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Research in Amsterdam

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are The Netherlands Cancer Institute.

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.4k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
25.9%
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?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1The Netherlands Cancer InstituteHospital / health system 8,416 #1,550

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.

What is Amsterdam strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Amsterdam is most concentrated in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (16.7× the world share in Oncology).

  1. OncologySubfield · 174.5 works17×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 43.9 works11×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 119.0 works8.3×
  4. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 62.3 works7.5×
  5. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 24.2 works5.0×
← 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: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Survival Analysis, Clinical Trials, Radiotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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
  1. Chemotherapy109▲ 17×24 topics
  2. Immunotherapy90▲ 14×19 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines62▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Survival Analysis55▲ 22×7 topics
  5. Clinical Trials54▲ 8.6×14 topics
  6. Radiotherapy52▲ 15×13 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy52▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Cancer52▲ 4.2×41 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment48▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy48▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Quality of Life47▲ 3.5×29 topics
  12. Breast Cancer45▲ 21×10 topics
  13. Precision Medicine42▲ 9.7×7 topics
  14. Biomarkers41▲ 6.5×14 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors37▲ 9.2×14 topics
  16. Molecular Characterization35▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Metastasis34▲ 11×12 topics
  18. Prostate Cancer34▲ 28×5 topics
  19. Immune Checkpoint Blockade33▲ 32×1 topic
  20. PD-1 and PD-L133▲ 32×1 topic
  21. Genetic Mutations32▲ 8.0×19 topics
  22. Radiation Therapy31▲ 26×5 topics
  23. Gene Expression31▲ 5.5×14 topics
  24. Genomic Profiling29▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Molecular Subtypes28▲ 36×3 topics
  26. Cancer Immunotherapy26▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy26▲ 4.9×17 topics
  28. Screening26▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Genomic Instability26▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines25▲ 9.4×8 topics
  31. Adjuvant Chemotherapy25▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Medical Imaging25▲ 5.2×8 topics
  33. Biopsy25▲ 44×2 topics
  34. Dosimetry23▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Cancer Risk23▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Tumor Markers23▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Prognostic Markers22▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Texture Analysis21▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Monte Carlo Simulation21▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Genetic Variants21▲ 13×6 topics

What research is done in Amsterdam?

Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 33 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 20 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 19 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 18 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 17 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 15 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…14Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 14 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 14 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 13 fractional works
OncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 33 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 20 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 19 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 18 works
  6. 6 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 17 works
  7. 7 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 14 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 13 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.