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Amsterdam University College

In research, Amsterdam University College stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,444 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,241
of 22,385 · #17,335 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#145
of 197
Research works
296
▲ 63% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.7k
22.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
62%
world 40%
International
31%
world 18%
Amsterdam University College

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 #6,444 of 14,833 18.2%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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Amsterdam University College work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Amsterdam University College is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (24%), Medicine (18%), Computer Science (13%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 52 fractional works · 50.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 24 fractional works · 23.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 8.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 8.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 6.8% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 7 fractional works · 6.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 22.1% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 12.7% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 7.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 21.4% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 18.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAmsterdamUniversity…103fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences51%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences2423.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities88.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting76.8%
    4. Psychology76.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance43.6%
    6. Decision Sciences21.9%
    1. Computer Science1312.7%
    2. Environmental Science32.7%
    3. Engineering32.5%
    4. Mathematics22.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    6. Chemistry00.4%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine1918.3%
    2. Health Professions32.7%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Nursing00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.7%
    2. Neuroscience10.9%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.70× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.63× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.90× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.04× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.84× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.11× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.99× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.70× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.17× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.87× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.84×8 works
  2. Psychology2.17×7 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.11×7 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.99×2 works
  5. Mathematics1.90×2 works
  6. Social Sciences1.87×24 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.70×4 works
  8. Computer Science1.63×13 works
  9. Health Professions1.04×3 works
  10. Veterinary1.01×0 works
  11. Medicine0.95×19 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.70×4 works
  13. Neuroscience0.57×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.55×3 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.48×0 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.47×1 works
  17. Chemistry0.27×0 works
  18. Energy0.26×0 works
  19. Dentistry0.22×0 works
  20. Nursing0.18×0 works
  21. Engineering0.16×2 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.13×0 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.11×0 works
  24. Materials Science0.07×0 works
  25. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Amsterdam University College?

Ranked on the quality score, Iván Martí-Vidal, M.C. van der Wende and Pim Posthumus lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Amsterdam University College.

  1. 1 Iván Martí-Vidal Netherlands · #528,482 worldwide 3.6k citations · 16 works
  2. 2 M.C. van der Wende Netherlands · #1,779,307 worldwide 768 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Pim Posthumus Netherlands · #2,578,763 worldwide 1 citations · 37 works
  4. 3 Peter Mingaars Netherlands · #2,578,763 worldwide 1 citations · 37 works
  5. 3 Jaap Heij Netherlands · #2,578,763 worldwide 1 citations · 37 works
  6. 6 Minou Schraven Netherlands · #2,806,272 worldwide 67 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Emma Cohen de Lara Netherlands · #2,896,708 worldwide 95 citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Eric Akkerman Netherlands · #2,898,194 worldwide 20 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Christa Stevens Netherlands · #3,040,650 worldwide 20 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Dan Leberg Netherlands · #3,246,453 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Amsterdam University College

What are the most cited papers from Amsterdam University College?

The most cited paper from Amsterdam University College is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches" (Joshua A Welsh et al., 2024), with 4,377 citations. Next come "The theoretical status of latent variables." (1,612) and "The psychology of emotion regulation: An integrative review" (1,494).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches Joshua A Welsh et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access Feb 2024 4,377
2 The theoretical status of latent variables. Denny Borsboom, Gideon J. Mellenbergh, Jaap van Heerden · Psychological Review Apr 2003 1,612
3 The psychology of emotion regulation: An integrative review Sander Leon Koole · Cognition & Emotion Open access 19 Dec 2008 1,494
4 Consensus on consensus: a synthesis of consensus estimates on human-caused global warming John Cook, Наоми Орескес, Peter Terence Doran et al. · Environmental Research Letters Open access Apr 2016 1,464
5 Encoding Sentences with Graph Convolutional Networks for Semantic Role Labeling Diego Marcheggiani, Ivan S. Titov Conference paperOpen access 2017 929
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Amsterdam University College?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Ethics, Society, Culture, Human Rights, Gender, Globalization and Responsibility.

▲ 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-now 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. Globalization4▲ 2.2×21 topics
  2. Religion4▲ 9.2×6 topics
  3. Machine Learning4▲ 1.23×20 topics
  4. Ethics4▲ 7.3×11 topics
  5. Human Rights4▲ 3.5×10 topics
  6. Social Media3▲ 2.3×14 topics
  7. Sustainability3▲ 1.26×18 topics
  8. Culture3▲ 5.6×4 topics
  9. Gender3▲ 5.3×6 topics
  10. History3▲ 4.0×4 topics
  11. Society3▲ 14×4 topics
  12. Colonialism2▲ 5.1×4 topics
  13. Responsibility2▲ 53×2 topics
  14. Sovereignty2▲ 24×4 topics
  15. Biopolitics2▲ 28×4 topics
  16. Philosophy2▲ 4.9×5 topics
  17. Politics2▲ 8.3×4 topics
  18. Convex Optimization2▲ 21×4 topics
  19. Community2▲ 14×3 topics
  20. Hospitality2▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Literature2▲ 3.1×5 topics
  22. Model Checking2▲ 32×3 topics
  23. Democracy2▲ 4.2×3 topics
  24. Global Governance1▲ 5.5×9 topics
  25. Memory1▲ 5.6×3 topics
  26. Corpus Linguistics1▲ 6.0×2 topics
  27. Derrida1▲ 135×1 topic
  28. Levinas1▲ 135×1 topic
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging1▲ 5.1×5 topics
  30. Ontology1▲ 16×2 topics
  31. Pragmatics1▲ 8.3×3 topics
  32. User-Generated Content1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  33. Cultural Competence1▲ 9.1×3 topics
  34. Description Logics1▲ 26×2 topics
  35. Knowledge Representation1▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Violence1▲ 7.7×3 topics
  37. Brand Equity1▲ 17×2 topics
  38. Consumer Engagement1▲ 8.9×1 topic
  39. Electronic Word-of-Mouth1▲ 8.9×1 topic
  40. Temporal Logic1▲ 33×2 topics

Which research topics does Amsterdam University College publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism, Digital Marketing and Social Media, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Philosophy, Ethics, and …1Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism: 1 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…1Digital Marketing and Social Media: 1 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksVietnamese History and Culture Studies: 1 fractional worksQuantum, superfluid, helium dynamics: 1 fractional worksAfrican history and culture analysis: 1 fractional worksHannah Arendt's Politica…1Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy: 1 fractional worksAdvanced Optimization Algorithms Research: 1 fractional worksPolitical Theology and Sovereignty: 1 fractional works
PhilosophySociology and Political ScienceCancer ResearchArtificial Intelligence3 others

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

  1. 1 Philosophy, Ethics, and Existentialism Philosophy 1 works
  2. 2 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 1 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Vietnamese History and Culture Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Quantum, superfluid, helium dynamics Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 1 works
  7. 7 African history and culture analysis Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  8. 8 Hannah Arendt's Political Philosophy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  9. 9 Advanced Optimization Algorithms Research Numerical Analysis 1 works
  10. 10 Political Theology and Sovereignty Sociology and Political Science 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: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Amsterdam University College's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 63% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Amsterdam University College as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00049% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Amsterdam University College0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Amsterdam University College over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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