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Protestant Theological University

In research, Protestant Theological University stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,220 of 9,585 worldwide), Arts and Humanities (#1,250 of 1,896 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,041 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Religious studies, Philosophy and Arts and Humanities (Religious studies is 93.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,685
of 22,385 · #11,744 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#121
of 197
Research works
789
▲ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
17%
world 18%
Protestant Theological University

What is Protestant Theological University 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,220 of 9,585 6.8%193 #3836
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,250 of 1,896 10.1%88 #1553
Social SciencesField #4,041 of 5,988 4.2%95 #3749

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Protestant Theological University 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Social Sciences#3,836 #4,220
  2. Arts and Humanities#1,553 #1,250
  3. Social Sciences#3,749 #4,041
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does Protestant Theological University work in?

In 2022-now, 89% of research at Protestant Theological University is in Social Sciences, 8% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (43%), Arts and Humanities (41%), Medicine (5%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 211 fractional works · 89.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 101 fractional works · 42.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 48 fractional works · 20.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 15 fractional works · 6.5% of its workEducation: 15 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHealth: 5 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 97 fractional works · 41.1% of its workReligious studies: 37 fractional works · 15.6% of its workPhilosophy: 28 fractional works · 11.6% of its workHistory: 19 fractional works · 7.9% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClassics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 10 fractional works · 4.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 4 fractional works · 1.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 19 fractional works · 7.8% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKProtestantTheological…237fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences2%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences89%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences10142.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities9741.1%
    3. Psychology104.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.5%
    5. Decision Sciences10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting10.3%
    1. Medicine124.9%
    2. Health Professions72.8%
    3. Dentistry00.0%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Computer Science21.0%
    2. Environmental Science10.3%
    3. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    5. Engineering00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.0%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Neuroscience00.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Protestant Theological University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Religious studies takes 93.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Religious studiesSubfield · 37.0 works93×
  2. PhilosophySubfield · 27.6 works27×
  3. Arts and HumanitiesField · 97.4 works14×
← 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: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.13× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksMedicineNursing: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 14.22× its world share, 97 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.35× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 3.38× its world share, 102 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 14.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities14.22×97 works
  2. Social Sciences3.38×102 works
  3. Psychology1.35×10 works
  4. Health Professions1.08×7 works
  5. Decision Sciences0.33×1 works
  6. Medicine0.26×12 works
  7. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×2 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.22×1 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.15×1 works
  10. Computer Science0.13×2 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.10×0 works
  12. Neuroscience0.09×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.08×1 works
  14. Dentistry0.07×0 works
  15. Nursing0.07×0 works
  16. Environmental Science0.06×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  19. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  20. Engineering0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Protestant Theological University?

Ranked on the quality score, Erik Olsman, Benno van den Toren and Alberdina Houtman lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Protestant Theological University.

  1. 1 Erik Olsman Netherlands · #1,202,797 worldwide 1.2k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Benno van den Toren Netherlands · #1,666,334 worldwide 120 citations · 42 works
  3. 3 Alberdina Houtman Netherlands · #1,880,973 worldwide 181 citations · 80 works
  4. 4 Markus Matthias Netherlands · #2,310,528 worldwide 73 citations · 26 works
  5. 5 Hans-Martin Kirn Netherlands · #2,528,196 worldwide 40 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Petruschka Schaafsma Netherlands · #2,531,630 worldwide 77 citations · 37 works
  7. 7 Erik Renkema Netherlands · #2,724,145 worldwide 133 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Cees Houtman Netherlands · #3,058,416 worldwide 174 citations · 37 works
  9. 9 Guus H. Labooy Netherlands · #3,082,149 worldwide 186 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Pieter B. Hartog Netherlands · #3,257,003 worldwide 138 citations · 58 works
All ranked researchers at Protestant Theological University

What are the most cited papers from Protestant Theological University?

The most cited paper from Protestant Theological University is "Graph Bundling by Kernel Density Estimation" (Christophe Hurter, Ozan Ersoy, Alexandru Cristian Telea, 2012), with 158 citations. Next come "The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority" (98) and "Veterinary Realities: What is Foot and Mouth Disease?" (98).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Graph Bundling by Kernel Density Estimation Christophe Hurter, Ozan Ersoy, Alexandru Cristian Telea · Computer Graphics Forum Open access Jun 2012 158
2 The Biblical Canon: Its Origin, Transmission, and Authority Klaas Spronk · Journal for the Study of Judaism 17 Dec 2008 98
3 Veterinary Realities: What is Foot and Mouth Disease? John Easton Law, Annemarie Mol · Sociologia Ruralis 20 Sep 2010 98
4 Governing Future Radicals in Europe Marieke de Goede, Stéphanie Simon · Antipode 14 Sep 2012 72
5 Development and validation of the DutchQuestionnaire God Image: Effects of mental health and religious culture Hanneke Schaap‐Jonker, Elisabeth H.M. Eurelings-Bontekoe, Hetty Zock et al. · Mental Health Religion & Culture Open access 12 May 2008 66
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Protestant Theological University?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Religion, Theology, Globalization, Church History, African Christianity, Civil Society, Development and Humanitarianism.

▲ 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. Religion43▲ 39×24 topics
  2. Theology29▲ 135×4 topics
  3. Globalization24▲ 5.2×27 topics
  4. Church History20▲ 195×3 topics
  5. African Christianity18▲ 324×2 topics
  6. Civil Society17▲ 65×4 topics
  7. Development16▲ 19×3 topics
  8. Humanitarianism16▲ 111×3 topics
  9. Nationalism16▲ 15×11 topics
  10. International Aid16▲ 143×2 topics
  11. NGOs16▲ 70×2 topics
  12. Ethics15▲ 13×19 topics
  13. Faith-Based Organizations15▲ 212×1 topic
  14. Social Services15▲ 144×1 topic
  15. Cultural Identity15▲ 13×4 topics
  16. Social Justice15▲ 10×11 topics
  17. Secularism14▲ 60×4 topics
  18. Biblical Monotheism14▲ 231×1 topic
  19. Jewish Society14▲ 231×1 topic
  20. Reformation13▲ 201×2 topics
  21. Social History13▲ 68×3 topics
  22. Identity13▲ 7.5×24 topics
  23. Calvinism12▲ 229×1 topic
  24. Religious Controversy12▲ 229×1 topic
  25. Global Christianity12▲ 339×1 topic
  26. Short-Term Missions12▲ 339×1 topic
  27. Colonialism11▲ 10×17 topics
  28. Spirituality11▲ 48×4 topics
  29. Human Rights11▲ 4.5×20 topics
  30. Gender10▲ 7.8×14 topics
  31. Inclusion9▲ 27×3 topics
  32. Politics9▲ 14×7 topics
  33. Philosophy9▲ 8.3×18 topics
  34. Democracy9▲ 10×4 topics
  35. Biblical Interpretation8▲ 105×2 topics
  36. Health7▲ 7.7×6 topics
  37. Religious Identity7▲ 50×5 topics
  38. Hermeneutics7▲ 38×3 topics
  39. Pluralism7▲ 74×2 topics
  40. Public Sphere7▲ 55×2 topics

Which research topics does Protestant Theological University publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Religion, Society, and Development, Biblical Studies and Interpretation, Reformation and Early Modern Christianity and Christian Theology and Mission.

Religion, Society, and Development: 15 fractional worksBiblical Studies and Interpretation: 14 fractional worksReformation and Early Mo…12Reformation and Early Modern Christianity: 12 fractional worksChristian Theology and M…12Christian Theology and Mission: 12 fractional worksReligion and Society Interactions: 7 fractional worksPentecostalism and Christianity Studies: 6 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultura…6Dutch Social and Cultural Studies: 6 fractional worksReligion, Spirituality, and Psychology: 5 fractional worksReligious Tourism and Spaces: 4 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional Law and Politics: 4 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceReligious studiesHistoryEducation3 others

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

  1. 1 Religion, Society, and Development Sociology and Political Science 15 works
  2. 2 Biblical Studies and Interpretation Religious studies 14 works
  3. 3 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 12 works
  4. 4 Christian Theology and Mission Religious studies 12 works
  5. 5 Religion and Society Interactions Sociology and Political Science 7 works
  6. 6 Pentecostalism and Christianity Studies Religious studies 6 works
  7. 7 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 6 works
  8. 8 Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology Health 5 works
  9. 9 Religious Tourism and Spaces Geography, Planning and Development 4 works
  10. 10 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 4 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 available35.6%not open64.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors16.9%domestic only83.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Protestant Theological University's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Protestant Theological University as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00073% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Protestant Theological University0.00089% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Protestant Theological University 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Protestant Theological University5.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.4% in 2015.

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