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Meertens Institute

In research, Meertens Institute stands highest in Social Sciences (#10,374 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,881
of 42,892
Rank in Netherlands
#245
of 464
Research works
506
▼ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
29.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Meertens Institute 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
Social SciencesDomain #10,374 of 16,945 24.6%255

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Meertens Institute 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).

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: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.49× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.46× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 8.80× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.81× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.98× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 8.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Meertens Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Meder, Willem de Blécourt and Sjef Barbiers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Meertens Institute.

  1. 1 T. Meder Netherlands · #176,905 worldwide 24 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Willem de Blécourt Netherlands · #425,239 worldwide 9 citations · 31 works
  3. 3 Sjef Barbiers Netherlands · #588,740 worldwide 70 citations · 27 works
  4. 4 Hans Broekhuis Netherlands · #728,504 worldwide 44 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 Marc van Oostendorp Netherlands · #781,903 worldwide 17 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Erik Tjong Kim Sang Netherlands · #782,204 worldwide 55 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Ernst van den Hemel Netherlands · #813,516 worldwide 0 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Frans Hinskens Netherlands · #1,030,650 worldwide 17 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 D.A. Zeldenrust Netherlands · #1,230,512 worldwide 1 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Meertens Institute

Which keywords describe research at Meertens Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Speech Perception, Perception, Language Change, Sociolinguistic Variation, Pragmatics, Syntax, Language Evolution and Grammar.

▲ 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. Speech Perception9▲ 182×2 topics
  2. Perception8▲ 191×2 topics
  3. Language Change8▲ 582×1 topic
  4. Sociolinguistic Variation8▲ 582×1 topic
  5. Pragmatics6▲ 60×4 topics
  6. Syntax6▲ 131×2 topics
  7. Language Evolution5▲ 195×2 topics
  8. Grammar4▲ 316×1 topic
  9. Semantics4▲ 279×1 topic
  10. Bilingualism4▲ 52×5 topics
  11. Sociolinguistics4▲ 37×5 topics
  12. Language Development4▲ 49×3 topics
  13. Language4▲ 24×4 topics
  14. Children's Literature3▲ 143×3 topics
  15. Sustainable Development3▲ 3.4×4 topics
  16. Neural Machine Translation3▲ 49×1 topic
  17. Statistical Machine Translation3▲ 49×1 topic
  18. Social Interaction3▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Language Contact2▲ 37×3 topics
  20. Language Acquisition2▲ 31×3 topics
  21. Environmental Sustainability2▲ 19×2 topics
  22. Gender2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  23. Lexicography2▲ 33×3 topics
  24. Multilingualism2▲ 18×2 topics
  25. Secularism2▲ 28×3 topics
  26. Anglicisms2▲ 105×1 topic
  27. Employee Welfare2▲ 1262×1 topic
  28. Labour Market2▲ 1262×1 topic
  29. Language Variation2▲ 48×3 topics
  30. Linguistic Borrowing2▲ 105×1 topic
  31. Nationalism2▲ 6.0×4 topics
  32. Phylogenetics2▲ 59×2 topics
  33. Speech Production2▲ 85×2 topics
  34. Digital Communication2▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Gender Stereotyping2▲ 211×1 topic
  36. Language Education2▲ 23×1 topic
  37. Phonetics2▲ 101×1 topic
  38. Second Language Learning2▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Cultural Evolution1▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Social Learning1▲ 88×1 topic

Which research topics does Meertens Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Linguistic Variation and Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity.

Linguistic Variation and…8Linguistic Variation and Morphology: 8 fractional worksSyntax, Semantics, Lingu…4Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation: 4 fractional worksNatural Language Process…3Natural Language Processing Techniques: 3 fractional worksLinguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity: 2 fractional worksEmployee Welfare and Language Studies: 2 fractional worksPhonetics and Phonology Research: 2 fractional worksGender Studies in Language: 2 fractional worksMultilingual Education and Policy: 1 fractional worksLexicography and Language Studies: 1 fractional worksLanguage and cultural evolution: 1 fractional works
Linguistics and LanguageLanguage and LinguisticsArtificial IntelligenceOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management3 others

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

  1. 1 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 8 works
  2. 2 Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation Language and Linguistics 4 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  4. 4 Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity Language and Linguistics 2 works
  5. 5 Employee Welfare and Language Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 2 works
  6. 6 Phonetics and Phonology Research Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Gender Studies in Language Gender Studies 2 works
  8. 8 Multilingual Education and Policy Linguistics and Language 1 works
  9. 9 Lexicography and Language Studies Language and Linguistics 1 works
  10. 10 Language and cultural evolution Cultural Studies 1 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 available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.8%domestic only79.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Meertens Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% lower 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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