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Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

In research, Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,765 of 12,888 worldwide), Social Sciences (#2,465 of 10,521 worldwide) and Engineering (#1,890 of 6,636 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ocean Engineering and Automotive Engineering — Ocean Engineering is 4.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#2,739
of 28,054 · #1,608 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#30
of 237
Research works
7.6k
▼ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
184k
24.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research 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
Physical SciencesDomain #1,765 of 12,888 15.3%691 #1510
Social SciencesDomain #2,465 of 10,521 28.5%148 #1942
EngineeringField #1,890 of 6,636 14.4%349 #831
Health SciencesDomain #4,813 of 11,982 19.1%142 #1944
Environmental ScienceField #1,973 of 3,551 19.6%77 #1146
Computer ScienceField #2,944 of 4,667 13.9%137 #1766
MedicineField #6,617 of 10,443 19.4%98 #2288
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,811 of 2,318 11.3%71 #1397

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research 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. Physical Sciences#1,510 #1,765
  2. Social Sciences#1,942 #2,465
  3. Engineering#831 #1,890
  4. Health Sciences#1,944 #4,813
  5. Environmental Science#1,146 #1,973
  6. Computer Science#1,766 #2,944
  7. Medicine#2,288 #6,617
  8. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,397 #1,811
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 Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ocean Engineering takes 4.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ocean EngineeringSubfield · 24.7 works4.6×
  2. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 22.6 works4.1×
← 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: 0.19× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.43× its world share, 23 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 13 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.78× its world share, 6 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.72× its world share, 138 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.28× its world share, 37 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.53× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.26× its world share, 349 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.51× its world share, 77 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.66× its world share, 24 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 5 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.58× its world share, 36 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 37 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.49× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.71× its world share, 24 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.08× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.42× its world share, 9 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.24× its world share, 39 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research?

Ranked on the composite score, I.L.D. Houtman, D. W. van Bekkum and Anton Hagenbeek lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.

  1. 1 I.L.D. Houtman Netherlands · #14,765 worldwide 497 citations · 59 works
  2. 2 D. W. van Bekkum Netherlands · #85,317 worldwide 191 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 Anton Hagenbeek Netherlands · #89,726 worldwide 282 citations · 70 works
  4. 4 Robert Kleemann Netherlands · #98,530 worldwide 210 citations · 36 works
  5. 5 Rob Arts Netherlands · #115,526 worldwide 266 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Ben van Ommen Netherlands · #130,938 worldwide 246 citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Hugo Denier van der Gon Netherlands · #135,738 worldwide 371 citations · 87 works
  8. 8 Frank den Hartog Netherlands · #147,885 worldwide 159 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Earl Goetheer Netherlands · #150,341 worldwide 250 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 J.J. Broerse Netherlands · #199,317 worldwide 94 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

Which keywords describe research at Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Sustainability, Environmental Impacts, Cardiovascular Disease, Environmental Impact and Entanglement.

▲ 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. Deep Learning60▲ 1.71×59 topics
  2. Machine Learning51▲ 1.51×52 topics
  3. Sustainability35▲ 1.41×42 topics
  4. Renewable Energy33▲ 2.2×29 topics
  5. Environmental Impact30▲ 1.69×32 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease26▲ 2.2×25 topics
  7. Climate Change26◆ 0.92×47 topics
  8. Neural Networks24▲ 1.54×28 topics
  9. Energy Efficiency21▲ 2.1×22 topics
  10. Convolutional Neural Networks20▲ 2.6×9 topics
  11. Metabolic Syndrome19▲ 2.3×17 topics
  12. Security18▲ 2.7×13 topics
  13. Big Data16▲ 1.71×15 topics
  14. Environmental Impacts16▲ 5.7×5 topics
  15. Health Effects15▲ 2.4×14 topics
  16. Recycling13▲ 3.3×6 topics
  17. Waste Management13▲ 3.0×5 topics
  18. Entanglement13▲ 8.3×4 topics
  19. Air Quality12▲ 6.6×5 topics
  20. Autonomous Vehicles12▲ 5.4×5 topics
  21. Life Cycle Assessment11▲ 4.0×8 topics
  22. Health Impact11▲ 19×2 topics
  23. Particulate Matter10▲ 6.7×2 topics
  24. Quantum Information10▲ 8.7×3 topics
  25. Quantum10▲ 12×2 topics
  26. Signal Processing10▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. CO2 Sequestration10▲ 4.8×4 topics
  28. Defect Detection9▲ 6.5×3 topics
  29. Measurement9▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Work-related Stress9▲ 9.3×2 topics
  31. Depressive Symptoms9▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Corrosion9▲ 6.6×4 topics
  33. Psychosocial Work Environment9▲ 32×1 topic
  34. Sickness Presenteeism9▲ 32×1 topic
  35. Sensor Fusion8▲ 7.6×3 topics
  36. Cryptography8▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Human Factors8▲ 10×3 topics
  38. Superconducting Circuits8▲ 12×2 topics
  39. Computation8▲ 11×1 topic
  40. Metrology8▲ 13×1 topic

Which research topics does Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Workplace Health and Well-being, Quantum Information and Cryptography, Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture and Transportation and Mobility Innovations.

Workplace Health and Wel…9Workplace Health and Well-being: 9 fractional worksQuantum Information and …8Quantum Information and Cryptography: 8 fractional worksQuantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture: 7 fractional worksTransportation and Mobility Innovations: 7 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 6 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 6 fractional worksRecycling and Waste Management Techniques: 6 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interac…6Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 6 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 6 fractional worksVirtual Reality Applications and Impacts: 5 fractional works
General Health ProfessionsArtificial IntelligenceAutomotive EngineeringAtmospheric Science5 others

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

  1. 1 Workplace Health and Well-being General Health Professions 9 works
  2. 2 Quantum Information and Cryptography Artificial Intelligence 8 works
  3. 3 Quantum Computing Algorithms and Architecture Artificial Intelligence 7 works
  4. 4 Transportation and Mobility Innovations Automotive Engineering 7 works
  5. 5 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 6 works
  6. 6 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  7. 7 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 6 works
  9. 9 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 6 works
  10. 10 Virtual Reality Applications and Impacts Human-Computer Interaction 5 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 available37.1%not open62.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% 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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