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In research, GGD Amsterdam stands highest in Health Sciences (#988 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,014 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#2,902 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#2,268
of 22,385 · #1,918 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#27
of 197
Research works
3.2k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
61k
19.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
GGD Amsterdam

What is GGD Amsterdam known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #988 of 9,902 15.1%286 #1064
MedicineField #1,014 of 8,541 15.3%229 #1149
Social SciencesDomain #2,902 of 9,585 11.7%189 #1893
Social SciencesField #3,377 of 5,988 10.4%78 #2261

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where GGD Amsterdam 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#1,064 #988
  2. Medicine#1,149 #1,014
  3. Social Sciences#1,893 #2,902
  4. Social Sciences#2,261 #3,377
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does GGD Amsterdam work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at GGD Amsterdam is in Health Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (39%), Social Sciences (13%), Psychology (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 314 fractional works · 48.8% of its workMedicine: 252 fractional works · 39.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 33 fractional works · 5.2% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 4.2% of its workSurgery: 25 fractional works · 3.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 13 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 11 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 9 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDermatology: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 56 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 37 fractional works · 5.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPeriodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 209 fractional works · 32.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 85 fractional works · 13.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workLaw: 10 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDemography: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 61 fractional works · 9.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 28 fractional works · 4.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 7 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 31 fractional works · 4.8% of its workAccounting: 17 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStrategy and Management: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 11 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhilosophy: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 66 fractional works · 10.3% of its workEngineering: 20 fractional works · 3.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 17 fractional works · 2.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 8 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science: 13 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics and Probability: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 54 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 22 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 12 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workVirology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 12 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKGGD Amsterdam643fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences32%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine25239.2%
    2. Health Professions568.7%
    3. Nursing30.4%
    4. Dentistry30.4%
    5. Veterinary10.1%
    1. Social Sciences8513.3%
    2. Psychology619.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting314.8%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance142.2%
    5. Arts and Humanities111.7%
    6. Decision Sciences71.1%
    1. Engineering203.1%
    2. Environmental Science172.6%
    3. Computer Science132.0%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences61.0%
    5. Mathematics40.6%
    6. Materials Science30.5%
    7. Physics and Astronomy10.2%
    8. Energy10.2%
    9. Chemistry10.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology223.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology121.9%
    3. Neuroscience121.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences50.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics30.4%
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: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.63× its world share, 22 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.92× its world share, 12 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.14× its world share, 12 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.19× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 13 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.53× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 3.30× its world share, 56 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.04× its world share, 252 worksMedicineNursing: 0.87× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.59× its world share, 11 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.50× its world share, 31 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.09× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.03× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.09× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.05× its world share, 86 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions3.30×56 works
  2. Psychology3.09×61 works
  3. Medicine2.04×252 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.92×12 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting1.50×31 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.19×3 works
  7. Neuroscience1.14×12 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.09×7 works
  9. Social Sciences1.05×86 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.03×14 works
  11. Dentistry0.87×3 works
  12. Nursing0.87×3 works
  13. Veterinary0.68×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.63×22 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×6 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.59×11 works
  17. Environmental Science0.53×17 works
  18. Mathematics0.49×4 works
  19. Computer Science0.25×13 works
  20. Chemical Engineering0.24×0 works
  21. Energy0.22×1 works
  22. Engineering0.20×20 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.18×5 works
  24. Materials Science0.14×3 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.09×1 works
  26. Chemistry0.07×1 works

Who are the top researchers at GGD Amsterdam?

Ranked on the quality score, Maria Prins, Elske Hoornenborg and C.A.J. Appelo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GGD Amsterdam.

  1. 1 Maria Prins Netherlands · #171,148 worldwide 18k citations · 493 works
  2. 2 Elske Hoornenborg Netherlands · #373,163 worldwide 3.2k citations · 144 works
  3. 3 C.A.J. Appelo Netherlands · #396,323 worldwide 23k citations · 78 works
  4. 4 Arnoud P. Verhoeff Netherlands · #430,317 worldwide 5.6k citations · 197 works
  5. 5 Henry J.C. de Vries Netherlands · #441,791 worldwide 14k citations · 619 works
  6. 6 Joop H. Van Wijnen Netherlands · #464,282 worldwide 4.1k citations · 88 works
  7. 7 Manon van Eijsden Netherlands · #473,379 worldwide 6.1k citations · 120 works
  8. 8 Renske Gilissen Netherlands · #498,767 worldwide 2.5k citations · 101 works
  9. 9 Maria Prins Netherlands · #546,894 worldwide 2.9k citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Marcel Franciscus van der Wal Netherlands · #617,235 worldwide 4k citations · 90 works
All ranked researchers at GGD Amsterdam

What are the most cited papers from GGD Amsterdam?

The most cited paper from GGD Amsterdam is "Tutorial in biostatistics: competing risks and multi‐state models" (Hein Putter, Marta F. Fiocco, Ronald Bertus Geskus, 2006), with 2,483 citations. Next come "Identification of a new human coronavirus" (1,938) and "Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition" (1,903).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Tutorial in biostatistics: competing risks and multi‐state models Hein Putter, Marta F. Fiocco, Ronald Bertus Geskus · Statistics in Medicine 10 Oct 2006 2,483
2 Identification of a new human coronavirus Lia van der Hoek, Krzysztof Pyrć, Maarten F. Jebbink et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 21 Mar 2004 1,938
3 Large-scale association analyses identify host factors influencing human gut microbiome composition Alexander Kurilshikov et al. · Nature Genetics Open access104 authors 18 Jan 2021 1,903
4 Bacille Calmette-Guérin induces NOD2-dependent nonspecific protection from reinfection via epigenetic reprogramming of monocytes Johanneke Kleinnijenhuis, Jessica Quintin, Frank W. M. B. Preijers et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 17 Sep 2012 1,784
5 Mutations in ABC1 in Tangier disease and familial high-density lipoprotein deficiency Angela R Brooks-Wilson et al. · Nature Genetics Aug 1999 1,720
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GGD Amsterdam?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Depression, Mental Health, Cardiovascular Disease, Financial Reporting, Tax Avoidance and European Union.

▲ 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. Epidemiology71▲ 2.8×112 topics
  2. Public Health35▲ 3.8×47 topics
  3. Mental Health28▲ 3.1×34 topics
  4. Depression27▲ 4.8×19 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 3.5×33 topics
  6. Quality of Life23▲ 2.5×48 topics
  7. Inflammation19▲ 1.41×55 topics
  8. Risk Factors19▲ 2.7×33 topics
  9. Human Rights17▲ 2.5×21 topics
  10. Financial Reporting17▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Tax Avoidance17▲ 66×2 topics
  12. Anxiety15▲ 5.0×9 topics
  13. Adolescents15▲ 6.4×8 topics
  14. COVID-1915▲ 1.81×21 topics
  15. Physical Activity14▲ 4.7×11 topics
  16. European Union14▲ 9.9×5 topics
  17. Global Burden13▲ 3.7×12 topics
  18. Primary Care12▲ 5.0×12 topics
  19. Mortality12▲ 3.2×12 topics
  20. Prevalence11▲ 4.3×15 topics
  21. Sovereignty11▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Antiretroviral Therapy10▲ 9.7×6 topics
  23. Social Responsibility10▲ 6.8×2 topics
  24. Health Promotion10▲ 4.9×10 topics
  25. HIV Transmission10▲ 20×2 topics
  26. International Law10▲ 4.9×7 topics
  27. Health Disparities9▲ 5.5×7 topics
  28. Corporate Tax9▲ 46×1 topic
  29. Incentives9▲ 21×1 topic
  30. EU Law8▲ 86×2 topics
  31. Psychopathology8▲ 7.5×4 topics
  32. Jurisdiction Agreements8▲ 119×1 topic
  33. Private International Law8▲ 119×1 topic
  34. Corporate Taxation8▲ 127×1 topic
  35. Cross-Border Taxation8▲ 127×1 topic
  36. Adherence8▲ 9.7×2 topics
  37. Mobile Health8▲ 8.3×2 topics
  38. Professionalism8▲ 7.1×4 topics
  39. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy7▲ 8.1×2 topics
  40. Inclusion7▲ 7.5×5 topics

Which research topics does GGD Amsterdam publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Corporate Taxation and Avoidance, Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction, Taxation and Legal Issues and Dutch Social and Cultural Studies.

Corporate Taxation and A…9Corporate Taxation and Avoidance: 9 fractional worksConflict of Laws and Jur…8Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction: 8 fractional worksTaxation and Legal Issues8Taxation and Legal Issues: 8 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultura…6Dutch Social and Cultural Studies: 6 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 6 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 5 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activi…4Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 4 fractional worksReproductive tract infec…4Reproductive tract infections research: 4 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…4Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 4 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Wel…4Workplace Health and Well-being: 4 fractional works
AccountingPolitical Science and International RelationsEducationInfectious Diseases5 others

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

  1. 1 Corporate Taxation and Avoidance Accounting 9 works
  2. 2 Conflict of Laws and Jurisdiction Political Science and International Relations 8 works
  3. 3 Taxation and Legal Issues Accounting 8 works
  4. 4 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 6 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 6 works
  6. 6 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 5 works
  7. 7 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 4 works
  8. 8 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 4 works
  9. 9 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 4 works
  10. 10 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 4 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.4%domestic only78.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GGD Amsterdam's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 GGD Amsterdam as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0025% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%GGD Amsterdam0.0021% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of GGD Amsterdam 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.

still counting10%20%GGD Amsterdam13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.1% in 1996.

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