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Maasstad Ziekenhuis

In research, Maasstad Ziekenhuis stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,483 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#1,385 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 7.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,692
of 22,385 · #5,064 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#85
of 197
Research works
695
▲ 10% vs 2018-21
Citations
13k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.07×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
Maasstad Ziekenhuis

What is Maasstad Ziekenhuis known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #1,483 of 9,902 15.4%161 #1179
MedicineField #1,385 of 8,541 15.6%153 #1084

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

In 2022-now, 85% of research at Maasstad Ziekenhuis is in Health Sciences, 8% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Health Professions (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 182 fractional works · 85.1% of its workMedicine: 173 fractional works · 80.9% of its workSurgery: 37 fractional works · 17.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 20 fractional works · 9.6% of its workRheumatology: 13 fractional works · 6.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 5.7% of its workEpidemiology: 11 fractional works · 5.2% of its workOncology: 10 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDermatology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNephrology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 9 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaasstadZiekenhuis214fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences3%Health Sciences85%Social Sciences4%

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. Medicine17380.9%
    2. Health Professions83.6%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Dentistry00.2%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology104.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology52.5%
    3. Neuroscience20.7%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.5%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance52.4%
    2. Psychology20.8%
    3. Social Sciences10.4%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    5. Decision Sciences00.2%
    1. Engineering31.4%
    2. Environmental Science10.4%
    3. Mathematics10.3%
    4. Computer Science10.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Maasstad Ziekenhuis specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 36.7 works7.3×
← 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: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.49× its world share, 5 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.21× its world share, 173 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.67× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.11× its world share, 5 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.21×173 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology2.49×5 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.40×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.37×8 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.11×5 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×10 works
  7. Veterinary0.67×0 works
  8. Nursing0.56×1 works
  9. Dentistry0.48×0 works
  10. Neuroscience0.43×2 works
  11. Mathematics0.26×1 works
  12. Psychology0.26×2 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.16×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.10×1 works
  15. Engineering0.09×3 works
  16. Environmental Science0.07×1 works
  17. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.05×0 works
  19. Chemistry0.04×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.03×0 works
  21. Social Sciences0.03×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Maasstad Ziekenhuis?

Ranked on the quality score, Pieter Cornelis Smits, Erwin van der Harst and Valeria Paradies lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maasstad Ziekenhuis.

  1. 1 Pieter Cornelis Smits Netherlands · #67,846 worldwide 17k citations · 372 works
  2. 2 Erwin van der Harst Netherlands · #99,825 worldwide 14k citations · 244 works
  3. 3 Valeria Paradies Netherlands · #176,293 worldwide 12k citations · 148 works
  4. 4 Muhammed Hadithi Netherlands · #250,953 worldwide 2.1k citations · 59 works
  5. 5 Peter‐Paul L. O. Coene Netherlands · #363,019 worldwide 1k citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Angelique E. A. M. Weel Netherlands · #386,200 worldwide 5.6k citations · 159 works
  7. 7 Charles C. van Rossem Netherlands · #436,514 worldwide 1.4k citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Gert R. Roukema Netherlands · #454,582 worldwide 2.4k citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Joseph S. H. A. Koopman Netherlands · #521,219 worldwide 1k citations · 25 works
  10. 10 Sjoerd O. Klaver Netherlands · #547,803 worldwide 1.2k citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Maasstad Ziekenhuis

What are the most cited papers from Maasstad Ziekenhuis?

The most cited paper from Maasstad Ziekenhuis is "Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Volume CT Screening in a Randomized Trial" (Harry J. de Koning et al., 2020), with 3,674 citations. Next come "A Step-up Approach or Open Necrosectomy for Necrotizing Pancreatitis" (1,726) and "Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Cutoff Levels to Rule Out Pulmonary Embolism" (970).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reduced Lung-Cancer Mortality with Volume CT Screening in a Randomized Trial Harry J. de Koning et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 29 Jan 2020 3,674
2 A Step-up Approach or Open Necrosectomy for Necrotizing Pancreatitis Hjalmar C. van Santvoort et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 21 Apr 2010 1,726
3 Age-Adjusted D-Dimer Cutoff Levels to Rule Out Pulmonary Embolism Marc Righini et al. · JAMA Open access 18 Mar 2014 970
4 Stent thrombosis with drug-eluting and bare-metal stents: evidence from a comprehensive network meta-analysis Tullio Palmerini, Giuseppe Biondi‐Zoccai, Diego Della Riva et al. · The Lancet 22 Mar 2012 957
5 Head-to-head Comparison of Transrectal Ultrasound-guided Prostate Biopsy Versus Multiparametric Prostate Resonance Imaging with Subsequent Magnetic Resonance-guided Biopsy in Biopsy-naïve Men with Elevated Prostate-specific Antigen: A Large Prospective Multicenter Clinical Study Marloes van der Leest, Erik Bastiaan Cornel, Bas Israël et al. · European Urology Open access 24 Nov 2018 787
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Maasstad Ziekenhuis?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Autoantibodies, Guidelines, Risk Factors, Cardiovascular Risk, Rehabilitation and Atherosclerosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology23▲ 2.8×69 topics
  2. Inflammation19▲ 4.1×47 topics
  3. Risk Factors12▲ 5.0×18 topics
  4. Autoantibodies10▲ 20×7 topics
  5. Guidelines10▲ 9.8×12 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Risk9▲ 14×7 topics
  7. Quality of Life9▲ 2.8×24 topics
  8. Treatment8▲ 3.1×27 topics
  9. Chemotherapy8▲ 5.1×19 topics
  10. Mortality8▲ 6.3×11 topics
  11. Complications7▲ 6.9×14 topics
  12. Rehabilitation7▲ 8.5×8 topics
  13. Atherosclerosis7▲ 12×8 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease7▲ 2.9×24 topics
  15. Cytokines7▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention7▲ 23×4 topics
  17. Rheumatoid Arthritis7▲ 32×2 topics
  18. Immunotherapy6▲ 4.2×15 topics
  19. Biological Therapy6▲ 51×1 topic
  20. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs6▲ 58×1 topic
  21. Biomechanics6▲ 9.6×5 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 5.3×13 topics
  23. Myocardial Infarction6▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Surgery6▲ 8.0×9 topics
  25. Clinical Trials6▲ 3.9×14 topics
  26. Endovascular Repair6▲ 30×3 topics
  27. Neoadjuvant Therapy5▲ 10×5 topics
  28. Magnetic Resonance Imaging5▲ 9.6×4 topics
  29. Distal Radius Fractures5▲ 42×1 topic
  30. Elderly Patients5▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Flexor Tendon Repair5▲ 42×1 topic
  32. Resuscitation4▲ 15×4 topics
  33. Clinical Guidelines4▲ 6.9×9 topics
  34. Echocardiography4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  35. Pathophysiology4▲ 6.9×5 topics
  36. Sepsis4▲ 11×5 topics
  37. Coronary Stents4▲ 45×1 topic
  38. Myocardial Revascularization4▲ 45×1 topic
  39. Pain Management4▲ 8.0×7 topics
  40. Coronary Artery Disease4▲ 16×3 topics

Which research topics does Maasstad Ziekenhuis publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics and Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 6 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 5 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…4Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…3Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 3 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 3 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…3Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 3 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksElbow and Forearm Trauma…2Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment: 2 fractional works
RheumatologySurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 6 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 5 works
  3. 3 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 4 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  5. 5 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 3 works
  6. 6 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  7. 7 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 3 works
  8. 8 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 3 works
  9. 9 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Elbow and Forearm Trauma Treatment Rehabilitation 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 available57.6%not open42.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.3%domestic only77.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Maasstad Ziekenhuis's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Maasstad Ziekenhuis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Maasstad Ziekenhuis0.00082% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Maasstad Ziekenhuis 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 counting10%20%30%Maasstad Ziekenhuis12.5% 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 21.2% in 2017.

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