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?
| # | Institution | Works | Against the largest here | World rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Utrecht UniversityUniversity | 88,246 | #115 | |
| 2 | University Medical Center UtrechtHospital / health system | 25,770 | #576 | |
| 3 | Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and RightsInstitution | 20,173 | #2,208 | |
| 4 | Huisarts en WetenschapInstitution | 3,439 | #22,149 | |
| 5 | Wilhelmina Children's HospitalHospital / health system | 3,307 | #7,181 | |
| 6 | University of Applied Sciences UtrechtUniversity | 3,096 | #2,264 | |
| 7 | Geneeskundige en GezondheidsdienstHospital / health system | 2,517 | #22,018 | |
| 8 | Oncode InstituteUniversity | 2,465 | #1,177 | |
| 9 | University of Humanistic StudiesUniversity | 1,944 | #16,089 | |
| 10 | Altrecht GGZHospital / health system | 1,631 | #16,673 | |
| 11 | Netherlands Institute for Health Services ResearchFunder | 1,469 | #8,319 | |
| 12 | Netherlands Heart InstituteResearch facility | 1,327 | #16,704 | |
| 13 | Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell ResearchResearch facility | 1,256 | #2,489 all time | |
| 14 | Wikimedia NederlandNonprofit | 1,154 | #19,117 | |
| 15 | Pharmo InstituteResearch facility | 1,048 | #9,473 | |
| 16 | Princess Máxima CenterFunder | 919 | #3,836 | |
| 17 | Diakonessenhuis hospitalHospital / health system | 910 | #17,931 | |
| 18 | Cancer Genomics CentreNonprofit | 878 | #11,140 | |
| 19 | Trimbos InstituteResearch facility | 861 | #19,371 | |
| 20 | Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity InstituteResearch facility | 811 | #19,248 | |
| 21 | Capgemini (Netherlands)Company | 801 | #19,410 | |
| 22 | Protestant Theological UniversityUniversity | 789 | #13,876 | |
| 23 | Central Military HospitalHospital / health system | 575 | #25,507 | |
| 24 | Netherlands Metabolomics CentreResearch facility | 506 | #6,698 | |
| 25 | Access to Nutrition FoundationNonprofit | 495 | #19,564 all time | |
| 26 | Dutch Health Care InspectorateGovernment institution | 477 | #18,471 all time | |
| 27 | Nutricia Research (Netherlands)Company | 451 | #15,956 | |
| 28 | Nederlandse Vereniging voor KindergeneeskundeInstitution | 446 | #25,950 all time | |
| 29 | Netherlands Food and Consumer Product Safety AuthorityGovernment institution | 403 | #17,863 | |
| 30 | University of the Arts UtrechtUniversity | 360 | #18,643 | |
| 31 | Medicines Evaluation BoardUniversity | 309 | #14,607 all time | |
| 32 | Dutch College of General PractitionersInstitution | 286 | #24,893 all time | |
| 33 | Dutch Inspectorate of EducationGovernment institution | 232 | #40,170 all time | |
| 34 | Helen Dowling InstituutInstitution | 231 | #26,047 all time | |
| 35 | De Hoogstraat RevalidatieNonprofit | 226 | #32,221 all time | |
| 36 | Danone (Netherlands)Company | 221 | #15,580 | |
| 37 | Royal Dutch Society for the Promotion of DentistryInstitution | 219 | #25,833 all time | |
| 38 | Leidsche Rijn Julius Health CentersHospital / health system | 214 | #32,236 all time | |
| 39 | European Public Health AssociationInstitution | 211 | #39,862 all time | |
| 40 | Genmab (Netherlands)Company | 209 | #12,324 all time | |
| 41 | Netherlands Youth InstituteInstitution | 204 | #36,683 all time | |
| 42 | Nederlandse SpoorwegenCompany | 179 | #38,531 all time | |
| 43 | Huizinga InstituutUniversity | 151 | #22,965 all time | |
| 44 | Netherlands Heart RegistrationNonprofit | 146 | #29,951 all time | |
| 45 | ALS Centrum NederlandInstitution | 145 | #13,784 all time | |
| 46 | Netherlands Federation of University Medical CentresHospital / health system | 137 | #39,165 all time | |
| 47 | Polpharma Biologics (Netherlands)Company | 125 | #12,558 all time | |
| 48 | Mulier InstituteInstitution | 113 | not ranked | |
| 49 | Nederlandse Vereniging voor HeelkundeHospital / health system | 107 | not ranked | |
| 50 | Netherlands Graduate School of LinguisticsUniversity | 106 | not ranked | |
| 51 | Ecofys (Netherlands)Company | 102 | not ranked | |
| 52 | Dutch Institute for Healthcare ImprovementHospital / health system | 95 | not ranked | |
| 53 | Stork (Netherlands)Company | 94 | not ranked | |
| 54 | Verwey Jonker InstituteResearch facility | 86 | not ranked | |
| 55 | DianetResearch facility | 86 | not ranked | |
| 56 | Arbo UnieHospital / health system | 78 | not ranked | |
| 57 | De Forensische ZorgspecialistenHospital / health system | 77 | not ranked | |
| 58 | Nederlandse Vereniging voor AnesthesiologieHospital / health system | 69 | not ranked | |
| 59 | Bristol-Myers Squibb (Netherlands)Company | 63 | not ranked | |
| 60 | Ergotherapie 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.
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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.
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.
- Youth Care
- Social Work
- Health-related Quality of Life
- Cultural Diversity
- Professionalism
- Radiotherapy
- Anxiety
- Resilience
- Genetics
- Clinical Trials
- Religion
- Ethics
- Risk Factors
- Immunotherapy
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Cancer
- Public Health
- Quality of Life
- Globalization
- Climate Change
- Epidemiology
- Inflammation
- Mental Health
- Machine Learning
- Education
- Human Rights
- Treatment
- Depression
- Chemotherapy
- Biomarkers
- Identity
- Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Gender
- Health Promotion
- Nationalism
- Primary Care
- Inclusion
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Empowerment
- Teacher Development
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
- Epidemiology1,199▲ 1.31×137 topics
- Climate Change654◆ 1.05×114 topics
- Inflammation647▲ 1.34×83 topics
- Globalization644▲ 1.42×152 topics
- Mental Health543▲ 1.60×46 topics
- Quality of Life536▲ 1.60×59 topics
- Machine Learning526▼ 0.69×84 topics
- Public Health448▲ 1.33×70 topics
- Education384◆ 0.96×121 topics
- Cancer374▲ 1.20×55 topics
- Human Rights374▲ 1.57×77 topics
- Cardiovascular Disease355▲ 1.38×39 topics
- Treatment350▲ 1.25×52 topics
- Immunotherapy330▲ 2.0×19 topics
- Depression328▲ 1.61×25 topics
- Risk Factors307▲ 1.21×37 topics
- Chemotherapy306▲ 1.89×25 topics
- Ethics262▲ 2.4×51 topics
- Biomarkers255▲ 1.61×18 topics
- Religion251▲ 2.3×39 topics
- Identity241▲ 1.43×72 topics
- Clinical Trials239▲ 1.54×19 topics
- Clinical Practice Guidelines238▲ 1.88×14 topics
- Genetics231▲ 1.43×27 topics
- Gender227▲ 1.81×50 topics
- Resilience218▲ 1.96×18 topics
- Health Promotion213▲ 2.9×17 topics
- Anxiety206▲ 1.88×12 topics
- Nationalism203▲ 1.90×33 topics
- Radiotherapy193▲ 2.2×13 topics
- Primary Care185▲ 2.1×15 topics
- Professionalism184▲ 4.7×6 topics
- Inclusion178▲ 5.4×7 topics
- Cultural Diversity174▲ 3.4×19 topics
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging162▲ 2.7×8 topics
- Health-related Quality of Life154▲ 2.8×6 topics
- Empowerment144▲ 6.6×7 topics
- Social Work143▲ 8.8×4 topics
- Teacher Development137▲ 9.5×3 topics
- Youth Care126▲ 153×1 topic
What research is done in Utrecht?
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Dutch Social and Cultural StudiesEducation 126 works
- 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 81 works
- 3 Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of LifePediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 62 works
- 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AISafety Research 61 works
- 5 Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetics 59 works
- 6 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 57 works
- 7 Cancer Immunotherapy and BiomarkersOncology 57 works
- 8 Geology and Paleoclimatology ResearchAtmospheric Science 55 works
- 9 Reformation and Early Modern ChristianityHistory 54 works
- 10 Cancer Genomics and DiagnosticsCancer Research 51 works
Research output over time
The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.