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Maastro Clinic

In research, Maastro Clinic stands highest in Medicine (#2,442 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,263 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging is 13.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,178
of 28,054 · #6,444 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#61
of 237
Research works
792
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Citations
29k
36.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
68%
world 28%

What is Maastro Clinic 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 #2,442 of 10,443 24.6%123 #2613
Health SciencesDomain #3,263 of 11,982 24.7%130 #3290

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Maastro Clinic specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging takes 13.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 21.5 works13×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 27.3 works9.7×
← 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: 1.46× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.20× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.46× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.72× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 2.96× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.11× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.47× its world share, 123 worksMedicineNursing: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× 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.

Who are the top researchers at Maastro Clinic?

Ranked on the composite score, Leonard Wee, Ludy Lutgens and Alberto Traverso lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Maastro Clinic.

  1. 1 Leonard Wee Netherlands · #61,004 worldwide 151 citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Ludy Lutgens Netherlands · #100,079 worldwide 192 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 Alberto Traverso Netherlands · #109,798 worldwide 132 citations · 28 works
  4. 4 André Dekker Netherlands · #131,451 worldwide 198 citations · 79 works
  5. 5 Liesbeth Boersma Netherlands · #169,184 worldwide 136 citations · 42 works
  6. 6 Dirk De Ruysscher Netherlands · #187,699 worldwide 140 citations · 67 works
  7. 7 Dirk De Ruysscher Netherlands · #272,628 worldwide 206 citations · 104 works
  8. 8 Guido Lammering Netherlands · #284,705 worldwide 63 citations · 26 works
  9. 9 Karolien Verhoeven Netherlands · #300,229 worldwide 79 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Philippe Lambin Netherlands · #364,874 worldwide 390 citations · 225 works
All ranked researchers at Maastro Clinic

Which keywords describe research at Maastro Clinic?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Radiotherapy25▲ 35×11 topics
  2. Chemotherapy22▲ 17×21 topics
  3. Machine Learning18▲ 3.0×18 topics
  4. Precision Medicine14▲ 16×6 topics
  5. Medical Imaging14▲ 14×8 topics
  6. Immunotherapy13▲ 9.9×16 topics
  7. Clinical Practice Guidelines12▲ 12×11 topics
  8. Dosimetry12▲ 92×2 topics
  9. Epidemiology12▲ 1.61×43 topics
  10. Monte Carlo Simulation12▲ 31×2 topics
  11. Image-Guided Radiotherapy12▲ 149×1 topic
  12. Radiotherapy Physics12▲ 149×1 topic
  13. Predictive Modeling11▲ 21×3 topics
  14. Feature Extraction10▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Texture Analysis10▲ 23×2 topics
  16. Quantitative Analysis10▲ 26×3 topics
  17. Radiomics10▲ 44×1 topic
  18. Tumor Heterogeneity10▲ 44×1 topic
  19. Adjuvant Therapy8▲ 37×2 topics
  20. Quality of Life8▲ 3.2×18 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy8▲ 19×5 topics
  22. Survival Analysis8▲ 16×7 topics
  23. Tumor Staging8▲ 38×2 topics
  24. CT Screening7▲ 59×1 topic
  25. Lung Cancer7▲ 23×2 topics
  26. Positron Emission Tomography7▲ 59×1 topic
  27. Prognosis7▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Clinical Trials6▲ 5.2×9 topics
  29. Clinical Applications6▲ 51×2 topics
  30. Particle Therapy6▲ 126×1 topic
  31. Proton Therapy6▲ 126×1 topic
  32. Prognostic Factors6▲ 7.1×13 topics
  33. Radiation Therapy6▲ 24×4 topics
  34. Survival6▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Metastasis6▲ 9.0×10 topics
  36. Molecular Classification5▲ 19×3 topics
  37. Targeted Therapy5▲ 12×4 topics
  38. Human Papillomavirus5▲ 21×3 topics
  39. Squamous Cell Carcinoma5▲ 29×3 topics
  40. Tumor Markers4▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Maastro Clinic publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment and Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry.

Advanced Radiotherapy Te…12Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 12 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 10 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 7 fractional worksRadiation Therapy and Dosimetry: 6 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Studies: 4 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment …3Breast Cancer Treatment Studies: 3 fractional worksAI in cancer detection: 3 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksArtificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education: 3 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional works
RadiationRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOtorhinolaryngology4 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 12 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 10 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 7 works
  4. 4 Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  5. 5 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 4 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 3 works
  7. 7 AI in cancer detection Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  8. 8 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 3 works
  9. 9 Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education Health Informatics 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Maastro Clinic's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 12% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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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