8,760 all time | |
| 29 | Delta Institute for Theoretical PhysicsResearch facility | 921 | #4,215 all time | |
| 30 | Cyclotron (Netherlands)Company | 857 | #9,685 all time | |
| 31 | European Organisation for Research and Treatment of CancerNonprofit | 844 | #19,565 | |
| 32 | Royal Tropical InstituteArchive | 810 | #14,780 all time | |
| 33 | NIOD Institute for War, Holocaust and Genocide StudiesResearch facility | 764 | #26,511 | |
| 34 | Gemeente AmsterdamGovernment institution | 724 | #27,916 | |
| 35 | Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law EnforcementResearch facility | 709 | #18,630 | |
| 36 | Sint Lucas Andreas HospitalHospital / health system | 656 | #21,235 all time | |
| 37 | Cancer Center AmsterdamHospital / health system | 641 | #6,156 | |
| 38 | ReadeResearch facility | 568 | #20,949 | |
| 39 | Netherlands Leprosy ReliefNonprofit | 554 | #25,433 | |
| 40 | GGZ inGeestFunder | 527 | #19,157 | |
| 41 | Meertens InstituteResearch facility | 506 | #19,881 all time | |
| 42 | Netherlands Center for Occupational DiseasesResearch facility | 479 | #12,984 all time | |
| 43 | Dutch Cancer SocietyInstitution | 467 | #10,051 | |
| 44 | European Medicines AgencyGovernment institution | 440 | #11,647 | |
| 45 | Amsterdam MuseumArchive | 356 | #28,671 all time | |
| 46 | Netherlands eScience CenterFunder | 345 | #14,126 | |
| 47 | General Electric (Netherlands)Company | 334 | #16,239 all time | |
| 48 | Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and DevelopmentResearch facility | 326 | #12,414 | |
| 49 | Amsterdam University CollegeUniversity | 296 | #19,844 | |
| 50 | Médecins Sans FrontièresNonprofit | 289 | #23,538 all time | |
| 51 | Health & Safety in SportsInstitution | 271 | #21,543 | |
| 52 | Cargill (Netherlands)Company | 267 | #26,645 all time | |
| 53 | Health Action InternationalNonprofit | 264 | #24,227 all time | |
| 54 | PharmAccess GroupNonprofit | 240 | #25,440 | |
| 55 | Amsterdam Institute for Addiction ResearchResearch facility | 240 | #15,194 all time | |
| 56 | MSD (Netherlands)Company | 201 | #22,535 all time | |
| 57 | ERN GUARD-HeartHospital / health system | 193 | #15,441 | |
| 58 | ArkinHospital / health system | 187 | #30,431 all time | |
| 59 | Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (Netherlands)Company | 185 | #8,306 | |
| 60 | TomTom (Netherlands)Company | 154 | #25,659 all time |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
How concentrated the city is
The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.
University of Amsterdam86k · 32.5%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam48k · 18.3%Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam20k · 7.7%Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam15k · 5.6%56 others listed95k · 36.1%
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
What is Amsterdam strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Amsterdam is most concentrated in General Decision Sciences, Applied Psychology and Public Administration (4.4× the world share in General Decision Sciences).
- General Decision SciencesSubfield · 29.6 works4.4×
- Applied PsychologySubfield · 163.6 works3.2×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 58.2 works3.0×
- Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 774.6 works3.0×
- Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 465.7 works2.8×
- Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 486.4 works2.8×
- Behavioral NeuroscienceSubfield · 37.8 works2.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →
Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.
Which keywords describe research in Amsterdam?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Globalization, Depression, Human Rights and Risk Factors.
- Cognitive Training
- Mental Disorders
- Neoadjuvant Therapy
- Psychopathology
- Global Burden
- Neuroimaging
- Emotion Regulation
- Clinical Trials
- Aging
- Diagnosis
- Meta-Analysis
- Chemotherapy
- Oxidative Stress
- Human Rights
- Depression
- Treatment
- Climate Change
- Quality of Life
- Machine Learning
- Inflammation
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Mental Health
- Deep Learning
- Public Health
- Social Media
- Risk Factors
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Biomarkers
- Genetics
- Neurological Disorders
- Management
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Ethics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Anxiety
- Guidelines
- Neurodegeneration
- Emotion
- Cognitive Decline
▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 40 words, with their numbers
- Epidemiology2,248▲ 1.60×138 topics
- Inflammation1,066▲ 1.45×83 topics
- Globalization930▲ 1.34×160 topics
- Machine Learning878▼ 0.76×86 topics
- Mental Health850▲ 1.64×47 topics
- Quality of Life835▲ 1.64×60 topics
- Deep Learning829▼ 0.68×81 topics
- Climate Change693▼ 0.73×115 topics
- Public Health647▲ 1.26×73 topics
- Treatment621▲ 1.45×52 topics
- Social Media620▲ 1.23×40 topics
- Depression608▲ 1.96×26 topics
- Risk Factors603▲ 1.55×37 topics
- Human Rights588▲ 1.61×82 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease576▲ 1.46×39 topics
- Oxidative Stress560◆ 0.97×62 topics
- Biomarkers486▲ 2.0×18 topics
- Chemotherapy441▲ 1.78×25 topics
- Genetics430▲ 1.73×27 topics
- Meta-Analysis428▲ 2.0×21 topics
- Neurological Disorders427▲ 2.1×20 topics
- Diagnosis427▲ 1.30×41 topics
- Management401▲ 1.44×39 topics
- Aging394▲ 2.1×19 topics
- Metabolic Syndrome381▲ 1.32×23 topics
- Clinical Trials369▲ 1.55×19 topics
- Ethics362▲ 2.1×56 topics
- Emotion Regulation350▲ 3.2×9 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines349▲ 1.81×14 topics
- Neuroimaging331▲ 3.5×11 topics
- Anxiety328▲ 1.96×12 topics
- Global Burden327▲ 1.72×12 topics
- Guidelines312▲ 1.89×13 topics
- Psychopathology271▲ 4.2×4 topics
- Neurodegeneration268▲ 2.5×11 topics
- Neoadjuvant Therapy261▲ 3.1×5 topics
- Emotion251▲ 3.4×12 topics
- Mental Disorders193▲ 4.8×3 topics
- Cognitive Decline190▲ 4.5×2 topics
- Cognitive Training174▲ 5.4×2 topics
What research is done in Amsterdam?
Psychiatry and Mental healthExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceArtificial Intelligence5 others
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 165 works
- 2 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 125 works
- 3 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 122 works
- 4 Topic Modeling Artificial Intelligence 108 works
- 5 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 108 works
- 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 105 works
- 7 Social Media and Politics Communication 103 works
- 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 102 works
- 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 95 works
- 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 89 works
Research output over time
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