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Medtronic (Netherlands)

In research, Medtronic (Netherlands) stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,330 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#8,468 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

medtronic.nlROR OpenAlex
World rank, all time
#23,190
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#289
of 407
Research works
214
▼ 62% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
32%
world 40%
International
53%
world 18%
Medtronic (Netherlands)

What is Medtronic (Netherlands) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #7,330 of 16,688 15.2%144
MedicineField #8,468 of 14,558 16.2%133

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Medtronic (Netherlands) 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 Medtronic (Netherlands) work in?

In 2022-now, 73% of research at Medtronic (Netherlands) is in Health Sciences, 12% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (68%), Engineering (8%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (5%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 16 fractional works · 73.3% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 68.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 35.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 3 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 7.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 9.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 5.6% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKMedtronic(Netherlands)22fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences73%Social Sciences9%

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 15 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine1568.2%
    2. Health Professions15.0%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Engineering27.9%
    2. Materials Science02.0%
    3. Computer Science01.5%
    4. Mathematics00.4%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance15.4%
    2. Social Sciences13.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    4. Psychology00.3%
    1. Neuroscience13.1%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.6%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.92× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringMaterials Science: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.90× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.55× its world share, 15 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.50× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× 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 15 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.55×15 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.50×1 works
  3. Neuroscience1.92×1 works
  4. Health Professions1.90×1 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.56×0 works
  6. Materials Science0.57×0 works
  7. Engineering0.53×2 works
  8. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.36×0 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.29×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.25×1 works
  12. Dentistry0.21×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.19×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.14×0 works
  15. Psychology0.10×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Medtronic (Netherlands)?

Ranked on the quality score, Bart Gerritse, Frans L. H. Gielen and Mirko De Melis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Medtronic (Netherlands).

  1. 1 Bart Gerritse Netherlands · #428,507 worldwide 3.4k citations · 82 works
  2. 2 Frans L. H. Gielen Netherlands · #1,134,499 worldwide 2.2k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Mirko De Melis Netherlands · #1,189,060 worldwide 1.8k citations · 73 works
  4. 4 GIORGIO CORBUCCI Netherlands · #1,262,984 worldwide 2.7k citations · 104 works
  5. 5 S De Portu Netherlands · #2,048,480 worldwide 240 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Ivan M. Bourgeois Netherlands · #2,168,034 worldwide 1.6k citations · 41 works
  7. 7 Bijan Elahi Netherlands · #2,616,565 worldwide 91 citations · 85 works
  8. 8 Guido Rieger Netherlands · #2,783,692 worldwide 577 citations · 19 works
  9. 9 Richard P. M. Houben Netherlands · #2,790,463 worldwide 1.6k citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Patrick T. Cahalan Netherlands · #2,914,611 worldwide 1.2k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Medtronic (Netherlands)

What are the most cited papers from Medtronic (Netherlands)?

The most cited paper from Medtronic (Netherlands) is "Cryptogenic Stroke and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation" (Tommaso Sanna, Hans‐Christoph Diener, ROD S. PASSMAN et al., 2014), with 2,173 citations. Next come "The ‘Digital Twin’ to enable the vision of precision cardiology" (917) and "Defibrillator Implantation Early after Myocardial Infarction" (691).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cryptogenic Stroke and Underlying Atrial Fibrillation Tommaso Sanna, Hans‐Christoph Diener, ROD S. PASSMAN et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Jun 2014 2,173
2 The ‘Digital Twin’ to enable the vision of precision cardiology Jorge Corral Acero et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 24 Feb 2020 917
3 Defibrillator Implantation Early after Myocardial Infarction Gerhard Steinbeck, Dietrich Andresen, Karlheinz Seidl et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 7 Oct 2009 691
4 Percutaneous coronary intervention versus coronary artery bypass grafting in patients with three-vessel or left main coronary artery disease: 10-year follow-up of the multicentre randomised controlled SYNTAX trial Daniel J.F.M. Thuijs et al. · The Lancet Open access126 authors 2 Sep 2019 657
5 Electropathological Substrate of Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation in Patients With Structural Heart Disease Maurits A. Allessie, Natasja M. S. de Groot, Richard P. M. Houben et al. · Circulation Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Open access 19 Aug 2010 444
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Medtronic (Netherlands)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Sudden Cardiac Death, Cardiovascular Disease, Glycemic Control, Remote Monitoring, Echocardiography, Insulin Therapy and Classification.

▲ 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Heart Failure3▲ 32×7 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 9.7×11 topics
  3. Sudden Cardiac Death2▲ 131×2 topics
  4. Glycemic Control2▲ 63×4 topics
  5. Echocardiography2▲ 32×3 topics
  6. Remote Monitoring2▲ 83×2 topics
  7. Insulin Therapy2▲ 68×3 topics
  8. Classification2▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Deep Learning2▲ 2.4×3 topics
  10. Guidelines2▲ 17×7 topics
  11. Arrhythmias2▲ 75×2 topics
  12. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy2▲ 169×1 topic
  13. Catheter Ablation2▲ 56×2 topics
  14. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator2▲ 169×1 topic
  15. Diabetes1▲ 12×3 topics
  16. Parkinson's Disease1▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Physiological Monitoring1▲ 98×2 topics
  18. Arrhythmia Detection1▲ 120×1 topic
  19. Clinical Guidelines1▲ 16×3 topics
  20. Diabetes Mellitus1▲ 23×5 topics
  21. ECG Signal1▲ 120×1 topic
  22. Mortality1▲ 8.8×5 topics
  23. Quality of Life1▲ 3.6×6 topics
  24. Type 1 Diabetes1▲ 59×2 topics

Which research topics does Medtronic (Netherlands) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies, ECG Monitoring and Analysis, Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias and Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life.

Cardiac pacing and defib…2Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 2 fractional worksECG Monitoring and Analy…1ECG Monitoring and Analysis: 1 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…1Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 1 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…1Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 1 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Management and Research: 1 fractional worksPhonocardiography and Au…1Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques: 1 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 1 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 0 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineEconomics and EconometricsEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine1 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 ECG Monitoring and Analysis Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  5. 5 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Management and Research Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  7. 7 Phonocardiography and Auscultation Techniques Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 0 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 available32.1%not open67.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors53.4%domestic only46.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Medtronic (Netherlands)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 62% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Medtronic (Netherlands) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000074% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Medtronic (Netherlands)0.000040% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Medtronic (Netherlands) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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