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Research in Utrecht

Science Explorer records 153 research institutions in Utrecht, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht and Oncode Institute.

Research institutions
153
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
174k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
24.5%
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 Utrecht?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Utrecht UniversityUniversity 88,246 #115
2University Medical Center UtrechtHospital / health system 25,770 #576
3Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsInstitution 20,173 #2,208
4Huisarts en WetenschapInstitution 3,439 #22,149
5Wilhelmina Children's HospitalHospital / health system 3,307 #7,181
6University of Applied Sciences UtrechtUniversity 3,096 #2,264
7Geneeskundige en GezondheidsdienstHospital / health system 2,517 #22,018
8Oncode InstituteUniversity 2,465 #1,177
9University of Humanistic StudiesUniversity 1,944 #16,089
10Altrecht GGZHospital / health system 1,631 #16,673
11Netherlands Institute for Health Services ResearchFunder 1,469 #8,319
12Netherlands Heart InstituteResearch facility 1,327 #16,704
13Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell ResearchResearch facility 1,256 #2,489 all time
14Wikimedia NederlandNonprofit 1,154 #19,117
15Pharmo InstituteResearch facility 1,048 #9,473
16Princess Máxima CenterFunder 919 #3,836
17Diakonessenhuis hospitalHospital / health system 910 #17,931
18Cancer Genomics CentreNonprofit 878 #11,140
19Trimbos InstituteResearch facility 861 #19,371
20Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity InstituteResearch facility 811 #19,248
21Capgemini (Netherlands)Company 801 #19,410
22Protestant Theological UniversityUniversity 789 #13,876
23Central Military HospitalHospital / health system 575 #25,507
24Netherlands Metabolomics CentreResearch facility 506 #6,698
25Access to Nutrition FoundationNonprofit 495 #19,564 all time
26Dutch Health Care InspectorateGovernment institution 477 #18,471 all time
27Nutricia Research (Netherlands)Company 451 #15,956
28Nederlandse Vereniging voor KindergeneeskundeInstitution 446 #25,950 all time
29Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety AuthorityGovernment institution 403 #17,863
30University of the Arts UtrechtUniversity 360 #18,643
31Medicines Evaluation BoardUniversity 309 #14,607 all time
32Dutch College of General PractitionersInstitution 286 #24,893 all time
33Dutch Inspectorate of EducationGovernment institution 232 #40,170 all time
34Helen Dowling InstituutInstitution 231 #26,047 all time
35De Hoogstraat RevalidatieNonprofit 226 #32,221 all time
36Danone (Netherlands)Company 221 #15,580
37Royal Dutch Society for the Promotion of DentistryInstitution 219 #25,833 all time
38Leidsche Rijn Julius Health CentersHospital / health system 214 #32,236 all time
39European Public Health AssociationInstitution 211 #39,862 all time
40Genmab (Netherlands)Company 209 #12,324 all time
41Netherlands Youth InstituteInstitution 204 #36,683 all time
42Nederlandse SpoorwegenCompany 179 #38,531 all time
43Huizinga InstituutUniversity 151 #22,965 all time
44Netherlands Heart RegistrationNonprofit 146 #29,951 all time
45ALS Centrum NederlandInstitution 145 #13,784 all time
46Netherlands Federation of University Medical CentresHospital / health system 137 #39,165 all time
47Polpharma Biologics (Netherlands)Company 125 #12,558 all time
48Mulier InstituteInstitution 113 not ranked
49Nederlandse Vereniging voor HeelkundeHospital / health system 107 not ranked
50Netherlands Graduate School of LinguisticsUniversity 106 not ranked
51Ecofys (Netherlands)Company 102 not ranked
52Dutch Institute for Healthcare ImprovementHospital / health system 95 not ranked
53Stork (Netherlands)Company 94 not ranked
54Verwey Jonker InstituteResearch facility 86 not ranked
55DianetResearch facility 86 not ranked
56Arbo UnieHospital / health system 78 not ranked
57De Forensische ZorgspecialistenHospital / health system 77 not ranked
58Nederlandse Vereniging voor AnesthesiologieHospital / health system 69 not ranked
59Bristol-Myers Squibb (Netherlands)Company 63 not ranked
60Ergotherapie NederlandHospital / health system 59 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.

Utrecht University: 51.0%University Medical Center Utrecht: 14.9%Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: 11.7%Huisarts en Wetenschap: 2.0%56 others listed: 20.5%51%largest
Utrecht University88k · 51.0%University Medical Center Utrecht26k · 14.9%Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights20k · 11.7%Huisarts en Wetenschap3,439 · 2.0%56 others listed35k · 20.5%

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

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).

  1. Medical TerminologySubfield · 32.0 works46×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 42.4 works3.4×
  3. Family PracticeSubfield · 36.8 works3.3×
  4. VeterinaryField · 104.8 works3.3×
  5. ClassicsSubfield · 43.1 works3.1×
  6. Small AnimalsSubfield · 87.2 works3.1×
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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 Utrecht?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Inflammation, Mental Health, Quality of Life, Climate Change, Public Health and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology1,199▲ 1.31×137 topics
  2. Climate Change654◆ 1.05×114 topics
  3. Inflammation647▲ 1.34×83 topics
  4. Globalization644▲ 1.42×152 topics
  5. Mental Health543▲ 1.60×46 topics
  6. Quality of Life536▲ 1.60×59 topics
  7. Machine Learning526▼ 0.69×84 topics
  8. Public Health448▲ 1.33×70 topics
  9. Education384◆ 0.96×121 topics
  10. Cancer374▲ 1.20×55 topics
  11. Human Rights374▲ 1.57×77 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease355▲ 1.38×39 topics
  13. Treatment350▲ 1.25×52 topics
  14. Immunotherapy330▲ 2.0×19 topics
  15. Depression328▲ 1.61×25 topics
  16. Risk Factors307▲ 1.21×37 topics
  17. Chemotherapy306▲ 1.89×25 topics
  18. Ethics262▲ 2.4×51 topics
  19. Biomarkers255▲ 1.61×18 topics
  20. Religion251▲ 2.3×39 topics
  21. Identity241▲ 1.43×72 topics
  22. Clinical Trials239▲ 1.54×19 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines238▲ 1.88×14 topics
  24. Genetics231▲ 1.43×27 topics
  25. Gender227▲ 1.81×50 topics
  26. Resilience218▲ 1.96×18 topics
  27. Health Promotion213▲ 2.9×17 topics
  28. Anxiety206▲ 1.88×12 topics
  29. Nationalism203▲ 1.90×33 topics
  30. Radiotherapy193▲ 2.2×13 topics
  31. Primary Care185▲ 2.1×15 topics
  32. Professionalism184▲ 4.7×6 topics
  33. Inclusion178▲ 5.4×7 topics
  34. Cultural Diversity174▲ 3.4×19 topics
  35. Magnetic Resonance Imaging162▲ 2.7×8 topics
  36. Health-related Quality of Life154▲ 2.8×6 topics
  37. Empowerment144▲ 6.6×7 topics
  38. Social Work143▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Teacher Development137▲ 9.5×3 topics
  40. Youth Care126▲ 153×1 topic

What research is done in Utrecht?

  1. 1 Dutch Social and Cultural StudiesEducation 126 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 81 works
  3. 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 62 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AISafety Research 61 works
  5. 5 Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetics 59 works
  6. 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 57 works
  7. 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 57 works
  8. 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAtmospheric Science 55 works
  9. 9 Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistory 54 works
  10. 10 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 51 works

Research output over time

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