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KWR Water Research Institute

In research, KWR Water Research Institute stands highest in Environmental Science (#1,918 of 3,551 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#7,697 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Science — Environmental Science is 9.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#12,287
of 28,054 · #11,668 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#107
of 237
Research works
825
▲ 15% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
42.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is KWR Water Research Institute 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
Environmental ScienceField #1,918 of 3,551 25.9%71 #1336
Physical SciencesDomain #7,697 of 12,888 23.5%123 #8967

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where KWR Water Research Institute 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).

What does KWR Water Research Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Science takes 9.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental ScienceField · 71.4 works9.9×
← 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: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.43× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.58× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.83× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.29× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 3.96× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.59× its world share, 35 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.90× its world share, 71 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksMedicineNursing: 0.83× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.54× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at KWR Water Research Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, D. van der Kooij, Gertjan Medema and Kees De Roest lead among researchers whose main affiliation is KWR Water Research Institute.

  1. 1 D. van der Kooij Netherlands · #250,834 worldwide 97 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Gertjan Medema Netherlands · #314,808 worldwide 74 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Kees De Roest Netherlands · #467,479 worldwide 26 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Paul W. J. J. van der Wielen Netherlands · #479,054 worldwide 48 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Bastiaan Zoeteman Netherlands · #608,768 worldwide 22 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Mirjam Blokker Netherlands · #652,185 worldwide 56 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Emile Cornelissen Netherlands · #722,737 worldwide 118 citations · 35 works
  8. 8 W. van Vierssen Netherlands · #728,731 worldwide 72 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 P. van Thienen Netherlands · #745,786 worldwide 79 citations · 21 works
  10. 10 Stijn Brouwer Netherlands · #826,655 worldwide 79 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at KWR Water Research Institute

Which keywords describe research at KWR Water Research Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Health Effects, Sustainability, Optimization, Leak Detection, Water Distribution Networks, Environmental Impact and Water Quality.

▲ 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. Climate Change19▲ 4.9×28 topics
  2. Sustainability16▲ 4.5×20 topics
  3. Health Effects13▲ 14×10 topics
  4. Optimization11▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Environmental Impact11▲ 4.3×17 topics
  6. Leak Detection10▲ 270×1 topic
  7. Water Distribution Networks10▲ 270×1 topic
  8. Water Quality8▲ 14×9 topics
  9. Water Treatment8▲ 45×4 topics
  10. Water Resources8▲ 23×6 topics
  11. Microbial Ecology7▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Drinking Water7▲ 147×2 topics
  13. Disinfection By-Products7▲ 226×1 topic
  14. Genotoxicity7▲ 112×1 topic
  15. Water7▲ 87×2 topics
  16. Renewable Energy7▲ 3.2×15 topics
  17. Toxicity6▲ 10×8 topics
  18. Remote Sensing6▲ 3.3×10 topics
  19. Wastewater Treatment6▲ 16×7 topics
  20. Resource Management5▲ 20×3 topics
  21. Energy5▲ 102×1 topic
  22. Nexus5▲ 102×1 topic
  23. Urbanization5▲ 7.7×3 topics
  24. Microbial Communities4▲ 7.3×4 topics
  25. Ecotoxicity4▲ 52×2 topics
  26. Life Cycle Assessment4▲ 11×5 topics
  27. System Dynamics4▲ 48×2 topics
  28. Reservoir Operation4▲ 83×1 topic
  29. Water Demand4▲ 83×1 topic
  30. Bioaccumulation4▲ 31×3 topics
  31. Circular Economy4▲ 10×4 topics
  32. Climate Change Impact4▲ 12×3 topics
  33. Hydrological Modeling4▲ 12×4 topics
  34. Environmental Monitoring4▲ 7.0×6 topics
  35. Waste Management4▲ 6.5×4 topics
  36. Antibiotics4▲ 32×1 topic
  37. Resistance Genes4▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Desalination4▲ 40×1 topic
  39. Membrane Technology4▲ 30×1 topic
  40. Water Scarcity4▲ 31×3 topics

Which research topics does KWR Water Research Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Water Systems and Optimization, Water Treatment and Disinfection, Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies and Water resources management and optimization.

Water Systems and Optimi…10Water Systems and Optimization: 10 fractional worksWater Treatment and Disinfection: 7 fractional worksWater-Energy-Food Nexus Studies: 5 fractional worksWater resources management and optimization: 4 fractional worksPharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts: 4 fractional worksMembrane Separation Tech…4Membrane Separation Technologies: 4 fractional worksUrban Stormwater Management Solutions: 3 fractional worksWastewater Treatment and Reuse: 3 fractional worksWater Quality Monitoring Technologies: 2 fractional worksArsenic contamination and mitigation: 2 fractional works
Civil and Structural EngineeringHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisWater Science and TechnologyOcean Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Water Systems and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Water Treatment and Disinfection Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 7 works
  3. 3 Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies Water Science and Technology 5 works
  4. 4 Water resources management and optimization Ocean Engineering 4 works
  5. 5 Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts Pollution 4 works
  6. 6 Membrane Separation Technologies Water Science and Technology 4 works
  7. 7 Urban Stormwater Management Solutions Environmental Engineering 3 works
  8. 8 Wastewater Treatment and Reuse Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 3 works
  9. 9 Water Quality Monitoring Technologies Water Science and Technology 2 works
  10. 10 Arsenic contamination and mitigation Environmental Chemistry 2 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 available52.9%not open47.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.8%domestic only68.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has KWR Water Research Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 15% higher 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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