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Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands

In research, Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,129 of 21,541 worldwide), Physics and Astronomy (#1,071 of 3,663 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#4,736 of 14,347 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,721
of 28,054 · #3,125 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#99
of 237
Research works
1.3k
▼ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
32k
24.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,129 of 21,541 27.3%750
Physics and AstronomyField #1,071 of 3,663 26.2%298
Life SciencesDomain #4,736 of 14,347 26.7%247
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #3,043 of 7,814 26.1%169
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and OpticsSubfield #859 of 1,908 25.3%202
EngineeringField #5,797 of 11,412 30.0%130
Social SciencesDomain #10,097 of 16,945 16.6%266
Molecular BiologySubfield #3,640 of 4,961 25.5%123
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,894 of 3,836 16.7%136

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands 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).

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: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.27× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.76× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 1.62× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 5.81× its world share, 15 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksMedicineNursing: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 7.81× its world share, 26 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.46× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands?

Ranked on the composite score, J. Amesz, J.H. van der Waals and A.J. Hoff lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands.

  1. 1 J. Amesz Netherlands · #67,720 worldwide 384 citations · 50 works
  2. 2 J.H. van der Waals Netherlands · #139,464 worldwide 347 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 A.J. Hoff Netherlands · #233,410 worldwide 263 citations · 58 works
  4. 4 Hans J. van Gorkom Netherlands · #243,964 worldwide 194 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 L.N.M. Duysens Netherlands · #267,132 worldwide 224 citations · 18 works
  6. 6 Henk Nellen Netherlands · #443,611 worldwide 0 citations · 27 works
  7. 7 S. Völker Netherlands · #463,318 worldwide 117 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Huib J. Zuidervaart Netherlands · #539,380 worldwide 0 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Evina Steinová Netherlands · #571,045 worldwide 0 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Milja Van Tielhof Netherlands · #583,349 worldwide 1 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands

Which keywords describe research at Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: History, Cultural Identity, Biosensors, Reformation, Church History, Social History, Literature and Theology.

▲ 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. Globalization7▲ 3.0×10 topics
  2. History6▲ 7.7×8 topics
  3. Biosensors6▲ 10×8 topics
  4. Cultural Identity6▲ 10×4 topics
  5. Reformation6▲ 170×2 topics
  6. Church History6▲ 110×2 topics
  7. Literature6▲ 8.9×9 topics
  8. Social History6▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Theology5▲ 48×2 topics
  10. Calvinism5▲ 187×1 topic
  11. Religious Controversy5▲ 187×1 topic
  12. Cultural Analysis5▲ 91×3 topics
  13. Culture5▲ 8.4×7 topics
  14. Diplomacy5▲ 47×2 topics
  15. International Relations5▲ 19×2 topics
  16. Colonialism5▲ 8.4×9 topics
  17. Cross-Confessional4▲ 323×1 topic
  18. Early Modern4▲ 323×1 topic
  19. Biomedical Applications4▲ 3.1×6 topics
  20. Philosophy4▲ 8.2×6 topics
  21. Nationalism4▲ 7.6×7 topics
  22. Nanoparticles4▲ 2.6×12 topics
  23. Identity4▲ 4.2×9 topics
  24. Society4▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Self-Assembly4▲ 9.3×6 topics
  26. Corpus Linguistics3▲ 12×3 topics
  27. Optical Modulators3▲ 17×2 topics
  28. Religion3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  29. Cultural History3▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Colloidal Particles3▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Science3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  32. Social Movements3▲ 7.6×2 topics
  33. Entanglement3▲ 15×3 topics
  34. Medicine2▲ 26×4 topics
  35. Medieval2▲ 57×2 topics
  36. French Revolution2▲ 126×1 topic
  37. Napoleonic Wars2▲ 126×1 topic
  38. Silicon Photonics2▲ 17×2 topics
  39. Neural Machine Translation2▲ 19×1 topic
  40. Statistical Machine Translation2▲ 19×1 topic

Which research topics does Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Reformation and Early Modern Christianity, Historical Influence and Diplomacy, European Political History Analysis and Natural Language Processing Techniques.

Reformation and Early Mo…5Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 5 fractional worksHistorical Influence and Diplomacy: 4 fractional worksEuropean Political History Analysis: 2 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 2 fractional worksMedieval Literature and History: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksMicro and Nano Robotics2Micro and Nano Robotics: 2 fractional worksGold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications: 2 fractional worksDigital Humanities and Scholarship: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional works
HistoryPolitical Science and International RelationsArtificial IntelligenceClassics5 others

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

  1. 1 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 5 works
  2. 2 Historical Influence and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 European Political History Analysis History 2 works
  4. 4 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  5. 5 Medieval Literature and History Classics 2 works
  6. 6 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Micro and Nano Robotics Condensed Matter Physics 2 works
  8. 8 Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials 2 works
  9. 9 Digital Humanities and Scholarship Literature and Literary Theory 1 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 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 available36.8%not open63.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Huygens Institute for History and Culture of the Netherlands's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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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