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Asser Institute

In research, Asser Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,973 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#3,922 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 18.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,214
of 22,385 · #15,094 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#144
of 197
Research works
545
▲ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
44%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Asser Institute

What is Asser Institute known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #4,973 of 9,585 16.6%83 #3536
Social SciencesField #3,922 of 5,988 17.6%64 #2922

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Asser Institute 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 Asser Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Asser Institute is in Social Sciences, 13% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (58%), Computer Science (8%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 97 fractional works · 76.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 74 fractional works · 58.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 35 fractional works · 27.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 17 fractional works · 13.6% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSafety Research: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 9 fractional works · 7.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 17 fractional works · 13.3% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 7 fractional works · 5.7% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAsser Institute126fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences77%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7458.4%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting97.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities54.0%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance53.6%
    5. Psychology32.0%
    6. Decision Sciences21.3%
    1. Computer Science107.9%
    2. Environmental Science32.5%
    3. Engineering32.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.4%
    5. Energy00.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    1. Medicine75.4%
    2. Health Professions32.2%
    3. Dentistry10.5%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Neuroscience21.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Asser Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 18.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 34.9 works19×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.81× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.01× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.85× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.37× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.30× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.69× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.61× its world share, 74 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Social Sciences, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences4.61×74 works
  2. Business, Management and Accounting2.30×9 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.69×5 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.37×5 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.32×2 works
  6. Dentistry1.09×1 works
  7. Computer Science1.01×10 works
  8. Health Professions0.85×3 works
  9. Neuroscience0.81×2 works
  10. Psychology0.67×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.50×3 works
  12. Energy0.29×0 works
  13. Medicine0.28×7 works
  14. Nursing0.27×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.20×1 works
  16. Engineering0.14×3 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.11×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.05×0 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Asser Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Antoine Duval, Bérénice Boutin and Edward Hoyle lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Asser Institute.

  1. 1 Antoine Duval Netherlands · #1,335,801 worldwide 403 citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Bérénice Boutin Netherlands · #1,383,784 worldwide 249 citations · 27 works
  3. 3 Edward Hoyle Netherlands · #1,793,188 worldwide 250 citations · 18 works
  4. 4 Marta Bo Netherlands · #2,140,147 worldwide 93 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Jessica Dorsey Netherlands · #2,141,588 worldwide 111 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Magdalena Pacholska Netherlands · #2,497,251 worldwide 60 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Avril McDonald Netherlands · #2,669,365 worldwide 156 citations · 58 works
  8. 8 Wybe Th. Douma Netherlands · #2,771,397 worldwide 147 citations · 39 works
  9. 9 Jan Anne Vos Netherlands · #2,939,776 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 C.C.A. Voskuil Netherlands · #2,949,854 worldwide 15 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Asser Institute

What are the most cited papers from Asser Institute?

The most cited paper from Asser Institute is "The Fragmentation of Global Governance Architectures: A Framework for Analysis" (Frank Biermann, Philipp H. Pattberg, Harro van Asselt et al., 2009), with 1,184 citations. Next come "Randomised comparison of combined step-down prednisolone, methotrexate and sulphasalazine with sulphasalazine alone in early rheumatoid arthritis" (1,078) and "COBRA combination therapy in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: Long‐term structural benefits of a brief intervention" (614).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Fragmentation of Global Governance Architectures: A Framework for Analysis Frank Biermann, Philipp H. Pattberg, Harro van Asselt et al. · Global Environmental Politics 14 Oct 2009 1,184
2 Randomised comparison of combined step-down prednisolone, methotrexate and sulphasalazine with sulphasalazine alone in early rheumatoid arthritis Maarten Boers, Arco C. Verhoeven, Harry M. Markusse et al. · The Lancet Open access Aug 1997 1,078
3 COBRA combination therapy in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: Long‐term structural benefits of a brief intervention Robert Landewé, Maarten Boers, Arco C. Verhoeven et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Open access Feb 2002 614
4 Effect of folic or folinic acid supplementation on the toxicity and efficacy of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis: A forty-eight-week, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study Annelies E. van Ede, Roland Laan, Maarten J. Rood et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism 2001 403
5 Progression of radiologic damage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in clinical remission Esmeralda T. H. Molenaar, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, Huib J. Dinant et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Open access 2004 391
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Asser Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Security Council, International Law, Global Governance, Sovereignty, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Big Data.

▲ 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. Human Rights34▲ 26×24 topics
  2. Machine Learning15▲ 3.6×10 topics
  3. Security Council13▲ 211×2 topics
  4. International Law13▲ 33×14 topics
  5. Global Governance12▲ 41×8 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence12▲ 6.8×10 topics
  7. Sovereignty12▲ 101×5 topics
  8. Big Data11▲ 9.1×6 topics
  9. Ethics11▲ 17×7 topics
  10. War Crimes10▲ 186×2 topics
  11. European Union10▲ 36×8 topics
  12. Accountability10▲ 62×3 topics
  13. International Criminal Law10▲ 343×1 topic
  14. International Humanitarian Law10▲ 343×1 topic
  15. Algorithmic Bias8▲ 70×1 topic
  16. Fairness8▲ 58×1 topic
  17. State Sovereignty7▲ 123×2 topics
  18. Judicial Review6▲ 61×3 topics
  19. Security6▲ 7.5×9 topics
  20. Democracy6▲ 13×3 topics
  21. Constitutionalism6▲ 49×1 topic
  22. European Legal Systems6▲ 126×1 topic
  23. Legal System5▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Doping5▲ 39×1 topic
  25. Fundamental Rights5▲ 193×2 topics
  26. Performance-Enhancing Drugs5▲ 488×1 topic
  27. Genocide4▲ 64×2 topics
  28. Criminal Law4▲ 21×1 topic
  29. Mutual Recognition4▲ 222×1 topic
  30. Arbitration4▲ 116×2 topics
  31. Adversarial Examples4▲ 55×1 topic
  32. Humanitarian Intervention4▲ 88×2 topics
  33. Robustness4▲ 55×1 topic
  34. Responsibility to Protect4▲ 107×1 topic
  35. United Nations4▲ 107×1 topic
  36. Transnational Corporations4▲ 108×2 topics
  37. Bilateral Investment Treaties3▲ 149×1 topic
  38. Foreign Direct Investment3▲ 56×1 topic
  39. European Integration3▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Governance3▲ 7.4×1 topic

Which research topics does Asser Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: International Law and Human Rights, Ethics and Social Impacts of AI, European and International Law Studies and Doping in Sports.

International Law and Human Rights: 10 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 8 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…6European and International Law Studies: 6 fractional worksDoping in Sports5Doping in Sports: 5 fractional worksEuropean Criminal Justice and Data Protection: 4 fractional worksAdversarial Robustness in Machine Learning: 4 fractional worksGlobal Peace and Securit…4Global Peace and Security Dynamics: 4 fractional worksInternational Arbitration and Investment Law: 3 fractional worksEuropean Union Policy and Governance: 3 fractional worksSports, Gender, and Society: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsSafety ResearchSociology and Political ScienceArtificial Intelligence2 others

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

  1. 1 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 10 works
  2. 2 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 8 works
  3. 3 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 6 works
  4. 4 Doping in Sports Sociology and Political Science 5 works
  5. 5 European Criminal Justice and Data Protection Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  6. 6 Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning Artificial Intelligence 4 works
  7. 7 Global Peace and Security Dynamics Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  8. 8 International Arbitration and Investment Law Strategy and Management 3 works
  9. 9 European Union Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  10. 10 Sports, Gender, and Society Gender Studies 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 available43.7%not open56.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.5%domestic only79.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Asser Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Asser Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Asser Institute0.00040% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Asser Institute over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Asser Institute12.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 20.5% in 2022.

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