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Breda University of Applied Sciences

In research, Breda University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,349 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#11,100
of 22,385 · #7,570 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#103
of 197
Research works
736
▼ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
17k
22.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
39%
world 40%
International
26%
world 18%
Breda University of Applied Sciences

What is Breda 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 #4,349 of 9,585 16.0%104 #2566

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

In 2022-now, 62% of research at Breda University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (29%), Business, Management and Accounting (14%), Psychology (11%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 115 fractional works · 62.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 53 fractional works · 28.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 32 fractional works · 17.2% of its workTransportation: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workUrban Studies: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 25 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMarketing: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 11 fractional works · 5.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuropsychology and Physiological Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 4.0% of its workMuseology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 24.3% of its workComputer Science: 19 fractional works · 10.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 13 fractional works · 7.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 15 fractional works · 8.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 5.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBreda Universityof Applied…184fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences62%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5328.9%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting2513.8%
    3. Psychology2010.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities74.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.3%
    6. Decision Sciences31.5%
    1. Computer Science1910.1%
    2. Engineering137.3%
    3. Environmental Science84.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy20.9%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    6. Energy10.5%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Medicine105.4%
    2. Health Professions42.3%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences52.8%
    2. Neuroscience31.7%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology20.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
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: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.06× its world share, 3 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.30× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.48× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.91× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.40× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.28× its world share, 25 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.53× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.29× its world share, 53 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.28×25 works
  2. Psychology3.53×20 works
  3. Social Sciences2.29×53 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.60×3 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.54×6 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.40×7 works
  7. Computer Science1.30×18 works
  8. Neuroscience1.06×3 works
  9. Environmental Science0.91×8 works
  10. Health Professions0.86×4 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.58×5 works
  12. Energy0.56×1 works
  13. Nursing0.56×0 works
  14. Engineering0.48×13 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.40×2 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.38×1 works
  17. Medicine0.28×10 works
  18. Mathematics0.22×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.16×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.07×0 works
  21. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.05×0 works

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

Ranked on the quality score, Dai‐In Danny Han, Ko Koens and Jeroen Nawijn lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Breda University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Dai‐In Danny Han Netherlands · #202,662 worldwide 2.7k citations · 47 works
  2. 2 Ko Koens Netherlands · #205,033 worldwide 2k citations · 88 works
  3. 3 Jeroen Nawijn Netherlands · #216,948 worldwide 3.8k citations · 99 works
  4. 4 MARCEL C.M. BASTIAANSEN Netherlands · #355,766 worldwide 9.4k citations · 161 works
  5. 5 Rami Khalil Isaac Netherlands · #779,244 worldwide 1.8k citations · 171 works
  6. 6 Ondrej Mitas Netherlands · #786,022 worldwide 3k citations · 151 works
  7. 7 Andrew Ngawenja Mzembe Netherlands · #819,480 worldwide 641 citations · 39 works
  8. 8 P. H. Hermans Netherlands · #958,335 worldwide 4.8k citations · 146 works
  9. 9 Frans W. Melissen Netherlands · #1,070,061 worldwide 1.3k citations · 154 works
  10. 10 Wim Strijbosch Netherlands · #1,204,092 worldwide 420 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Breda University of Applied Sciences

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

The most cited paper from Breda University of Applied Sciences is "Cultural tourism: A review of recent research and trends" (Greg Richards, 2018), with 1,294 citations. Next come "Is Overtourism Overused? Understanding the Impact of Tourism in a City Context" (811) and "Tourism and water use: Supply, demand, and security. An international review" (746).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cultural tourism: A review of recent research and trends Greg Richards · Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management Open access 3 Jul 2018 1,294
2 Is Overtourism Overused? Understanding the Impact of Tourism in a City Context Ko Koens, Albert Postma, Bernadett Papp · Sustainability Open access 23 Nov 2018 811
3 Tourism and water use: Supply, demand, and security. An international review Stefan Gössling, Paul M.J.G. Peeters, C. Michael Hall et al. · Tourism Management Open access 28 May 2011 746
4 Assessing tourism's global environmental impact 1900–2050 Stefan Gössling, Paul M.J.G. Peeters · Journal of Sustainable Tourism Open access 12 Mar 2015 674
5 Patterns in Student Learning: Relationships Between Learning Strategies, Conceptions of Learning, and Learning Orientations Jan D. H. M. Vermunt, Yvonne Vermetten · Educational Psychology Review Open access Dec 2004 659
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Breda University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: COVID-19 Impact, Tourist Satisfaction, Destination Image, Economic Growth, Community Perceptions, Sustainable Tourism, Sustainability and Social Interaction.

▲ 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. COVID-19 Impact14▲ 45×4 topics
  2. Tourist Satisfaction14▲ 74×2 topics
  3. Destination Image14▲ 87×2 topics
  4. Economic Growth13▲ 8.9×4 topics
  5. Sustainability12▲ 2.8×25 topics
  6. Community Perceptions12▲ 95×1 topic
  7. Sustainable Tourism12▲ 58×1 topic
  8. Social Media7▲ 2.9×11 topics
  9. Consumer Behavior7▲ 6.3×10 topics
  10. Social Interaction7▲ 9.7×3 topics
  11. Virtual Reality7▲ 7.7×7 topics
  12. Learning Outcomes6▲ 8.5×3 topics
  13. Economic Impact6▲ 6.0×3 topics
  14. Embodiment6▲ 17×3 topics
  15. Social Capital6▲ 6.0×9 topics
  16. Supply Chain Management6▲ 3.5×8 topics
  17. Environmental Management5▲ 7.0×4 topics
  18. Immersion5▲ 42×1 topic
  19. Presence5▲ 42×1 topic
  20. Well-being5▲ 6.7×8 topics
  21. Physical Activity5▲ 5.3×3 topics
  22. Customer Experience5▲ 15×3 topics
  23. Transportation4▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Customer Relationship Management4▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Emotion4▲ 11×8 topics
  26. Consumer Engagement4▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Electronic Word-of-Mouth4▲ 18×1 topic
  28. Entrepreneurship4▲ 5.5×4 topics
  29. Urban Development4▲ 6.0×4 topics
  30. Product Design4▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Health Impact Assessment4▲ 23×2 topics
  32. Service Quality4▲ 7.2×4 topics
  33. Environmental Impacts3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  34. Constraints3▲ 137×1 topic
  35. Cultural Sustainability3▲ 33×2 topics
  36. Leisure3▲ 71×1 topic
  37. User Satisfaction3▲ 9.1×3 topics
  38. Active Travel3▲ 25×1 topic
  39. Built Environment3▲ 25×1 topic
  40. User Experience3▲ 20×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research, Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts, Digital Marketing and Social Media and Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management.

Diverse Aspects of Touri…12Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research: 12 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applicat…5Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 5 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…4Digital Marketing and Social Media: 4 fractional worksRecreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management: 3 fractional worksUrban Transport and Accessibility: 3 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 3 fractional worksMuseums and Cultural Heritage: 3 fractional worksSport and Mega-Event Impacts: 3 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksComplementary and Alternative Medicine Studies: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceHuman-Computer InteractionSocial PsychologyTransportation4 others

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

  1. 1 Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research Sociology and Political Science 12 works
  2. 2 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 5 works
  3. 3 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Recreation, Leisure, Wilderness Management Social Psychology 3 works
  5. 5 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 3 works
  6. 6 Cultural Industries and Urban Development Urban Studies 3 works
  7. 7 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 3 works
  8. 8 Sport and Mega-Event Impacts Sociology and Political Science 3 works
  9. 9 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  10. 10 Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies Complementary and alternative medicine 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 available38.8%not open61.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% 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 Breda University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00074% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Breda University of Applied Sciences0.00075% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Breda 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%30%Breda University of Applied Sciences11.6% 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 23.1% in 2021.

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