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NHL University of Applied Sciences

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Research works
117
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5k
21.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.5%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
NHL University of Applied Sciences

Not ranked overall: NHL University of Applied Sciences is under the volume floor below which a citation excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does NHL University of Applied Sciences work in?

In all years, 45% of research at NHL University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Computer Science (10%), Engineering (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 52 fractional works · 44.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 24.9% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 12.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workDemography: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 9.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 33 fractional works · 28.5% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 10.4% of its workInformation Systems: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 9.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 21 fractional works · 18.0% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 9.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 6.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 10 fractional works · 8.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKNHL University ofApplied Sciences117fractional works, all years
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences45%

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. Social Sciences2924.9%
    2. Psychology109.0%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting65.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities32.8%
    5. Decision Sciences21.8%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.2%
    1. Computer Science1210.4%
    2. Engineering119.7%
    3. Environmental Science76.2%
    4. Energy10.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.4%
    7. Chemistry00.3%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Health Professions119.2%
    2. Medicine76.2%
    3. Nursing32.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.5%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology32.7%
    3. Neuroscience21.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.45× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.92× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.55× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.88× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.11× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 3.08× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.45× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.74× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.51× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 3.55× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.63× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology3.55×1 works
  2. Nursing3.08×0 works
  3. Business, Management and Accounting2.74×1 works
  4. Social Sciences2.63×4 works
  5. Computer Science1.55×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.51×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.45×1 works
  8. Arts and Humanities1.45×0 works
  9. Health Professions1.11×0 works
  10. Energy1.06×0 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.92×0 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.89×0 works
  13. Mathematics0.88×0 works
  14. Neuroscience0.80×0 works
  15. Medicine0.31×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.28×0 works
  17. Engineering0.23×0 works

Who are the top researchers at NHL University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Bard O. Wartena, William T F Goossen and Willem Blok lead among researchers whose main affiliation is NHL University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Bard O. Wartena Netherlands · #3,685,293 worldwide 180 citations · 17 works
  2. 2 William T F Goossen Netherlands · #3,749,367 worldwide 998 citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Willem Blok Netherlands · #4,200,956 worldwide 26 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Walter M. Geerts Netherlands · #6,286,164 worldwide 74 citations · 77 works
All ranked researchers at NHL University of Applied Sciences

What are the most cited papers from NHL University of Applied Sciences?

The most cited paper from NHL University of Applied Sciences is "Music therapy for depression" (Sonja Aalbers, Laura Fusar‐Poli, Ruth Freeman et al., 2017), with 833 citations. Next come "Applying Routine Activity Theory to Cybercrime: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis" (430) and "Design of optimal disturbance rejection PID controllers using genetic algorithms" (420).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Music therapy for depression Sonja Aalbers, Laura Fusar‐Poli, Ruth Freeman et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Open access 16 Nov 2017 833
2 Applying Routine Activity Theory to Cybercrime: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis Rutger Leukfeldt, Majid Yar · Deviant Behavior Open access 19 Jan 2016 430
3 Design of optimal disturbance rejection PID controllers using genetic algorithms Renato Antonio Krohling, J.P. Rey · IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation 2001 420
4 Reverse electrodialysis: Comparison of six commercial membrane pairs on the thermodynamic efficiency and power density J.A. Veerman, R.M. de Jong, Michel Saakes et al. · Journal of Membrane Science 9 Jun 2009 334
5 Electrical Power from Sea and River Water by Reverse Electrodialysis: A First Step from the Laboratory to a Real Power Plant J.A. Veerman, Michel Saakes, S.J. Metz et al. · Environmental Science & Technology 21 Oct 2010 276
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at NHL University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Electronic Health Records, Motivation, E-Learning, Drug Trafficking, Law Enforcement, Educational Technology and Victimization.

▲ 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. Education7▲ 4.7×12 topics
  2. Electronic Health Records5▲ 63×3 topics
  3. Motivation4▲ 13×4 topics
  4. E-Learning4▲ 6.2×5 topics
  5. Educational Technology4▲ 5.1×4 topics
  6. Drug Trafficking4▲ 68×2 topics
  7. Law Enforcement4▲ 69×2 topics
  8. Healthcare3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  9. Victimization3▲ 153×2 topics
  10. Lifelong Learning3▲ 17×4 topics
  11. Social Support3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  12. Collaborative Learning3▲ 37×2 topics
  13. Self-Regulation3▲ 15×3 topics
  14. Social Work3▲ 31×2 topics
  15. Communication3▲ 8.5×4 topics
  16. Cooperative Learning3▲ 41×2 topics
  17. Phenomenology3▲ 19×3 topics
  18. Professionalism3▲ 18×3 topics
  19. Reflective Practice3▲ 13×5 topics
  20. Cybercrime3▲ 64×1 topic
  21. Dark Web3▲ 173×1 topic
  22. Digital Divide3▲ 12×3 topics
  23. Inclusion3▲ 19×4 topics
  24. Metacognition3▲ 19×1 topic
  25. Patient Outcomes3▲ 35×3 topics
  26. Scaffolding3▲ 45×1 topic
  27. Behavioral Analysis2▲ 32×2 topics
  28. Cultural Diversity2▲ 11×2 topics
  29. Health Promotion2▲ 7.3×2 topics
  30. Physician Burnout2▲ 38×2 topics
  31. Clinical Decision Support Systems2▲ 74×1 topic
  32. Health Information Exchange2▲ 74×1 topic
  33. Medication Errors2▲ 42×2 topics
  34. Research Methods2▲ 16×2 topics
  35. Empowerment2▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Student Engagement2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  37. Teacher Development2▲ 35×1 topic
  38. Older Adults2▲ 79×1 topic
  39. Technology Use2▲ 121×1 topic
  40. Quality Improvement2▲ 8.7×3 topics

Which research topics does NHL University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Law, AI, and Intellectual Property, Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques, Judicial and Constitutional Studies and Reflective Practices in Education.

Law, AI, and Intellectua…1Law, AI, and Intellectual Property: 1 fractional worksMathematics Education and Teaching Techniques: 1 fractional worksJudicial and Constitutional Studies: 0 fractional worksReflective Practices in Education: 0 fractional worksNonprofit Sector and Volunteering: 0 fractional worksGlobalization, Economics, and Policies: 0 fractional worksEuropean and Internation…0European and International Law Studies: 0 fractional worksMachine Learning in Healthcare: 0 fractional worksGenomics and Rare Diseases: 0 fractional worksBRCA gene mutations in c…0BRCA gene mutations in cancer: 0 fractional works
Artificial IntelligenceEducationLawSociology and Political Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Law, AI, and Intellectual Property Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  2. 2 Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques Education 1 works
  3. 3 Judicial and Constitutional Studies Law 0 works
  4. 4 Reflective Practices in Education Education 0 works
  5. 5 Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Globalization, Economics, and Policies Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  8. 8 Machine Learning in Healthcare Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  9. 9 Genomics and Rare Diseases Genetics 0 works
  10. 10 BRCA gene mutations in cancer Genetics 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.1%domestic only79.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has NHL University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% higher 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 NHL University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000039% in 2024.

still counting0.00020%0.00040%0.00060%NHL University of Applied Sciences0.000085% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of NHL University of Applied Sciences over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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