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Reinier de Graaf Hospital

In research, Reinier de Graaf Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,432 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,313 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 7.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#14,576
of 28,054 · #15,547 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#127
of 237
Research works
819
▼ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
20k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Reinier de Graaf Hospital 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
MedicineField #3,432 of 10,443 19.1%98 #3720
Health SciencesDomain #4,313 of 11,982 19.6%106 #4598

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Reinier de Graaf Hospital 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).

What does Reinier de Graaf Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 7.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 21.9 works7.4×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.85× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.40× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.98× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.27× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 98 worksMedicineNursing: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Reinier de Graaf Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Rudolf Stienstra, Jan Willem T. Dekker and Hans de Groot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Reinier de Graaf Hospital.

  1. 1 Rudolf Stienstra Netherlands · #230,762 worldwide 78 citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Jan Willem T. Dekker Netherlands · #750,980 worldwide 44 citations · 22 works
  3. 3 Hans de Groot Netherlands · #817,174 worldwide 31 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Nico van der Lely Netherlands · #1,160,209 worldwide 27 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Dave H. Schweitzer Netherlands · #1,495,505 worldwide 22 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Reinier de Graaf Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Reinier de Graaf Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Chemotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Guidelines, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Diagnosis and Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.6×61 topics
  2. Quality of Life9▲ 5.0×18 topics
  3. Chemotherapy7▲ 8.3×20 topics
  4. Neoadjuvant Therapy7▲ 23×5 topics
  5. Guidelines6▲ 10×12 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 8.6×10 topics
  7. Diagnosis6▲ 5.0×18 topics
  8. Treatment6▲ 3.7×23 topics
  9. Inflammation6▲ 2.1×28 topics
  10. Management5▲ 4.9×14 topics
  11. Mortality4▲ 6.1×9 topics
  12. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 28×4 topics
  13. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy4▲ 42×2 topics
  14. Risk Factors4▲ 3.0×19 topics
  15. Complications4▲ 6.4×12 topics
  16. Rehabilitation4▲ 8.0×7 topics
  17. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.8×18 topics
  18. Heart Rate Variability4▲ 27×2 topics
  19. Immunotherapy4▲ 3.9×11 topics
  20. Survival Analysis3▲ 9.7×6 topics
  21. Remote Monitoring3▲ 22×2 topics
  22. Tumor Markers3▲ 29×2 topics
  23. Adjuvant Chemotherapy3▲ 33×2 topics
  24. Perioperative Care3▲ 19×2 topics
  25. Photoplethysmography3▲ 46×1 topic
  26. Rectal Cancer3▲ 58×1 topic
  27. Total Mesorectal Excision3▲ 58×1 topic
  28. Wearable Sensors3▲ 20×1 topic
  29. Surgery2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  30. Endoscopic Resection2▲ 20×2 topics
  31. Health-related Quality of Life2▲ 8.0×5 topics
  32. Pathophysiology2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  33. Postoperative Complications2▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Surgical Treatment2▲ 9.4×4 topics
  35. Pancreatic Cancer2▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Chemoradiation2▲ 26×2 topics
  37. Laparoscopic Repair2▲ 42×2 topics
  38. Fluid Responsiveness2▲ 50×1 topic
  39. Gemcitabine2▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Hemodynamic Monitoring2▲ 50×1 topic

Which research topics does Reinier de Graaf Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments, Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy.

Colorectal Cancer Surgic…3Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 3 fractional worksNon-Invasive Vital Sign …3Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…2Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksHemodynamic Monitoring a…2Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy: 2 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksSubstance Abuse Treatmen…1Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes: 1 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 1 fractional worksHernia repair and management: 1 fractional worksEndometriosis Research and Treatment: 1 fractional works
OncologyBiomedical EngineeringSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 3 works
  2. 2 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  4. 4 Hemodynamic Monitoring and Therapy Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes Epidemiology 1 works
  8. 8 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Hernia repair and management Surgery 1 works
  10. 10 Endometriosis Research and Treatment Reproductive Medicine 1 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 available45.2%not open54.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.4%domestic only84.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Reinier de Graaf Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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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