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Amsterdam Neuroscience

In research, Amsterdam Neuroscience stands highest in Medicine (#563 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#733 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#738 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health, Neurology and Neurology — Psychiatry and Mental health is 11.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,642
of 28,054 · #2,640 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#23
of 237
Research works
3.5k
▲ 128% vs 2013–17
Citations
101k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
28.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is Amsterdam Neuroscience known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #563 of 10,443 28.0%727 #1311
Health SciencesDomain #733 of 11,982 28.1%772 #1638
Life SciencesDomain #738 of 7,800 30.3%304 #1040
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #920 of 3,579 32.0%137 #1666
NeurologySubfield #104 of 336 33.0%64 #283
NeuroscienceField #366 of 1,168 28.9%125 #477
SurgerySubfield #600 of 1,816 29.3%72 #1654
Social SciencesDomain #4,416 of 10,521 32.5%100 #5462
PhysiologySubfield #260 of 548 28.5%61 #558
Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield #120 of 243 24.7%69 #271

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amsterdam Neuroscience sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#1,311 #563
  2. Health Sciences#1,638 #733
  3. Life Sciences#1,040 #738
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,666 #920
  5. Neurology#283 #104
  6. Neuroscience#477 #366
  7. Surgery#1,654 #600
  8. Social Sciences#5,462 #4,416
  9. Physiology#558 #260
  10. Psychiatry and Mental health#271 #120
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Amsterdam Neuroscience specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 11.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 68.9 works11×
  2. NeurologySubfield · 64.1 works9.1×
  3. NeurologySubfield · 26.4 works7.7×
  4. Cellular and Molecular NeuroscienceSubfield · 24.2 works6.3×
  5. NeuroscienceField · 125.0 works6.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.08× its world share, 137 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.81× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 6.25× its world share, 125 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.15× its world share, 14 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.10× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.30× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.07× its world share, 726 worksMedicineNursing: 1.07× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.42× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.67× its world share, 62 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 6.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Amsterdam Neuroscience?

Ranked on the composite score, Christiaan de Leeuw, Jeroen J.G. Geurts and Charlotte E. Teunissen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amsterdam Neuroscience.

  1. 1 Christiaan de Leeuw Netherlands · #56,832 worldwide 878 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Jeroen J.G. Geurts Netherlands · #59,988 worldwide 360 citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Charlotte E. Teunissen Netherlands · #62,324 worldwide 1k citations · 171 works
  4. 4 Arjan Hillebrand Netherlands · #74,135 worldwide 228 citations · 35 works
  5. 5 Ysbrand D. van der Werf Netherlands · #81,605 worldwide 354 citations · 45 works
  6. 6 Rik Ossenkoppele Netherlands · #93,954 worldwide 411 citations · 108 works
  7. 7 Henk W. Berendse Netherlands · #101,531 worldwide 237 citations · 29 works
  8. 8 Yolande A.L. Pijnenburg Netherlands · #113,570 worldwide 451 citations · 103 works
  9. 9 Hanneke E. Hulst Netherlands · #127,126 worldwide 185 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Odile A. van den Heuvel Netherlands · #139,706 worldwide 280 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Amsterdam Neuroscience

Which keywords describe research at Amsterdam Neuroscience?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurodegeneration, Neurological Disorders, Neuroimaging, Epidemiology, Biomarkers, Neuroinflammation, Aging and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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 institution'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. Epidemiology115▲ 2.4×117 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress78▲ 3.9×46 topics
  3. Inflammation74▲ 2.9×75 topics
  4. Neurodegeneration70▲ 19×11 topics
  5. Neurological Disorders66▲ 9.5×20 topics
  6. Neuroimaging65▲ 20×11 topics
  7. Biomarkers63▲ 7.5×18 topics
  8. Neuroinflammation58▲ 17×6 topics
  9. Aging56▲ 8.5×17 topics
  10. Alzheimer's Disease50▲ 14×9 topics
  11. Cognitive Decline43▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Cognitive Training42▲ 38×2 topics
  13. Caregiver Burden42▲ 31×3 topics
  14. Dementia42▲ 36×2 topics
  15. Mild Cognitive Impairment41▲ 40×1 topic
  16. Vascular Risk Factors41▲ 40×1 topic
  17. Genetics39▲ 4.5×19 topics
  18. Treatment38▲ 2.5×42 topics
  19. Cancer37▲ 2.2×45 topics
  20. Diagnostic Criteria35▲ 13×10 topics
  21. Therapeutic Strategies35▲ 29×2 topics
  22. Cognitive Impairment34▲ 11×10 topics
  23. Depression34▲ 3.2×18 topics
  24. Cardiovascular Disease34▲ 2.5×36 topics
  25. Parkinson's Disease34▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Amyloid Hypothesis32▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Tau Pathology32▲ 45×1 topic
  28. Functional Connectivity28▲ 17×3 topics
  29. Brain Development25▲ 12×6 topics
  30. Innate Immunity25▲ 6.3×11 topics
  31. Mitochondrial Dysfunction24▲ 6.8×11 topics
  32. Cytokines22▲ 6.4×8 topics
  33. Neurobiology21▲ 6.7×9 topics
  34. Default Mode Network20▲ 23×1 topic
  35. Resting-State fMRI20▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Magnetic Resonance Imaging20▲ 6.2×8 topics
  37. Multiple Sclerosis19▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Neuromyelitis Optica19▲ 41×1 topic
  39. Ischemic Stroke18▲ 9.5×4 topics
  40. Epilepsy16▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Amsterdam Neuroscience publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies and Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies.

Dementia and Cognitive I…41Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 41 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 32 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 20 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 19 fractional worksParkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 12 fractional worksNeuroinflammation and Ne…10Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms: 10 fractional worksNeurological disorders and treatments: 9 fractional worksAmyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research: 9 fractional worksAdvanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications: 9 fractional worksNeural dynamics and brain function: 8 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthPhysiologyCognitive NeurosciencePathology and Forensic Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 41 works
  2. 2 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 32 works
  3. 3 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 20 works
  4. 4 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 19 works
  5. 5 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 12 works
  6. 6 Neuroinflammation and Neurodegeneration Mechanisms Neurology 10 works
  7. 7 Neurological disorders and treatments Neurology 9 works
  8. 8 Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Neurology 9 works
  9. 9 Advanced Neuroimaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  10. 10 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 8 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available72.7%not open27.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors41.9%domestic only58.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Amsterdam Neuroscience's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 128% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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.

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