Research in The Hague
Science Explorer records 115 research institutions in The Hague, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Shell (Netherlands), The Hague University of Applied Sciences and Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.
- Research institutions
- 115 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 38k ▼ 2% vs 2013–17
- Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
- 19.6% 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 The Hague?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shell (Netherlands)Company | 11,791 | #6,834 | |
| 2 | House of RepresentativesGovernment institution | 1,964 | #15,845 | |
| 3 | The Hague University of Applied SciencesUniversity | 1,622 | #7,465 | |
| 4 | Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the NetherlandsResearch facility | 1,310 | #11,721 | |
| 5 | Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic InstituteResearch facility | 1,133 | #19,393 | |
| 6 | Medisch Centrum HaaglandenHospital / health system | 1,114 | #9,918 | |
| 7 | Haga HospitalHospital / health system | 986 | #10,102 | |
| 8 | Netherlands Institute for Social ResearchFunder | 935 | #12,618 all time | |
| 9 | Netherlands Environmental Assessment AgencyResearch facility | 828 | #7,728 | |
| 10 | CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy AnalysisGovernment institution | 685 | #18,815 all time | |
| 11 | Netherlands Forensic InstituteResearch facility | 671 | #19,849 | |
| 12 | Ministry of DefenceGovernment institution | 669 | #19,417 | |
| 13 | Ministry of Infrastructure and Water ManagementGovernment institution | 617 | #19,764 | |
| 14 | Parnassia GroepHospital / health system | 592 | #16,069 | |
| 15 | Asser InstituteNonprofit | 545 | #24,101 | |
| 16 | Gemeente Den HaagGovernment institution | 534 | #21,752 | |
| 17 | Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS)Research facility | 523 | #26,754 | |
| 18 | Hague Institute for Global JusticeNonprofit | 488 | #9,788 | |
| 19 | SNV Netherlands Development OrganisationNonprofit | 474 | #13,818 all time | |
| 20 | Climate CentreInstitution | 433 | #10,227 | |
| 21 | Digital Heritage NetherlandsInstitution | 426 | #24,728 | |
| 22 | National Library of the NetherlandsArchive | 412 | #21,897 all time | |
| 23 | Rathenau InstituutResearch facility | 407 | #29,916 all time | |
| 24 | European Union Agency for Law Enforcement CooperationGovernment institution | 384 | #22,941 | |
| 25 | OnderwijsraadGovernment institution | 369 | #26,685 all time | |
| 26 | HersenstichtingNonprofit | 368 | #16,032 all time | |
| 27 | International Pharmaceutical FederationNonprofit | 366 | #25,718 | |
| 28 | Dutch Research CouncilGovernment institution | 334 | #12,950 all time | |
| 29 | Ministry of Security and JusticeGovernment institution | 331 | #30,763 all time | |
| 30 | Juliana KinderziekenhuisHospital / health system | 316 | #30,408 all time | |
| 31 | International Federation of Library Associations and InstitutionsNonprofit | 298 | #17,310 all time | |
| 32 | Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food QualityGovernment institution | 282 | #29,407 all time | |
| 33 | KPN (Netherlands)Company | 248 | #30,291 all time | |
| 34 | Netherlands Institute of International Relations ClingendaelInstitution | 241 | #25,166 all time | |
| 35 | Bronovo HospitalHospital / health system | 230 | #30,657 all time | |
| 36 | Apotheek Haagse ZiekenhuizenHospital / health system | 222 | #33,887 all time | |
| 37 | Bergman ClinicsHospital / health system | 220 | #32,149 all time | |
| 38 | Stichting Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek VerkeersveiligheidResearch facility | 217 | #30,148 all time | |
| 39 | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate PolicyGovernment institution | 216 | #31,878 all time | |
| 40 | Scientific Council for Government PolicyGovernment institution | 202 | #30,768 all time | |
| 41 | The Health Council of the NetherlandsGovernment institution | 199 | #20,510 all time | |
| 42 | GGD HaaglandenGovernment institution | 193 | #30,461 all time | |
| 43 | Netherlands Nutrition CentreInstitution | 188 | #28,581 all time | |
| 44 | Ministry of Health Welfare and SportGovernment institution | 176 | #28,502 all time | |
| 45 | Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en DocumentatiecentrumResearch facility | 153 | #39,754 all time | |
| 46 | PsyQHospital / health system | 151 | #35,352 all time | |
| 47 | Ministry of Social Affairs and EmploymentGovernment institution | 143 | #29,105 all time | |
| 48 | ZonMw, The Dutch Organisation for knowledge and innovation in health, healthcare and well-beingNonprofit | 142 | #38,194 all time | |
| 49 | Royal Dutch Pharmacists AssociationInstitution | 135 | #27,377 all time | |
| 50 | Stichting Kinderoncologie NederlandInstitution | 131 | #28,403 all time | |
| 51 | Netherlands Institute for Art HistoryArchive | 126 | #31,830 all time | |
| 52 | Netherlands Enterprise AgencyGovernment institution | 120 | #41,460 all time | |
| 53 | Ministry of Foreign AffairsGovernment institution | 119 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Ministry of FinanceGovernment institution | 119 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Ministry of Education Culture and ScienceGovernment institution | 116 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical WeaponsGovernment institution | 114 | not ranked | |
| 57 | IRC International Water and Sanitation CentreNonprofit | 109 | not ranked | |
| 58 | University for PeaceUniversity | 103 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Netherlands School of Public AdministrationUniversity | 103 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Hotelschool The HagueUniversity | 90 | 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.
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What is The Hague strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in The Hague is most concentrated in Ocean Engineering, Geophysics and Political Science and International Relations (6.5× the world share in Ocean Engineering).
- Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 152.2 works6.5×
- GeophysicsSubfield · 55.5 works3.5×
- Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 229.8 works3.4×
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 The Hague?
By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Human Rights, Climate Change, Epidemiology, Data Assimilation, Ensemble Kalman Filter, Sustainability and Global Governance.
- Teacher Development
- Social Work
- Seismic Waveform Inversion
- Elastic Properties
- Immigration
- Inverse Problems
- Sovereignty
- European Union
- Fracture Propagation
- CO2 Sequestration
- Well Placement
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Data Assimilation
- Resilience
- Optimization
- Environmental Impact
- Mental Health
- Human Rights
- Machine Learning
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Globalization
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Renewable Energy
- Quality of Life
- Global Governance
- International Law
- Ensemble Kalman Filter
- Closed-Loop Control
- Hydraulic Fracturing
- Global Warming
- Shale Gas Reservoirs
- Security Council
- Inclusion
- Geophysical Imaging
- Empowerment
- Full-Waveform Tomography
- Drilling Fluids
- Well Integrity
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
- Epidemiology190◆ 1.06×132 topics
- Climate Change175▲ 1.43×105 topics
- Globalization171▲ 1.92×118 topics
- Machine Learning148◆ 1.00×74 topics
- Sustainability143▲ 1.29×103 topics
- Human Rights134▲ 2.9×68 topics
- Public Health109▲ 1.65×59 topics
- Mental Health99▲ 1.49×44 topics
- Renewable Energy94▲ 1.45×50 topics
- Environmental Impact86◆ 1.12×59 topics
- Quality of Life77▲ 1.18×58 topics
- Optimization60▲ 2.9×18 topics
- Global Governance60▲ 5.8×19 topics
- Resilience59▲ 2.7×17 topics
- International Law58▲ 4.2×25 topics
- Data Assimilation57▲ 8.0×4 topics
- Ensemble Kalman Filter55▲ 12×2 topics
- Uncertainty Quantification52▲ 14×2 topics
- Closed-Loop Control51▲ 24×1 topic
- Well Placement51▲ 24×1 topic
- Hydraulic Fracturing51▲ 10×2 topics
- CO2 Sequestration48▲ 5.6×4 topics
- Global Warming47▲ 2.5×14 topics
- Fracture Propagation44▲ 16×1 topic
- Shale Gas Reservoirs44▲ 16×1 topic
- European Union44▲ 4.2×20 topics
- Security Council38▲ 16×2 topics
- Sovereignty37▲ 8.8×9 topics
- Inclusion33▲ 5.1×7 topics
- Inverse Problems32▲ 6.6×2 topics
- Geophysical Imaging31▲ 13×2 topics
- Immigration31▲ 6.1×9 topics
- Empowerment30▲ 7.0×6 topics
- Elastic Properties30▲ 8.5×2 topics
- Full-Waveform Tomography29▲ 15×1 topic
- Seismic Waveform Inversion29▲ 15×1 topic
- Drilling Fluids28▲ 11×1 topic
- Social Work28▲ 8.9×4 topics
- Well Integrity28▲ 11×1 topic
- Teacher Development26▲ 9.3×3 topics
What research is done in The Hague?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Reservoir Engineering and Simulation Methods Ocean Engineering 51 works
- 2 Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis Mechanical Engineering 44 works
- 3 Seismic Imaging and Inversion Techniques Geophysics 29 works
- 4 Drilling and Well Engineering Ocean Engineering 28 works
- 5 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 25 works
- 6 Oil and Gas Production Techniques Ocean Engineering 22 works
- 7 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 22 works
- 8 CO2 Sequestration and Geologic Interactions Environmental Engineering 19 works
- 9 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 18 works
- 10 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 17 works
Research output over time
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