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Research in Delft

Science Explorer records 33 research institutions in Delft, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research and IHE Delft Institute for Water Education.

Research institutions
33
5 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
106k
◆ 0% vs 2018-21
Citations
3M
28.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
24.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Delft

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 Delft?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Delft University of TechnologyUniversity 91,082 #127
2Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific ResearchNonprofit 7,584 #1,173
3IHE Delft Institute for Water EducationUniversity 5,022 #2,248
4DeltaresResearch facility 2,046 #5,866
5VSL Dutch Metrology InstituteResearch facility 820 #19,027
6Materials innovation instituteResearch facility 621 #12,518 all time
7Systematic (Netherlands)Company 490 #17,498 all time
8J.M. BurgerscentrumResearch facility 361 #21,115 all time
9Science and Technology Corporation (Netherlands)Company 115 not ranked
10Dutch Network of Systems and ControlUniversity 97 not ranked
11Netherlands Standardization InstituteNonprofit 77 not ranked
12GGZ DelflandHospital / health system 69 not ranked
13Mapper Lithography (Netherlands)Company 68 not ranked
14The Ocean CleanupNonprofit 67 not ranked
15Denssolutions (Netherlands)Company 42 not ranked
16Next Generation InfrastructuresInstitution 35 not ranked
17Innovative Solution In Space (Netherlands)Company 29 not ranked
18Cross-Linked Enzyme Aggregates Technologies (Netherlands)Company 26 not ranked
19Environmental Analysis and Remote Sensing (Netherlands)Company 24 not ranked
20VORtech (Netherlands)Company 23 not ranked
21Advanced Lightweight Engineering (Netherlands)Company 22 not ranked
22Schlumberger (Netherlands)Company 16 not ranked
23Artemis One Health Research FoundationNonprofit 15 not ranked
24DEMO ConsultantsCompany 13 not ranked
25International Institute for the Urban EnvironmentInstitution 8 not ranked
26ZorgKeuzeLabInstitution 5 not ranked
27UniresearchInstitution 5 not ranked
28KE-Works (Netherlands)Company 4 not ranked
29Lenntech (Netherlands)Company 3 not ranked
30MobyconCompany 3 not ranked
31Evalf Computing (Netherlands)Company 2 not ranked
32BioClin (Netherlands)Company 2 not ranked
33E-Semble (Netherlands)Company 2 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.

Delft University of Technology: 83.7%Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research: 7.0%IHE Delft Institute for Water Education: 4.6%Deltares: 1.9%29 others listed: 2.8%84%largest
Delft University of Technology91k · 83.7%Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research7,584 · 7.0%IHE Delft Institute for Water Education5,022 · 4.6%Deltares2,046 · 1.9%29 others listed3,064 · 2.8%

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

Which fields of science does Delft work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research in Delft is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (38%), Computer Science (11%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 14k fractional works · 75.4% of its workEngineering: 6,963 fractional works · 38.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1,332 fractional works · 7.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 807 fractional works · 4.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 691 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 669 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 624 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 555 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 422 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 415 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 368 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 322 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 314 fractional works · 1.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 214 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 125 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedia Technology: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2,072 fractional works · 11.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 784 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 260 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 243 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems: 213 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 162 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 139 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 91 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSoftware: 44 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,802 fractional works · 9.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 423 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 415 fractional works · 2.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 201 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 196 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPollution: 140 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 125 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 114 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 97 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 60 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 31 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 817 fractional works · 4.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 220 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 196 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 159 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeology: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 699 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 340 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 122 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 113 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 68 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 650 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 395 fractional works · 2.2% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 64 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 50 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 268 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 203 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 240 fractional works · 1.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 57 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 48 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 40 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 95 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 138 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 59 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,550 fractional works · 13.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,040 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 335 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransportation: 177 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 111 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 97 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 82 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 77 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 161 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 403 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 232 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 63 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 66 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 387 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 127 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 76 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 69 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 61 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 54 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 334 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 172 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 88 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 195 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArcheology: 62 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 133 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 192 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 125 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,034 fractional works · 5.7% of its workMedicine: 793 fractional works · 4.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 110 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 105 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 81 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 65 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 51 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 339 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 209 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 87 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 122 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 913 fractional works · 5.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 432 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 264 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiophysics: 42 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 41 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 86 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 236 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 183 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 216 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 73 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 143 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 21 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 9 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDelft18kfractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences75%Health Sciences6%Social Sciences14%

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. Engineering6,96338.1%
    2. Computer Science2,07211.3%
    3. Environmental Science1,8029.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences8174.5%
    5. Physics and Astronomy6993.8%
    6. Materials Science6503.6%
    7. Energy2681.5%
    8. Mathematics2401.3%
    9. Chemistry1430.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering1380.8%
  2. Social Sciences2,55013.9%
    1. Social Sciences1,0405.7%
    2. Psychology4032.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting3872.1%
    4. Decision Sciences3341.8%
    5. Arts and Humanities1951.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1921.0%
    1. Medicine7934.3%
    2. Health Professions2091.1%
    3. Nursing210.1%
    4. Dentistry100.1%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4322.4%
    2. Neuroscience2361.3%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2161.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology210.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics90.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Delft strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Delft is most concentrated in Earth-Surface Processes, Architecture and Environmental Engineering (8.9× the world share in Earth-Surface Processes).

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 171.3 works8.9×
  2. ArchitectureSubfield · 30.9 works4.9×
  3. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 352.5 works4.0×
  4. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 373.3 works4.0×
  5. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 333.9 works4.0×
  6. SoftwareSubfield · 40.7 works3.9×
← 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: 0.24× its world share, 187 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 377 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 212 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.21× its world share, 125 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.51× its world share, 128 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.47× its world share, 1,846 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 692 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.52× its world share, 225 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.57× its world share, 6,203 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.90× its world share, 1,520 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.02× its world share, 576 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.15× its world share, 218 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.71× its world share, 613 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 181 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.23× its world share, 698 worksMedicineNursing: 0.23× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.37× its world share, 170 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 349 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 296 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.50× its world share, 174 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 358 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.45× its world share, 909 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.74×692 works
  2. Engineering2.57×6,203 works
  3. Chemical Engineering2.21×125 works
  4. Environmental Science1.90×1,520 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.90×296 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy1.71×613 works
  7. Energy1.52×225 works
  8. Computer Science1.47×1,846 works
  9. Mathematics1.15×218 works
  10. Materials Science1.02×576 works
  11. Neuroscience0.81×212 works
  12. Psychology0.73×358 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×349 works
  14. Chemistry0.51×128 works
  15. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.50×174 works
  16. Social Sciences0.45×909 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.44×377 works
  18. Health Professions0.43×181 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.37×170 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.24×187 works
  21. Medicine0.23×698 works
  22. Nursing0.23×18 works
  23. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×7 works
  24. Dentistry0.12×9 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.11×18 works
  26. Veterinary0.05×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Delft?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Machine Learning, Sustainability, Deep Learning, Remote Sensing, Sediment Transport and Large-Eddy Simulation.

▲ 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. Climate Change979▲ 1.97×107 topics
  2. Machine Learning876▲ 1.44×89 topics
  3. Deep Learning871▲ 1.38×83 topics
  4. Sustainability774▲ 1.73×95 topics
  5. Renewable Energy690▲ 2.6×52 topics
  6. Remote Sensing533▲ 2.4×36 topics
  7. Neural Networks455▲ 1.61×39 topics
  8. Environmental Impact452▲ 1.45×66 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency292▲ 1.73×41 topics
  10. Mechanical Properties281▲ 1.57×39 topics
  11. Heat Transfer276▲ 3.1×19 topics
  12. Big Data262▲ 1.50×31 topics
  13. Hydrological Modeling253▲ 5.8×5 topics
  14. Sediment Transport238▲ 8.1×6 topics
  15. Large-Eddy Simulation237▲ 6.9×5 topics
  16. Optimization235▲ 2.9×26 topics
  17. Artificial Neural Networks213▲ 2.5×9 topics
  18. Air Quality201▲ 5.8×6 topics
  19. Autonomous Vehicles196▲ 5.2×5 topics
  20. Sea-Level Rise196▲ 9.2×5 topics
  21. Turbulent Flow190▲ 8.8×4 topics
  22. Model Predictive Control185▲ 4.0×6 topics
  23. Power Electronics185▲ 3.1×8 topics
  24. Smart Grid184▲ 2.8×10 topics
  25. CFD Simulation183▲ 8.6×5 topics
  26. Aerodynamics168▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Risk Perception166▲ 3.4×7 topics
  28. Numerical Simulation165▲ 3.1×14 topics
  29. Nonlinear Systems160▲ 4.0×8 topics
  30. Water Resources158▲ 3.5×11 topics
  31. Fluid-Structure Interaction158▲ 5.8×6 topics
  32. Collision Avoidance153▲ 4.6×4 topics
  33. Wave Modeling144▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Driver Behavior143▲ 9.8×2 topics
  35. Entanglement134▲ 4.9×4 topics
  36. Boundary Layer127▲ 5.5×4 topics
  37. Offshore Wind Farms127▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Human Factors114▲ 7.9×3 topics
  39. Flow Control113▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Flood Risk110▲ 7.4×2 topics

What research is done in Delft?

Coastal and Marine Dynam…92Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 92 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…88Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 88 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interaction and Safety: 80 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 75 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 72 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 70 fractional worksWind Energy Research and Development: 68 fractional worksTransportation and Mobil…65Transportation and Mobility Innovations: 65 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 65 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 62 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesGlobal and Planetary ChangeSocial PsychologyTransportation5 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 92 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 88 works
  3. 3 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 80 works
  4. 4 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 75 works
  5. 5 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 72 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 70 works
  7. 7 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 68 works
  8. 8 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 65 works
  9. 9 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 65 works
  10. 10 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 62 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%Delft23.0% 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 35.4% in 2016.

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