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Research in Enschede

Science Explorer records 29 research institutions in Enschede, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Twente, Saxion and Medisch Spectrum Twente.

Research institutions
29
4 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
49k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4M
29.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Enschede

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 Enschede?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of TwenteUniversity 44,013 #490
2Medisch Spectrum TwenteHospital / health system 1,546 #8,620
3SaxionUniversity 700 #7,684
4NovayNonprofit 583 #18,062
5Roessingh Research and DevelopmentNonprofit 462 #9,268 all time
6LioniX (Netherlands)Company 186 #29,423 all time
7Biomass Technology Group (Netherlands)Company 160 #30,098 all time
8Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Oost NederlandNonprofit 150 #24,853 all time
9Percuros (Netherlands)Company 59 not ranked
10X Flow (Netherlands)Company 56 not ranked
11Micronit Microfluidics (Netherlands)Company 46 not ranked
12Mediant Geestelijke GezondheidszorgHospital / health system 44 not ranked
13PhoeniX Software (Netherlands)Company 44 not ranked
14XiO Photonics (Netherlands)Company 39 not ranked
15Xsens (Netherlands)Company 39 not ranked
16Encontech (Netherlands)Company 38 not ranked
17SolMateS (Netherlands)Company 18 not ranked
18Roessingh, Centrum voor RevalidatieInstitution 17 not ranked
19Recore Systems (Netherlands)Company 11 not ranked
20de PostenHospital / health system 11 not ranked
21Medspray (Netherlands)Company 10 not ranked
22Medical Dispensing Systems (Netherlands)Company 7 not ranked
23SecurityMatters (Netherlands)Company 6 not ranked
24Medimate (Netherlands)Company 6 not ranked
25Encapson (Netherlands)Company 4 not ranked
26Netherlands Graduate Research School of Science, Technology and Modern CultureUniversity 4 not ranked
27ConditeInstitution 1 not ranked
28De Twentse ZorgcentraInstitution 1 not ranked
29Figo (Netherlands)Company 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.

University of Twente: 91.2%Medisch Spectrum Twente: 3.2%Saxion: 1.5%Novay: 1.2%24 others listed: 2.9%91%largest
University of Twente44k · 91.2%Medisch Spectrum Twente1,546 · 3.2%Saxion700 · 1.5%Novay583 · 1.2%24 others listed1,419 · 2.9%

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

Which fields of science does Enschede work in?

In 2022-now, 61% of research in Enschede is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Medicine (12%), Computer Science (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 4,841 fractional works · 61.4% of its workEngineering: 2,285 fractional works · 29.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 549 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 442 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 265 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 143 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 141 fractional works · 1.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 141 fractional works · 1.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 123 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 93 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 86 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 84 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 933 fractional works · 11.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 287 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInformation Systems: 137 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 134 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 114 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 61 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHardware and Architecture: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 572 fractional works · 7.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 160 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 119 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology: 76 fractional works · 1.0% of its workWater Science and Technology: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 344 fractional works · 4.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 176 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomaterials: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 243 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 122 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 172 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtmospheric Science: 60 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 78 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCatalysis: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,529 fractional works · 19.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 614 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 194 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 122 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 44 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransportation: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 295 fractional works · 3.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 77 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 68 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 294 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 94 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 66 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 156 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 88 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 97 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 73 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,102 fractional works · 14.0% of its workMedicine: 937 fractional works · 11.9% of its workSurgery: 148 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 106 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOncology: 47 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 36 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 129 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 145 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 75 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 410 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 154 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 82 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 137 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 94 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 98 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEnschede7,882fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences61%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences19%

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. Engineering2,28529.0%
    2. Computer Science93311.8%
    3. Environmental Science5727.3%
    4. Materials Science3444.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy2433.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences1722.2%
    7. Energy881.1%
    8. Mathematics781.0%
    9. Chemistry720.9%
    10. Chemical Engineering540.7%
  2. Social Sciences1,52919.4%
    1. Social Sciences6147.8%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2953.7%
    3. Psychology2943.7%
    4. Decision Sciences1562.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance971.2%
    6. Arts and Humanities730.9%
  3. Health Sciences1,10214.0%
    1. Medicine93711.9%
    2. Health Professions1451.8%
    3. Nursing110.1%
    4. Dentistry50.1%
    5. Veterinary40.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1542.0%
    2. Neuroscience1371.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences981.2%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology150.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Enschede strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Enschede is most concentrated in Software, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and Earth-Surface Processes (6.2× the world share in Software).

  1. SoftwareSubfield · 28.0 works6.2×
  2. Surfaces, Coatings and FilmsSubfield · 36.2 works5.3×
  3. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 32.4 works3.9×
  4. Human-Computer InteractionSubfield · 54.2 works3.8×
  5. Hardware and ArchitectureSubfield · 26.0 works3.3×
  6. Applied PsychologySubfield · 32.3 works3.2×
  7. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 130.3 works3.2×
← 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: 0.26× its world share, 85 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.37× its world share, 138 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.20× its world share, 14 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.09× its world share, 124 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.97× its world share, 48 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 66 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.50× its world share, 816 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 144 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.22× its world share, 78 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.98× its world share, 2,081 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.38× its world share, 481 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.24× its world share, 304 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 68 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.40× its world share, 218 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.71× its world share, 132 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.62× its world share, 840 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 64 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.14× its world share, 258 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 134 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 88 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.23× its world share, 262 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 534 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering1.98×2,081 works
  2. Decision Sciences1.98×134 works
  3. Chemical Engineering1.97×48 works
  4. Computer Science1.50×816 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.40×218 works
  6. Environmental Science1.38×481 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.32×144 works
  8. Materials Science1.24×304 works
  9. Psychology1.23×262 works
  10. Energy1.22×78 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting1.14×258 works
  12. Neuroscience1.09×124 works
  13. Mathematics0.82×68 works
  14. Health Professions0.71×132 works
  15. Medicine0.62×840 works
  16. Chemistry0.60×66 works
  17. Social Sciences0.60×534 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.59×88 works
  19. Veterinary0.41×4 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.37×138 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.32×64 works
  22. Nursing0.28×10 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.26×85 works
  24. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×5 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.20×14 works
  26. Dentistry0.10×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Enschede?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Remote Sensing, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Sustainability, Climate Change, Biomedical Applications, Big Data and Renewable Energy.

▲ 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. Machine Learning386▲ 1.47×88 topics
  2. Deep Learning377▲ 1.39×77 topics
  3. Sustainability305▲ 1.58×91 topics
  4. Climate Change303▲ 1.42×94 topics
  5. Remote Sensing271▲ 2.8×37 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications177▲ 1.90×34 topics
  7. Renewable Energy165▲ 1.45×44 topics
  8. Big Data158▲ 2.1×25 topics
  9. Artificial Intelligence139▲ 1.24×48 topics
  10. Neural Networks138◆ 1.13×38 topics
  11. Nanoparticles120▲ 1.21×40 topics
  12. Supply Chain Management111▲ 1.57×20 topics
  13. Energy Efficiency101▲ 1.39×37 topics
  14. Biosensors93▲ 2.4×12 topics
  15. Heat Transfer82▲ 2.1×16 topics
  16. Ethics71▲ 1.79×32 topics
  17. Large-Eddy Simulation70▲ 4.7×5 topics
  18. Land Use Change69▲ 2.9×8 topics
  19. Smart Grid68▲ 2.4×10 topics
  20. Hydrological Modeling68▲ 3.6×5 topics
  21. Biomass Estimation64▲ 5.3×3 topics
  22. Additive Manufacturing59▲ 2.4×7 topics
  23. Biomechanics59▲ 2.5×12 topics
  24. Surveillance58▲ 2.6×5 topics
  25. Integrated Circuits56▲ 4.9×3 topics
  26. Optical Modulators55▲ 4.9×3 topics
  27. Social-Ecological Systems54▲ 4.9×4 topics
  28. Sediment Transport52▲ 4.1×5 topics
  29. Terrestrial Laser Scanning52▲ 5.5×2 topics
  30. Satellite Imagery48▲ 4.6×4 topics
  31. Raman Lasers48▲ 5.8×2 topics
  32. Participatory Design47▲ 11×2 topics
  33. Microcavities46▲ 5.6×2 topics
  34. Silicon Photonics46▲ 5.8×2 topics
  35. Nanophotonic Waveguides45▲ 6.3×1 topic
  36. Whispering Gallery Mode45▲ 6.3×1 topic
  37. Adherence43▲ 4.3×2 topics
  38. Gait Analysis40▲ 5.4×3 topics
  39. Flood Risk38▲ 6.0×2 topics
  40. Microfluidics38▲ 6.5×3 topics

What research is done in Enschede?

Photonic and Optical Dev…44Photonic and Optical Devices: 44 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment an…31Flood Risk Assessment and Management: 31 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 30 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 28 fractional worksRemote Sensing and LiDAR Applications: 28 fractional worksMuscle activation and electromyography studies: 27 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 27 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…27Digital Transformation in Industry: 27 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 26 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 26 fractional works
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeBiomedical EngineeringAutomotive Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 44 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 31 works
  3. 3 3D Printing in Biomedical Research Biomedical Engineering 30 works
  4. 4 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 28 works
  5. 5 Remote Sensing and LiDAR Applications Environmental Engineering 28 works
  6. 6 Muscle activation and electromyography studies Biomedical Engineering 27 works
  7. 7 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 27 works
  8. 8 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 27 works
  9. 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 26 works
  10. 10 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 26 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%Enschede20.1% 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 37.9% in 2007.

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