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Amsterdam University College

In research, Amsterdam University College stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,474 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,844
of 28,054 · #23,011 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#191
of 237
Research works
296
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.7k
22.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
62%
world 28%

What is Amsterdam University College known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Social SciencesDomain #5,474 of 16,945 35.8%180

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Amsterdam University College 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).

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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.64× its world share, 11 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.01× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.23× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.93× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.04× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.78× its world share, 5 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.86× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.72× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.18× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.95× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Amsterdam University College?

Ranked on the composite score, Marijk van der Wende, Jochen Peter and Zhang Zhi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amsterdam University College.

  1. 1 Marijk van der Wende Netherlands · #115,249 worldwide 124 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Jochen Peter Netherlands · #852,140 worldwide 38 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Zhang Zhi Netherlands · #875,182 worldwide 49 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Amsterdam University College

Which keywords describe research at Amsterdam University College?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Ethics, Society, Culture, Gender, History, Colonialism and Politics.

▲ 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. Religion4▲ 10×6 topics
  2. Globalization4▲ 2.3×20 topics
  3. Ethics3▲ 8.0×10 topics
  4. Machine Learning3◆ 1.13×14 topics
  5. Culture3▲ 6.7×4 topics
  6. Human Rights3▲ 3.4×10 topics
  7. Gender3▲ 6.5×6 topics
  8. Sustainability3▲ 1.41×16 topics
  9. History3▲ 4.8×4 topics
  10. Society3▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Colonialism2▲ 6.3×4 topics
  12. Politics2▲ 9.8×4 topics
  13. Philosophy2▲ 4.9×4 topics
  14. Convex Optimization2▲ 25×4 topics
  15. Literature2▲ 3.6×4 topics
  16. Responsibility2▲ 45×2 topics
  17. Biopolitics2▲ 27×4 topics
  18. Sovereignty2▲ 20×4 topics
  19. Community1▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Model Checking1▲ 37×3 topics
  21. Hospitality1▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Ontology1▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Cultural Competence1▲ 11×3 topics
  24. Description Logics1▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Global Governance1▲ 6.5×8 topics
  26. Knowledge Representation1▲ 16×2 topics
  27. Cell-Free DNA1▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Conflict1▲ 8.1×2 topics
  29. Temporal Logic1▲ 38×2 topics
  30. Cancer Genomics1▲ 16×1 topic
  31. Derrida1▲ 119×1 topic
  32. Economy1▲ 15×1 topic
  33. Eritrea1▲ 84×1 topic
  34. Ethiopia1▲ 84×1 topic
  35. Helium Nanodroplets1▲ 71×1 topic
  36. Levinas1▲ 119×1 topic
  37. Modernism1▲ 61×2 topics
  38. Mutational Signatures1▲ 16×1 topic
  39. Phenomenology1▲ 11×3 topics
  40. Postmodernism1▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Amsterdam University College publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, African history and culture analysis, Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics and Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics.

Philosophy, Ethics, and …1Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and cult…1African history and culture analysis: 1 fractional worksQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diag…1Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksVietnamese History and C…1Vietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Optimization Algorithms Research: 1 fractional worksContemporary Literature and Criticism: 1 fractional worksHannah Arendt's Politica…1Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy: 1 fractional worksModernist Literature and Criticism: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional works
PhilosophyPolitical Science and International RelationsAtomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsCancer Research4 others

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

  1. 1 Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism Philosophy 1 works
  2. 2 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  3. 3 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  4. 4 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  5. 5 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research Numerical Analysis 1 works
  7. 7 Contemporary Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Modernist Literature and Criticism Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 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 available61.6%not open38.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.8%domestic only69.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Amsterdam University College's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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