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GGD Zuid Limburg

In research, GGD Zuid Limburg stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,518 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#5,280 of 14,558 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#12,343 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,170
of 22,385 · #8,893 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#152
of 197
Research works
545
▼ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
19.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.04×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
GGD Zuid Limburg

What is GGD Zuid Limburg 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 #4,518 of 16,688 10.2%235
MedicineField #5,280 of 14,558 9.9%169
Physical SciencesDomain #12,343 of 17,446 9.2%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where GGD Zuid Limburg 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 Zuid Limburg work in?

In 2022-now, 52% of research at GGD Zuid Limburg is in Health Sciences, 26% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Health Professions (20%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 45 fractional works · 52.1% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 32.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 6 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 5.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 5.3% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 17 fractional works · 19.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 12 fractional works · 14.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 3 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 22 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 15.7% of its workEducation: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHealth: 4 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 6.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 4.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 12 fractional works · 13.6% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.2% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workModeling and Simulation: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.8% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKGGD Zuid Limburg87fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences52%Social Sciences26%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2832.2%
    2. Health Professions1719.7%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Social Sciences1415.7%
    2. Psychology66.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.5%
    4. Decision Sciences10.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
    1. Environmental Science44.1%
    2. Engineering33.2%
    3. Mathematics22.6%
    4. Computer Science22.1%
    5. Energy10.7%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.6%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology44.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology11.5%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.4%
    4. Neuroscience10.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
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: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.68× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.83× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 2.18× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 7.47× its world share, 17 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 28 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.94× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.14× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.24× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions7.47×17 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology4.68×4 works
  3. Mathematics2.18×2 works
  4. Psychology2.14×6 works
  5. Medicine1.68×28 works
  6. Social Sciences1.24×14 works
  7. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.98×0 works
  8. Veterinary0.94×0 works
  9. Decision Sciences0.89×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.83×4 works
  11. Energy0.76×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.72×1 works
  13. Neuroscience0.49×1 works
  14. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.35×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.30×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×1 works
  17. Computer Science0.26×2 works
  18. Chemistry0.22×0 works
  19. Engineering0.22×3 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×1 works
  21. Nursing0.14×0 works
  22. Arts and Humanities0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at GGD Zuid Limburg?

Ranked on the quality score, Nicole H. T. M. Dukers–Muijrers, Christian J. P. A. Hoebe and Geneviève A. F. S. van Liere lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GGD Zuid Limburg.

  1. 1 Nicole H. T. M. Dukers–Muijrers Netherlands · #872,648 worldwide 7.1k citations · 353 works
  2. 2 Christian J. P. A. Hoebe Netherlands · #1,126,916 worldwide 7.5k citations · 440 works
  3. 3 Geneviève A. F. S. van Liere Netherlands · #1,806,764 worldwide 1.1k citations · 49 works
  4. 4 J. W. Foppe van Mil Netherlands · #1,952,375 worldwide 2.9k citations · 110 works
  5. 5 Elfi E. H. G. Brouwers Netherlands · #1,982,646 worldwide 882 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Anne-Marie Niekamp Netherlands · #2,055,816 worldwide 465 citations · 28 works
  7. 7 Stephanie Brinkhues Netherlands · #2,102,416 worldwide 406 citations · 37 works
  8. 8 Volker Heinz Hackert Netherlands · #2,359,715 worldwide 842 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Carolina J G Kampman Netherlands · #2,509,203 worldwide 300 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 J. Pijnappel Netherlands · #2,750,844 worldwide 16 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at GGD Zuid Limburg

What are the most cited papers from GGD Zuid Limburg?

The most cited paper from GGD Zuid Limburg is "Oxidations carried out by means of vanadium oxide catalysts" (P. H. Mars, D.W. Van Krevelen, 1954), with 1,989 citations. Next come "Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the 1990s: A Population-Based Study in the Maastricht Area on Incidence, Characteristics and Survival" (844) and "Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing and analysis for informed public health decision-making in the Netherlands" (357).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Oxidations carried out by means of vanadium oxide catalysts P. H. Mars, D.W. Van Krevelen · Chemical Engineering Science 1954 1,989
2 Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest in the 1990s: A Population-Based Study in the Maastricht Area on Incidence, Characteristics and Survival Jacqueline J.M de Vreede-Swagemakers, Anton P.M. Gorgels, Willy I Dubois-Arbouw et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access Nov 1997 844
3 Rapid SARS-CoV-2 whole-genome sequencing and analysis for informed public health decision-making in the Netherlands Bas B. Oude Munnink et al. · Nature Medicine Open access 16 Jul 2020 357
4 The influence of crystallite size on the adsorption of molecular nitrogen on nickel, palladium and platinum R. van Hardeveld, Adri van Montfoort · Surface Science Jul 1966 333
5 Manual vs. integrated automatic load-distributing band CPR with equal survival after out of hospital cardiac arrest. The randomized CIRC trial Lars Wik, Jan‐Aage Olsen, David E Persse et al. · Resuscitation Open access 20 Mar 2014 318
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at GGD Zuid Limburg?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Public Health, Epidemiology, Health Promotion, COVID-19, Mental Health, Pandemic, SARS-CoV-2 and Vaccine.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 3.5×39 topics
  2. Public Health10▲ 7.6×23 topics
  3. Health Promotion6▲ 22×6 topics
  4. COVID-196▲ 5.3×9 topics
  5. Mental Health6▲ 4.8×14 topics
  6. Pandemic5▲ 5.3×6 topics
  7. SARS-CoV-24▲ 14×5 topics
  8. Quality of Life3▲ 2.5×11 topics
  9. Vaccine3▲ 9.1×9 topics
  10. HIV Transmission3▲ 47×2 topics
  11. Health Equity3▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Infectious Diseases3▲ 10×6 topics
  13. Community Empowerment3▲ 4.6×3 topics
  14. Immune Response3▲ 5.6×9 topics
  15. Health Education3▲ 7.1×2 topics
  16. Depression3▲ 3.4×5 topics
  17. Health Promoting Schools3▲ 191×1 topic
  18. Pathogenesis3▲ 5.8×9 topics
  19. Risk Perception3▲ 11×3 topics
  20. School Health Promotion3▲ 191×1 topic
  21. Social Justice3▲ 5.0×3 topics
  22. Adolescent Health2▲ 34×2 topics
  23. Collaborative Partnerships2▲ 137×1 topic
  24. Community Capacity Building2▲ 137×1 topic
  25. Health Disparities2▲ 10×4 topics
  26. Primary Care2▲ 7.1×8 topics
  27. ACE2 Receptor2▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Physical Activity2▲ 5.2×5 topics
  29. Social Support2▲ 4.6×7 topics
  30. Well-being2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  31. COVID-19 Vaccine2▲ 33×1 topic
  32. Community Health2▲ 14×4 topics
  33. Healthcare Workers2▲ 9.9×3 topics
  34. Vaccine Hesitancy2▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Viral Load2▲ 30×2 topics
  36. Antiretroviral Therapy2▲ 13×3 topics
  37. Modeling2▲ 8.7×1 topic
  38. transmission dynamics2▲ 31×1 topic
  39. Sexually Transmitted Infections2▲ 39×2 topics
  40. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 9.1×3 topics

Which research topics does GGD Zuid Limburg publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: School Health and Nursing Education, Community Health and Development, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

School Health and Nursin…3School Health and Nursing Education: 3 fractional worksCommunity Health and Dev…2Community Health and Development: 2 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 2 fractional worksReproductive tract infections research: 2 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 2 fractional worksCross-Border Cooperation and Integration: 2 fractional worksHealth, psychology, and …2Health, psychology, and well-being: 2 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultural Studies: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 1 fractional works
Speech and HearingGeneral Health ProfessionsHealthModeling and Simulation5 others

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

  1. 1 School Health and Nursing Education Speech and Hearing 3 works
  2. 2 Community Health and Development General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 2 works
  5. 5 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 2 works
  6. 6 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 2 works
  7. 7 Cross-Border Cooperation and Integration Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Health, psychology, and well-being General Health Professions 2 works
  9. 9 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 2 works
  10. 10 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 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 available45.7%not open54.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.3%domestic only79.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has GGD Zuid Limburg's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 GGD Zuid Limburg as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00033% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%GGD Zuid Limburg0.00035% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of GGD Zuid Limburg 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 counting5%10%15%GGD Zuid Limburg11.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.3% in 2019.

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