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Research Institute for Knowledge Systems

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World rank, all time
#17,327
of 34,923
Rank in Netherlands
#224
of 407
Research works
318
▲ 90% vs 2018-21
Citations
9.6k
30.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.93×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
25%
world 18%
Research Institute for Knowledge Systems

Which fields of science does Research Institute for Knowledge Systems work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Research Institute for Knowledge Systems is in Social Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (32%), Business, Management and Accounting (15%), Environmental Science (10%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 23 fractional works · 56.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 13 fractional works · 32.2% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 13.0% of its workLaw: 4 fractional works · 10.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 15.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 11 fractional works · 26.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 10.0% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcological Modeling: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 10.9% of its workMedicine: 3 fractional works · 6.7% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKResearchInstitute for…41fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences56%

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 Sciences1332.2%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting615.5%
    3. Decision Sciences12.7%
    4. Psychology12.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.9%
    6. Arts and Humanities11.7%
    1. Environmental Science410.0%
    2. Engineering38.2%
    3. Computer Science37.6%
    4. Chemistry00.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    6. Mathematics00.1%
    7. Materials Science00.0%
    1. Medicine36.7%
    2. Health Professions24.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology12.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.7%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Neuroscience00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.56× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.17× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.01× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.58× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 4.81× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.75× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.88× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.54× its world share, 13 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Business, Management and Accounting, 4.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Business, Management and Accounting4.81×6 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.75×1 works
  3. Social Sciences2.54×13 works
  4. Environmental Science2.01×4 works
  5. Health Professions1.58×2 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.17×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.98×3 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.88×1 works
  9. Psychology0.73×1 works
  10. Arts and Humanities0.57×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.56×1 works
  12. Engineering0.55×3 works
  13. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.50×1 works
  14. Chemistry0.35×0 works
  15. Medicine0.35×3 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×0 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.17×0 works
  18. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.06×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Research Institute for Knowledge Systems?

Ranked on the quality score, Hedwig van Delden, Anton L. van Wezel and Jan Paredis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Institute for Knowledge Systems.

  1. 1 Hedwig van Delden Netherlands · #640,046 worldwide 5.9k citations · 144 works
  2. 2 Anton L. van Wezel Netherlands · #2,109,584 worldwide 1.7k citations · 41 works
  3. 3 Jan Paredis Netherlands · #2,418,795 worldwide 895 citations · 35 works
  4. 4 A. W. Pot Netherlands · #3,453,205 worldwide 41 citations · 21 works
  5. 5 Christian Huygen Netherlands · #3,714,963 worldwide 234 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Roel Vanhout Netherlands · #3,919,660 worldwide 140 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 Jaap Nagel Netherlands · #3,967,896 worldwide 899 citations · 34 works
  8. 8 Jan Hensgens Netherlands · #3,979,824 worldwide 24 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 A. C. Brandwijk Netherlands · #4,012,245 worldwide 65 citations · 30 works
  10. 10 H. Cohen Netherlands · #4,360,090 worldwide 343 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Research Institute for Knowledge Systems

What are the most cited papers from Research Institute for Knowledge Systems?

The most cited paper from Research Institute for Knowledge Systems is "Cellular Automata and Fractal Urban Form: A Cellular Modelling Approach to the Evolution of Urban Land-Use Patterns" (Roger W. White, Guy Engelen, 1993), with 1,119 citations. Next come "Selecting among five common modelling approaches for integrated environmental assessment and management" (845) and "A theory of participation: what makes stakeholder and public engagement in environmental management work?" (744).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cellular Automata and Fractal Urban Form: A Cellular Modelling Approach to the Evolution of Urban Land-Use Patterns Roger W. White, Guy Engelen · Environment and Planning A Economy and Space Aug 1993 1,119
2 Selecting among five common modelling approaches for integrated environmental assessment and management Rebecca A. Kelly, Anthony J. Jakeman, Olivier Barreteau et al. · Environmental Modelling & Software Open access 17 Jun 2013 845
3 A theory of participation: what makes stakeholder and public engagement in environmental management work? Mark S. Reed, Steven Vella, Edward Challies et al. · Restoration Ecology 22 Aug 2017 744
4 Growth of Cell-strains and Primary Cells on Micro-carriers in Homogeneous Culture Anton L. van Wezel · Nature Oct 1967 713
5 High-resolution integrated modelling of the spatial dynamics of urban and regional systems Roger W. White, Guy Engelen · Computers Environment and Urban Systems Sep 2000 605
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Which keywords describe research at Research Institute for Knowledge Systems?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Globalization, Health Promotion, Research Methods, Social Work, Big Data, Intersectionality and Legal Methodology.

▲ 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 39 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 39 words, with their numbers
  1. Globalization4▲ 5.0×9 topics
  2. Human Rights4▲ 8.9×6 topics
  3. Sustainability3▲ 3.4×10 topics
  4. Machine Learning3▲ 2.4×14 topics
  5. Health Promotion3▲ 24×2 topics
  6. Education3▲ 4.4×3 topics
  7. Research Methods3▲ 47×1 topic
  8. Social Work3▲ 110×1 topic
  9. Big Data3▲ 7.3×6 topics
  10. Educational Technology3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  11. Intersectionality3▲ 34×2 topics
  12. Legal Methodology2▲ 328×2 topics
  13. Comparative Law2▲ 525×1 topic
  14. Financialization2▲ 59×1 topic
  15. Artificial Intelligence2▲ 3.8×7 topics
  16. Climate Change2▲ 1.78×10 topics
  17. Supply Chain Management2▲ 5.3×4 topics
  18. Predictive Analytics2▲ 38×2 topics
  19. E-Learning2▲ 4.1×3 topics
  20. Colonialism2▲ 7.8×3 topics
  21. Digital Transformation2▲ 7.0×5 topics
  22. Organizational Performance1▲ 14×3 topics
  23. Biodiversity Conservation1▲ 8.6×3 topics
  24. European Union1▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Healthcare1▲ 2.8×5 topics
  26. Internet of Things1▲ 3.8×4 topics
  27. Migration Law1▲ 222×2 topics
  28. Talent Management1▲ 78×2 topics
  29. Technology Integration1▲ 10×2 topics
  30. Social Change1▲ 23×2 topics
  31. Social Security1▲ 59×1 topic
  32. Technology Adoption1▲ 16×2 topics
  33. asylum policy1▲ 931×1 topic
  34. Data Mining1▲ 3.7×3 topics
  35. Ecosystem Services1▲ 7.0×3 topics
  36. Land Use Change1▲ 9.3×3 topics
  37. Social Media1▲ 1.93×3 topics
  38. Analytics1▲ 28×1 topic
  39. Business Intelligence1▲ 28×1 topic

Which research topics does Research Institute for Knowledge Systems publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dutch Social and Cultural Studies, Comparative and International Law Studies, European Law and Migration and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Dutch Social and Cultura…3Dutch Social and Cultural Studies: 3 fractional worksComparative and International Law Studies: 2 fractional worksEuropean Law and Migration: 1 fractional worksBig Data and Business Intelligence: 1 fractional worksLegal and Social Philosophy: 1 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 1 fractional worksHuman Resource and Talent Management: 1 fractional worksEducational Leadership and Innovation: 1 fractional worksEmployer Branding and e-HRM: 1 fractional worksTechnology-Enhanced Education Studies: 1 fractional works
EducationLawManagement Information SystemsSociology and Political Science2 others

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

  1. 1 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 3 works
  2. 2 Comparative and International Law Studies Law 2 works
  3. 3 European Law and Migration Law 1 works
  4. 4 Big Data and Business Intelligence Management Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Legal and Social Philosophy Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  7. 7 Human Resource and Talent Management Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  8. 8 Educational Leadership and Innovation Education 1 works
  9. 9 Employer Branding and e-HRM Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  10. 10 Technology-Enhanced Education Studies Education 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 available28.1%not open71.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.8%domestic only75.2%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Research Institute for Knowledge Systems's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 90% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Research Institute for Knowledge Systems as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00020% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Research Institute for Knowledge Systems0.00019% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Research Institute for Knowledge Systems over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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