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Radboud University Nijmegen

In research, Radboud University Nijmegen stands highest in Social Sciences (#96 of 10,521 worldwide), Health Sciences (#126 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#136 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Cognitive Neuroscience, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Software — Cognitive Neuroscience is 5.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#269
of 28,054 · #193 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#7
of 237
Research works
71k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.6M
36.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Radboud University Nijmegen 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 #96 of 10,521 29.3%2,798 #138
Health SciencesDomain #126 of 11,982 24.2%2,752 #87
MedicineField #136 of 10,443 23.7%2,397 #90
Social SciencesField #91 of 6,365 32.5%1,264 #164
PsychologyField #56 of 2,181 30.1%643 #97
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #32 of 1,201 34.0%226 #79
Life SciencesDomain #217 of 7,800 27.0%1,163 #137
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #79 of 2,578 34.6%426 #118
Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield #20 of 530 27.4%341 #26
Physical SciencesDomain #611 of 12,888 23.1%1,798 #293

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Radboud University Nijmegen 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#138 #96
  2. Health Sciences#87 #126
  3. Medicine#90 #136
  4. Social Sciences#164 #91
  5. Psychology#97 #56
  6. Political Science and International Relations#79 #32
  7. Life Sciences#137 #217
  8. Sociology and Political Science#118 #79
  9. Cognitive Neuroscience#26 #20
  10. Physical Sciences#293 #611
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 Nijmegen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Cognitive Neuroscience takes 5.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 341.2 works5.5×
  2. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 163.1 works4.0×
  3. SoftwareSubfield · 21.4 works3.9×
  4. NeuroscienceField · 477.5 works3.5×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 471 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.36× its world share, 116 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 3.46× its world share, 478 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.38× its world share, 11 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 106 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.90× its world share, 598 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 35 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.24× its world share, 19 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 290 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.54× its world share, 227 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.30× its world share, 89 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.26× its world share, 126 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.56× its world share, 295 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.22× its world share, 50 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.18× its world share, 265 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.46× its world share, 2,397 worksMedicineNursing: 0.67× its world share, 28 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.85× its world share, 455 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.69× its world share, 189 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 89 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.87× its world share, 158 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.48× its world share, 643 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.17× its world share, 1,264 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

Who are the top researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen?

Ranked on the composite score, Irıs D. Nagtegaal, Christian F. Beckmann and Leo A. B. Joosten lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Radboud University Nijmegen.

  1. 1 Irıs D. Nagtegaal · #2,487 worldwide 1.1k citations · 102 works
  2. 2 Christian F. Beckmann · #4,042 worldwide 1.5k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Leo A. B. Joosten · #4,447 worldwide 1.3k citations · 101 works
  4. 4 Marcel G. M. Olde Rikkert · #4,841 worldwide 1.3k citations · 134 works
  5. 5 Lambertus A. Kiemeney · #4,924 worldwide 1.5k citations · 139 works
  6. 6 J. Han van Krieken · #4,951 worldwide 987 citations · 99 works
  7. 7 Cornelis J.A. Punt · #5,972 worldwide 900 citations · 74 works
  8. 8 Peter F.A. Mulders · #7,546 worldwide 835 citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Peter Friedl · #8,433 worldwide 1.1k citations · 62 works
  10. 10 J. P. Rachen · #9,167 worldwide 1.6k citations · 73 works
All ranked researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen

Which keywords describe research at Radboud University Nijmegen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Globalization, Emotion Regulation, Neural Mechanisms, Mental Health, Inflammation and Neural Basis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology441▲ 1.31×131 topics
  2. Globalization241▲ 1.45×110 topics
  3. Quality of Life230▲ 1.87×56 topics
  4. Inflammation214▲ 1.21×83 topics
  5. Machine Learning208▼ 0.75×72 topics
  6. Deep Learning192▼ 0.66×69 topics
  7. Mental Health187▲ 1.50×46 topics
  8. Treatment145▲ 1.40×50 topics
  9. Depression138▲ 1.84×23 topics
  10. Human Rights135▲ 1.54×51 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease117▲ 1.24×39 topics
  12. Chemotherapy116▲ 1.95×25 topics
  13. Religion111▲ 2.8×36 topics
  14. Ethics111▲ 2.7×46 topics
  15. Emotion Regulation110▲ 4.1×9 topics
  16. Neurological Disorders106▲ 2.2×20 topics
  17. Meta-Analysis102▲ 2.0×18 topics
  18. Identity97▲ 1.57×53 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines91▲ 1.96×14 topics
  20. Nationalism88▲ 2.2×27 topics
  21. Anxiety86▲ 2.1×11 topics
  22. Democracy84▲ 2.8×19 topics
  23. Social Interaction79▲ 2.3×11 topics
  24. Bilingualism79▲ 6.8×7 topics
  25. Neural Mechanisms78▲ 9.9×4 topics
  26. Language Development77▲ 7.4×6 topics
  27. Neural Basis76▲ 11×4 topics
  28. Neuroscience73▲ 2.9×18 topics
  29. Emotion71▲ 4.0×12 topics
  30. Embodiment70▲ 4.4×6 topics
  31. Cognitive Control69▲ 14×2 topics
  32. Social Cognition68▲ 4.7×9 topics
  33. Neuronal Oscillations56▲ 8.7×2 topics
  34. Working Memory56▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Inclusion56▲ 4.5×6 topics
  36. Prefrontal Cortex55▲ 8.1×3 topics
  37. Syntax47▲ 7.9×2 topics
  38. Cognitive Functions45▲ 7.1×2 topics
  39. Cortical Networks44▲ 8.9×1 topic
  40. Gamma Rhythms44▲ 8.9×1 topic

Which research topics does Radboud University Nijmegen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Functional Brain Connectivity Studies, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies and Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism.

Neural dynamics and brai…44Neural dynamics and brain function: 44 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connect…35Functional Brain Connectivity Studies: 35 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 35 fractional worksNeurobiology of Language…34Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism: 34 fractional worksLanguage, Metaphor, and …30Language, Metaphor, and Cognition: 30 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultural Studies: 29 fractional worksReading and Literacy Development: 28 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psy…26Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 26 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 24 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 24 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyEducationDevelopmental and Educational Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain functionCognitive Neuroscience 44 works
  2. 2 Functional Brain Connectivity StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 35 works
  3. 3 Neural and Behavioral Psychology StudiesCognitive Neuroscience 35 works
  4. 4 Neurobiology of Language and BilingualismCognitive Neuroscience 34 works
  5. 5 Language, Metaphor, and CognitionExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 30 works
  6. 6 Dutch Social and Cultural StudiesEducation 29 works
  7. 7 Reading and Literacy DevelopmentDevelopmental and Educational Psychology 28 works
  8. 8 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 26 works
  9. 9 Mental Health Research TopicsExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 24 works
  10. 10 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 24 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 available45.3%not open54.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.1%domestic only73.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Radboud University Nijmegen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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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