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Maastro Clinic

In research, Maastro Clinic stands highest in Health Sciences (#2,349 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,387 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Oncology (Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging is 12.9× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,752
of 22,385 · #4,765 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#100
of 197
Research works
792
▲ 11% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.13×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
68%
world 40%
International
49%
world 18%
Maastro Clinic

What is Maastro Clinic 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 #2,349 of 9,902 16.4%130 #1766
MedicineField #2,387 of 8,541 16.3%123 #1937

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

In 2022-now, 71% of research at Maastro Clinic is in Health Sciences, 15% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (67%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (8%), Physics and Astronomy (6%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 154 fractional works · 70.7% of its workMedicine: 145 fractional works · 66.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 31 fractional works · 14.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 25 fractional works · 11.6% of its workOncology: 21 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSurgery: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workNeurology: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 15.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 14 fractional works · 6.2% of its workRadiation: 14 fractional works · 6.2% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 4.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 24 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCancer Research: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaastro Clinic218fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences71%Social Sciences3%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14566.6%
    2. Health Professions73.0%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Dentistry10.5%
    5. Veterinary00.0%
    1. Physics and Astronomy146.2%
    2. Computer Science125.5%
    3. Engineering52.3%
    4. Mathematics10.4%
    5. Environmental Science10.3%
    6. Materials Science10.3%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology188.1%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.0%
    3. Neuroscience20.8%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.8%
    2. Decision Sciences20.7%
    3. Social Sciences10.6%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Maastro Clinic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging takes 12.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 25.3 works13×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 31.3 works9.3×
  3. OncologySubfield · 20.8 works8.5×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.53× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.71× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.80× its world share, 14 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.03× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.13× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.46× its world share, 145 worksMedicineNursing: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× 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, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.46×145 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy2.80×14 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology1.99×4 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.53×18 works
  5. Health Professions1.13×6 works
  6. Nursing1.09×1 works
  7. Dentistry1.03×1 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.73×2 works
  9. Computer Science0.71×12 works
  10. Neuroscience0.46×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.39×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×2 works
  13. Mathematics0.33×1 works
  14. Veterinary0.16×0 works
  15. Psychology0.16×1 works
  16. Engineering0.15×5 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  19. Materials Science0.07×1 works
  20. Environmental Science0.05×1 works
  21. Social Sciences0.05×1 works
  22. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  23. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  24. Chemistry0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Maastro Clinic?

Ranked on the quality score, Ludy C.H.W. Lutgens, Brigitta G. Baumert and Philippe Lambin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maastro Clinic.

  1. 1 Ludy C.H.W. Lutgens Netherlands · #47,462 worldwide 11k citations · 160 works
  2. 2 Brigitta G. Baumert Netherlands · #69,106 worldwide 19k citations · 259 works
  3. 3 Philippe Lambin Netherlands · #123,499 worldwide 73k citations · 1,274 works
  4. 4 Cary Oberije Netherlands · #146,726 worldwide 5.1k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Madelon C.G. Pijls-Johannesma Netherlands · #172,919 worldwide 4.4k citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Frank J P Hoebers Netherlands · #181,054 worldwide 13k citations · 277 works
  7. 7 Liesbeth Jorinne Boersma Netherlands · #232,365 worldwide 11k citations · 294 works
  8. 8 Sara Carvalho Netherlands · #237,827 worldwide 15k citations · 74 works
  9. 9 Dirk De Ruysscher Netherlands · #248,452 worldwide 18k citations · 442 works
  10. 10 Bart J.T. Reymen Netherlands · #259,146 worldwide 3.5k citations · 130 works
All ranked researchers at Maastro Clinic

What are the most cited papers from Maastro Clinic?

The most cited paper from Maastro Clinic is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Radiomics: Extracting more information from medical images using advanced feature analysis" (6,202) and "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
2 Radiomics: Extracting more information from medical images using advanced feature analysis Philippe Lambin, Emmanuel Rios-Velazquez, Ralph T. H. Leijenaar et al. · European Journal of Cancer Open access 16 Jan 2012 6,202
3 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
4 Radiomics: the bridge between medical imaging and personalized medicine Philippe Lambin, Ralph T. H. Leijenaar, Timo M. Deist et al. · Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology ReviewOpen access 4 Oct 2017 5,839
5 Decoding tumour phenotype by noninvasive imaging using a quantitative radiomics approach Hugo J.W.L. Aerts, Emmanuel Rios Velazquez, Ralph T. H. Leijenaar et al. · Nature Communications Open access 3 Jun 2014 5,287
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Maastro Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Radiotherapy, Chemotherapy, Precision Medicine, Medical Imaging, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Dosimetry and Monte Carlo Simulation.

▲ 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. Radiotherapy28▲ 33×11 topics
  2. Chemotherapy26▲ 17×21 topics
  3. Machine Learning20▲ 2.8×18 topics
  4. Precision Medicine16▲ 15×7 topics
  5. Medical Imaging15▲ 13×8 topics
  6. Immunotherapy15▲ 9.7×16 topics
  7. Epidemiology15▲ 1.68×50 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 12×11 topics
  9. Dosimetry13▲ 86×2 topics
  10. Monte Carlo Simulation13▲ 30×3 topics
  11. Image-Guided Radiotherapy13▲ 139×1 topic
  12. Radiotherapy Physics13▲ 139×1 topic
  13. Predictive Modeling12▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Feature Extraction11▲ 11×4 topics
  15. Texture Analysis11▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Quantitative Analysis11▲ 23×3 topics
  17. Radiomics11▲ 43×1 topic
  18. Tumor Heterogeneity11▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 20×5 topics
  20. Survival Analysis10▲ 17×7 topics
  21. Adjuvant Therapy10▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Quality of Life9▲ 3.0×21 topics
  23. Tumor Staging9▲ 36×2 topics
  24. Cancer9▲ 3.0×34 topics
  25. CT Screening8▲ 55×1 topic
  26. Lung Cancer8▲ 22×2 topics
  27. Positron Emission Tomography8▲ 55×1 topic
  28. Prognosis8▲ 11×4 topics
  29. Clinical Trials8▲ 5.3×9 topics
  30. Clinical Applications7▲ 49×2 topics
  31. Metastasis7▲ 9.1×11 topics
  32. Particle Therapy7▲ 123×1 topic
  33. Proton Therapy7▲ 123×1 topic
  34. Survival7▲ 22×4 topics
  35. Prognostic Factors7▲ 7.0×13 topics
  36. Radiation Therapy6▲ 22×4 topics
  37. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 6.1×7 topics
  38. Molecular Classification6▲ 18×3 topics
  39. Targeted Therapy6▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Squamous Cell Carcinoma5▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does Maastro Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry.

Advanced Radiotherapy Te…13Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 13 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 11 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 7 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …4Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 4 fractional worksEffects of Radiation Exposure: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional works
RadiationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOtorhinolaryngology3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 13 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 11 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 8 works
  4. 4 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  5. 5 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 4 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 4 works
  7. 7 Effects of Radiation Exposure Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 3 works
  8. 8 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 3 works
  9. 9 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  10. 10 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 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 available67.8%not open32.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors48.6%domestic only51.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Maastro Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 11% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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 Maastro Clinic as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Maastro Clinic0.0011% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Maastro Clinic 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%Maastro Clinic13.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.3% in 2008.

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