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Science in Netherlands

The Netherlands ranks #13 of 192 countries on research quality in 2022–2025 (#10 all time), with 191k research works and 25.2% of them in the world's top 10%.

World rank, 2022–2025
#13
of 192 · #10 all time
Works, 2022–2025
191k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
In the world top 100
0
18 in the top 1,000
Open access
48%
world 63%

What is Netherlands strongest at in science?

On research quality in 2022–2025, the Netherlands ranks highest in Political Science and International Relations (#6 of 97), Medicine (#11 of 155) and Social Sciences (#12 of 151). Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medical Terminology, General Decision Sciences and Applied Psychology.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #6 of 97 30.0%3,913 Institutions
MedicineField #11 of 155 23.4%50,630 Institutions
Social SciencesField #12 of 151 31.4%23,293 Institutions
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #10 of 122 33.1%7,839 Institutions
PsychologyField #9 of 109 29.9%9,695 Institutions
Environmental ScienceField #11 of 125 28.8%8,996 Institutions
Decision SciencesField #7 of 79 26.0%2,519 Institutions
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #9 of 86 26.1%3,772 Institutions
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield #6 of 57 29.1%1,880 Institutions
Arts and HumanitiesField #12 of 106 21.7%5,996 Institutions
SurgerySubfield #10 of 88 23.3%6,347 Institutions
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #10 of 86 25.0%3,523 Institutions

Where its research is concentrated

Location quotient: how much more — or less — of each node it does than its size predicts. Drawn around 1×, where “twice the world share” and “half of it” are the same distance apart in opposite directions. A volume reading, which on a country axis is largely population and industrial structure.

  1. Medical TerminologySubfield · 69.5 works12×
  2. General Decision SciencesSubfield · 142.4 works3.9×
  3. Applied PsychologySubfield · 688.6 works2.5×
  4. Public AdministrationSubfield · 256.2 works2.5×
  5. Structural BiologySubfield · 75.2 works2.5×
  6. Family PracticeSubfield · 224.6 works2.5×
  7. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 3,093.2 works2.2×
  8. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 1,879.9 works2.1×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 5,410 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.07× its world share, 11k worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 2,469 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.69× its world share, 5,262 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 446 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.81× its world share, 542 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.56× its world share, 1,692 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.80× its world share, 12k worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 2,759 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.60× its world share, 1,053 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.69× its world share, 20k worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.95× its world share, 8,996 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 3,108 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.82× its world share, 1,852 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.08× its world share, 4,585 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 662 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 6,066 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.38× its world share, 51k worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 887 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.36× its world share, 354 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.09× its world share, 5,996 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.91× its world share, 5,629 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.36× its world share, 2,519 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.16× its world share, 4,750 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.66× its world share, 9,695 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.96× its world share, 23k worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 1.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research in Netherlands?

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

▲ 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 country'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. Epidemiology9,663▲ 1.28×140 topics
  2. Climate Change5,472◆ 1.06×129 topics
  3. Inflammation5,156▲ 1.29×83 topics
  4. Machine Learning5,111▼ 0.82×96 topics
  5. Deep Learning4,451▼ 0.68×85 topics
  6. Quality of Life4,113▲ 1.49×61 topics
  7. Sustainability4,108◆ 0.88×138 topics
  8. Globalization3,942◆ 1.05×181 topics
  9. Mental Health3,449▲ 1.23×47 topics
  10. Public Health3,210◆ 1.15×77 topics
  11. Treatment2,933▲ 1.26×52 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2,793▲ 1.31×39 topics
  13. Risk Factors2,602▲ 1.24×37 topics
  14. Depression2,598▲ 1.55×26 topics
  15. Oxidative Stress2,591▼ 0.83×63 topics
  16. Environmental Impact2,473▼ 0.76×74 topics
  17. Human Rights2,423▲ 1.23×91 topics
  18. Cancer2,193▼ 0.85×59 topics
  19. Chemotherapy2,157▲ 1.61×25 topics
  20. Diagnosis2,126▲ 1.19×41 topics
  21. Biomarkers1,988▲ 1.52×18 topics
  22. Metabolic Syndrome1,960▲ 1.26×24 topics
  23. Immunotherapy1,957▲ 1.44×19 topics
  24. Big Data1,886◆ 1.09×37 topics
  25. Clinical Trials1,868▲ 1.46×19 topics
  26. Genetics1,848▲ 1.38×27 topics
  27. Clinical Practice Guidelines1,830▲ 1.75×14 topics
  28. Management1,816▲ 1.21×40 topics
  29. Obesity1,727▲ 1.19×29 topics
  30. Meta-Analysis1,724▲ 1.53×21 topics
  31. Ethics1,654▲ 1.79×60 topics
  32. Neurological Disorders1,641▲ 1.51×20 topics
  33. Anxiety1,618▲ 1.79×12 topics
  34. Aging1,557▲ 1.51×19 topics
  35. Global Burden1,485▲ 1.44×12 topics
  36. Guidelines1,478▲ 1.66×13 topics
  37. Resilience1,464▲ 1.59×19 topics
  38. Emotion Regulation1,356▲ 2.3×9 topics
  39. Neoadjuvant Therapy1,080▲ 2.4×5 topics
  40. Psychopathology979▲ 2.8×4 topics

How many world-class institutions does Netherlands hold?

Average quality and elite capacity disagree by construction, and both are worth knowing: the first is decided by a country’s whole institution population, the second counts the institutions it holds at the top. One square per institution.

101st to 500th12501st to 1,000th6

Bands are exclusive, so the squares add up to 18 — the institutions it holds in the world top 1,000 — and not to four times it.

Which universities in Netherlands lead research?

Utrecht University, University of Amsterdam and Delft University of Technology rank highest in Netherlands on research quality in 2022–2025.

0%20%40%mean 27.16%fractional works (log) →share in the world top 10% →Utrecht University: 11k, 28.8%University of Amsterdam: 11k, 30.8%Delft University of Technology: 14k, 25.1%University of Groningen: 10k, 29.4%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 7,879, 28.7%Leiden University: 6,881, 28.5%Radboud University Nijmegen: 8,511, 26.0%Wageningen University & Research: 7,493, 35.2%Eindhoven University of Technology: 7,339, 21.4%Maastricht University: 6,749, 26.8%University of Twente: 6,170, 22.7%Leiden University Medical Center: 4,510, 24.3%Amsterdam University Medical Centers: 5,346, 25.1%Erasmus University Rotterdam: 5,852, 29.8%University Medical Center Groningen: 4,083, 24.8%University of Amster…University of Gronin…Utrecht UniversityDelft University of …
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One dot per institution in the list below. The upper left is the interesting corner.

  1. 1Utrecht UniversityUniversity · Utrecht · #115 worldwide28.8% top 10% · 11k works
  2. 2University of AmsterdamUniversity · Amsterdam · #132 worldwide30.8% top 10% · 11k works
  3. 3Delft University of TechnologyUniversity · Delft · #140 worldwide25.1% top 10% · 14k works
  4. 4University of GroningenUniversity · Groningen · #179 worldwide29.4% top 10% · 10k works
  5. 5Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity · Amsterdam · #241 worldwide28.7% top 10% · 7.9k works
  6. 6Leiden UniversityUniversity · Leiden · #253 worldwide28.5% top 10% · 6.9k works
  7. 7Radboud University NijmegenUniversity · Nijmegen · #269 worldwide26.0% top 10% · 8.5k works
  8. 8Wageningen University & ResearchUniversity · Wageningen · #293 worldwide35.2% top 10% · 7.5k works
  9. 9Eindhoven University of TechnologyUniversity · Eindhoven · #378 worldwide21.4% top 10% · 7.3k works
  10. 10Maastricht UniversityUniversity · Maastricht · #426 worldwide26.8% top 10% · 6.7k works
  11. 11University of TwenteUniversity · Enschede · #478 worldwide22.7% top 10% · 6.2k works
  12. 12Leiden University Medical CenterFunder · Leiden · #486 worldwide24.3% top 10% · 4.5k works
  13. 13Amsterdam University Medical CentersHospital / health system · Amsterdam · #520 worldwide25.1% top 10% · 5.3k works
  14. 14Erasmus University RotterdamUniversity · Rotterdam · #535 worldwide29.8% top 10% · 5.9k works
  15. 15University Medical Center GroningenHospital / health system · Groningen · #550 worldwide24.8% top 10% · 4.1k works

The track on each row is its top-10% rate; the tick is the world’s rate in this record, 16.5% — teal above it, red below.

All ranked institutions in Netherlands

Who are the top researchers in Netherlands?

Patrick M. Bossuyt, Maarten J. Postma and Victoria Delgado rank highest among researchers based in Netherlands.

  1. 1 Patrick M. Bossuyt · #59 worldwide 14k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Maarten J. Postma · #90 worldwide 4.6k citations · 251 works
  3. 3 Victoria Delgado · #117 worldwide 3.7k citations · 196 works
  4. 4 Wilmar B. Schaufeli · #130 worldwide 5.3k citations · 157 works
  5. 5 Arnold B. Bakker · #293 worldwide 6k citations · 124 works
  6. 6 Marjolein Visser · #439 worldwide 2.1k citations · 154 works
  7. 7 Johanna M. Geleijnse · #551 worldwide 5.4k citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer · #645 worldwide 2.2k citations · 128 works
  9. 9 Jan P. Vandenbroucke · #652 worldwide 2.1k citations · 109 works
  10. 10 Wil M. P. van der Aalst · #736 worldwide 5.5k citations · 408 works
Top researchers in Netherlands

Which cities in Netherlands are research hubs?

  1. 1 Amsterdam Netherlands 269k works
  2. 2 Utrecht Netherlands 174k works
  3. 3 Delft Netherlands 106k works
  4. 4 Groningen Netherlands 104k works
  5. 5 Leiden Netherlands 102k works
  6. 6 Rotterdam Netherlands 101k works
  7. 7 Nijmegen Netherlands 99k works
  8. 8 Eindhoven Netherlands 62k works
  9. 9 Wageningen Netherlands 57k works
  10. 10 Maastricht Netherlands 54k works
  11. 11 Enschede Netherlands 49k works
  12. 12 The Hague Netherlands 38k works

How much of it is in the largest

The same cities as shares of everything these twelve account for.

Amsterdam: 22.1%Utrecht: 14.3%Delft: 8.7%Groningen: 8.6%8 others listed: 46.3%22%largest
Amsterdam269k · 22.1%Utrecht174k · 14.3%Delft106k · 8.7%Groningen104k · 8.6%8 others listed563k · 46.3%

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

How open and international is Netherlands's research?

48% of its research is openly available (world: 40%), and 29% is written with international co-authors (world: 18%).

openly available47.9%not open52.1%

World: 63% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 22% is written across borders.

How has Netherlands's research grown?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Research fields in Netherlands