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Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies

In research, Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies stands highest in Arts and Humanities (#578 of 3,511 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,055 of 14,833 worldwide) and History (#404 of 697 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Arts and Humanities (Arts and Humanities is 22.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#12,556
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#178
of 407
Research works
643
▼ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.4k
3.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
5.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.29×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
14%
world 40%
International
16%
world 18%
Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies

What is Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies 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
Arts and HumanitiesField #578 of 3,511 12.8%443
Social SciencesDomain #3,055 of 14,833 11.3%618
HistorySubfield #404 of 697 14.4%148
Social SciencesField #7,651 of 9,330 8.7%148

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

In 2022-now, 93% of research at Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies is in Social Sciences, 5% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Arts and Humanities (64%), Social Sciences (29%), Computer Science (4%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 42 fractional works · 93.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 29 fractional works · 64.0% of its workHistory: 8 fractional works · 18.8% of its workClassics: 7 fractional works · 15.8% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 11.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 6.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 28.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 7 fractional works · 15.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDutch ResearchSchool for…45fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences93%

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 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities2964.0%
    2. Social Sciences1328.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.4%
    1. Computer Science24.0%
    2. Engineering00.6%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.5%
    4. Energy00.2%
    5. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Medicine11.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Arts and Humanities takes 22.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Arts and HumanitiesField · 28.8 works22×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Computer Science: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 22.16× its world share, 29 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 2.27× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 22.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 10 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities22.16×29 works
  2. Social Sciences2.27×13 works
  3. Computer Science0.51×2 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.29×0 works
  5. Energy0.20×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.17×0 works
  7. Medicine0.08×1 works
  8. Engineering0.04×0 works
  9. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies?

Ranked on the quality score, Beth Williamson, Katharine A Robson Brown and Peter Dent lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies.

  1. 1 Beth Williamson Netherlands · #1,974,019 worldwide 373 citations · 92 works
  2. 2 Katharine A Robson Brown Netherlands · #2,203,002 worldwide 974 citations · 28 works
  3. 3 Peter Dent Netherlands · #2,372,561 worldwide 164 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 LS Barham Netherlands · #2,440,849 worldwide 353 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Evan T Jones Netherlands · #2,448,401 worldwide 155 citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Kerstin Hitzbleck Netherlands · #2,620,958 worldwide 31 citations · 24 works
  7. 7 Brendan G C Smith Netherlands · #2,759,242 worldwide 249 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Pamela M. King Netherlands · #2,828,698 worldwide 267 citations · 77 works
  9. 9 Mfk Stokes Netherlands · #3,341,640 worldwide 90 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Rahel C. Ackermann Netherlands · #3,348,285 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies

What are the most cited papers from Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies?

The most cited paper from Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies is "Human Roots*: Africa and Asia in the Middle Pleistocene" (LS Barham, Katharine A Robson Brown, 2001), with 289 citations. Next come "Medieval monastic education" (208) and "Modelling the early human mind" (201).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Human Roots*: Africa and Asia in the Middle Pleistocene LS Barham, Katharine A Robson Brown 31 Dec 2001 289
2 Medieval monastic education George Ferzoco, Carolyn A. Muessig 1999 208
3 Modelling the early human mind Katharine A Robson Brown 1996 201
4 Medieval Frontiers: Concepts and Practices Brendan G C Smith · Ashgate Publishing Ltd. 2002 165
5 Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century Robert D. Benson, Giles Constable, Carol Dana Lanham et al. · Renaissance and Reformation Open access 24 Jan 2009 161
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Literature, History, Religion, Medieval, Cultural History, Society, Medieval Society and Philosophy.

▲ 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. Literature8▲ 32×10 topics
  2. History6▲ 20×6 topics
  3. Religion6▲ 29×7 topics
  4. Medieval6▲ 355×3 topics
  5. Cultural History6▲ 102×7 topics
  6. Society5▲ 57×4 topics
  7. Medieval Society5▲ 697×2 topics
  8. Manuscripts4▲ 462×2 topics
  9. Philosophy4▲ 23×4 topics
  10. Culture4▲ 18×3 topics
  11. Cultural Heritage4▲ 16×6 topics
  12. Anglo-Saxon4▲ 528×1 topic
  13. Monasticism4▲ 528×1 topic
  14. Diplomacy4▲ 85×3 topics
  15. Medieval Architecture4▲ 419×2 topics
  16. Medieval Literature3▲ 369×2 topics
  17. Medieval Europe3▲ 336×2 topics
  18. Historical Narratives3▲ 114×2 topics
  19. Historical Preservation3▲ 403×2 topics
  20. Legal History3▲ 227×2 topics
  21. Middle Ages3▲ 278×2 topics
  22. Cultural Exchange3▲ 48×4 topics
  23. Identity3▲ 8.2×5 topics
  24. International Relations3▲ 24×3 topics
  25. Gender3▲ 11×5 topics
  26. Castle Construction2▲ 636×1 topic
  27. Church History2▲ 130×3 topics
  28. Humanities2▲ 204×2 topics
  29. Religious Practices2▲ 135×2 topics
  30. Teutonic Order2▲ 636×1 topic
  31. Judicial Systems2▲ 774×1 topic
  32. Social Control2▲ 227×1 topic
  33. Nationalism2▲ 11×5 topics
  34. Colonialism2▲ 9.8×5 topics
  35. Literary Discourse2▲ 213×1 topic
  36. Narrative Fiction2▲ 452×1 topic
  37. Cross-Confessional2▲ 389×1 topic
  38. Early Modern2▲ 389×1 topic
  39. Reformation2▲ 159×2 topics
  40. Digital Humanities2▲ 275×1 topic

Which research topics does Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Medieval Literature and History, Medieval European History and Architecture, Medieval and Early Modern Justice and Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies.

Medieval Literature and History: 4 fractional worksMedieval European History and Architecture: 2 fractional worksMedieval and Early Moder…2Medieval and Early Modern Justice: 2 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, an…2Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional worksHistorical Influence and Diplomacy: 2 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 2 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…2Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 2 fractional worksCultural History and Identity Formation: 1 fractional worksMedieval History and Crusades: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Archaeological Studies: 1 fractional works
ClassicsArcheologyPolitical Science and International RelationsLiterature and Literary Theory1 others

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

  1. 1 Medieval Literature and History Classics 4 works
  2. 2 Medieval European History and Architecture Archeology 2 works
  3. 3 Medieval and Early Modern Justice Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  4. 4 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 2 works
  5. 5 Historical Influence and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 2 works
  7. 7 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 2 works
  8. 8 Cultural History and Identity Formation History 1 works
  9. 9 Medieval History and Crusades History 1 works
  10. 10 Historical and Archaeological Studies History 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 available14.3%not open85.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.7%domestic only84.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% 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 School for Medieval Studies as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies0.00014% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies 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.

10%20%Dutch Research School for Medieval Studies13.4% in 2018all institutions10.0% in 201820002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.6% in 2000.

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