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Research in Amsterdam

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

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.4k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
490k
58.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
25.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Amsterdam

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality 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 #915

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Amsterdam work in?

In 2022-now, 67% of research in Amsterdam is in Health Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (65%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (18%), Immunology and Microbiology (3%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 672 fractional works · 67.0% of its workMedicine: 655 fractional works · 65.2% of its workOncology: 188 fractional works · 18.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 128 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSurgery: 80 fractional works · 8.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 67 fractional works · 6.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workReproductive Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 229 fractional works · 22.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 181 fractional works · 18.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 97 fractional works · 9.7% of its workCancer Research: 47 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGenetics: 21 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCell Biology: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 33 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology: 31 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 76 fractional works · 7.6% of its workComputer Science: 25 fractional works · 2.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 19 fractional works · 1.9% of its workRadiation: 18 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 17 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 13 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAmsterdam1,004fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences67%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine65565.2%
    2. Health Professions131.3%
    3. Dentistry20.2%
    4. Nursing10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology18118.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology333.3%
    3. Neuroscience70.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics50.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.4%
    1. Computer Science252.5%
    2. Physics and Astronomy191.9%
    3. Engineering171.7%
    4. Mathematics60.6%
    5. Chemistry30.3%
    6. Materials Science30.3%
    7. Environmental Science20.2%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Energy00.0%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance131.3%
    2. Social Sciences60.6%
    3. Psychology40.4%
    4. Decision Sciences20.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities10.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.32× its world share, 164 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 608 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.41×608 works
  2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.32×164 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology3.31×31 works
  4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.45×5 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy0.89×18 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×12 works
  7. Mathematics0.54×6 works
  8. Health Professions0.51×12 works
  9. Dentistry0.50×2 works
  10. Neuroscience0.41×6 works
  11. Veterinary0.31×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.30×22 works
  13. Chemistry0.21×3 works
  14. Nursing0.21×1 works
  15. Decision Sciences0.19×2 works
  16. Psychology0.14×4 works
  17. Engineering0.12×16 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×4 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.08×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.06×2 works
  21. Social Sciences0.05×6 works
  22. Environmental Science0.03×1 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.02×0 works
  24. Arts and Humanities0.02×1 works
  25. Energy0.01×0 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Amsterdam?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Survival Analysis, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Clinical Trials, Radiotherapy 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-now 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. Chemotherapy118▲ 17×24 topics
  2. Immunotherapy98▲ 13×19 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines67▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Survival Analysis59▲ 21×7 topics
  5. Neoadjuvant Therapy57▲ 24×5 topics
  6. Clinical Trials57▲ 8.5×16 topics
  7. Radiotherapy57▲ 14×13 topics
  8. Cancer56▲ 4.1×41 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment54▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy51▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Quality of Life50▲ 3.5×30 topics
  12. Breast Cancer49▲ 20×10 topics
  13. Precision Medicine46▲ 9.2×8 topics
  14. Biomarkers44▲ 6.3×14 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors40▲ 9.2×14 topics
  16. Molecular Characterization37▲ 21×5 topics
  17. Metastasis36▲ 11×12 topics
  18. Prostate Cancer36▲ 26×5 topics
  19. Immune Checkpoint Blockade36▲ 31×1 topic
  20. PD-1 and PD-L136▲ 31×1 topic
  21. Gene Expression35▲ 5.6×15 topics
  22. Radiation Therapy34▲ 25×5 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations34▲ 7.7×19 topics
  24. Molecular Subtypes31▲ 36×3 topics
  25. Genomic Profiling31▲ 30×2 topics
  26. Cancer Therapy30▲ 5.2×17 topics
  27. Cancer Immunotherapy28▲ 18×3 topics
  28. Screening28▲ 28×3 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines27▲ 9.2×8 topics
  30. Medical Imaging27▲ 5.2×8 topics
  31. Genomic Instability27▲ 24×3 topics
  32. Biopsy27▲ 42×2 topics
  33. Adjuvant Chemotherapy26▲ 38×2 topics
  34. Cancer Risk24▲ 11×7 topics
  35. Prognostic Markers24▲ 22×3 topics
  36. Dosimetry24▲ 34×2 topics
  37. Tumor Markers24▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Genetic Variants23▲ 13×6 topics
  39. Texture Analysis23▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Quantitative Analysis22▲ 10×2 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

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%60%Amsterdam26.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 43.5% in 2003.

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