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Research in Wageningen

Science Explorer records 27 research institutions in Wageningen, Netherlands. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Wageningen University & Research, Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences and Maritime Research Institute Netherlands.

Research institutions
27
3 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
57k
▲ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7M
47.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
34.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Wageningen

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 Wageningen?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Wageningen University & ResearchUniversity 43,983 #263
2Graduate School Experimental Plant SciencesResearch facility 9,586 #16,054
3ISRIC - World Soil InformationInstitution 791 #8,907 all time
4Maritime Research Institute NetherlandsNonprofit 745 #17,821
5TiFNUniversity 538 #5,321 all time
6Centre for BioSystems GenomicsNonprofit 456 #14,332 all time
7Wetlands InternationalNonprofit 186 #29,902 all time
8Noldus Information TechnologyCompany 124 #28,751 all time
9KeyGene (Netherlands)Company 111 not ranked
10Unilever Foods Innovation CentreResearch facility 87 not ranked
11Dutch Butterfly ConservationArchive 67 not ranked
12Aeres University of Applied SciencesUniversity 63 not ranked
13C.T. de Wit Graduate School for Production Ecology and Resource ConservationUniversity 46 not ranked
14Water Insight (Netherlands)Company 42 not ranked
15Stichting Hout Research (Netherlands)Company 40 not ranked
16Menzis (Netherlands)Company 27 not ranked
17Dyadic (Netherlands)Company 14 not ranked
18eLEAF (Netherlands)Company 12 not ranked
19Hydrion (Netherlands)Company 12 not ranked
20Stichting Lettinga AssociatesInstitution 12 not ranked
21NutriLeads (Netherlands)Company 10 not ranked
22NuGOInstitution 6 not ranked
23European Federation of Food Science and TechnologyNonprofit 2 not ranked
24Environmental Research InstrumentsInstitution 2 not ranked
25European Tropical Forest Research NetworkResearch facility 1 not ranked
26Kennisinstituut BierInstitution 0 not ranked
27Triqua (Netherlands)Company 0 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.

Wageningen University & Research: 77.2%Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences: 16.8%ISRIC - World Soil Information: 1.4%Maritime Research Institute Netherlands: 1.3%21 others listed: 3.3%77%largest
Wageningen University & Research44k · 77.2%Graduate School Experimental Plant Sciences9,586 · 16.8%ISRIC - World Soil Information791 · 1.4%Maritime Research Institute Netherlands745 · 1.3%21 others listed1,858 · 3.3%

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

Which fields of science does Wageningen work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Wageningen is in Life Sciences, 36% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (27%), Environmental Science (20%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 3,601 fractional works · 39.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2,475 fractional works · 27.0% of its workPlant Science: 822 fractional works · 9.0% of its workFood Science: 502 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 211 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 209 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 176 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInsect Science: 175 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 146 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSoil Science: 139 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAquatic Science: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workForestry: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 952 fractional works · 10.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 497 fractional works · 5.4% of its workGenetics: 227 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiotechnology: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 101 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3,322 fractional works · 36.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1,862 fractional works · 20.3% of its workEcology: 452 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 414 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 163 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPollution: 159 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 134 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 119 fractional works · 1.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 107 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 105 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 84 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcological Modeling: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 609 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 147 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 208 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 91 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOceanography: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 180 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 152 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 127 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 75 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 42 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,221 fractional works · 13.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 600 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 237 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 88 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 113 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 236 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 81 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMarketing: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 130 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 129 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 106 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 64 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,031 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMedicine: 663 fractional works · 7.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 187 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 93 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 192 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNursing: 177 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 177 fractional works · 1.9% of its workVeterinary: 98 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmall Animals: 95 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 90 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKWageningen9,175fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences39%Physical Sciences36%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences13%

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. Life Sciences3,60139.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2,47527.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology95210.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology820.9%
    4. Neuroscience690.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics230.3%
    1. Environmental Science1,86220.3%
    2. Engineering6096.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences2082.3%
    4. Computer Science1802.0%
    5. Materials Science1521.7%
    6. Chemistry1271.4%
    7. Energy750.8%
    8. Chemical Engineering460.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy420.5%
    10. Mathematics210.2%
  3. Social Sciences1,22113.3%
    1. Social Sciences6006.5%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2362.6%
    3. Psychology1301.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1291.4%
    5. Arts and Humanities640.7%
    6. Decision Sciences620.7%
  4. Health Sciences1,03111.2%
    1. Medicine6637.2%
    2. Nursing1771.9%
    3. Veterinary981.1%
    4. Health Professions901.0%
    5. Dentistry30.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Wageningen strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wageningen is most concentrated in Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals and Veterinary (10.9× the world share in Animal Science and Zoology).

  1. Animal Science and ZoologySubfield · 193.5 works11×
  2. Small AnimalsSubfield · 85.3 works8.6×
  3. VeterinaryField · 88.1 works8.1×
  4. Food ScienceSubfield · 449.7 works7.4×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 157.2 works6.9×
  6. Agronomy and Crop ScienceSubfield · 130.7 works6.9×
  7. EcologySubfield · 382.3 works6.0×
← 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: 5.74× its world share, 2,194 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.92× its world share, 824 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.88× its world share, 71 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 60 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.43× its world share, 40 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.90× its world share, 114 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 159 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 167 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.90× its world share, 67 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.45× its world share, 539 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.95× its world share, 1,578 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 133 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 20 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 38 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 81 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.39× its world share, 597 worksMedicineNursing: 4.15× its world share, 164 worksNursingVeterinary: 8.07× its world share, 88 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.22× its world share, 52 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.83× its world share, 216 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.70× its world share, 54 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 119 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.46× its world share, 112 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 529 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 8.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary8.07×88 works
  2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5.74×2,194 works
  3. Nursing4.15×164 works
  4. Environmental Science3.95×1,578 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.92×824 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.43×40 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.33×167 works
  8. Chemistry0.90×114 works
  9. Energy0.90×67 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.88×71 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.83×216 works
  12. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×20 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.70×54 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×119 works
  15. Social Sciences0.52×529 works
  16. Materials Science0.47×133 works
  17. Neuroscience0.46×60 works
  18. Psychology0.46×112 works
  19. Engineering0.45×539 works
  20. Medicine0.39×597 works
  21. Health Professions0.38×81 works
  22. Computer Science0.25×159 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.22×52 works
  24. Mathematics0.21×20 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.21×38 works
  26. Dentistry0.08×3 works

Which keywords describe research in Wageningen?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Ecosystem Services, Biodiversity Conservation, Health Effects and Gut Microbiota.

▲ 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. Climate Change1,159▲ 4.7×109 topics
  2. Sustainability669▲ 3.0×97 topics
  3. Environmental Impact628▲ 4.0×64 topics
  4. Biodiversity315▲ 4.5×37 topics
  5. Remote Sensing263▲ 2.4×37 topics
  6. Health Effects253▲ 4.5×23 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services236▲ 6.7×14 topics
  8. Food Security230▲ 4.6×22 topics
  9. Biodiversity Conservation220▲ 6.4×20 topics
  10. Gut Microbiota211▲ 6.7×7 topics
  11. Greenhouse Gas Emissions194▲ 7.7×8 topics
  12. Consumer Perception192▲ 8.9×8 topics
  13. Genetic Diversity190▲ 4.8×22 topics
  14. Invasive Species181▲ 4.7×21 topics
  15. Microbial Communities178▲ 4.5×10 topics
  16. Land Use Change175▲ 6.4×8 topics
  17. Livestock Production174▲ 20×3 topics
  18. Sustainable Agriculture172▲ 6.1×16 topics
  19. Waste Management163▲ 4.4×10 topics
  20. Probiotics154▲ 7.1×6 topics
  21. Global Warming154▲ 3.9×14 topics
  22. Lipid Oxidation151▲ 16×2 topics
  23. Global Change142▲ 5.8×7 topics
  24. Smallholder Farmers141▲ 7.3×6 topics
  25. Health Benefits140▲ 4.6×14 topics
  26. Food Safety133▲ 5.1×17 topics
  27. Hydrocolloids130▲ 18×2 topics
  28. Emulsions129▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Food Systems128▲ 30×1 topic
  30. Sustainable Diets128▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Global Impact126▲ 8.1×4 topics
  32. Heat Stress121▲ 16×2 topics
  33. Animal Welfare120▲ 15×5 topics
  34. Ecosystem Functioning120▲ 6.4×7 topics
  35. Proteins116▲ 14×3 topics
  36. Ecosystem Resilience114▲ 8.1×5 topics
  37. Stabilization105▲ 21×2 topics
  38. Digestion104▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Nanoemulsions104▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Social-Ecological Systems102▲ 8.0×4 topics

What research is done in Wageningen?

Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 112 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 95 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…72Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 72 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welf…63Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 63 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 61 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 54 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen…53Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 53 fractional worksAgricultural Innovations and Practices: 53 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 50 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agricul…48Organic Food and Agriculture: 48 fractional works
EcologyFood ScienceAnimal Science and ZoologySmall Animals5 others

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

  1. 1 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 112 works
  2. 2 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 95 works
  3. 3 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 72 works
  4. 4 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 63 works
  5. 5 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 61 works
  6. 6 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 54 works
  7. 7 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 53 works
  8. 8 Agricultural Innovations and Practices General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 53 works
  9. 9 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 50 works
  10. 10 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant Science 48 works

Research output over time

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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%60%Wageningen29.1% 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 52.8% in 2016.

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