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Avans University of Applied Sciences

In research, Avans University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,962 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,503
of 22,385 · #9,258 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#97
of 197
Research works
480
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.4k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
59%
world 40%
International
28%
world 18%
Avans University of Applied Sciences

What is Avans University of Applied Sciences 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 #6,962 of 9,585 11.1%69 #7614

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Avans University of Applied Sciences 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 Avans University of Applied Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 48% of research at Avans University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (22%), Medicine (10%), Psychology (10%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 77 fractional works · 47.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 35 fractional works · 21.6% of its workEducation: 13 fractional works · 7.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 7.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 16 fractional works · 9.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 8.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 36 fractional works · 22.0% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 8.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 12 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 4.1% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 28 fractional works · 17.4% of its workMedicine: 16 fractional works · 9.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 12.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 10 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAvans Universityof Applied…161fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences17%Social Sciences48%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences3521.6%
    2. Psychology169.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting148.5%
    4. Arts and Humanities53.3%
    5. Decision Sciences53.1%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.5%
    1. Computer Science138.1%
    2. Engineering127.5%
    3. Environmental Science74.1%
    4. Materials Science21.3%
    5. Chemistry10.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    7. Energy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Medicine169.9%
    2. Health Professions116.9%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences106.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology53.1%
    3. Neuroscience42.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.4%
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: 1.34× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.59× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.45× its world share, 4 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.04× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.05× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 12 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.82× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.60× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.51× its world share, 16 worksMedicineNursing: 1.02× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.16× its world share, 5 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.65× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.17× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.19× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.70× its world share, 35 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.19×16 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.17×5 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.65×14 works
  4. Health Professions2.60×11 works
  5. Social Sciences1.70×35 works
  6. Neuroscience1.45×4 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.34×10 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.16×5 works
  9. Computer Science1.05×13 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.04×1 works
  11. Nursing1.02×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.82×7 works
  13. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.68×2 works
  14. Veterinary0.66×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.62×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.59×5 works
  17. Medicine0.51×16 works
  18. Engineering0.50×12 works
  19. Materials Science0.36×2 works
  20. Chemistry0.24×1 works
  21. Energy0.22×0 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×0 works
  23. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.14×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Avans University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Anita E. G. Heijltjes, Louis Neven and Maria Th. Wijnen-Sponselee lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Avans University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Anita E. G. Heijltjes Netherlands · #511,581 worldwide 784 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Louis Neven Netherlands · #532,553 worldwide 1.5k citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Maria Th. Wijnen-Sponselee Netherlands · #1,126,696 worldwide 2.9k citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Alinda Kokkinou Netherlands · #1,493,915 worldwide 427 citations · 66 works
  5. 5 Jeroen Alessie Netherlands · #1,713,707 worldwide 103 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Jeroen A. J. Borghouts Netherlands · #2,252,874 worldwide 1.1k citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Miranda Timmermans Netherlands · #2,373,003 worldwide 85 citations · 25 works
  8. 8 Niko Roorda Netherlands · #2,585,051 worldwide 224 citations · 98 works
  9. 9 Ben Kokkeler Netherlands · #3,070,024 worldwide 41 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Yasmaine Karel Netherlands · #3,074,074 worldwide 351 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Avans University of Applied Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Avans University of Applied Sciences?

The most cited paper from Avans University of Applied Sciences is "The Tilburg Frailty Indicator: Psychometric Properties" (Robbert J.J. Gobbens, Marcel A. L. M. van Assen, Katrien Ger Luijkx et al., 2010), with 1,139 citations. Next come "European Academy for Childhood Disability (EACD): Recommendations on the definition, diagnosis and intervention of developmental coordination disorder (long version)*" (605) and "Understanding performance deficits in developmental coordination disorder: a meta‐analysis of recent research" (496).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Tilburg Frailty Indicator: Psychometric Properties Robbert J.J. Gobbens, Marcel A. L. M. van Assen, Katrien Ger Luijkx et al. · Journal of the American Medical Directors Association 11 May 2010 1,139
2 European Academy for Childhood Disability (EACD): Recommendations on the definition, diagnosis and intervention of developmental coordination disorder (long version)* Rainer Blank, Bouwien C. M. Smits-Engelsman, Helene J. Polatajko et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology Open access 15 Dec 2011 605
3 Understanding performance deficits in developmental coordination disorder: a meta‐analysis of recent research Peter Henry Wilson, Scott Ruddock, Bouwien C. M. Smits-Engelsman et al. · Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology 29 Oct 2012 496
4 Predictors of treatment dropout in self-guided web-based interventions for depression: an ‘individual patient data’ meta-analysis Eirini Karyotaki et al. · Psychological Medicine Open access 17 Apr 2015 451
5 Towards an integral conceptual model of frailty Robbert J.J. Gobbens, Katrien Ger Luijkx, Maria Th. Wijnen-Sponselee et al. · The journal of nutrition health & aging Open access Mar 2010 443
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Avans University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Promotion, Education, Creativity, Sustainability, Knowledge Management, Innovation, Cultural Diversity and Research Methods.

▲ 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. Education9▲ 3.3×17 topics
  2. Sustainability8▲ 2.2×26 topics
  3. Globalization8▲ 2.4×25 topics
  4. Health Promotion6▲ 12×7 topics
  5. Innovation6▲ 3.7×8 topics
  6. Knowledge Management5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  7. Creativity5▲ 51×2 topics
  8. Quality of Life5▲ 1.98×18 topics
  9. Public Health4▲ 1.92×17 topics
  10. Cultural Diversity4▲ 12×4 topics
  11. Environmental Management4▲ 6.5×6 topics
  12. Research Methods4▲ 17×3 topics
  13. Empowerment4▲ 26×2 topics
  14. Higher Education4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  15. Inclusion4▲ 17×4 topics
  16. Social Work4▲ 37×2 topics
  17. Design Thinking4▲ 91×1 topic
  18. Engineering Design4▲ 34×1 topic
  19. Teacher Development4▲ 38×2 topics
  20. Qualitative Research4▲ 2.7×9 topics
  21. Neuroscience4▲ 7.2×5 topics
  22. Professionalism4▲ 13×2 topics
  23. Youth Care4▲ 599×1 topic
  24. Phenomenology4▲ 20×3 topics
  25. Consumer Behavior3▲ 3.3×8 topics
  26. Participatory Design3▲ 38×2 topics
  27. Student Engagement3▲ 5.0×5 topics
  28. Psychiatric Disorders3▲ 14×4 topics
  29. Embodiment3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  30. Ethical Considerations3▲ 5.1×7 topics
  31. Motivation3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  32. Well-being3▲ 4.7×9 topics
  33. Primary Care3▲ 4.6×6 topics
  34. Design Research3▲ 57×1 topic
  35. Self-Regulation3▲ 8.9×4 topics
  36. User Experience3▲ 19×1 topic
  37. Learning Analytics2▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Educational Data Mining2▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Massive Open Online Courses2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Metacognition2▲ 8.6×3 topics

Which research topics does Avans University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Design Education and Practice, Dutch Social and Cultural Studies, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction and Mental Health and Psychiatry.

Design Education and Practice: 4 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultural Studies: 4 fractional worksInnovative Human-Technol…3Innovative Human-Technology Interaction: 3 fractional worksMental Health and Psychi…2Mental Health and Psychiatry: 2 fractional worksOnline Learning and Analytics: 2 fractional worksInnovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 2 fractional worksCrime Patterns and Inter…1Crime Patterns and Interventions: 1 fractional worksPlant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies: 1 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 1 fractional worksOrganic Food and Agriculture: 1 fractional works
Mechanical EngineeringEducationHuman-Computer InteractionPhilosophy5 others

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

  1. 1 Design Education and Practice Mechanical Engineering 4 works
  2. 2 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 4 works
  3. 3 Innovative Human-Technology Interaction Human-Computer Interaction 3 works
  4. 4 Mental Health and Psychiatry Philosophy 2 works
  5. 5 Online Learning and Analytics Computer Science Applications 2 works
  6. 6 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Crime Patterns and Interventions Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies Plant Science 1 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Organic Food and Agriculture Plant 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 available59.0%not open41.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Avans University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Avans University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00069% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Avans University of Applied Sciences0.00064% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Avans University of Applied Sciences 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%Avans University of Applied Sciences11.3% 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 16.7% in 2017.

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