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Maaslandziekenhuis

In research, Maaslandziekenhuis stands highest in Medicine (#5,461 of 14,558 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,939 of 16,688 worldwide), over all time.

ROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#25,572
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#324
of 407
Research works
233
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.3k
31.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.98×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
12%
world 18%
Maaslandziekenhuis

What is Maaslandziekenhuis 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
MedicineField #5,461 of 14,558 10.0%170
Health SciencesDomain #6,939 of 16,688 10.0%178

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

In all years, 76% of research at Maaslandziekenhuis is in Health Sciences, 15% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (73%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%), Health Professions (3%). It does 3.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 178 fractional works · 76.3% of its workMedicine: 170 fractional works · 72.7% of its workSurgery: 35 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEpidemiology: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPharmacology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhysiology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workNeurology: 7 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 15.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 20 fractional works · 8.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 10 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaaslandziekenhuis233fractional works, all years
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences4%Health Sciences76%Social Sciences4%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine17072.7%
    2. Health Professions62.6%
    3. Nursing10.4%
    4. Dentistry10.4%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology208.6%
    2. Neuroscience52.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.6%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.2%
    1. Arts and Humanities31.1%
    2. Social Sciences20.9%
    3. Psychology20.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.9%
    5. Decision Sciences10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Engineering21.0%
    2. Chemistry21.0%
    3. Environmental Science20.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.6%
    5. Computer Science10.3%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    7. Materials Science00.2%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.0%
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: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.58× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.44× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Environmental Science: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.32× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 9 worksMedicineNursing: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.32× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary6.32×0 works
  2. Medicine3.63×9 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.44×0 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy2.32×1 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.64×0 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.58×0 works
  7. Psychology1.52×1 works
  8. Health Professions1.40×0 works
  9. Nursing1.11×0 works
  10. Environmental Science0.70×0 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.67×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.67×0 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.16×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.07×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Maaslandziekenhuis?

Ranked on the quality score, Anton G. M. Hoofwijk, Leopold G.J.B. Engels and F. Erdkamp lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maaslandziekenhuis.

  1. 1 Anton G. M. Hoofwijk Netherlands · #358,864 worldwide 3.3k citations · 65 works
  2. 2 Leopold G.J.B. Engels Netherlands · #1,182,202 worldwide 2.7k citations · 76 works
  3. 3 F. Erdkamp Netherlands · #2,267,750 worldwide 518 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 Fred W. C. van der Ent Netherlands · #2,426,896 worldwide 700 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Laurens P. Bos Netherlands · #2,435,576 worldwide 1.1k citations · 26 works
  6. 6 J.W.M. ter Berg Netherlands · #2,508,763 worldwide 481 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 G. M. P. J. Costongs Netherlands · #3,053,570 worldwide 397 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Piet M. Hooymans Netherlands · #4,490,143 worldwide 542 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 Aart D Verburg Netherlands · #4,674,711 worldwide 645 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 Robert Janknegt Netherlands · #4,953,224 worldwide 1k citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at Maaslandziekenhuis

What are the most cited papers from Maaslandziekenhuis?

The most cited paper from Maaslandziekenhuis is "Chemotherapy, Bevacizumab, and Cetuximab in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer" (Jolien Tol, Miriam Koopman, Annemieke Cats et al., 2009), with 1,358 citations. Next come "Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes" (728) and "Assessment of enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis" (685).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Chemotherapy, Bevacizumab, and Cetuximab in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Jolien Tol, Miriam Koopman, Annemieke Cats et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 4 Feb 2009 1,358
2 Two variants on chromosome 17 confer prostate cancer risk, and the one in TCF2 protects against type 2 diabetes Jūlı́us Guðmundsson et al. · Nature Genetics Jul 2007 728
3 Assessment of enthesitis in ankylosing spondylitis L Heuft-Dorenbosch, A Spoorenberg, A van Tubergen et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 13 Jan 2003 685
4 A European Respiratory Society technical standard: exhaled biomarkers in lung disease Ildikó Horváth et al. · European Respiratory Journal Open access Apr 2017 653
5 Sequential versus combination chemotherapy with capecitabine, irinotecan, and oxaliplatin in advanced colorectal cancer (CAIRO): a phase III randomised controlled trial Miriam Koopman, Ninja F. Antonini, Joep Douma et al. · The Lancet Jul 2007 633
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Which keywords describe research at Maaslandziekenhuis?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Antimicrobial Resistance, Inflammation, Radiotherapy, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Guidelines.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology33▲ 3.5×74 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 2.6×41 topics
  3. Quality of Life10▲ 3.3×25 topics
  4. Complications10▲ 8.1×13 topics
  5. Treatment10▲ 3.2×27 topics
  6. Antimicrobial Resistance9▲ 15×5 topics
  7. Risk Factors8▲ 3.4×16 topics
  8. Diagnosis8▲ 3.4×22 topics
  9. Chemotherapy8▲ 4.7×19 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines8▲ 5.9×11 topics
  11. Guidelines7▲ 6.4×11 topics
  12. Radiotherapy7▲ 8.0×9 topics
  13. Management6▲ 3.5×17 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease6▲ 2.3×21 topics
  15. Clinical Trials6▲ 4.1×12 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders6▲ 3.8×11 topics
  17. Surgical Management6▲ 5.6×13 topics
  18. Mortality6▲ 5.0×11 topics
  19. Genetics5▲ 2.9×11 topics
  20. Biomechanics5▲ 6.7×6 topics
  21. Revision Surgery5▲ 18×2 topics
  22. Total Hip Replacement5▲ 18×2 topics
  23. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 5.1×6 topics
  24. Pathogenesis5▲ 3.6×11 topics
  25. Survival Analysis5▲ 7.5×6 topics
  26. Continuous Infusion5▲ 39×2 topics
  27. Diabetes5▲ 3.9×9 topics
  28. Rehabilitation4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  29. Antibiotic Pharmacokinetics4▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Critically Ill Patients4▲ 42×1 topic
  31. Chronic Kidney Disease4▲ 7.3×7 topics
  32. Patient Satisfaction4▲ 7.1×5 topics
  33. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.4×8 topics
  34. Cardiovascular Risk4▲ 4.7×7 topics
  35. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 7.3×5 topics
  36. Chronic Pain4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  37. Infection Prevention4▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Clinical Outcomes3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  39. Healthcare-Associated Infections3▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Maaslandziekenhuis publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment, Climate Change and Health Impacts, Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection and Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders.

Sepsis Diagnosis and Tre…0Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 0 fractional worksClimate Change and Healt…0Climate Change and Health Impacts: 0 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Screening and Detection: 0 fractional worksIntensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders: 0 fractional worksCosmology and Gravitatio…0Cosmology and Gravitation Theories: 0 fractional worksPsychiatric care and mental health services: 0 fractional worksSpace Science and Extraterrestrial Life: 0 fractional worksEarth Systems and Cosmic…0Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution: 0 fractional worksSchizophrenia research and treatment: 0 fractional worksPeripheral Nerve Disorders: 0 fractional works
EpidemiologyHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisOncologyCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine5 others

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

  1. 1 Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 0 works
  2. 2 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  3. 3 Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection Oncology 0 works
  4. 4 Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine 0 works
  5. 5 Cosmology and Gravitation Theories Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  6. 6 Psychiatric care and mental health services Clinical Psychology 0 works
  7. 7 Space Science and Extraterrestrial Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  8. 8 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution Atmospheric Science 0 works
  9. 9 Schizophrenia research and treatment Psychiatry and Mental health 0 works
  10. 10 Peripheral Nerve Disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 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 available24.8%not open75.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors11.8%domestic only88.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Maaslandziekenhuis's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher 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 Maaslandziekenhuis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000043% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Maaslandziekenhuis0.000076% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Maaslandziekenhuis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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