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Erasmus MC

In research, Erasmus MC stands highest in Medicine (#52 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#68 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#48 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine — Rheumatology is 5.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#605
of 28,054 · #518 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#17
of 237
Research works
26k
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
42.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
59%
world 28%

What is Erasmus MC 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
MedicineField #52 of 10,443 25.6%3,026 #61
Health SciencesDomain #68 of 11,982 25.8%3,230 #76
SurgerySubfield #48 of 1,816 23.3%404 #45
Life SciencesDomain #356 of 7,800 24.4%756 #236
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #42 of 738 22.5%239 #51
EpidemiologySubfield #61 of 976 27.4%222 #61
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #84 of 1,144 24.6%269 #43
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield #99 of 828 28.8%167 #99
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSubfield #53 of 441 31.7%108 #78
Social SciencesDomain #1,936 of 10,521 31.1%328 #1085

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Erasmus MC 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. Medicine#61 #52
  2. Health Sciences#76 #68
  3. Surgery#45 #48
  4. Life Sciences#236 #356
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#51 #42
  6. Epidemiology#61 #61
  7. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#43 #84
  8. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health#99 #99
  9. Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health#78 #53
  10. Social Sciences#1,085 #1,936
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 Erasmus MC specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 5.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 113.4 works5.4×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 239.0 works4.9×
  3. Critical Care and Intensive Care MedicineSubfield · 32.0 works4.7×
  4. Obstetrics and GynecologySubfield · 60.8 works4.6×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 18 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.77× its world share, 436 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.89× its world share, 134 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.03× its world share, 152 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.99× its world share, 16 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 46 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 138 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.22× its world share, 51 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.48× its world share, 26 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 11 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 11 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.36× its world share, 166 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 3,026 worksMedicineNursing: 0.95× its world share, 22 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.01× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 57 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 137 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 89 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Erasmus MC?

Ranked on the composite score, Albert Hofman, Ernst J. Kuipers and André G. Uitterlinden lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Erasmus MC.

  1. 1 Albert Hofman · #1,194 worldwide 2.8k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Ernst J. Kuipers · #1,777 worldwide 2k citations · 249 works
  3. 3 André G. Uitterlinden · #1,968 worldwide 4.4k citations · 288 works
  4. 4 Joachim G.J.V. Aerts · #2,135 worldwide 1.5k citations · 95 works
  5. 5 Ewout W. Steyerberg · #2,402 worldwide 2.4k citations · 255 works
  6. 6 Najaf Amin · #2,582 worldwide 1.6k citations · 89 works
  7. 7 Bart W. Koes · #3,085 worldwide 1.2k citations · 121 works
  8. 8 Leendert H. J. Looijenga · #3,392 worldwide 1.5k citations · 71 works
  9. 9 Cornelia M. van Duijn · #3,406 worldwide 3.7k citations · 268 works
  10. 10 Sita Bierma‐Zeinstra · #3,424 worldwide 1.2k citations · 109 works
All ranked researchers at Erasmus MC

Which keywords describe research at Erasmus MC?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Treatment, Diagnosis, Genetic Mutations and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology516▲ 2.8×126 topics
  2. Inflammation297▲ 3.1×83 topics
  3. Treatment168▲ 3.0×46 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease163▲ 3.2×37 topics
  5. Quality of Life156▲ 2.4×52 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome152▲ 4.0×22 topics
  7. Risk Factors138▲ 2.7×36 topics
  8. Diagnosis138▲ 3.2×39 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress136▲ 1.80×57 topics
  10. Immunotherapy123▲ 3.8×19 topics
  11. Public Health120▲ 1.79×47 topics
  12. Obesity112▲ 3.2×23 topics
  13. Cancer111▲ 1.80×53 topics
  14. Chemotherapy111▲ 3.4×24 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations105▲ 5.3×23 topics
  16. Biomarkers103▲ 3.3×18 topics
  17. Guidelines102▲ 4.7×13 topics
  18. Management99▲ 2.7×29 topics
  19. Genetics97▲ 3.0×22 topics
  20. Heart Failure97▲ 4.8×13 topics
  21. Clinical Trials93▲ 3.0×19 topics
  22. Global Burden85▲ 3.4×12 topics
  23. Immune Response85▲ 3.2×21 topics
  24. Depression84▲ 2.1×20 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines82▲ 3.2×14 topics
  26. Mortality81▲ 3.0×13 topics
  27. Cardiovascular Risk79▲ 5.5×9 topics
  28. Pathogenesis71▲ 3.0×23 topics
  29. Magnetic Resonance Imaging68▲ 5.8×8 topics
  30. Endothelial Dysfunction68▲ 6.4×8 topics
  31. Prognostic Factors68▲ 3.4×14 topics
  32. Echocardiography67▲ 5.4×8 topics
  33. Rehabilitation64▲ 3.5×13 topics
  34. Myocardial Infarction60▲ 5.5×7 topics
  35. Atherosclerosis58▲ 4.5×12 topics
  36. Neuroimaging56▲ 4.5×11 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy52▲ 4.8×5 topics
  38. Matrix Metalloproteinases49▲ 7.7×5 topics
  39. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention47▲ 7.6×4 topics
  40. Stroke Prevention43▲ 7.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Erasmus MC publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Osteoarthritis Treatment…33Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms: 33 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…32Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 32 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 32 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 27 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 26 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 26 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 25 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…24Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 24 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 24 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 22 fractional works
RheumatologyEconomics and EconometricsObstetrics and GynecologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Osteoarthritis Treatment and MechanismsRheumatology 33 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 32 works
  3. 3 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studiesObstetrics and Gynecology 32 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 27 works
  5. 5 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 26 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 26 works
  7. 7 Cardiovascular Function and Risk FactorsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 25 works
  8. 8 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 24 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and DiagnosticsSurgery 24 works
  10. 10 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and TherapiesRheumatology 22 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 available58.6%not open41.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Erasmus MC's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% 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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