Research in Leiden
Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Leiden. The largest by output are Leiden Observatory, GO FAIR Foundation and Distributed System of Scientific Collections.
- Research institutions
- 3
- Research works
- 1k ▼ 28% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 28.4% record average 16.5%
A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Leiden?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leiden ObservatoryResearch facility | 988 | #4,578 all time | |
| 2 | GO FAIR FoundationNonprofit | 10 | not ranked | |
| 3 | Distributed System of Scientific CollectionsInstitution | 5 | not ranked |
By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.
What is Leiden strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Leiden is most concentrated in Physics and Astronomy (22.8× the world share in Physics and Astronomy).
- Physics and AstronomyField · 21.0 works23×
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.
Which keywords describe research in Leiden?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Accretion Disks, Magnetic Fields, Data Sharing, Scientific Data Management, Molecular Clouds, Protoplanetary Disks and Workflow Management.
- Species Distribution Modeling
- Event Horizon Telescope
- Gravitational Waves
- Biodiversity
- Galaxies
- Climate Change
- Scientific Workflows
- Astronomical Instrumentation
- Terrestrial Planets
- Stellar Astrophysics
- Workflow Management
- Molecular Clouds
- Data Sharing
- Accretion Disks
- Star Formation
- Magnetic Fields
- Scientific Data Management
- Protoplanetary Disks
- Exoplanets
- Solar System Abundances
- Black Holes
- Reproducibility
- Spectrograph
- Cosmology
- Big Data
- Data Integration
- Ecological Niche
- Machine Learning
- X-Ray Astronomy
Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 29 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.
All 29 words, with their numbers
- Star Formation5▲ 246×2 topics
- Accretion Disks5▲ 250×2 topics
- Magnetic Fields5▲ 181×2 topics
- Data Sharing4▲ 369×1 topic
- Scientific Data Management4▲ 457×1 topic
- Molecular Clouds4▲ 357×1 topic
- Protoplanetary Disks4▲ 357×1 topic
- Workflow Management3▲ 118×2 topics
- Exoplanets3▲ 197×1 topic
- Stellar Astrophysics3▲ 197×1 topic
- Solar System Abundances3▲ 146×1 topic
- Terrestrial Planets3▲ 146×1 topic
- Black Holes3▲ 71×3 topics
- Astronomical Instrumentation3▲ 259×1 topic
- Reproducibility3▲ 189×1 topic
- Scientific Workflows3▲ 189×1 topic
- Spectrograph3▲ 259×1 topic
- Climate Change2▲ 1.55×6 topics
- Cosmology2▲ 60×1 topic
- Galaxies2▲ 146×1 topic
- Big Data1▲ 3.1×4 topics
- Biodiversity1▲ 3.8×2 topics
- Data Integration1▲ 17×3 topics
- Gravitational Waves1▲ 51×2 topics
- Ecological Niche1▲ 46×1 topic
- Event Horizon Telescope1▲ 126×1 topic
- Machine Learning1▼ 0.79×6 topics
- Species Distribution Modeling1▲ 46×1 topic
- X-Ray Astronomy1▲ 126×1 topic
What research is done in Leiden?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 4 works
- 2 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 4 works
- 3 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
- 4 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 3 works
- 5 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 3 works
- 6 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 3 works
- 7 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
- 8 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
- 9 Species Distribution and Climate Change Ecological Modeling 1 works
- 10 Digital and Traditional Archives Management Conservation 1 works
Research output over time
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