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Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

In research, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,776 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Environmental Science (Global and Planetary Change is 19.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,983
of 22,385 · #4,540 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#89
of 197
Research works
828
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
64k
77.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.23×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
60%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

What is Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #5,776 of 10,670 25.5%72 #3069

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 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 Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency work in?

In 2022-now, 60% of research at Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Environmental Science (44%), Social Sciences (14%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (9%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 89 fractional works · 59.9% of its workEnvironmental Science: 66 fractional works · 44.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 22 fractional works · 14.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 8 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 4.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPollution: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 7.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workGeneral Energy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 44 fractional works · 29.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 21 fractional works · 14.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 5.3% of its workUrban Studies: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 14 fractional works · 9.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 12 fractional works · 8.4% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 13 fractional works · 8.8% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 11 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNetherlandsEnvironmental…148fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences60%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences30%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Environmental Science6644.2%
    2. Engineering117.5%
    3. Energy63.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences43.0%
    5. Computer Science10.8%
    6. Mathematics00.3%
    7. Materials Science00.1%
    8. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    9. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences2114.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance149.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting42.6%
    4. Decision Sciences32.2%
    5. Psychology11.0%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences117.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.7%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    1. Medicine10.9%
    2. Health Professions10.8%
    3. Nursing00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 19.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 21.8 works19×
  2. Environmental ScienceField · 65.6 works8.9×
← 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: 1.63× its world share, 12 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.90× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.23× its world share, 6 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.50× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 8.90× its world share, 66 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4.30× its world share, 14 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.13× its world share, 21 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 8.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science8.90×66 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance4.30×14 works
  3. Energy4.23×6 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.24×3 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.90×4 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.63×12 works
  7. Social Sciences1.13×21 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×4 works
  9. Engineering0.50×11 works
  10. Psychology0.32×1 works
  11. Health Professions0.30×1 works
  12. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  13. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.14×1 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.13×1 works
  17. Nursing0.13×0 works
  18. Computer Science0.11×1 works
  19. Medicine0.05×1 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.03×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.03×0 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency?

Ranked on the quality score, Detlef Peter van Vuuren, Lex Bouwman and Elke Stehfest lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.

  1. 1 Detlef Peter van Vuuren Netherlands · #407 worldwide 126k citations · 877 works
  2. 2 Lex Bouwman Netherlands · #4,911 worldwide 46k citations · 358 works
  3. 3 Elke Stehfest Netherlands · #6,890 worldwide 43k citations · 271 works
  4. 4 Arthur H. W. Beusen Netherlands · #12,688 worldwide 19k citations · 230 works
  5. 5 Jonathan Doelman Netherlands · #12,850 worldwide 22k citations · 175 works
  6. 6 Vassilis Daioglou Netherlands · #22,280 worldwide 10k citations · 176 works
  7. 7 Rob Alkemade Netherlands · #22,789 worldwide 25k citations · 179 works
  8. 8 David Gernaat Netherlands · #27,200 worldwide 16k citations · 68 works
  9. 9 Mathijs J. H. M. Harmsen Netherlands · #32,907 worldwide 16k citations · 88 works
  10. 10 Michel G.J. den Elzen Netherlands · #55,090 worldwide 17k citations · 233 works
All ranked researchers at Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency

What are the most cited papers from Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency?

The most cited paper from Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency is "The representative concentration pathways: an overview" (Detlef Peter van Vuuren, Jae Edmonds, Mikiko Kainuma et al., 2011), with 8,089 citations. Next come "The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview" (6,791) and "The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment" (6,734).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The representative concentration pathways: an overview Detlef Peter van Vuuren, Jae Edmonds, Mikiko Kainuma et al. · Climatic Change Open access 4 Aug 2011 8,089
2 The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications: An overview Keywan Riahi et al. · Global Environmental Change Open access 13 Sep 2016 6,791
3 The next generation of scenarios for climate change research and assessment Richard H. Moss, Jae Edmonds, Kathy A. Hibbard et al. · Nature Feb 2010 6,734
4 The Scenario Model Intercomparison Project (ScenarioMIP) for CMIP6 Brian C. O’Neill, Claudia Tebaldi, Detlef Peter van Vuuren et al. · Geoscientific model development Open access 28 Sep 2016 5,223
5 ReCiPe2016: a harmonised life cycle impact assessment method at midpoint and endpoint level Mark A. J. Huijbregts, Zoran J. N. Steinmann, Pieter M. F. Elshout et al. · The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment Open access 12 Dec 2016 4,403
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Which keywords describe research at Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Renewable Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Environmental Policy, Global Warming and Biodiversity Conservation.

▲ 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 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 Change37▲ 9.2×58 topics
  2. Environmental Impact19▲ 7.6×27 topics
  3. Sustainability19▲ 5.3×42 topics
  4. Renewable Energy16▲ 7.6×19 topics
  5. Greenhouse Gas Emissions16▲ 39×6 topics
  6. Environmental Policy13▲ 42×7 topics
  7. Global Warming13▲ 20×12 topics
  8. Biodiversity Conservation12▲ 21×11 topics
  9. Social-Ecological Systems11▲ 52×2 topics
  10. Land Use Change9▲ 21×5 topics
  11. Sustainability Assessment9▲ 44×5 topics
  12. Energy Transition9▲ 42×4 topics
  13. Urbanization8▲ 13×7 topics
  14. Life Cycle Assessment8▲ 19×7 topics
  15. Ecosystem Services7▲ 12×9 topics
  16. Carbon Footprint6▲ 62×2 topics
  17. Economic Impacts6▲ 66×2 topics
  18. Carbon Pricing6▲ 93×1 topic
  19. Policy Instruments6▲ 72×1 topic
  20. Embodied Energy6▲ 71×1 topic
  21. Global Trade6▲ 21×2 topics
  22. Water Footprint6▲ 71×1 topic
  23. Climate Change Adaptation6▲ 22×3 topics
  24. Resilience6▲ 8.1×3 topics
  25. Adaptive Governance6▲ 130×1 topic
  26. Biodiversity6▲ 5.0×15 topics
  27. Sustainability Transitions6▲ 118×1 topic
  28. Global Impact5▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Water Quality5▲ 8.7×9 topics
  30. Human-Nature Interactions5▲ 37×1 topic
  31. Spatial Dynamics5▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Health Effects5▲ 5.2×8 topics
  33. Public Perception4▲ 22×4 topics
  34. Eutrophication4▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Circular Economy4▲ 8.8×5 topics
  36. Household Behavior4▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Consumption3▲ 39×1 topic
  38. Rebound Effect3▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Policy3▲ 10×5 topics
  40. Environmental Services3▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Climate Change Policy and Economics, Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance and Land Use and Ecosystem Services.

Climate Change Policy and Economics: 6 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 6 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…6Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 6 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…5Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 5 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, and Transportation Policies: 3 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 3 fractional worksUrbanization and City Pl…3Urbanization and City Planning: 3 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 3 fractional worksEnvironmental Conservation and Management: 2 fractional worksEnergy and Environment Impacts: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsEnvironmental EngineeringGlobal and Planetary ChangeRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment4 others

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

  1. 1 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  2. 2 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 6 works
  3. 3 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  4. 4 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  5. 5 Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 3 works
  6. 6 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  7. 7 Urbanization and City Planning Urban Studies 3 works
  8. 8 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 3 works
  9. 9 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2 works
  10. 10 Energy and Environment Impacts Pollution 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 available60.3%not open39.7%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.6%domestic only62.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency0.00061% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency19.1% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.9% in 2006.

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