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Research in Sittard

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Sittard, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Zuyderland Medisch Centrum and Novem (Netherlands).

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
2.9k
▲ 38% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
16.7%
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 Sittard?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Novem (Netherlands)Company 1,403 #19,089
2Zuyderland Medisch CentrumHospital / health system 1,055 #9,662
3MaaslandziekenhuisHospital / health system 233 #32,158 all time
4Saudi Arabia Basic Industries (Netherlands)Company 167 #22,048 all time
5Brightlands Materials CenterResearch facility 30 not ranked
6Chemtrix (Netherlands)Company 8 not ranked
7SGS (Netherlands)Company 7 not ranked
8Medisch Coördinerend Centrum OmnesInstitution 7 not ranked
9Metrisquare (Netherlands)Company 3 not ranked
10Huis voor de ZorgNonprofit 1 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.

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): 48.1%Zuyderland Medisch Centrum: 36.2%Maaslandziekenhuis: 8.0%Saudi Arabia Basic Industries (Netherlands): 5.7%6 others listed: 1.9%48%largest
Novem (Netherlands)1,403 · 48.1%Zuyderland Medisch Centrum1,055 · 36.2%Maaslandziekenhuis233 · 8.0%Saudi Arabia Basic Industries (Netherlands)167 · 5.7%6 others listed56 · 1.9%

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

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 predictsmore →

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 Sittard?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Radiotherapy, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Risk, Clinical Practice Guidelines 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 2022–2025 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 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. Epidemiology58▲ 3.0×97 topics
  2. Complications30▲ 12×17 topics
  3. Quality of Life27▲ 3.8×36 topics
  4. Inflammation27▲ 2.6×52 topics
  5. Radiotherapy18▲ 9.3×12 topics
  6. Treatment16▲ 2.7×35 topics
  7. Chemotherapy15▲ 4.3×17 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines15▲ 5.5×14 topics
  9. Risk Factors14▲ 2.6×27 topics
  10. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 8.6×8 topics
  11. Diagnosis12▲ 2.7×33 topics
  12. Revision Surgery12▲ 20×2 topics
  13. Total Hip Replacement12▲ 20×2 topics
  14. Patient Satisfaction12▲ 7.8×10 topics
  15. Survival Analysis12▲ 9.0×7 topics
  16. Guidelines12▲ 5.1×12 topics
  17. Health-related Quality of Life11▲ 9.8×5 topics
  18. Mortality11▲ 3.8×11 topics
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy11▲ 9.2×5 topics
  20. Surgical Management10▲ 5.2×16 topics
  21. Spinal Fusion10▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Surgery10▲ 5.8×11 topics
  23. Rehabilitation10▲ 5.1×10 topics
  24. Surgical Treatment10▲ 10×5 topics
  25. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 8.7×6 topics
  26. Low Back Pain9▲ 11×3 topics
  27. Arthroplasty9▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Degenerative Disc Disease8▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Tumor Staging8▲ 15×2 topics
  30. Autoantibodies8▲ 6.9×7 topics
  31. Rheumatoid Arthritis8▲ 16×3 topics
  32. Breast Reconstruction7▲ 25×2 topics
  33. Myocardial Infarction7▲ 6.3×7 topics
  34. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 11×2 topics
  35. Molecular Subtypes7▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Outcomes7▲ 17×1 topic
  37. Total Knee Replacement7▲ 21×1 topic
  38. Biological Therapy7▲ 24×2 topics
  39. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 12×5 topics
  40. Diagnostic Imaging6▲ 12×4 topics

What research is done in Sittard?

  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

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.