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Radboud University Medical Center

In research, Radboud University Medical Center stands highest in Health Sciences (#189 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#191 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#329 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neurology — Neurology is 4.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#661
of 28,054 · #701 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#18
of 237
Research works
17k
▲ 6% vs 2013–17
Citations
710k
41.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Radboud University Medical Center 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
Health SciencesDomain #189 of 11,982 25.6%2,012 #184
MedicineField #191 of 10,443 25.1%1,781 #197
Life SciencesDomain #329 of 7,800 26.9%635 #294
SurgerySubfield #180 of 1,816 22.8%233 #177
Health ProfessionsField #216 of 1,928 28.7%161 #207
Social SciencesDomain #1,374 of 10,521 32.2%299 #1479
Physical SciencesDomain #1,741 of 12,888 27.1%280 #2468
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #507 of 3,579 25.4%335 #481
NeurologySubfield #55 of 336 30.8%82 #98
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #208 of 1,144 23.2%160 #133

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Radboud University Medical Center 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. Health Sciences#184 #189
  2. Medicine#197 #191
  3. Life Sciences#294 #329
  4. Surgery#177 #180
  5. Health Professions#207 #216
  6. Social Sciences#1,479 #1,374
  7. Physical Sciences#2,468 #1,741
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#481 #507
  9. Neurology#98 #55
  10. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#133 #208
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 Radboud University Medical Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neurology takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeurologySubfield · 81.9 works4.4×
← 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, 29 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.95× its world share, 335 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.25× its world share, 106 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.99× its world share, 157 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.78× its world share, 9 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.40× its world share, 20 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.19× its world share, 48 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.17× its world share, 83 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 56 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 20 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.38× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 26 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.84× its world share, 44 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.89× its world share, 161 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.87× its world share, 1,781 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 20 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.44× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 17 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 15 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 42 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.26× its world share, 124 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 88 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Radboud University Medical Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Treatment, Chemotherapy, Genetic Mutations, Clinical Trials and Parkinson's Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology328▲ 2.6×129 topics
  2. Inflammation167▲ 2.5×81 topics
  3. Quality of Life149▲ 3.2×52 topics
  4. Treatment108▲ 2.8×48 topics
  5. Oxidative Stress91▲ 1.73×58 topics
  6. Chemotherapy87▲ 3.9×25 topics
  7. Cardiovascular Disease82▲ 2.3×39 topics
  8. Diagnosis79▲ 2.6×39 topics
  9. Depression78▲ 2.7×20 topics
  10. Risk Factors75▲ 2.1×36 topics
  11. Cancer74▲ 1.71×49 topics
  12. Clinical Trials74▲ 3.4×18 topics
  13. Biomarkers70▲ 3.2×18 topics
  14. Immunotherapy69▲ 3.0×19 topics
  15. Clinical Practice Guidelines67▲ 3.8×14 topics
  16. Genetic Mutations66▲ 4.8×23 topics
  17. Neurological Disorders61▲ 3.3×20 topics
  18. Genetics60▲ 2.7×23 topics
  19. Management60▲ 2.4×31 topics
  20. Global Burden57▲ 3.3×12 topics
  21. Mitochondrial Dysfunction55▲ 5.8×12 topics
  22. Aging54▲ 3.1×18 topics
  23. Parkinson's Disease52▲ 6.7×8 topics
  24. Anxiety50▲ 3.3×11 topics
  25. Guidelines50▲ 3.3×12 topics
  26. Rehabilitation50▲ 3.9×13 topics
  27. Meta-Analysis49▲ 2.6×18 topics
  28. Complications48▲ 3.0×17 topics
  29. Radiotherapy45▲ 3.6×13 topics
  30. Health-related Quality of Life42▲ 5.6×5 topics
  31. Primary Care42▲ 3.4×14 topics
  32. Magnetic Resonance Imaging41▲ 5.0×8 topics
  33. Neurodegeneration40▲ 4.2×11 topics
  34. Neuroimaging40▲ 4.6×11 topics
  35. Clinical Guidelines37▲ 4.0×9 topics
  36. Diagnostic Criteria37▲ 5.2×10 topics
  37. Myocardial Infarction37▲ 4.9×7 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Therapy37▲ 4.9×5 topics
  39. Genetic Variants33▲ 5.8×7 topics
  40. Antifungal Therapy28▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Radboud University Medical Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging and Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues.

Parkinson's Disease Mech…20Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments: 20 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…19Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 19 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 17 fractional worksPalliative Care and End-of-Life Issues: 16 fractional worksCancer survivorship and care: 16 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 15 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 15 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…14Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 14 fractional worksGenetic Neurodegenerative Diseases: 14 fractional worksAntifungal resistance and susceptibility: 13 fractional works
NeurologyEconomics and EconometricsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health5 others

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

  1. 1 Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments Neurology 20 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 19 works
  3. 3 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 17 works
  4. 4 Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 16 works
  5. 5 Cancer survivorship and care Oncology 16 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 15 works
  7. 7 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 15 works
  8. 8 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 14 works
  9. 9 Genetic Neurodegenerative Diseases Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 14 works
  10. 10 Antifungal resistance and susceptibility Infectious Diseases 13 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 available57.9%not open42.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.3%domestic only61.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Radboud University Medical Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 6% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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