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Research in De Bilt

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in De Bilt, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
10k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
481k
46.3 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
De Bilt

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 De Bilt?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1National Institute for Public Health and the EnvironmentResearch facility 7,869 #1,162
2Royal Netherlands Meteorological InstituteGovernment institution 2,442 #11,756
3Intravacc (Netherlands)Company 94 not ranked
4Observatories and Research Facilities for European SeismologyNonprofit 1 not ranked
5Mierij MeteoCompany 0 not ranked

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.

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.

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment: 75.6%Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute: 23.5%Intravacc (Netherlands): 0.9%Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology: 0.0%76%largest
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment7,869 · 75.6%Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute2,442 · 23.5%Intravacc (Netherlands)94 · 0.9%Observatories and Research Facilities for European Seismology1 · 0.0%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does De Bilt work in?

In 2022-now, 42% of research in De Bilt is in Physical Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (25%), Environmental Science (20%), Earth and Planetary Sciences (11%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 500 fractional works · 41.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 244 fractional works · 20.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 87 fractional works · 7.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 67 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 24 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPollution: 23 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 128 fractional works · 10.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 94 fractional works · 7.8% of its workOceanography: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeophysics: 14 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 50 fractional works · 4.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 1.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics and Probability: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 374 fractional works · 31.3% of its workMedicine: 295 fractional works · 24.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 74 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 59 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 41 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPhysiology: 24 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSurgery: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 65 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 38 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 7 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 208 fractional works · 17.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 84 fractional works · 7.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 33 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 12 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 58 fractional works · 4.9% of its workImmunology: 23 fractional works · 1.9% of its workParasitology: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMicrobiology: 13 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 54 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFood Science: 21 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 111 fractional works · 9.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth: 22 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 30 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 11 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 9 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 15 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDe Bilt1,193fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences17%Physical Sciences42%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences9%

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. Environmental Science24420.5%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences12810.7%
    3. Engineering504.2%
    4. Computer Science221.8%
    5. Materials Science181.5%
    6. Mathematics181.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy70.6%
    8. Chemistry60.5%
    9. Chemical Engineering30.3%
    10. Energy30.2%
    1. Medicine29524.7%
    2. Health Professions655.4%
    3. Veterinary70.6%
    4. Nursing60.5%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology847.0%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology584.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences544.5%
    4. Neuroscience100.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.2%
    1. Social Sciences484.0%
    2. Psychology302.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance161.4%
    4. Decision Sciences100.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting50.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is De Bilt strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in De Bilt is most concentrated in Atmospheric Science, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Infectious Diseases (14.7× the world share in Atmospheric Science).

  1. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 64.8 works15×
  2. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 57.9 works11×
  3. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 68.5 works10×
← 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: 0.99× its world share, 47 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.36× its world share, 73 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.67× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.47× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 17 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5.91× its world share, 93 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 41 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.90× its world share, 194 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.35× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.36× its world share, 261 worksMedicineNursing: 1.17× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.20× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.83× its world share, 8 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.87× its world share, 27 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.32× its world share, 41 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 5.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences5.91×93 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.67×47 works
  3. Veterinary4.20×6 works
  4. Environmental Science3.90×194 works
  5. Health Professions2.30×61 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.36×73 works
  7. Medicine1.36×261 works
  8. Mathematics1.35×16 works
  9. Nursing1.17×6 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.99×47 works
  11. Psychology0.87×27 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.83×8 works
  13. Chemical Engineering0.73×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×16 works
  15. Neuroscience0.55×9 works
  16. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.47×2 works
  17. Materials Science0.47×16 works
  18. Social Sciences0.32×41 works
  19. Chemistry0.30×5 works
  20. Engineering0.27×41 works
  21. Energy0.26×2 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.25×6 works
  23. Computer Science0.22×17 works
  24. Dentistry0.22×1 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×4 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.07×2 works

Which keywords describe research in De Bilt?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Climate Change, Health Effects, Vaccine, Global Warming, Pathogenesis and Air Quality.

▲ 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. Epidemiology183▲ 3.8×93 topics
  2. Climate Change113▲ 3.5×74 topics
  3. Public Health96▲ 5.5×42 topics
  4. Health Effects72▲ 9.9×20 topics
  5. Vaccine58▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Remote Sensing56▲ 3.8×25 topics
  7. Pandemic55▲ 4.7×10 topics
  8. Environmental Impact55▲ 2.7×30 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease54▲ 3.9×28 topics
  10. Global Warming53▲ 10×11 topics
  11. Pathogenesis51▲ 8.4×20 topics
  12. Air Quality51▲ 23×6 topics
  13. COVID-1946▲ 2.9×21 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-244▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Hydrological Cycle43▲ 36×2 topics
  16. Satellite Observations40▲ 34×3 topics
  17. Data Assimilation38▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases38▲ 9.5×9 topics
  19. Immunity35▲ 7.3×10 topics
  20. Boundary Layer34▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Greenhouse Gas Emissions32▲ 9.9×7 topics
  22. Ocean Circulation32▲ 20×3 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor31▲ 12×2 topics
  24. Immune Response30▲ 4.5×16 topics
  25. Probabilistic Forecasting30▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Risk Perception30▲ 9.3×7 topics
  27. Convective Parameterization29▲ 42×1 topic
  28. Ensemble Kalman Filter29▲ 24×1 topic
  29. Extreme Events25▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Environmental Exposure25▲ 19×3 topics
  31. Vaccine Development25▲ 8.2×11 topics
  32. Chronic Diseases24▲ 8.1×8 topics
  33. Viral Transmission24▲ 15×4 topics
  34. Coronavirus24▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Antimicrobial Resistance24▲ 9.8×9 topics
  36. Particulate Matter23▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Climate Modeling23▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Precipitation Extremes23▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Mutation23▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Chemical Composition23▲ 20×2 topics

What research is done in De Bilt?

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …21SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 21 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…18Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 18 fractional worksClimate variability and models: 17 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 16 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 14 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 14 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 14 fractional worksRespiratory viral infect…12Respiratory viral infections research: 12 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 12 fractional worksAtmospheric aerosols and clouds: 12 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesAtmospheric ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeHealth3 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 21 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 18 works
  3. 3 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 17 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 16 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 14 works
  6. 6 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 14 works
  7. 7 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 14 works
  8. 8 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 12 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 12 works
  10. 10 Atmospheric aerosols and clouds Global and Planetary Change 12 works

Research output over time

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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%De Bilt24.0% 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 41.8% in 2009.

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