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Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden

In research, Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden stands highest in Medicine (#3,017 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,043 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 6.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,115
of 28,054 · #13,236 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#113
of 237
Research works
1.2k
▲ 5% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
19.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden 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 #3,017 of 10,443 18.8%134 #2950
Health SciencesDomain #4,043 of 11,982 18.6%144 #3810

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden 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 Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 26.3 works6.1×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.64× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 8 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.51× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.78× its world share, 134 worksMedicineNursing: 1.62× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.58× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden?

Ranked on the composite score, Michaël Kuiper, Sjoerd H. Hofma and Matty Koopmans lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden.

  1. 1 Michaël Kuiper Netherlands · #58,956 worldwide 615 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Sjoerd H. Hofma Netherlands · #77,470 worldwide 890 citations · 24 works
  3. 3 Matty Koopmans Netherlands · #156,144 worldwide 415 citations · 19 works
  4. 4 Anneke Ten Brinke Netherlands · #158,007 worldwide 88 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 E. Christiaan Boerma Netherlands · #276,436 worldwide 116 citations · 19 works
  6. 6 A. Bakker Netherlands · #332,727 worldwide 65 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 J.Th. Planten Netherlands · #341,724 worldwide 11 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Ad J. van Boven Netherlands · #417,058 worldwide 76 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Reinhard Bos Netherlands · #444,916 worldwide 74 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Eric N. van Roon Netherlands · #481,032 worldwide 20 citations · 35 works
All ranked researchers at Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden

Which keywords describe research at Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Inflammation, Complications, Diagnosis, Quality of Life, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Cardiovascular Risk.

▲ 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. Epidemiology28▲ 3.8×79 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 3.7×40 topics
  3. Treatment13▲ 5.9×29 topics
  4. Quality of Life9▲ 3.5×34 topics
  5. Diagnosis8▲ 4.7×28 topics
  6. Management7▲ 4.8×20 topics
  7. Chemotherapy7▲ 5.2×20 topics
  8. Complications7▲ 7.3×16 topics
  9. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 6.3×14 topics
  10. Genetics6▲ 4.8×9 topics
  11. Surgical Management6▲ 7.6×17 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Risk6▲ 9.9×6 topics
  13. Asthma6▲ 31×2 topics
  14. Guidelines5▲ 6.1×13 topics
  15. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.2×14 topics
  16. Rehabilitation5▲ 7.0×10 topics
  17. Immunology5▲ 25×2 topics
  18. Radiotherapy5▲ 6.5×10 topics
  19. Allergic Diseases4▲ 41×1 topic
  20. Eosinophils4▲ 41×1 topic
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 10×5 topics
  22. Autoantibodies4▲ 9.3×7 topics
  23. Surgery4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  24. Biological Therapy4▲ 35×2 topics
  25. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 17×4 topics
  26. Echocardiography4▲ 6.9×7 topics
  27. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy3▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Pathophysiology3▲ 6.0×8 topics
  29. Revision Surgery3▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Total Hip Replacement3▲ 14×2 topics
  31. Ankylosing Spondylitis3▲ 61×1 topic
  32. Elderly Patients3▲ 10.0×4 topics
  33. Rheumatoid Arthritis3▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Spondyloarthritis3▲ 61×1 topic
  35. Treatment Guidelines3▲ 7.8×5 topics
  36. Tumor Staging3▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Diagnostic Imaging3▲ 15×4 topics
  38. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs3▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Joint Inflammation3▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Asthma and respiratory diseases, Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Asthma and respiratory diseases: 4 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 3 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…3Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 3 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…2Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Infections and Treatments: 2 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 2 fractional worksStructural Integrity and…2Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis: 2 fractional worksFibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…2Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 2 fractional works
PhysiologyRheumatologyPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSurgery3 others

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

  1. 1 Asthma and respiratory diseases Physiology 4 works
  2. 2 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 3 works
  3. 3 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 3 works
  4. 4 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Infections and Treatments Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 2 works
  7. 7 Structural Integrity and Reliability Analysis Mechanical Engineering 2 works
  8. 8 Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available41.6%not open58.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors17.3%domestic only82.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Medisch Centrum Leeuwarden's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 5% 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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