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Maastricht University Medical Centre

In research, Maastricht University Medical Centre stands highest in Medicine (#495 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#666 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,508 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Rheumatology — Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine is 9.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,471
of 28,054 · #1,594 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#28
of 237
Research works
11k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
412k
39.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
50%
world 28%

What is Maastricht University Medical Centre 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
MedicineField #495 of 10,443 23.0%1,039 #232
Health SciencesDomain #666 of 11,982 22.9%1,113 #288
Life SciencesDomain #1,508 of 7,800 24.1%208 #1055
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #148 of 738 22.3%140 #151
SurgerySubfield #440 of 1,816 22.7%141 #267
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #430 of 1,144 20.0%102 #231
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,551 of 3,579 26.7%117 #1088
Social SciencesDomain #5,261 of 10,521 24.2%80 #3898
Physical SciencesDomain #6,731 of 12,888 23.9%89 #6369
EpidemiologySubfield #524 of 976 25.9%66 #398

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Maastricht University Medical Centre 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. Medicine#232 #495
  2. Health Sciences#288 #666
  3. Life Sciences#1,055 #1,508
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#151 #148
  5. Surgery#267 #440
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#231 #430
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,088 #1,551
  8. Social Sciences#3,898 #5,261
  9. Physical Sciences#6,369 #6,731
  10. Epidemiology#398 #524
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 Medical Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine takes 9.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 140.3 works9.0×
  2. RheumatologySubfield · 32.9 works4.8×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.47× its world share, 117 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 25 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.32× its world share, 56 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.15× its world share, 11 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.27× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.89× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 53 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.63× its world share, 1,039 worksMedicineNursing: 1.84× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.55× its world share, 18 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.70× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Maastricht University Medical Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Hans‐Peter Brunner‐La Rocca, Roberto Lorusso and H. J. J. Wellens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maastricht University Medical Centre.

  1. 1 Hans‐Peter Brunner‐La Rocca Netherlands · #8,323 worldwide 838 citations · 54 works
  2. 2 Roberto Lorusso Netherlands · #25,164 worldwide 525 citations · 90 works
  3. 3 H. J. J. Wellens Netherlands · #39,237 worldwide 331 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 J.L.H. Evers Netherlands · #40,524 worldwide 225 citations · 56 works
  5. 5 Ellen E. Stobberingh Netherlands · #72,192 worldwide 283 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 G. Kootstra Netherlands · #77,114 worldwide 192 citations · 51 works
  7. 7 Harald Neumann Netherlands · #87,598 worldwide 211 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 Jeroen P. Kooman Netherlands · #95,614 worldwide 226 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Carmen D. Dirksen Netherlands · #100,260 worldwide 173 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 Philip Van Kerrebroeck Netherlands · #107,597 worldwide 1.1k citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Maastricht University Medical Centre

Which keywords describe research at Maastricht University Medical Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Guidelines, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Quality of Life, Diagnosis and Catheter Ablation.

▲ 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. Epidemiology158▲ 2.7×113 topics
  2. Inflammation104▲ 3.4×74 topics
  3. Quality of Life69▲ 3.2×48 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease65▲ 3.9×35 topics
  5. Guidelines57▲ 8.3×13 topics
  6. Diagnosis55▲ 4.0×34 topics
  7. Heart Failure53▲ 8.3×13 topics
  8. Risk Factors52▲ 3.1×31 topics
  9. Treatment49▲ 2.7×42 topics
  10. Management43▲ 3.7×28 topics
  11. Obesity41▲ 3.6×24 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress40▲ 1.64×45 topics
  13. Global Burden40▲ 5.0×11 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome40▲ 3.3×21 topics
  15. Catheter Ablation39▲ 22×2 topics
  16. Clinical Practice Guidelines39▲ 4.8×14 topics
  17. Chemotherapy37▲ 3.5×24 topics
  18. Complications36▲ 4.9×17 topics
  19. Echocardiography35▲ 8.6×8 topics
  20. Mortality33▲ 3.8×13 topics
  21. Aging31▲ 3.8×14 topics
  22. Radiotherapy30▲ 5.3×12 topics
  23. Genetics30▲ 2.9×17 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders28▲ 3.4×20 topics
  25. Stroke Prevention28▲ 16×2 topics
  26. Rehabilitation28▲ 4.8×13 topics
  27. Anticoagulant Therapy28▲ 15×4 topics
  28. Atrial Fibrillation26▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Myocardial Infarction26▲ 7.4×7 topics
  30. Prognosis25▲ 5.0×9 topics
  31. Magnetic Resonance Imaging24▲ 6.3×8 topics
  32. Arrhythmias24▲ 17×2 topics
  33. Risk Stratification23▲ 22×1 topic
  34. Thromboembolism23▲ 22×1 topic
  35. Thrombosis23▲ 5.5×7 topics
  36. Cardiovascular Risk22▲ 4.8×9 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy22▲ 6.2×5 topics
  38. Radiofrequency Ablation20▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Surgical Treatment19▲ 6.6×6 topics
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death18▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Maastricht University Medical Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research and Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies.

Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 23 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 16 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 14 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 11 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 11 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 11 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…10Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 10 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 10 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 10 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders t…10Pelvic floor disorders treatments: 10 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePulmonary and Respiratory MedicinePhysiologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 23 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 16 works
  3. 3 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  4. 4 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 11 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 11 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  9. 9 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 10 works
  10. 10 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 10 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 available49.7%not open50.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.7%domestic only69.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maastricht University Medical Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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