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Deltares

In research, Deltares stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,895 of 12,888 worldwide), Environmental Science (#706 of 3,551 worldwide) and Earth and Planetary Sciences (#380 of 1,209 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Earth-Surface Processes, Oceanography and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Earth-Surface Processes is 93.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,181
of 28,054 · #3,073 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#32
of 237
Research works
2k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
71k
34.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Deltares known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #1,895 of 12,888 26.4%367 #2062
Environmental ScienceField #706 of 3,551 28.1%160 #520
Earth and Planetary SciencesField #380 of 1,209 32.1%101 #449
EngineeringField #3,021 of 6,636 18.8%95 #3209

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,062 #1,895
  2. Environmental Science#520 #706
  3. Earth and Planetary Sciences#449 #380
  4. Engineering#3,209 #3,021
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Deltares specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Earth-Surface Processes takes 93.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Earth-Surface ProcessesSubfield · 45.9 works93×
  2. OceanographySubfield · 20.0 works17×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 100.6 works16×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 47.9 works15×
  5. Atmospheric ScienceSubfield · 22.2 works12×
  6. EcologySubfield · 35.7 works11×
  7. Civil and Structural EngineeringSubfield · 46.3 works9.5×
  8. Water Science and TechnologySubfield · 20.0 works9.4×
← 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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.56× its world share, 11 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.64× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 15.50× its world share, 101 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.53× its world share, 95 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.78× its world share, 160 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 15 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 15.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Deltares?

Ranked on the composite score, Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck, Niels G. Jacobsen and A. Dick Vethaak lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Deltares.

  1. 1 Bregje K. van Wesenbeeck · #130,115 worldwide 311 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Niels G. Jacobsen · #190,441 worldwide 139 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 A. Dick Vethaak · #220,737 worldwide 178 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Fedor Baart · #256,313 worldwide 87 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 S.J.M. van Eekelen · #269,970 worldwide 136 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Frans Klijn · #314,581 worldwide 149 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Alessio Giardino · #323,754 worldwide 129 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Hessel Winsemius · #336,432 worldwide 231 citations · 50 works
  9. 9 Ap van Dongeren · #345,606 worldwide 193 citations · 44 works
  10. 10 Arjen Luijendijk · #351,893 worldwide 135 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Deltares

Which keywords describe research at Deltares?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Sediment Transport, Sea-Level Rise, Hydrological Modeling, Wave Modeling, Climate Change Impacts and Coastal Dynamics.

▲ 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. Climate Change131▲ 12×65 topics
  2. Remote Sensing75▲ 15×27 topics
  3. Sediment Transport59▲ 89×6 topics
  4. Sea-Level Rise53▲ 111×5 topics
  5. Hydrological Modeling43▲ 44×5 topics
  6. Wave Modeling34▲ 164×2 topics
  7. Climate Change Impacts31▲ 64×4 topics
  8. Coastal Dynamics30▲ 250×1 topic
  9. Shoreline Change30▲ 250×1 topic
  10. Global Warming27▲ 16×10 topics
  11. Ecosystem Services26▲ 16×8 topics
  12. Water Resources26▲ 26×7 topics
  13. Risk Perception24▲ 22×3 topics
  14. Flood Risk24▲ 75×2 topics
  15. Disaster Management24▲ 40×2 topics
  16. Satellite Imagery24▲ 44×3 topics
  17. Flood Inundation Modeling24▲ 78×1 topic
  18. Surface Water Mapping24▲ 78×1 topic
  19. Sustainability24▲ 2.4×30 topics
  20. Global Carbon Budget24▲ 79×2 topics
  21. Land Use Change22▲ 18×7 topics
  22. Coastal Protection21▲ 80×2 topics
  23. Carbon Sequestration20▲ 67×1 topic
  24. Mangrove Forests20▲ 140×1 topic
  25. Tropical Cyclones16▲ 73×2 topics
  26. Sea Level Rise15▲ 28×3 topics
  27. Model Evaluation15▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Global Hydrology14▲ 50×1 topic
  29. Uncertainty Assessment14▲ 50×1 topic
  30. Hurricanes12▲ 87×1 topic
  31. Storm Surge12▲ 87×1 topic
  32. Sedimentation11▲ 50×2 topics
  33. Water Quality11▲ 6.8×11 topics
  34. Data Assimilation11▲ 17×4 topics
  35. Vulnerability11▲ 12×7 topics
  36. Climate Change Impact11▲ 12×5 topics
  37. Urbanization11▲ 6.3×5 topics
  38. Ocean Circulation10▲ 19×3 topics
  39. Liquefaction10▲ 26×2 topics
  40. Tunnel10▲ 26×2 topics

Which research topics does Deltares publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Flood Risk Assessment and Management, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies.

Coastal and Marine Dynam…30Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 30 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 24 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 20 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 14 fractional worksTropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research: 12 fractional worksGeological formations an…10Geological formations and processes: 10 fractional worksHydrology and Sediment Transport Processes: 9 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Underground Structures: 7 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 6 fractional worksGeotechnical Engineering and Soil Stabilization: 6 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesGlobal and Planetary ChangeEcologyWater Science and Technology3 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine DynamicsEarth-Surface Processes 30 works
  2. 2 Flood Risk Assessment and ManagementGlobal and Planetary Change 24 works
  3. 3 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamicsEcology 20 works
  4. 4 Hydrology and Watershed Management StudiesWater Science and Technology 14 works
  5. 5 Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones ResearchAtmospheric Science 12 works
  6. 6 Geological formations and processesEarth-Surface Processes 10 works
  7. 7 Hydrology and Sediment Transport ProcessesEcology 9 works
  8. 8 Geotechnical Engineering and Underground StructuresCivil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  9. 9 Water resources management and optimizationOcean Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Geotechnical Engineering and Soil StabilizationCivil and Structural Engineering 6 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 available67.2%not open32.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.3%domestic only60.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Deltares's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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