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GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond

In research, GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond stands highest in Health Sciences (#5,726 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,511 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#15,499
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#205
of 407
Research works
478
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
14k
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond

What is GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond 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
Health SciencesDomain #5,726 of 16,688 11.3%311
MedicineField #5,511 of 14,558 11.6%250

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond 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 GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond work in?

In 2022-now, 50% of research at GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond is in Health Sciences, 24% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Health Professions (11%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 49.9% of its workMedicine: 19 fractional works · 38.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 6.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 10.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 23.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 7.8% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 18.7% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 8.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGGDRotterdam-Rijnmond51fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences50%Social Sciences24%

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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1938.1%
    2. Health Professions610.9%
    3. Dentistry00.7%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences510.8%
    2. Psychology47.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting12.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.7%
    5. Decision Sciences00.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    1. Engineering48.6%
    2. Computer Science23.1%
    3. Environmental Science12.8%
    4. Mathematics12.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences01.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    7. Energy00.2%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology35.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.6%
    4. Neuroscience00.3%
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: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.17× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.30× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 4.13× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.98× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.79× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.56× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology5.17×3 works
  2. Health Professions4.13×6 works
  3. Psychology2.56×4 works
  4. Mathematics2.30×1 works
  5. Medicine1.98×19 works
  6. Dentistry1.54×0 works
  7. Decision Sciences0.95×0 works
  8. Social Sciences0.85×6 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.79×1 works
  10. Business, Management and Accounting0.68×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.63×0 works
  12. Engineering0.57×4 works
  13. Environmental Science0.57×1 works
  14. Computer Science0.39×2 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.34×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.20×0 works
  17. Nursing0.19×0 works
  18. Energy0.18×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.16×0 works
  20. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond?

Ranked on the quality score, Arie Berghout, Onno de Zwart and Peter D. de Rooij lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond.

  1. 1 Arie Berghout Netherlands · #423,986 worldwide 4.7k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Onno de Zwart Netherlands · #1,155,799 worldwide 3.6k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Peter D. de Rooij Netherlands · #1,692,230 worldwide 637 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Hannelore M Götz Netherlands · #1,954,291 worldwide 4.7k citations · 258 works
  5. 5 Rienke Bannink Netherlands · #2,915,200 worldwide 732 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Toon A. J. J. Voorham Netherlands · #3,016,779 worldwide 397 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 G. J. P. Schaap Netherlands · #3,332,818 worldwide 436 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Petra M. van de Looij‐Jansen Netherlands · #3,460,587 worldwide 663 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Aimée M. L. Tjon-A-Tsien Netherlands · #3,715,729 worldwide 256 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Denise E Twisk Netherlands · #4,777,199 worldwide 115 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond

What are the most cited papers from GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond?

The most cited paper from GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond is "Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Christopher J L Murray et al., 2012), with 9,055 citations. Next come "Clinical and radiographic outcomes of four different treatment strategies in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (the BeSt study): A randomized, controlled trial" (1,466) and "Probiotic prophylaxis in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial" (1,366).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Christopher J L Murray et al. · The Lancet Open access362 authors Dec 2012 9,055
2 Clinical and radiographic outcomes of four different treatment strategies in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (the BeSt study): A randomized, controlled trial Yvonne P M Goekoop-Ruiterman, Jeska K de Vries‐Bouwstra, Cornelia F Allaart et al. · Arthritis & Rheumatism Open access 28 Oct 2005 1,466
3 Probiotic prophylaxis in predicted severe acute pancreatitis: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial Marc G. Besselink et al. · The Lancet Feb 2008 1,366
4 Pain in children and adolescents: a common experience Christel W. Perquin, Alice A.J.M. Hazebroek-Kampschreur, Joke A. M. Hunfeld et al. · Pain Jul 2000 1,118
5 Deliberate self‐harm within an international community sample of young people: comparative findings from the Child & Adolescent Self‐harm in Europe (CASE) Study Nicola J. H. Madge, Anthea Hewitt, Keith E Hawton et al. · Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 11 Mar 2008 767
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, COVID-19, Public Health, Infectious Diseases, Vaccine, HIV Transmission, SARS-CoV-2 and Viral Load.

▲ 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 38 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 38 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology9▲ 4.2×45 topics
  2. COVID-195▲ 6.9×13 topics
  3. Public Health3▲ 4.3×12 topics
  4. Infectious Diseases2▲ 14×6 topics
  5. Mental Health2▲ 3.3×14 topics
  6. Quality of Life2▲ 3.2×13 topics
  7. Risk Factors2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  8. Vaccine2▲ 11×8 topics
  9. HIV Transmission2▲ 52×2 topics
  10. Pandemic2▲ 4.0×8 topics
  11. SARS-CoV-22▲ 13×4 topics
  12. Viral Load2▲ 46×2 topics
  13. Modeling2▲ 12×2 topics
  14. Pathogenesis2▲ 5.6×9 topics
  15. Antiretroviral Therapy1▲ 16×4 topics
  16. Immune Response1▲ 4.7×8 topics
  17. Inclusion1▲ 19×2 topics
  18. Public Health Interventions1▲ 37×1 topic
  19. transmission dynamics1▲ 40×1 topic
  20. Adolescent Health1▲ 30×1 topic
  21. Immunity1▲ 6.2×3 topics
  22. Sexual Behavior1▲ 70×1 topic
  23. Sustainable Development1▲ 1.67×3 topics
  24. Viral Transmission1▲ 17×2 topics
  25. Biosensors1▲ 4.3×2 topics
  26. Chronic Disease Management1▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Machine Learning1▼ 0.66×3 topics
  28. Management1▲ 2.8×4 topics
  29. Resilience1▲ 4.3×5 topics
  30. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 5.2×4 topics
  31. Depression1▲ 2.3×5 topics
  32. Drug Resistance1▲ 7.0×5 topics
  33. Patient Engagement1▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Primary Care1▲ 5.3×6 topics
  35. Sexually Transmitted Infections1▲ 40×1 topic
  36. Urban Underground Space1▲ 170×1 topic
  37. Utility Tunnels1▲ 170×1 topic
  38. Vaginal Microbiome1▲ 75×1 topic

Which research topics does GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: COVID-19 epidemiological studies, Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health, Underground infrastructure and sustainability and Reproductive tract infections research.

COVID-19 epidemiological…1COVID-19 epidemiological studies: 1 fractional worksAdolescent Sexual and Re…1Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: 1 fractional worksUnderground infrastructure and sustainability: 1 fractional worksReproductive tract infec…1Reproductive tract infections research: 1 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…1HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 1 fractional worksDermatological diseases and infestations: 1 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and…1SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 1 fractional worksChild Abuse and Related Trauma: 1 fractional worksGender Diversity and Inequality: 1 fractional works
Modeling and SimulationGeneral Health ProfessionsBuilding and ConstructionMicrobiology3 others

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

  1. 1 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 1 works
  2. 2 Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health General Health Professions 1 works
  3. 3 Underground infrastructure and sustainability Building and Construction 1 works
  4. 4 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 1 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 1 works
  6. 6 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 1 works
  7. 7 Dermatological diseases and infestations Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 1 works
  9. 9 Child Abuse and Related Trauma Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  10. 10 Gender Diversity and Inequality Gender Studies 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 available40.1%not open59.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.1%domestic only84.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% higher 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 Rotterdam-Rijnmond as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00019% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond 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%all institutions10.0% in 2013GGD Rotterdam-Rijnmond9.0% in 20132010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.8% in 2006.

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