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Research in Heerlen

Science Explorer records 11 research institutions in Heerlen, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Open University of the Netherlands, DSM (Netherlands) and Zuyd University of Applied Sciences.

Research institutions
11
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
8.8k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
274k
31.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
26.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
Heerlen

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 Heerlen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Open University of the NetherlandsUniversity 3,439 #2,452
2DSM (Netherlands)Company 3,144 #8,591
3Atrium Medisch Centrum ParkstadHospital / health system 700 #11,261 all time
4Zuyd University of Applied SciencesUniversity 644 #10,268
5De Wever-ZiekenhuisHospital / health system 527 #20,144 all time
6Medtronic (Netherlands)Company 214 #23,190 all time
7Mondriaan GGZHospital / health system 123 #31,024 all time
8European Association of Distance Teaching UniversitiesUniversity 19 not ranked
9MeanderGroep Zuid-LimburgHospital / health system 7 not ranked
10Huisartsen Oostelijk Zuid LimburgNonprofit 4 not ranked
11Kowsar Medical (Netherlands)Company 3 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.

Open University of the Netherlands: 39.0%DSM (Netherlands): 35.6%Atrium Medisch Centrum Parkstad: 7.9%Zuyd University of Applied Sciences: 7.3%7 others listed: 10.2%39%largest
Open University of the Netherlands3,439 · 39.0%DSM (Netherlands)3,144 · 35.6%Atrium Medisch Centrum Parkstad700 · 7.9%Zuyd University of Applied Sciences644 · 7.3%7 others listed897 · 10.2%

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

Which fields of science does Heerlen work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research in Heerlen is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Psychology (14%), Medicine (13%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 684 fractional works · 49.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 250 fractional works · 18.0% of its workEducation: 72 fractional works · 5.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 72 fractional works · 5.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 25 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSafety Research: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDemography: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 9 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 193 fractional works · 13.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 50 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 49 fractional works · 3.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 39 fractional works · 2.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 34 fractional works · 2.4% of its workApplied Psychology: 17 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 123 fractional works · 8.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 31 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 30 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 22 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 44 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPhilosophy: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 43 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 37 fractional works · 2.7% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 31 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 331 fractional works · 23.8% of its workComputer Science: 163 fractional works · 11.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 59 fractional works · 4.2% of its workInformation Systems: 36 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Science Applications: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSoftware: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 9 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 63 fractional works · 4.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 1.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 61 fractional works · 4.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 12 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 16 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 8 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 5 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 266 fractional works · 19.2% of its workMedicine: 184 fractional works · 13.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 23 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 19 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEpidemiology: 15 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 10 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 73 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 55 fractional works · 3.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 4 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 109 fractional works · 7.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 49 fractional works · 3.5% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 13 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFood Science: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 23 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 17 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKHeerlen1,389fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences49%

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. Social Sciences25018.0%
    2. Psychology19313.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1238.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities443.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance433.1%
    6. Decision Sciences312.2%
    1. Computer Science16311.8%
    2. Engineering634.5%
    3. Environmental Science614.4%
    4. Materials Science161.2%
    5. Mathematics80.6%
    6. Chemistry70.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy50.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.2%
    9. Energy30.2%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Medicine18413.2%
    2. Health Professions735.3%
    3. Nursing70.5%
    4. Veterinary20.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences493.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology292.1%
    3. Neuroscience231.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology60.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Heerlen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Heerlen is most concentrated in Management Information Systems (5.7× the world share in Management Information Systems).

  1. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 29.0 works5.7×
← 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: 0.78× its world share, 46 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.42× its world share, 27 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.98× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.53× its world share, 146 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.31× its world share, 57 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 54 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.35× its world share, 15 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.52× its world share, 8 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.98× its world share, 64 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.68× its world share, 162 worksMedicineNursing: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 36 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.88× its world share, 114 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.11× its world share, 25 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 38 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.48× its world share, 168 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 221 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.48×168 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.88×114 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.11×25 works
  4. Health Professions1.98×64 works
  5. Computer Science1.53×146 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.43×38 works
  7. Social Sciences1.42×221 works
  8. Nursing1.03×6 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.02×36 works
  10. Neuroscience0.98×20 works
  11. Veterinary0.88×2 works
  12. Environmental Science0.87×54 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.78×46 works
  14. Medicine0.68×162 works
  15. Mathematics0.52×8 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.47×6 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.42×27 works
  18. Materials Science0.35×15 works
  19. Chemistry0.33×6 works
  20. Engineering0.31×57 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.23×1 works
  22. Energy0.23×3 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.16×4 works
  24. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×3 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.13×1 works
  26. Dentistry0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Heerlen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Big Data, Metacognition, Machine Learning, Well-being and Student Engagement.

▲ 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 Learning59▲ 1.27×54 topics
  2. Mental Health52▲ 2.6×36 topics
  3. Epidemiology45▼ 0.82×84 topics
  4. Sustainability42▲ 1.22×61 topics
  5. Big Data40▲ 3.0×19 topics
  6. Educational Technology35▲ 2.1×22 topics
  7. Quality of Life35▲ 1.75×39 topics
  8. Artificial Intelligence32▲ 1.64×26 topics
  9. Supply Chain Management32▲ 2.6×16 topics
  10. Motivation30▲ 5.3×11 topics
  11. Self-Regulation26▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Healthcare26▲ 1.65×26 topics
  13. Well-being26▲ 4.8×13 topics
  14. Student Engagement25▲ 4.5×12 topics
  15. Leadership24▲ 3.6×18 topics
  16. Depression24▲ 1.99×19 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis23▲ 2.8×17 topics
  18. Metacognition22▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Job Satisfaction22▲ 3.5×11 topics
  20. Higher Education22▲ 2.9×16 topics
  21. Resilience21▲ 3.0×13 topics
  22. Learning Outcomes21▲ 3.6×7 topics
  23. Ethics20▲ 2.9×24 topics
  24. Anxiety19▲ 2.9×10 topics
  25. Intrinsic Motivation17▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Knowledge Sharing16▲ 7.2×7 topics
  27. Probiotics15▲ 4.6×6 topics
  28. Psychopathology15▲ 6.2×4 topics
  29. Student Perceptions15▲ 6.0×7 topics
  30. Cooperative Learning15▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Collaborative Learning15▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Emotion15▲ 5.0×11 topics
  33. Cognitive Apprenticeship14▲ 21×1 topic
  34. Scaffolding14▲ 21×1 topic
  35. Self-Regulated Learning13▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Work Engagement13▲ 10×3 topics
  37. Evidence-Based Practice13▲ 6.9×7 topics
  38. Personality Traits13▲ 7.0×7 topics
  39. Model Checking12▲ 18×3 topics
  40. Institutional Theory12▲ 8.4×3 topics

What research is done in Heerlen?

Innovative Teaching and …14Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 14 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…10Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 10 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…10Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 10 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…10Big Data and Business Intelligence: 10 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 8 fractional worksCorporate Social Responsibility Reporting: 8 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…7Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 7 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 6 fractional worksInformation Technology Governance and Strategy: 6 fractional worksStudent Assessment and F…6Student Assessment and Feedback: 6 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementAnimal Science and ZoologyManagement Information Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 14 works
  2. 2 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  3. 3 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 10 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 10 works
  5. 5 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 8 works
  6. 6 Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Strategy and Management 8 works
  7. 7 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  8. 8 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 6 works
  9. 9 Information Technology Governance and Strategy Management Information Systems 6 works
  10. 10 Student Assessment and Feedback Education 6 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Heerlen22.9% 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 38.6% in 2015.

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