Research in Utrecht
Science Explorer records 146 research institutions in Utrecht, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Utrecht University, Oncode Institute and University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.
- Research institutions
- 146 15 of them ranked worldwide
- Research works
- 174k ▼ 7% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 6.2M 35.6 per fractional work, all time
- Top-10% rate, 2022-now
- 24.5% all institutions 10.0%
- Active span
- 1950-2026 77 years on the record
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 Utrecht?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utrecht UniversityUniversity | 118,491 | #68 | |
| 2 | Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsInstitution | 20,173 | #1,875 | |
| 3 | Huisarts en WetenschapInstitution | 3,439 | #6,530 | |
| 4 | Wilhelmina Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 3,307 | #3,938 | |
| 5 | University of Applied Sciences UtrechtUniversity | 3,096 | #1,004 | |
| 6 | Geneeskundige en GezondheidsdienstHospital / health system | 2,517 | #15,286 | |
| 7 | Oncode InstituteUniversity | 2,465 | #818 | |
| 8 | University of Humanistic StudiesUniversity | 1,944 | #8,008 | |
| 9 | Altrecht GGZHospital / health system | 1,631 | #7,994 | |
| 10 | Netherlands Institute for Health Services ResearchFunder | 1,469 | #7,776 | |
| 11 | Netherlands Heart InstituteResearch facility | 1,327 | #16,091 | |
| 12 | Wikimedia NederlandNonprofit | 1,154 | #4,803 | |
| 13 | Pharmo InstituteResearch facility | 1,048 | #8,773 | |
| 14 | Princess Máxima CenterFunder | 919 | #3,219 | |
| 15 | Diakonessenhuis hospitalHospital / health system | 910 | #17,512 | |
| 16 | Cancer Genomics CentreNonprofit | 878 | #11,960 | |
| 17 | Trimbos InstituteResearch facility | 861 | #12,579 | |
| 18 | Capgemini (Netherlands)Company | 801 | #9,658 | |
| 19 | Protestant Theological UniversityUniversity | 789 | #13,685 | |
| 20 | Central Military HospitalHospital / health system | 575 | #19,675 | |
| 21 | Netherlands Metabolomics CentreResearch facility | 506 | #8,262 | |
| 22 | Access to Nutrition FoundationNonprofit | 495 | #17,075 all time | |
| 23 | Dutch Health Care InspectorateGovernment institution | 477 | #8,957 all time | |
| 24 | Nutricia Research (Netherlands)Company | 451 | #16,758 | |
| 25 | Nederlandse Vereniging voor KindergeneeskundeInstitution | 446 | #22,884 all time | |
| 26 | Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety AuthorityGovernment institution | 403 | #17,881 | |
| 27 | University of the Arts UtrechtUniversity | 360 | #15,330 | |
| 28 | Medicines Evaluation BoardUniversity | 309 | #14,073 all time | |
| 29 | Dutch College of General PractitionersInstitution | 286 | #20,624 all time | |
| 30 | Dutch Inspectorate of EducationGovernment institution | 232 | #26,746 all time | |
| 31 | Helen Dowling InstituutInstitution | 231 | #23,524 all time | |
| 32 | De Hoogstraat RevalidatieNonprofit | 226 | #15,988 all time | |
| 33 | Danone (Netherlands)Company | 221 | #20,066 | |
| 34 | Royal Dutch Society for the Promotion of DentistryInstitution | 219 | #20,362 all time | |
| 35 | Leidsche Rijn Julius Health CentersHospital / health system | 214 | #22,812 all time | |
| 36 | European Public Health AssociationInstitution | 211 | #27,898 all time | |
| 37 | Genmab (Netherlands)Company | 209 | #16,726 all time | |
| 38 | Netherlands Youth InstituteInstitution | 204 | #26,481 all time | |
| 39 | Nederlandse SpoorwegenCompany | 179 | #29,267 all time | |
| 40 | Huizinga InstituutUniversity | 151 | #30,822 all time | |
| 41 | Netherlands Heart RegistrationNonprofit | 146 | #25,897 all time | |
| 42 | ALS Centrum NederlandInstitution | 145 | #34,577 all time | |
| 43 | Netherlands Federation of University Medical CentresHospital / health system | 137 | #32,257 all time | |
| 44 | Polpharma Biologics (Netherlands)Company | 125 | #27,503 all time | |
| 45 | Mulier InstituteInstitution | 113 | not ranked | |
| 46 | Nederlandse Vereniging voor HeelkundeHospital / health system | 107 | not ranked | |
| 47 | Netherlands Graduate School of LinguisticsUniversity | 106 | not ranked | |
| 48 | Ecofys (Netherlands)Company | 102 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Dutch Institute for Healthcare ImprovementHospital / health system | 95 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Stork (Netherlands)Company | 94 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Verwey Jonker InstituteResearch facility | 86 | not ranked | |
| 52 | DianetResearch facility | 86 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Arbo UnieHospital / health system | 78 | not ranked | |
| 54 | De Forensische ZorgspecialistenHospital / health system | 77 | not ranked | |
| 55 | Nederlandse Vereniging voor AnesthesiologieHospital / health system | 69 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Ergotherapie NederlandHospital / health system | 59 | not ranked | |
| 57 | Dutch Healthcare AuthorityInstitution | 52 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Knowledge Centre Wind turbine Materials and ConstructionsNonprofit | 52 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Eli Lilly (Netherlands)Company | 45 | not ranked | |
| 60 | SURFInstitution | 44 | 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.
Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.
Which fields of science does Utrecht work in?
In 2022-now, 32% of research in Utrecht is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (28%), Social Sciences (16%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.
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
- Health Sciences8,62732.4%
- Medicine7,34227.5%
- Health Professions1,0143.8%
- Veterinary1280.5%
- Nursing1060.4%
- Dentistry380.1%
- Social Sciences8,48931.8%
- Social Sciences4,14615.6%
- Psychology1,4935.6%
- Arts and Humanities1,2204.6%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance6662.5%
- Business, Management and Accounting6582.5%
- Decision Sciences3071.2%
- Physical Sciences5,74121.5%
- Computer Science1,3515.1%
- Environmental Science1,2104.5%
- Engineering1,1064.2%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences6052.3%
- Physics and Astronomy4361.6%
- Mathematics3281.2%
- Materials Science3061.1%
- Chemistry2190.8%
- Energy1250.5%
- Chemical Engineering540.2%
- Life Sciences3,80014.3%
What is Utrecht strongest at in research?
Relative to its size, research in Utrecht is most concentrated in Medical Terminology, Public Administration and Family Practice (46.1× the world share in Medical Terminology).
- Medical TerminologySubfield · 32.0 works46×
- Public AdministrationSubfield · 42.4 works3.4×
- Family PracticeSubfield · 36.8 works3.3×
- VeterinaryField · 104.8 works3.3×
- ClassicsSubfield · 43.1 works3.1×
- Small AnimalsSubfield · 87.2 works3.1×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 26 fields, with their numbers
- Veterinary3.33×105 works
- Psychology1.84×1,302 works
- Immunology and Microbiology1.76×411 works
- Arts and Humanities1.63×1,088 works
- Neuroscience1.58×594 works
- Health Professions1.47×895 works
- Medicine1.45×6,436 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.33×1,648 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences1.26×459 works
- Social Sciences1.24×3,643 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.23×608 works
- Decision Sciences1.17×262 works
- Mathematics1.08×295 works
- Environmental Science0.86×987 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.85×70 works
- Nursing0.83×94 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.80×599 works
- Physics and Astronomy0.75×384 works
- Computer Science0.64×1,149 works
- Chemical Engineering0.57×46 works
- Chemistry0.50×181 works
- Energy0.50×106 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.49×543 works
- Materials Science0.32×262 works
- Engineering0.28×961 works
- Dentistry0.28×32 works
Which keywords describe research in Utrecht?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Climate Change, Inflammation, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Public Health and Inclusion.
- Youth Care
- Teacher Development
- Empowerment
- Radiotherapy
- Professionalism
- Resilience
- Gender
- Clinical Trials
- Religion
- Biomarkers
- Big Data
- Chemotherapy
- Depression
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Human Rights
- Sustainability
- Public Health
- Mental Health
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Machine Learning
- Quality of Life
- Education
- Cancer
- Treatment
- Oxidative Stress
- Immunotherapy
- Risk Factors
- Ethics
- Genetics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Health Promotion
- Meta-Analysis
- Anxiety
- Inclusion
- Cultural Diversity
- Social Work
- Research Methods
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
- Epidemiology1,374▲ 1.29×137 topics
- Climate Change828◆ 1.14×114 topics
- Inflammation736▲ 1.30×83 topics
- Globalization732▲ 1.40×154 topics
- Machine Learning654▼ 0.74×85 topics
- Mental Health624▲ 1.64×46 topics
- Quality of Life616▲ 1.60×59 topics
- Public Health506▲ 1.30×70 topics
- Education469◆ 1.02×125 topics
- Sustainability451▼ 0.69×119 topics
- Cancer426▲ 1.19×55 topics
- Human Rights412▲ 1.51×78 topics
- Treatment408▲ 1.26×52 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease401▲ 1.32×39 topics
- Oxidative Stress375▼ 0.85×60 topics
- Depression371▲ 1.58×25 topics
- Immunotherapy370▲ 1.92×19 topics
- Chemotherapy346▲ 1.83×25 topics
- Risk Factors346▲ 1.18×37 topics
- Big Data318▲ 1.25×31 topics
- Ethics318▲ 2.4×54 topics
- Biomarkers296▲ 1.60×18 topics
- Genetics279▲ 1.48×27 topics
- Religion271▲ 2.2×40 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines269▲ 1.83×14 topics
- Clinical Trials268▲ 1.51×19 topics
- Health Promotion265▲ 3.1×17 topics
- Gender255▲ 1.78×51 topics
- Meta-Analysis247▲ 1.58×20 topics
- Resilience247▲ 1.88×19 topics
- Anxiety232▲ 1.83×12 topics
- Professionalism229▲ 5.1×6 topics
- Inclusion222▲ 5.7×7 topics
- Radiotherapy218▲ 2.1×13 topics
- Cultural Diversity216▲ 3.6×19 topics
- Empowerment187▲ 7.2×7 topics
- Social Work183▲ 10×4 topics
- Teacher Development177▲ 11×4 topics
- Research Methods177▲ 4.3×5 topics
- Youth Care165▲ 169×1 topic
What research is done in Utrecht?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 126 works
- 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 81 works
- 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 62 works
- 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 61 works
- 5 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 59 works
- 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 57 works
- 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 57 works
- 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology Research Atmospheric Science 55 works
- 9 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 54 works
- 10 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 51 works
Research output over time
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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.4% in 2008.
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