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Environmental Science research in Netherlands

Wageningen University & Research ranks first in Netherlands for Environmental Science research in 2022–2025 (#12 worldwide), followed by Utrecht University and Delft University of Technology.

Netherlands's world rank
#11
of 125 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
9k
Top-10% rate
28.8%
Ranked institutions
21

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Environmental Science in Netherlands?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Wageningen University & ResearchWageningen #1269.633.3%1,484
2Utrecht UniversityUtrecht #2461.134.0%775
3Delft University of TechnologyDelft #4653.227.9%1,071
4University of TwenteEnschede #16537.530.6%450
5Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamAmsterdam #17436.935.0%385
6University of GroningenGroningen #21934.132.5%401
7University of AmsterdamAmsterdam #25632.233.1%302
8Leiden UniversityLeiden #38627.129.8%305
9Radboud University NijmegenNijmegen #66120.627.7%227
10Eindhoven University of TechnologyEindhoven #68120.230.5%180
11DeltaresDelft #70619.828.1%160
12Erasmus University RotterdamRotterdam #74619.134.7%124
13IHE Delft Institute for Water EducationDelft #83217.825.8%182
14Maastricht UniversityMaastricht #92916.429.8%149
15Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea ResearchDen Burg #97115.929.7%156
16Naturalis Biodiversity CenterLeiden #1,46610.819.2%140
17Netherlands Institute of EcologyWageningen #1,52110.435.5%80
18National Institute for Public Health and the EnvironmentDe Bilt #1,53410.325.6%113
19Royal Netherlands Meteorological InstituteDe Bilt #1,6989.032.5%81
20KWR Water Research InstituteNieuwegein #1,9187.525.9%71
21Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific ResearchDelft #1,9737.219.6%77

Institutions in Netherlands above the floor of 40 fractional works in Environmental Science, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Environmental Science researchers in Netherlands?

Linda Steg, Wim H. van der Putten and Arjen Y. Hoekstra rank highest among researchers based in Netherlands.

  1. 1Linda Steg#2,948 worldwide overall2.4k citations · 41 works
  2. 2Wim H. van der Putten#3,512 worldwide overall1.5k citations · 35 works
  3. 3Arjen Y. Hoekstra#3,629 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 63 works
  4. 4Detlef P. van Vuuren#4,040 worldwide overall2.6k citations · 51 works
  5. 5Bert Brunekreef#4,093 worldwide overall2.2k citations · 106 works
  6. 6Jan Willem Erisman#4,932 worldwide overall1.9k citations · 77 works
  7. 7Peter H. Verburg#6,225 worldwide overall2.3k citations · 94 works
  8. 8A. J. Dolman#7,789 worldwide overall1.8k citations · 85 works
  9. 9Rik Leemans#8,593 worldwide overall1.1k citations · 43 works
  10. 10Lex Bouwman#9,095 worldwide overall975 citations · 37 works
  11. 11Guido R. van der Werf#10,237 worldwide overall1k citations · 47 works
  12. 12Marten Scheffer#10,453 worldwide overall1.2k citations · 40 works
  13. 13Jack J. Middelburg#13,553 worldwide overall1.6k citations · 60 works
  14. 14Maarten Krol#15,651 worldwide overall935 citations · 42 works
  15. 15Nicole Janssen#16,575 worldwide overall710 citations · 37 works

How Netherlands compares with other countries in Environmental Science