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Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

In research, Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam stands highest in Medicine (#1,327 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,624 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,871 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychiatry and Mental health — Psychiatry and Mental health is 7.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,628
of 28,054 · #852 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#40
of 237
Research works
15k
▼ 63% vs 2013–17
Citations
750k
51.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit 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 #1,327 of 10,443 24.9%297 #198
Health SciencesDomain #1,624 of 11,982 24.9%334 #211
Life SciencesDomain #2,871 of 7,800 27.0%80 #440
Social SciencesDomain #5,869 of 10,521 24.4%88 #1077

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit 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#198 #1,327
  2. Health Sciences#211 #1,624
  3. Life Sciences#440 #2,871
  4. Social Sciences#1,077 #5,869
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 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychiatry and Mental health takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Psychiatry and Mental healthSubfield · 20.7 works7.8×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.56× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.77× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.37× its world share, 20 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.31× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.26× its world share, 32 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.90× its world share, 297 worksMedicineNursing: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.38× its world share, 6 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.07× its world share, 34 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 34 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam?

Ranked on the composite score, Henrica C. W. de Vet, C. René Leemans and Anton Vonk Noordegraaf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

  1. 1 Henrica C. W. de Vet Netherlands · #2,473 worldwide 1.6k citations · 91 works
  2. 2 C. René Leemans Netherlands · #2,674 worldwide 969 citations · 99 works
  3. 3 Anton Vonk Noordegraaf Netherlands · #3,525 worldwide 848 citations · 105 works
  4. 4 Gert Kwakkel Netherlands · #4,146 worldwide 942 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Erik Thunnissen Netherlands · #5,532 worldwide 1.2k citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Bernard M.J. Uitdehaag Netherlands · #5,816 worldwide 609 citations · 85 works
  7. 7 Walter J. Paulus Netherlands · #6,365 worldwide 728 citations · 65 works
  8. 8 Cornelis J. Stam Netherlands · #8,679 worldwide 794 citations · 80 works
  9. 9 Paul Lips Netherlands · #11,942 worldwide 573 citations · 69 works
  10. 10 Aartjan T.F. Beekman Netherlands · #13,608 worldwide 1.2k citations · 132 works
All ranked researchers at Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Which keywords describe research at Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Aging, Biomarkers, Neuroimaging, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy and Mental Health.

▲ 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▲ 2.2×103 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 2.9×72 topics
  3. Quality of Life21▲ 2.8×43 topics
  4. Aging19▲ 6.8×13 topics
  5. Mental Health19▲ 2.4×28 topics
  6. Biomarkers17▲ 4.8×18 topics
  7. Chemotherapy15▲ 4.1×24 topics
  8. Cardiovascular Disease15▲ 2.5×31 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress14▲ 1.66×38 topics
  10. Treatment14▲ 2.2×37 topics
  11. Cancer14▲ 1.96×37 topics
  12. Risk Factors14▲ 2.4×30 topics
  13. Neuroimaging13▲ 9.2×10 topics
  14. Depression13▲ 2.8×18 topics
  15. Immunotherapy12▲ 3.2×18 topics
  16. Diagnosis12▲ 2.3×30 topics
  17. Management11▲ 2.7×26 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis11▲ 3.6×14 topics
  19. Alzheimer's Disease10▲ 6.8×6 topics
  20. Clinical Trials10▲ 2.9×16 topics
  21. Cardiovascular Risk10▲ 6.0×9 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 3.4×14 topics
  23. Caregiver Burden10▲ 17×3 topics
  24. Cognitive Training10▲ 20×2 topics
  25. Cognitive Decline10▲ 15×2 topics
  26. Neurodegeneration10▲ 6.0×9 topics
  27. Dementia9▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Mild Cognitive Impairment9▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging8▲ 6.2×7 topics
  30. Prevalence8▲ 3.9×14 topics
  31. Autoantibodies8▲ 6.6×8 topics
  32. Cognitive Impairment8▲ 6.0×9 topics
  33. Cytokines8▲ 5.4×8 topics
  34. Echocardiography8▲ 5.5×8 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 6.3×5 topics
  36. Health Promotion8▲ 4.5×10 topics
  37. Neuroinflammation8▲ 5.0×5 topics
  38. Endothelial Dysfunction7▲ 5.7×8 topics
  39. Professionalism7▲ 7.7×4 topics
  40. Empowerment6▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Dutch Social and Cultural Studies, Alzheimer's disease research and treatments and Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies.

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 9 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 4 fractional worksMultiple Sclerosis Research Studies: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…4Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 3 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…3Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthEducationPhysiologyRheumatology6 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 9 works
  2. 2 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 5 works
  3. 3 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 4 works
  4. 4 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 works
  5. 5 Frailty in Older Adults Geriatrics and Gerontology 4 works
  6. 6 Multiple Sclerosis Research Studies Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 4 works
  8. 8 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy Social Psychology 3 works
  9. 9 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  10. 10 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 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 available50.1%not open49.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.2%domestic only70.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Amsterdam UMC Location Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 63% 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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