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National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

In research, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,915 of 7,800 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,497 of 11,982 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#3,891 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Infectious Diseases — Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis is 12.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,231
of 28,054 · #1,441 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#33
of 237
Research works
7.9k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
360k
45.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
47%
world 28%

What is National Institute for Public Health and the Environment 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,915 of 7,800 27.1%167 #959
Health SciencesDomain #3,497 of 11,982 26.3%326 #1070
Physical SciencesDomain #3,891 of 12,888 24.8%198 #1907
MedicineField #3,306 of 10,443 27.7%252 #1072
Infectious DiseasesSubfield #132 of 345 34.0%66 #101
Social SciencesDomain #4,043 of 10,521 31.5%93 #2717
Environmental ScienceField #1,534 of 3,551 25.5%113 #409
Health ProfessionsField #1,234 of 1,928 20.5%61 #682
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,339 of 3,579 25.9%70 #995

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where National Institute for Public Health and the Environment 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Life Sciences#959 #1,915
  2. Health Sciences#1,070 #3,497
  3. Physical Sciences#1,907 #3,891
  4. Medicine#1,072 #3,306
  5. Infectious Diseases#101 #132
  6. Social Sciences#2,717 #4,043
  7. Environmental Science#409 #1,534
  8. Health Professions#682 #1,234
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#995 #2,339
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does National Institute for Public Health and the Environment specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis takes 12.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 52.9 works13×
  2. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 66.0 works12×
← 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: 1.15× its world share, 43 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.67× its world share, 70 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.55× its world share, 44 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.70× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.93× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 28 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.91× its world share, 113 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.70× its world share, 16 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.93× its world share, 61 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.68× its world share, 252 worksMedicineNursing: 1.48× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.36× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.90× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 15 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.11× its world share, 26 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 39 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at National Institute for Public Health and the Environment?

Ranked on the composite score, Dick van Soolingen, Daan Kromhout and W. M. Monique Verschuren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is National Institute for Public Health and the Environment.

  1. 1 Dick van Soolingen Netherlands · #7,246 worldwide 687 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 Daan Kromhout Netherlands · #9,898 worldwide 876 citations · 83 works
  3. 3 W. M. Monique Verschuren Netherlands · #17,759 worldwide 771 citations · 75 works
  4. 4 Jolanda M.A. Boer Netherlands · #34,143 worldwide 466 citations · 40 works
  5. 5 Dik van de Meent Netherlands · #43,826 worldwide 638 citations · 34 works
  6. 6 Alet H. Wijga Netherlands · #49,225 worldwide 264 citations · 32 works
  7. 7 Ana Maria de Roda Husman Netherlands · #51,884 worldwide 280 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 Flemming R. Cassee Netherlands · #56,156 worldwide 331 citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Mirjam J. Knol Netherlands · #67,098 worldwide 322 citations · 43 works
  10. 10 Kristin Kremer Netherlands · #70,041 worldwide 420 citations · 26 works
All ranked researchers at National Institute for Public Health and the Environment

Which keywords describe research at National Institute for Public Health and the Environment?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Health Effects, Vaccine, Pandemic, Pathogenesis, SARS-CoV-2 and Cardiovascular Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology150▲ 4.8×91 topics
  2. Public Health84▲ 7.4×40 topics
  3. Health Effects60▲ 13×17 topics
  4. Pandemic49▲ 5.8×10 topics
  5. Vaccine46▲ 14×11 topics
  6. Environmental Impact44▲ 3.3×27 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease44▲ 5.0×26 topics
  8. Pathogenesis41▲ 10×20 topics
  9. SARS-CoV-240▲ 16×6 topics
  10. COVID-1940▲ 3.7×21 topics
  11. Infectious Diseases31▲ 12×9 topics
  12. ACE2 Receptor28▲ 15×2 topics
  13. Immunity28▲ 8.9×10 topics
  14. Oxidative Stress27▲ 2.1×32 topics
  15. Immune Response25▲ 5.7×16 topics
  16. Viral Transmission23▲ 20×4 topics
  17. Coronavirus22▲ 14×3 topics
  18. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 3.5×17 topics
  19. Chronic Diseases22▲ 11×8 topics
  20. Toxicity22▲ 6.4×12 topics
  21. Risk Perception21▲ 10×7 topics
  22. Environmental Exposure21▲ 26×3 topics
  23. Mutation21▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Vaccine Development21▲ 11×11 topics
  25. antibody21▲ 25×1 topic
  26. spike protein21▲ 25×1 topic
  27. Risk Assessment20▲ 3.8×12 topics
  28. Mortality20▲ 4.4×8 topics
  29. Food Safety19▲ 8.5×13 topics
  30. Antimicrobial Resistance19▲ 12×9 topics
  31. Physical Activity17▲ 4.5×6 topics
  32. Antibiotic Resistance16▲ 5.3×14 topics
  33. Health Behavior14▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Infection14▲ 7.4×9 topics
  35. COVID-19 Vaccine14▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Particulate Matter14▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Herd Immunity14▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Vaccine Hesitancy14▲ 26×1 topic
  39. Metabolic Disorders14▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Host Immune Response13▲ 28×3 topics

Which research topics does National Institute for Public Health and the Environment publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Respiratory viral infections research.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …21SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 21 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…14Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 14 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 12 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 12 fractional worksEffects and risks of end…11Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 11 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 11 fractional worksNoise Effects and Management: 10 fractional worksPhysical Activity and He…10Physical Activity and Health: 10 fractional worksNanoparticles: synthesis and applications: 10 fractional worksWorkplace Health and Well-being: 9 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesHealthModeling and SimulationEpidemiology5 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 21 works
  2. 2 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 14 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 12 works
  4. 4 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 12 works
  5. 5 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 11 works
  6. 6 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 11 works
  7. 7 Noise Effects and Management Speech and Hearing 10 works
  8. 8 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 10 works
  9. 9 Nanoparticles: synthesis and applications Materials Chemistry 10 works
  10. 10 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 9 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 available47.0%not open53.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has National Institute for Public Health and the Environment's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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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