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Research in Tilburg

Science Explorer records 14 research institutions in Tilburg, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Tilburg University, Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis and Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement.

Research institutions
14
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
23k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
665k
28.4 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
27.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Tilburg

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 Tilburg?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Tilburg UniversityUniversity 20,609 #921
2Elisabeth-TweeSteden ZiekenhuisHospital / health system 1,620 #8,277
3Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and RetirementNonprofit 438 #21,967
4Instituut VerbeetenResearch facility 180 #24,732 all time
5GGz BreburgInstitution 126 #32,455 all time
6European Centre for Nature ConservationNonprofit 64 not ranked
7Centraal Ziekenfonds (Netherlands)Company 23 not ranked
8Focal Meditech (Netherlands)Company 12 not ranked
9Van Wees (Netherlands)Company 8 not ranked
10Interpolis (Netherlands)Company 5 not ranked
11FluxPlus (Netherlands)Company 4 not ranked
12Ons Middelbaar OnderwijsInstitution 4 not ranked
13Vivisol (Netherlands)Company 1 not ranked
14Natuurmuseum BrabantArchive 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.

Tilburg University: 89.2%Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis: 7.0%Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement: 1.9%Instituut Verbeeten: 0.8%10 others listed: 1.1%89%largest
Tilburg University21k · 89.2%Elisabeth-TweeSteden Ziekenhuis1,620 · 7.0%Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement438 · 1.9%Instituut Verbeeten180 · 0.8%10 others listed248 · 1.1%

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

Which fields of science does Tilburg work in?

In 2022-now, 64% of research in Tilburg is in Social Sciences, 17% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Psychology (13%), Medicine (12%). It does 2.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,685 fractional works · 63.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,062 fractional works · 25.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 327 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 204 fractional works · 4.8% of its workLaw: 112 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 107 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSafety Research: 61 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDemography: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGender Studies: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 540 fractional works · 12.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 176 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 149 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 110 fractional works · 2.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 52 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 429 fractional works · 10.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 133 fractional works · 3.2% of its workAccounting: 98 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 76 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMarketing: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Information Systems: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 289 fractional works · 6.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 196 fractional works · 4.7% of its workFinance: 69 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 233 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhilosophy: 81 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReligious studies: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 132 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 73 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 703 fractional works · 16.7% of its workMedicine: 493 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 77 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 51 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEmergency Medicine: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 83 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Professions: 202 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 157 fractional works · 3.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNursing: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 606 fractional works · 14.4% of its workComputer Science: 325 fractional works · 7.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 147 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInformation Systems: 63 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 98 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 76 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 206 fractional works · 4.9% of its workNeuroscience: 143 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 120 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 26 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKTilburg4,201fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences64%

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 Sciences2,68563.9%
    1. Social Sciences1,06225.3%
    2. Psychology54012.9%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42910.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2896.9%
    5. Arts and Humanities2335.6%
    6. Decision Sciences1323.1%
    1. Medicine49311.7%
    2. Health Professions2024.8%
    3. Nursing60.2%
    4. Dentistry10.0%
    5. Veterinary10.0%
    1. Computer Science3257.7%
    2. Engineering982.3%
    3. Environmental Science761.8%
    4. Mathematics581.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy220.5%
    6. Energy160.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences50.1%
    8. Chemistry40.1%
    9. Materials Science20.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Neuroscience1433.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology290.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences260.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology60.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics20.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Tilburg strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Tilburg is most concentrated in Applied Psychology, Finance and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (8.3× the world share in Applied Psychology).

  1. Applied PsychologySubfield · 45.0 works8.3×
  2. FinanceSubfield · 65.5 works5.7×
  3. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 97.3 works5.4×
← 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: 0.13× its world share, 24 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 26 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.13× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.11× its world share, 129 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 287 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.44× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 86 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 64 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 52 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 20 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.83× its world share, 183 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.60× its world share, 437 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 208 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.25× its world share, 396 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.29× its world share, 120 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.41× its world share, 276 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.17× its world share, 482 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.00× its world share, 958 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.17×482 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.41×276 works
  3. Decision Sciences3.29×120 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting3.25×396 works
  5. Neuroscience2.11×129 works
  6. Social Sciences2.00×958 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.90×208 works
  8. Health Professions1.83×183 works
  9. Mathematics1.17×52 works
  10. Computer Science0.97×287 works
  11. Medicine0.60×437 works
  12. Energy0.44×15 works
  13. Environmental Science0.34×64 works
  14. Nursing0.33×6 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.24×20 works
  16. Engineering0.15×86 works
  17. Veterinary0.15×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×24 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×26 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.13×5 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.11×1 works
  22. Chemistry0.07×4 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.07×4 works
  24. Dentistry0.07×1 works
  25. Materials Science0.01×1 works

Which keywords describe research in Tilburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Mental Health, Globalization, Ethics, Depression, Emotion, Psychopathology and Anxiety.

▲ 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. Human Rights188▲ 4.4×56 topics
  2. Mental Health181▲ 3.0×41 topics
  3. Globalization170▲ 2.1×100 topics
  4. Machine Learning126◆ 0.90×68 topics
  5. Depression116▲ 3.1×20 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence115▲ 1.91×36 topics
  7. Social Media112▲ 1.94×33 topics
  8. Ethics104▲ 4.9×39 topics
  9. Quality of Life94▲ 1.55×48 topics
  10. Big Data90▲ 2.2×23 topics
  11. Economic Growth90▲ 2.6×25 topics
  12. Corporate Governance86▲ 2.8×24 topics
  13. Anxiety85▲ 4.2×11 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation74▲ 5.6×9 topics
  15. Emotion71▲ 8.1×11 topics
  16. Meta-Analysis70▲ 2.8×19 topics
  17. International Law70▲ 5.3×24 topics
  18. Psychopathology68▲ 9.1×3 topics
  19. Global Governance64▲ 6.3×18 topics
  20. Well-being62▲ 3.8×13 topics
  21. Resilience62▲ 3.0×15 topics
  22. Social Support61▲ 2.7×14 topics
  23. Social Capital60▲ 2.7×14 topics
  24. Labor Market58▲ 4.9×15 topics
  25. Neuroscience56▲ 4.4×13 topics
  26. Personality Traits56▲ 10×8 topics
  27. European Union54▲ 5.8×20 topics
  28. Trust53▲ 4.6×11 topics
  29. Embodiment53▲ 6.7×6 topics
  30. Inclusion50▲ 8.2×7 topics
  31. Sovereignty50▲ 13×11 topics
  32. Health Outcomes50▲ 4.4×8 topics
  33. Accountability48▲ 9.1×4 topics
  34. Professionalism48▲ 6.8×6 topics
  35. Mental Disorders48▲ 9.8×3 topics
  36. Income Inequality47▲ 8.0×7 topics
  37. Fairness40▲ 9.2×2 topics
  38. Transnational Corporations39▲ 36×3 topics
  39. Social Work37▲ 13×3 topics
  40. Neural Correlates36▲ 8.7×7 topics

What research is done in Tilburg?

Mental Health Research T…27Mental Health Research Topics: 27 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…24Employment and Welfare Studies: 24 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 23 fractional worksEnvironmental law and po…22Environmental law and policy: 22 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultura…21Dutch Social and Cultural Studies: 21 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 21 fractional worksRetirement, Disability, and Employment: 18 fractional worksPsychological Well-being…18Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 18 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 18 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 17 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyGeneral Health ProfessionsAccountingLaw6 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 27 works
  2. 2 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 24 works
  3. 3 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 23 works
  4. 4 Environmental law and policy Law 22 works
  5. 5 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 21 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 21 works
  7. 7 Retirement, Disability, and Employment Demography 18 works
  8. 8 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 18 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 18 works
  10. 10 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 17 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%Tilburg25.1% 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 39.0% in 2008.

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