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Maastricht University

In research, Maastricht University stands highest in Health Sciences (#141 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#134 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#160 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience — Applied Psychology is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#426
of 28,054 · #501 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#10
of 237
Research works
38k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4M
37.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Maastricht University 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
Health SciencesDomain #141 of 11,982 23.7%2,769 #120
MedicineField #134 of 10,443 23.6%2,315 #117
Social SciencesDomain #160 of 10,521 32.8%2,122 #160
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #26 of 1,201 38.4%205 #84
Social SciencesField #145 of 6,365 36.0%908 #216
Life SciencesDomain #296 of 7,800 23.6%907 #346
General Health ProfessionsSubfield #50 of 916 27.4%267 #73
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #51 of 738 22.7%240 #60
Business, Management and AccountingField #181 of 2,578 33.4%282 #159
PsychologyField #167 of 2,181 30.6%444 #185

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maastricht University 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#120 #141
  2. Medicine#117 #134
  3. Social Sciences#160 #160
  4. Political Science and International Relations#84 #26
  5. Social Sciences#216 #145
  6. Life Sciences#346 #296
  7. General Health Professions#73 #50
  8. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#60 #51
  9. Business, Management and Accounting#159 #181
  10. Psychology#185 #167
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Maastricht University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Psychology takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied PsychologySubfield · 44.3 works4.6×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 194.6 works4.0×
← 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: 0.23× its world share, 74 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.11× its world share, 401 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 73 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.11× its world share, 340 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.84× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.63× its world share, 67 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.55× its world share, 291 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 15 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.23× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.26× its world share, 258 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 149 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.29× its world share, 68 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.55× its world share, 43 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 39 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 19 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.09× its world share, 371 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.78× its world share, 2,315 worksMedicineNursing: 1.72× its world share, 57 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.66× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.77× its world share, 150 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.30× its world share, 282 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 90 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.71× its world share, 247 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.16× its world share, 444 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.06× its world share, 908 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maastricht University?

Ranked on the composite score, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, Jos M. G. A. Schols and Jos Kleijnen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maastricht University.

  1. 1 Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer · #645 worldwide 2.2k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Jos M. G. A. Schols · #1,054 worldwide 1.7k citations · 103 works
  3. 3 Jos Kleijnen · #1,782 worldwide 4.8k citations · 76 works
  4. 4 J. André Knottnerus · #7,199 worldwide 719 citations · 60 works
  5. 5 Helmut Brand · #8,580 worldwide 938 citations · 53 works
  6. 6 Wiebe E. Bijker · #8,678 worldwide 799 citations · 52 works
  7. 7 Marjolein Drent · #9,395 worldwide 722 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Harry J.G.M. Crijns · #10,264 worldwide 1k citations · 106 works
  9. 9 Harald Schmidt · #10,892 worldwide 555 citations · 120 works
  10. 10 Annemie M.W.J. Schols · #12,969 worldwide 568 citations · 67 works
All ranked researchers at Maastricht University

Which keywords describe research at Maastricht University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Depression, Human Rights, Cardiovascular Disease, Public Health and Aging.

▲ 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. Epidemiology380▲ 1.42×128 topics
  2. Inflammation270▲ 1.92×82 topics
  3. Quality of Life196▲ 2.0×57 topics
  4. Public Health165▲ 1.68×58 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease151▲ 2.0×38 topics
  6. Mental Health147▲ 1.49×42 topics
  7. Human Rights146▲ 2.1×55 topics
  8. Depression139▲ 2.3×24 topics
  9. Treatment138▲ 1.69×49 topics
  10. Globalization135◆ 1.02×92 topics
  11. Oxidative Stress134▲ 1.21×58 topics
  12. Risk Factors133▲ 1.79×37 topics
  13. Obesity117▲ 2.3×25 topics
  14. Aging111▲ 3.1×18 topics
  15. Neurological Disorders108▲ 2.8×20 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome104▲ 1.90×22 topics
  17. Biomarkers97▲ 2.1×18 topics
  18. Anxiety91▲ 2.8×12 topics
  19. Primary Care87▲ 3.4×15 topics
  20. Clinical Trials86▲ 1.91×19 topics
  21. Genetics84▲ 1.79×23 topics
  22. Global Burden82▲ 2.2×12 topics
  23. Heart Failure81▲ 2.8×13 topics
  24. Meta-Analysis80▲ 2.0×20 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines80▲ 2.2×14 topics
  26. Guidelines77▲ 2.4×13 topics
  27. European Union76▲ 5.0×24 topics
  28. Prevalence75▲ 2.7×15 topics
  29. Precision Medicine73▲ 2.3×8 topics
  30. Emotion Regulation72▲ 3.4×9 topics
  31. Neuroimaging71▲ 3.9×11 topics
  32. Regenerative Medicine62▲ 3.6×6 topics
  33. Neurobiology62▲ 3.6×9 topics
  34. Alzheimer's Disease60▲ 3.2×9 topics
  35. Catheter Ablation54▲ 6.6×2 topics
  36. Functional Connectivity54▲ 6.0×3 topics
  37. Reflective Practice52▲ 4.2×7 topics
  38. Judicial Review46▲ 7.5×6 topics
  39. Arrhythmias43▲ 7.0×2 topics
  40. Neural Mechanisms42▲ 6.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Maastricht University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: European and International Law Studies, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

European and Internation…37European and International Law Studies: 37 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…34Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 34 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 31 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…30Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 30 fractional worksInnovations in Medical E…30Innovations in Medical Education: 30 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 29 fractional works3D Printing in Biomedical Research: 28 fractional worksEuropean Union Policy an…27European Union Policy and Governance: 27 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 23 fractional worksBehavioral Health and Interventions: 23 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsPsychiatry and Mental healthCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEconomics and Econometrics4 others

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

  1. 1 European and International Law StudiesPolitical Science and International Relations 37 works
  2. 2 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment ResearchPsychiatry and Mental health 34 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and OutcomesCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 31 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 30 works
  5. 5 Innovations in Medical EducationPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 30 works
  6. 6 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 29 works
  7. 7 3D Printing in Biomedical ResearchBiomedical Engineering 28 works
  8. 8 European Union Policy and GovernancePolitical Science and International Relations 27 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and TreatmentsCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 23 works
  10. 10 Behavioral Health and InterventionsApplied Psychology 23 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.9%domestic only64.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maastricht University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.