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Museum Boerhaave

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World rank, all time
#27,215
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#349
of 407
Research works
126
▼ 48% vs 2018-21
Citations
942
7.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.03×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
13%
world 18%
Museum Boerhaave

Which fields of science does Museum Boerhaave work in?

In all years, 33% of research at Museum Boerhaave is in Social Sciences, 28% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Arts and Humanities (17%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 41 fractional works · 32.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 21 fractional works · 17.1% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workArcheology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workConservation: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.0% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Sciences: 35 fractional works · 28.0% of its workMedicine: 32 fractional works · 25.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Dentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 35 fractional works · 27.7% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 10 fractional works · 7.6% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBehavioral Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMuseum Boerhaave126fractional works, all years
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences28%Social Sciences33%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Arts and Humanities2117.1%
    2. Social Sciences1411.0%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance32.0%
    4. Decision Sciences21.3%
    5. Psychology11.0%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    1. Medicine3225.6%
    2. Health Professions21.3%
    3. Dentistry11.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    1. Physics and Astronomy107.6%
    2. Engineering54.1%
    3. Energy53.8%
    4. Environmental Science43.2%
    5. Mathematics32.6%
    6. Chemistry32.3%
    7. Computer Science32.3%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.5%
    9. Materials Science00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology64.6%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.0%
    3. Neuroscience32.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.7%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2.73× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 2.50× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.31× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 2.19× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.46× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 7.86× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 12 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities7.86×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.03×0 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2.73×1 works
  4. Neuroscience2.50×0 works
  5. Health Professions2.46×0 works
  6. Physics and Astronomy2.19×0 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.07×0 works
  8. Environmental Science1.31×0 works
  9. Medicine1.06×1 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×0 works
  11. Engineering0.43×0 works
  12. Social Sciences0.26×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Museum Boerhaave?

Ranked on the quality score, M. A. Wes, Tiemen Cocquyt and E. G. M. Couturier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Museum Boerhaave.

  1. 1 M. A. Wes Netherlands · #1,342,930 worldwide 401 citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Tiemen Cocquyt Netherlands · #2,364,495 worldwide 40 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 E. G. M. Couturier Netherlands · #2,676,239 worldwide 414 citations · 54 works
  4. 4 A.A. van der Maas Netherlands · #3,100,410 worldwide 95 citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Peter de Clercq Netherlands · #3,900,329 worldwide 22 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Marian Fournier Netherlands · #4,246,471 worldwide 44 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Steven B. Engelsman Netherlands · #4,707,996 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at Museum Boerhaave

What are the most cited papers from Museum Boerhaave?

The most cited paper from Museum Boerhaave is "Menstrual Migraine in A Representative Dutch Population Sample: Prevalence, Disability and Treatment" (EGM Couturier, M.A.M. Bomhof, Arie Knuistingh Neven et al., 2003), with 180 citations. Next come "Effects of the 10-Valent Pneumococcal Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Protein D-Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Colonization in Young Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial" (134) and "Combined use of Synchrotron Radiation Based Micro-X-ray Fluorescence, Micro-X-ray Diffraction, Micro-X-ray Absorption Near-Edge, and Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopies for Revealing an Alternative Degradation Pathway of the Pigment Cadmium Yellow in a Painting by Van Gogh" (133).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Menstrual Migraine in A Representative Dutch Population Sample: Prevalence, Disability and Treatment EGM Couturier, M.A.M. Bomhof, Arie Knuistingh Neven et al. · Cephalalgia May 2003 180
2 Effects of the 10-Valent Pneumococcal Nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae Protein D-Conjugate Vaccine on Nasopharyngeal Bacterial Colonization in Young Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial Menno R. van den Bergh, Judith Spijkerman, Kristien Swinnen et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases Open access Nov 2012 134
3 Combined use of Synchrotron Radiation Based Micro-X-ray Fluorescence, Micro-X-ray Diffraction, Micro-X-ray Absorption Near-Edge, and Micro-Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopies for Revealing an Alternative Degradation Pathway of the Pigment Cadmium Yellow in a Painting by Van Gogh Geert Van der Snickt, Koen Janssens, Joris Dik et al. · Analytical Chemistry 30 Aug 2012 133
4 Degradation Process of Lead Chromate in Paintings by Vincent van Gogh Studied by Means of Spectromicroscopic Methods. 3. Synthesis, Characterization, and Detection of Different Crystal Forms of the Chrome Yellow Pigment Letizia Monico, Koen Janssens, Costanza Miliani et al. · Analytical Chemistry Open access 10 Oct 2012 114
5 Migraine and cardiovascular disease: what cardiologists should know Deborah N. Kalkman, E. G. M. Couturier, Abdelhak El Bouziani et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 22 Jun 2023 73
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Museum Boerhaave?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Historical Figures, Fuel Cells, Water Management, Cultural Impact, Spectroscopy, Agricultural Practices, Energy Consumption and Radio Astronomy.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Climate Change8▲ 2.4×15 topics
  2. Epidemiology7▲ 1.37×19 topics
  3. Historical Figures6▲ 131×2 topics
  4. Fuel Cells5▲ 31×2 topics
  5. Water Management5▲ 42×2 topics
  6. Cultural Impact5▲ 57×2 topics
  7. Renewable Energy5▲ 4.0×2 topics
  8. Spectroscopy5▲ 12×3 topics
  9. Agricultural Practices5▲ 117×1 topic
  10. Energy Consumption5▲ 30×1 topic
  11. Radio Astronomy5▲ 103×1 topic
  12. Transits of Venus5▲ 191×1 topic
  13. Growth Hormone4▲ 42×2 topics
  14. Neuroendocrine Control4▲ 52×2 topics
  15. Quality of Life4▲ 2.6×9 topics
  16. IGF-14▲ 64×1 topic
  17. Insulin-like Growth Factors4▲ 64×1 topic
  18. Late Antiquity4▲ 45×3 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders4▲ 4.0×6 topics
  20. Cultural Heritage3▲ 5.8×5 topics
  21. Historiography3▲ 18×3 topics
  22. Conservation3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  23. Surgery3▲ 6.9×2 topics
  24. Ancient Rome3▲ 48×1 topic
  25. Cultural Analysis3▲ 37×3 topics
  26. Greek Literature3▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Global History3▲ 190×1 topic
  28. Science Circulation3▲ 218×1 topic
  29. Genetic Influences2▲ 33×2 topics
  30. Diplomacy2▲ 20×1 topic
  31. Early Modern2▲ 123×1 topic
  32. Language Contact2▲ 22×2 topics
  33. Medical History2▲ 44×3 topics
  34. Archaeology2▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Asthma2▲ 14×2 topics
  36. Headache Disorders2▲ 68×1 topic
  37. Migraine2▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Indoor Air Quality2▲ 42×2 topics
  39. Environmental Policy2▲ 9.3×4 topics
  40. Museum Environments2▲ 95×1 topic

Which research topics does Museum Boerhaave publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Museums and Cultural Heritage, Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis, Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies and Relativity and Gravitational Theory.

Museums and Cultural Her…0Museums and Cultural Heritage: 0 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural…0Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 0 fractional worksDiverse Scientific and Economic Studies: 0 fractional worksRelativity and Gravitational Theory: 0 fractional worksClimate change impacts on agriculture: 0 fractional worksHuman auditory perception and evaluation: 0 fractional worksLegal Cases and Commentary: 0 fractional worksSmart Agriculture and AI0Smart Agriculture and AI: 0 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 0 fractional worksHistory of Medicine Studies: 0 fractional works
MuseologyEnvironmental ChemistryEconomics and EconometricsAstronomy and Astrophysics6 others

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

  1. 1 Museums and Cultural Heritage Museology 0 works
  2. 2 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  3. 3 Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  4. 4 Relativity and Gravitational Theory Astronomy and Astrophysics 0 works
  5. 5 Climate change impacts on agriculture Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 0 works
  6. 6 Human auditory perception and evaluation Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Legal Cases and Commentary Reproductive Medicine 0 works
  8. 8 Smart Agriculture and AI Plant Science 0 works
  9. 9 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 0 works
  10. 10 History of Medicine Studies History 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 available25.6%not open74.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors13.0%domestic only87.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Museum Boerhaave's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 48% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Museum Boerhaave as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000060% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Museum Boerhaave0.000054% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Museum Boerhaave over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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