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Open University of the Netherlands

In research, Open University of the Netherlands stands highest in Social Sciences (#884 of 10,521 worldwide), Social Sciences (#705 of 6,365 worldwide) and Psychology (#642 of 2,181 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Management Information Systems and Developmental and Educational Psychology — Management Information Systems is 7.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,991
of 28,054 · #3,826 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#37
of 237
Research works
3.4k
▲ 23% vs 2013–17
Citations
111k
32.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
63%
world 28%

What is Open University of the Netherlands 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
Social SciencesDomain #884 of 10,521 34.4%492 #690
Social SciencesField #705 of 6,365 41.0%172 #542
PsychologyField #642 of 2,181 31.3%141 #582
Computer ScienceField #1,541 of 4,667 20.4%129 #1187
Health SciencesDomain #4,345 of 11,982 22.1%119 #2964
Business, Management and AccountingField #1,036 of 2,578 31.5%100 #940
Physical SciencesDomain #5,875 of 12,888 22.7%205 #6693
MedicineField #5,573 of 10,443 17.7%79 #3840

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Open University of the Netherlands 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. Social Sciences#690 #884
  2. Social Sciences#542 #705
  3. Psychology#582 #642
  4. Computer Science#1,187 #1,541
  5. Health Sciences#2,964 #4,345
  6. Business, Management and Accounting#940 #1,036
  7. Physical Sciences#6,693 #5,875
  8. Medicine#3,840 #5,573
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 Open University of the Netherlands specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Management Information Systems takes 7.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Management Information SystemsSubfield · 27.2 works7.9×
  2. Developmental and Educational PsychologySubfield · 26.5 works6.9×
← 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: 0.11× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.13× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.00× its world share, 14 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.97× its world share, 129 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.21× its world share, 26 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.90× its world share, 38 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.63× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 1.71× its world share, 38 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.48× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.69× its world share, 100 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 22 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.82× its world share, 33 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.50× its world share, 142 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 172 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Open University of the Netherlands?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul A. Kirschner, Rob Koper and Liesbeth Kester lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Open University of the Netherlands.

  1. 1 Paul A. Kirschner Netherlands · #41,918 worldwide 1.2k citations · 232 works
  2. 2 Rob Koper Netherlands · #47,424 worldwide 546 citations · 89 works
  3. 3 Liesbeth Kester Netherlands · #76,096 worldwide 289 citations · 41 works
  4. 4 Colin Tattersall Netherlands · #88,691 worldwide 210 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Henny P. A. Boshuizen Netherlands · #91,611 worldwide 261 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Wim Westera Netherlands · #94,327 worldwide 198 citations · 45 works
  7. 7 Saskia Brand‐Gruwel Netherlands · #98,149 worldwide 272 citations · 50 works
  8. 8 Dave Huitema Netherlands · #109,262 worldwide 364 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Wim Lambrechts Netherlands · #125,387 worldwide 186 citations · 31 works
  10. 10 Marco Kalz Netherlands · #129,618 worldwide 181 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Open University of the Netherlands

Which keywords describe research at Open University of the Netherlands?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mental Health, Self-Regulation, Motivation, Supply Chain Management, Well-being, Leadership, Machine Learning and Metacognition.

▲ 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. Machine Learning41▲ 1.47×40 topics
  2. Mental Health39▲ 3.1×33 topics
  3. Supply Chain Management28▲ 3.6×16 topics
  4. Sustainability27▲ 1.33×40 topics
  5. Educational Technology25▲ 2.5×17 topics
  6. Big Data25▲ 3.2×14 topics
  7. Motivation24▲ 6.7×10 topics
  8. Self-Regulation22▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Leadership21▲ 5.3×16 topics
  10. Well-being20▲ 6.3×12 topics
  11. Innovation18▲ 2.1×25 topics
  12. Student Engagement18▲ 5.4×11 topics
  13. Meta-Analysis17▲ 3.4×13 topics
  14. Metacognition16▲ 12×4 topics
  15. Social Capital16▲ 3.6×14 topics
  16. Job Satisfaction16▲ 4.3×10 topics
  17. Ethics15▲ 3.8×19 topics
  18. Resilience15▲ 3.8×13 topics
  19. Knowledge Sharing14▲ 11×7 topics
  20. Gender Differences13▲ 4.1×11 topics
  21. Learning Outcomes13▲ 3.6×6 topics
  22. Organizational Performance13▲ 6.3×9 topics
  23. Collaborative Learning13▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Cooperative Learning13▲ 27×2 topics
  25. Cognitive Apprenticeship13▲ 30×1 topic
  26. Emotion13▲ 7.2×9 topics
  27. Scaffolding13▲ 30×1 topic
  28. Intrinsic Motivation12▲ 12×4 topics
  29. Firm Performance12▲ 7.6×3 topics
  30. Work Engagement12▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Model Checking11▲ 30×3 topics
  32. Student Perceptions10▲ 6.6×7 topics
  33. Mediation Analysis10▲ 15×2 topics
  34. Organizational Behavior10▲ 7.8×2 topics
  35. Psychological Capital10▲ 8.6×2 topics
  36. Human Resource Management10▲ 7.5×3 topics
  37. Employee Commitment10▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Job Demands-Resources Model10▲ 19×1 topic
  39. Learning Analytics10▲ 9.2×2 topics
  40. Positive Emotions9▲ 9.2×2 topics

Which research topics does Open University of the Netherlands publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior, Big Data and Business Intelligence and Behavioral Health and Interventions.

Innovative Teaching and …13Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods: 13 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Org…10Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 10 fractional worksBig Data and Business In…9Big Data and Business Intelligence: 9 fractional worksBehavioral Health and In…7Behavioral Health and Interventions: 7 fractional worksInformation Technology Governance and Strategy: 6 fractional worksSoftware Engineering Research: 6 fractional worksSoftware Testing and Deb…6Software Testing and Debugging Techniques: 6 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 6 fractional worksMultisensory perception and integration: 6 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…6Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 6 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementManagement Information SystemsApplied Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods Developmental and Educational Psychology 13 works
  2. 2 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  3. 3 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 9 works
  4. 4 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 7 works
  5. 5 Information Technology Governance and Strategy Management Information Systems 6 works
  6. 6 Software Engineering Research Information Systems 6 works
  7. 7 Software Testing and Debugging Techniques Software 6 works
  8. 8 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 6 works
  9. 9 Multisensory perception and integration Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 6 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 6 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 available63.3%not open36.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.6%domestic only67.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Open University of the Netherlands's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 23% higher 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.