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Dutch Research Council

In research, Dutch Research Council stands highest in Physical Sciences (#7,670 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#12,558
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#179
of 407
Research works
334
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
8k
24.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.8%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
42%
world 18%
Dutch Research Council

What is Dutch Research Council 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
Physical SciencesDomain #7,670 of 17,446 11.8%181

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Dutch Research Council 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 Dutch Research Council work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at Dutch Research Council is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (20%), Engineering (14%), Medicine (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 48.5% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 19.7% of its workInformation Systems: 6 fractional works · 9.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 4.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 13.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 3.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBioengineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 32.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 5.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 4.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 7 fractional works · 11.9% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 10.1% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 6.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKDutch ResearchCouncil59fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences12%Social Sciences33%

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. Computer Science1219.7%
    2. Engineering813.8%
    3. Environmental Science35.8%
    4. Materials Science22.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy11.7%
    7. Chemical Engineering11.2%
    8. Chemistry00.8%
    9. Energy00.2%
    10. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences58.2%
    2. Decision Sciences47.1%
    3. Psychology35.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities35.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting34.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    1. Medicine610.1%
    2. Health Professions11.7%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.2%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology11.7%
    3. Neuroscience11.4%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
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: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.55× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 2.54× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.92× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.74× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.77× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.90× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.49× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.35× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.90× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.65× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 7.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences7.35×4 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.55×1 works
  3. Computer Science2.54×12 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.90×3 works
  5. Psychology1.90×3 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.70×1 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.52×1 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.49×3 works
  9. Environmental Science1.16×3 works
  10. Engineering0.92×8 works
  11. Neuroscience0.88×1 works
  12. Physics and Astronomy0.77×1 works
  13. Materials Science0.74×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.69×1 works
  15. Health Professions0.66×1 works
  16. Social Sciences0.65×5 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.54×0 works
  19. Medicine0.52×6 works
  20. Veterinary0.32×0 works
  21. Energy0.26×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.16×0 works
  23. Nursing0.12×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dutch Research Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Wim Bras, Hans de Jonge and Daniel Hermida‐Merino lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dutch Research Council.

  1. 1 Wim Bras Netherlands · #432,790 worldwide 15k citations · 329 works
  2. 2 Hans de Jonge Netherlands · #2,275,170 worldwide 75 citations · 50 works
  3. 3 Daniel Hermida‐Merino Netherlands · #2,546,095 worldwide 4.9k citations · 241 works
  4. 4 Loeber Jg Netherlands · #6,445,744 worldwide 26 citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Dutch Research Council

What are the most cited papers from Dutch Research Council?

The most cited paper from Dutch Research Council is "First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole" (Kazunori Akiyama et al., 2019), with 4,300 citations. Next come "First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way" (1,901) and "First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole" (1,671).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access348 authors 9 Apr 2019 4,300
2 First Sagittarius A* Event Horizon Telescope Results. I. The Shadow of the Supermassive Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access388 authors May 2022 1,901
3 First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. VI. The Shadow and Mass of the Central Black Hole Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access214 authors 9 Apr 2019 1,671
4 First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. IV. Imaging the Central Supermassive Black Hole Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access215 authors 9 Apr 2019 1,541
5 First M87 Event Horizon Telescope Results. V. Physical Origin of the Asymmetric Ring Kazunori Akiyama et al. · The Astrophysical Journal Letters Open access221 authors 9 Apr 2019 1,462
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dutch Research Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Digital Repositories, Ecology, Data Sharing, Scientific Data Management, Open Access, Peer Review, Research Integrity and Preprints.

▲ 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. Digital Repositories4▲ 199×2 topics
  2. Ecology4▲ 40×2 topics
  3. Data Sharing4▲ 203×1 topic
  4. Scientific Data Management4▲ 245×1 topic
  5. Open Access3▲ 52×2 topics
  6. Peer Review3▲ 150×2 topics
  7. COVID-192▲ 3.1×5 topics
  8. Sustainability2▲ 1.51×13 topics
  9. Globalization2▲ 1.72×10 topics
  10. Research Integrity2▲ 97×2 topics
  11. Preprints2▲ 170×1 topic
  12. Science Communication2▲ 36×1 topic
  13. Semantic Web2▲ 30×3 topics
  14. Inflammation2▲ 1.26×8 topics
  15. Data Integration2▲ 15×2 topics
  16. Training2▲ 12×3 topics
  17. Big Data1▲ 2.4×5 topics
  18. Neural Networks1▲ 1.51×9 topics
  19. Publication Ethics1▲ 121×2 topics
  20. Social Network Analysis1▲ 21×2 topics
  21. Text Mining1▲ 17×2 topics
  22. Academic Writing1▲ 61×1 topic
  23. Curriculum1▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Data Visualization1▲ 40×2 topics
  25. Linked Data1▲ 55×2 topics
  26. Scholarly Publishing1▲ 441×1 topic
  27. Consumer Behavior1▲ 3.4×3 topics
  28. Description Logics1▲ 42×2 topics
  29. Knowledge Representation1▲ 23×2 topics
  30. Primary Care1▲ 5.5×3 topics
  31. Regulation1▲ 3.8×2 topics
  32. Renewable Energy1▲ 1.38×8 topics
  33. Cardiovascular Disease1▲ 1.63×9 topics
  34. Collaborative Consumption1▲ 68×1 topic
  35. Medical Education1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  36. Ontology1▲ 23×1 topic
  37. RDF1▲ 57×1 topic
  38. Sharing Economy1▲ 68×1 topic
  39. Musculoskeletal Medicine1▲ 120×1 topic
  40. Orthopaedics1▲ 120×1 topic

Which research topics does Dutch Research Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Research Data Management Practices, Academic Publishing and Open Access, Publishing and Scholarly Communication and Semantic Web and Ontologies.

Research Data Management…4Research Data Management Practices: 4 fractional worksAcademic Publishing and …2Academic Publishing and Open Access: 2 fractional worksPublishing and Scholarly…1Publishing and Scholarly Communication: 1 fractional worksSemantic Web and Ontologies: 1 fractional worksSharing Economy and Platforms: 1 fractional worksMusculoskeletal Disorder…1Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksscientometrics and bibliometrics research: 1 fractional worksDigital Education and Society: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional works
Information SystemsInformation Systems and ManagementHistory and Philosophy of ScienceArtificial Intelligence4 others

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

  1. 1 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 4 works
  2. 2 Academic Publishing and Open Access Information Systems and Management 2 works
  3. 3 Publishing and Scholarly Communication History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  4. 4 Semantic Web and Ontologies Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  5. 5 Sharing Economy and Platforms Marketing 1 works
  6. 6 Musculoskeletal Disorders and Rehabilitation Rehabilitation 1 works
  7. 7 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  8. 8 scientometrics and bibliometrics research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty 1 works
  9. 9 Digital Education and Society Information Systems 1 works
  10. 10 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 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 available47.6%not open52.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.0%domestic only58.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dutch Research Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower 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 Dutch Research Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00018% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Dutch Research Council0.00028% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dutch Research Council over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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