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Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam

In research, Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam stands highest in Medicine (#1,580 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,041 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,923 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 8.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,908
of 28,054 · #552 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#45
of 237
Research works
20k
▼ 68% vs 2013–17
Citations
1M
49.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam 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 #1,580 of 10,443 22.1%222 #73
Health SciencesDomain #2,041 of 11,982 22.0%242 #98
Life SciencesDomain #2,923 of 7,800 21.9%63 #228

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam 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#73 #1,580
  2. Health Sciences#98 #2,041
  3. Life Sciences#228 #2,923
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 UMC Location University of Amsterdam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 8.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 32.1 works8.5×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.65× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.37× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.26× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.42× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 9 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.57× its world share, 15 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.20× its world share, 222 worksMedicineNursing: 1.63× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.20× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.07× its world share, 12 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam?

Ranked on the composite score, John J.P. Kastelein, Harry R. Büller and Cyriel Y. Ponsioen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam.

  1. 1 John J.P. Kastelein Netherlands · #2,251 worldwide 2.2k citations · 154 works
  2. 2 Harry R. Büller Netherlands · #2,806 worldwide 1.1k citations · 84 works
  3. 3 Cyriel Y. Ponsioen Netherlands · #6,453 worldwide 721 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 Wytske J. Fokkens Netherlands · #6,515 worldwide 592 citations · 90 works
  5. 5 S. Matthijs Boekholdt Netherlands · #9,208 worldwide 818 citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Janneke Horn Netherlands · #9,808 worldwide 737 citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Raymond T. Krediet Netherlands · #10,696 worldwide 653 citations · 71 works
  8. 8 G. Kees Hovingh Netherlands · #13,082 worldwide 867 citations · 47 works
  9. 9 Saskia Middeldorp Netherlands · #14,118 worldwide 550 citations · 81 works
  10. 10 Erik S.G. Stroes Netherlands · #14,280 worldwide 919 citations · 95 works
All ranked researchers at Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam

Which keywords describe research at Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Guidelines, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Risk Factors and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology46▲ 3.2×111 topics
  2. Inflammation20▲ 2.7×61 topics
  3. Quality of Life17▲ 3.3×36 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease13▲ 3.1×25 topics
  5. Risk Factors12▲ 3.1×27 topics
  6. Guidelines12▲ 7.4×13 topics
  7. Treatment12▲ 2.7×40 topics
  8. Heart Failure11▲ 7.1×12 topics
  9. Diagnosis10▲ 3.1×32 topics
  10. Management10▲ 3.6×26 topics
  11. Chemotherapy10▲ 3.9×20 topics
  12. Obesity10▲ 3.6×18 topics
  13. Mortality9▲ 4.5×11 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome8▲ 2.9×20 topics
  15. Catheter Ablation8▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Genetics8▲ 3.1×17 topics
  17. Immunotherapy8▲ 3.0×17 topics
  18. Echocardiography7▲ 7.2×8 topics
  19. Arrhythmias6▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Pathogenesis6▲ 3.6×18 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 3.3×14 topics
  22. Atherosclerosis6▲ 6.1×9 topics
  23. Genetic Mutations6▲ 4.1×18 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy6▲ 7.5×5 topics
  25. Insulin Resistance6▲ 3.7×9 topics
  26. Atrial Fibrillation6▲ 17×2 topics
  27. Stroke Prevention6▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Sudden Cardiac Death6▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 5.8×5 topics
  30. Survival Analysis5▲ 5.2×7 topics
  31. Pancreatic Cancer5▲ 12×2 topics
  32. Genetic Variants5▲ 7.2×7 topics
  33. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention5▲ 9.4×4 topics
  34. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 10×3 topics
  35. Ion Channels4▲ 12×4 topics
  36. Surgical Complications4▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Gemcitabine4▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Genomic Analyses4▲ 17×1 topic
  39. Risk Stratification4▲ 17×1 topic
  40. Thromboembolism4▲ 17×1 topic

Which research topics does Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…4Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 4 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare: 3 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 3 fractional worksLipoproteins and Cardiov…3Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health: 3 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineOncologyHealth Information ManagementEconomics and Econometrics2 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 4 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Health Information Management 3 works
  5. 5 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  6. 6 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  8. 8 Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health Surgery 3 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 2 works
  10. 10 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 2 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.3%domestic only74.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Amsterdam UMC Location University of Amsterdam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 68% lower 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.

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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.