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Research in Sittard

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Sittard, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Zuyderland Medisch Centrum and Novem (Netherlands).

Research institutions
9
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.9k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
80k
27.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Sittard

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 Sittard?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Novem (Netherlands)Company 1,403 #18,837
2Zuyderland Medisch CentrumHospital / health system 1,055 #5,079
3MaaslandziekenhuisHospital / health system 233 #25,572 all time
4Brightlands Materials CenterResearch facility 30 not ranked
5Chemtrix (Netherlands)Company 8 not ranked
6SGS (Netherlands)Company 7 not ranked
7Medisch Coördinerend Centrum OmnesInstitution 7 not ranked
8Metrisquare (Netherlands)Company 3 not ranked
9Huis voor de ZorgNonprofit 1 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.

Novem (Netherlands): 51.1%Zuyderland Medisch Centrum: 38.4%Maaslandziekenhuis: 8.5%Brightlands Materials Center: 1.1%5 others listed: 0.9%51%largest
Novem (Netherlands)1,403 · 51.1%Zuyderland Medisch Centrum1,055 · 38.4%Maaslandziekenhuis233 · 8.5%Brightlands Materials Center30 · 1.1%5 others listed26 · 0.9%

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

Which fields of science does Sittard work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research in Sittard is in Health Sciences, 10% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Engineering (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 406 fractional works · 75.2% of its workMedicine: 385 fractional works · 71.2% of its workSurgery: 107 fractional works · 19.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 37 fractional works · 6.8% of its workOncology: 24 fractional works · 4.4% of its workRheumatology: 23 fractional works · 4.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 20 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workEpidemiology: 17 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOphthalmology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 55 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEngineering: 22 fractional works · 4.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 42 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 4.0% of its workGenetics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 36 fractional works · 6.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKSittard540fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences7%

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. Medicine38571.2%
    2. Health Professions173.1%
    3. Nursing40.7%
    4. Dentistry10.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Engineering224.0%
    2. Materials Science122.2%
    3. Environmental Science71.4%
    4. Computer Science40.7%
    5. Chemistry30.6%
    6. Physics and Astronomy30.5%
    7. Mathematics20.4%
    8. Energy20.3%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology224.0%
    2. Neuroscience81.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology71.3%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences40.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.3%
    1. Social Sciences132.4%
    2. Psychology112.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance40.7%
    4. Decision Sciences30.6%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities20.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Sittard strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Sittard is most concentrated in Rheumatology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (9.2× the world share in Rheumatology).

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 20.7 works9.2×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 98.1 works8.5×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 34.6 works4.5×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.77× its world share, 20 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.83× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.69× its world share, 350 worksMedicineNursing: 1.41× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.65× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.69×350 works
  2. Nursing1.41×3 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.28×6 works
  4. Health Professions1.18×15 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.00×2 works
  6. Neuroscience0.83×7 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.77×20 works
  8. Materials Science0.70×12 works
  9. Psychology0.65×10 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.64×3 works
  11. Veterinary0.58×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.40×3 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×4 works
  14. Energy0.35×2 works
  15. Mathematics0.33×2 works
  16. Dentistry0.33×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.30×7 works
  18. Engineering0.27×20 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.19×2 works
  20. Social Sciences0.19×12 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×4 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.16×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.15×2 works
  24. Business, Management and Accounting0.15×2 works
  25. Computer Science0.09×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Sittard?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Radiotherapy, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Risk, Patient Satisfaction and Revision Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology62▲ 2.9×99 topics
  2. Complications32▲ 12×17 topics
  3. Inflammation31▲ 2.7×53 topics
  4. Quality of Life29▲ 3.7×37 topics
  5. Radiotherapy19▲ 8.8×12 topics
  6. Treatment17▲ 2.6×36 topics
  7. Chemotherapy17▲ 4.3×17 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Risk16▲ 9.3×8 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 5.2×14 topics
  10. Risk Factors15▲ 2.6×27 topics
  11. Diagnosis14▲ 2.8×34 topics
  12. Patient Satisfaction14▲ 8.1×10 topics
  13. Revision Surgery13▲ 19×2 topics
  14. Total Hip Replacement13▲ 19×2 topics
  15. Guidelines13▲ 5.0×12 topics
  16. Survival Analysis12▲ 8.4×7 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life12▲ 9.4×5 topics
  18. Neoadjuvant Therapy12▲ 8.9×5 topics
  19. Rehabilitation12▲ 5.3×10 topics
  20. Mortality11▲ 3.6×11 topics
  21. Surgical Management11▲ 4.9×17 topics
  22. Spinal Fusion11▲ 20×2 topics
  23. Surgery10▲ 5.5×11 topics
  24. Surgical Treatment10▲ 9.9×5 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes10▲ 8.7×6 topics
  26. Low Back Pain10▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Arthroplasty9▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Degenerative Disc Disease9▲ 17×2 topics
  29. Autoantibodies9▲ 7.0×7 topics
  30. Tumor Staging9▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Rheumatoid Arthritis8▲ 15×3 topics
  32. Myocardial Infarction8▲ 6.3×7 topics
  33. Breast Reconstruction8▲ 24×2 topics
  34. Biological Therapy8▲ 24×2 topics
  35. Elderly Patients8▲ 8.2×4 topics
  36. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Outcomes7▲ 16×1 topic
  38. Total Knee Replacement7▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs7▲ 25×1 topic

What research is done in Sittard?

Total Knee Arthroplasty …7Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 7 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…6Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 6 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…6Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 6 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…6Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 6 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 5 fractional worksPectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…5Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 5 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 4 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyPathology and Forensic MedicineCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 6 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 6 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 6 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 5 works
  7. 7 Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 5 works
  10. 10 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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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%Sittard19.7% 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 34.4% in 2012.

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