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Erasmus University Rotterdam

In research, Erasmus University Rotterdam stands highest in Decision Sciences (#1 of 703 worldwide), Social Sciences (#47 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#101 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in General Decision Sciences, Public Administration and Finance — General Decision Sciences is 20.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#535
of 28,054 · #370 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#14
of 237
Research works
46k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.8M
38.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
49%
world 28%

What is Erasmus University Rotterdam 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
Decision SciencesField #1 of 703 28.9%140 #28
Social SciencesDomain #47 of 10,521 34.1%2,994 #63
Social SciencesField #101 of 6,365 36.4%1,301 #140
Health SciencesDomain #208 of 11,982 25.2%1,864 #91
MedicineField #198 of 10,443 23.6%1,565 #94
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield #5 of 229 39.5%92 #1
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #59 of 2,578 36.0%512 #72
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #51 of 1,775 33.9%475 #35
Business, Management and AccountingField #88 of 2,578 33.8%490 #14
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #54 of 1,272 37.6%318 #28

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Erasmus University Rotterdam 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. Decision Sciences#28 #1
  2. Social Sciences#63 #47
  3. Social Sciences#140 #101
  4. Health Sciences#91 #208
  5. Medicine#94 #198
  6. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management#1 #5
  7. Sociology and Political Science#72 #59
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#35 #51
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#14 #88
  10. Economics and Econometrics#28 #54
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 University Rotterdam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: General Decision Sciences takes 20.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. General Decision SciencesSubfield · 22.6 works20×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 28.8 works9.1×
  3. FinanceSubfield · 113.9 works6.4×
  4. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 475.1 works3.8×
  5. Applied PsychologySubfield · 31.5 works3.8×
  6. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 318.4 works3.4×
  7. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield · 92.3 works3.3×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 58 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 194 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.80× its world share, 47 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.44× its world share, 137 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.05× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.37× its world share, 170 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.25× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 172 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 124 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 6 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.77× its world share, 273 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 1,565 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 15 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.98× its world share, 166 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.60× its world share, 490 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.47× its world share, 140 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.79× its world share, 475 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.36× its world share, 422 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.76× its world share, 1,301 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Erasmus University Rotterdam?

Ranked on the composite score, Arnold B. Bakker, Fred Paas and Ron A. M. Fouchier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Erasmus University Rotterdam.

  1. 1 Arnold B. Bakker · #293 worldwide 6k citations · 124 works
  2. 2 Fred Paas · #2,602 worldwide 2.2k citations · 95 works
  3. 3 Ron A. M. Fouchier · #4,366 worldwide 1k citations · 67 works
  4. 4 Ellen C. Zwarthoff · #6,183 worldwide 1.5k citations · 58 works
  5. 5 Theo Stijnen · #6,577 worldwide 971 citations · 63 works
  6. 6 Maarten L. Simoons · #7,664 worldwide 790 citations · 81 works
  7. 7 Wim C.J. Hop · #8,033 worldwide 658 citations · 102 works
  8. 8 Henk G. Schmidt · #8,191 worldwide 785 citations · 67 works
  9. 9 Albert D. M. E. Osterhaus · #9,379 worldwide 1.4k citations · 156 works
  10. 10 Pim J. de Feyter · #12,230 worldwide 669 citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Erasmus University Rotterdam

Which keywords describe research at Erasmus University Rotterdam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Capital, Epidemiology, Mental Health, Economic Growth, Quality of Life, Economic Evaluation and Public Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology274▲ 1.18×126 topics
  2. Globalization235▲ 2.0×101 topics
  3. Mental Health185▲ 2.2×39 topics
  4. Quality of Life161▲ 1.91×55 topics
  5. Public Health147▲ 1.73×54 topics
  6. Social Capital139▲ 4.5×19 topics
  7. Social Media137▲ 1.64×27 topics
  8. Inflammation137◆ 1.12×81 topics
  9. Economic Growth134▲ 2.7×25 topics
  10. Sustainability132◆ 0.93×69 topics
  11. Human Rights111▲ 1.85×57 topics
  12. Corporate Governance106▲ 2.5×24 topics
  13. Innovation100▲ 1.62×39 topics
  14. Depression94▲ 1.84×21 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease93▲ 1.44×37 topics
  16. Resilience86▲ 3.1×18 topics
  17. Neoliberalism82▲ 3.9×21 topics
  18. Social Support81▲ 2.5×17 topics
  19. Ethics80▲ 2.8×39 topics
  20. Entrepreneurship74▲ 3.3×13 topics
  21. Well-being74▲ 3.3×14 topics
  22. Primary Care74▲ 3.3×15 topics
  23. Labor Market70▲ 4.1×15 topics
  24. Political Economy69▲ 4.6×15 topics
  25. Governance68▲ 3.5×17 topics
  26. Economic Evaluation67▲ 9.5×3 topics
  27. Emotion66▲ 5.4×12 topics
  28. Cost-effectiveness Analysis65▲ 13×1 topic
  29. Health Utility Measures65▲ 13×1 topic
  30. Institutional Theory63▲ 11×3 topics
  31. Monetary Policy61▲ 4.3×10 topics
  32. Emotion Regulation58▲ 3.2×9 topics
  33. Health Outcomes56▲ 3.5×8 topics
  34. Professionalism55▲ 5.6×5 topics
  35. Immigration54▲ 8.1×7 topics
  36. Global Governance53▲ 4.0×16 topics
  37. Self-Regulation47▲ 4.5×6 topics
  38. Personality Traits42▲ 5.6×8 topics
  39. Cosmopolitanism40▲ 6.4×7 topics
  40. Mergers and Acquisitions38▲ 7.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Erasmus University Rotterdam publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Corporate Finance and Governance, Cultural Industries and Urban Development and Migration, Refugees, and Integration.

Health Systems, Economic…65Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 65 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Governance: 30 fractional worksCultural Industries and Urban Development: 28 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and Integration: 26 fractional worksEconomic and Environmental Valuation: 26 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 24 fractional worksHealth disparities and o…24Health disparities and outcomes: 24 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 24 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 24 fractional worksMigration and Labor Dyna…23Migration and Labor Dynamics: 23 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsAccountingUrban StudiesSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 65 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and GovernanceAccounting 30 works
  3. 3 Cultural Industries and Urban DevelopmentUrban Studies 28 works
  4. 4 Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSociology and Political Science 26 works
  5. 5 Economic and Environmental ValuationEconomics and Econometrics 26 works
  6. 6 Job Satisfaction and Organizational BehaviorOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 24 works
  7. 7 Health disparities and outcomesHealth 24 works
  8. 8 Psychological Well-being and Life SatisfactionSocial Psychology 24 works
  9. 9 Management and Organizational StudiesOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 24 works
  10. 10 Migration and Labor DynamicsSociology and Political Science 23 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 available49.2%not open50.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.0%domestic only75.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Erasmus University Rotterdam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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