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Rijksmuseum

In research, Rijksmuseum stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,561 of 10,521 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#8,132 of 12,888 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,796 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,288
of 28,054 · #1,569 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#96
of 237
Research works
5k
▲ 45% vs 2013–17
Citations
98k
19.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

What is Rijksmuseum 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 #5,561 of 10,521 10.6%178 #3007
Physical SciencesDomain #8,132 of 12,888 16.1%80 #1147
Social SciencesField #4,796 of 6,365 7.8%73 #3053
Arts and HumanitiesField #1,708 of 1,998 14.8%66 #1331

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rijksmuseum 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#3,007 #5,561
  2. Physical Sciences#1,147 #8,132
  3. Social Sciences#3,053 #4,796
  4. Arts and Humanities#1,331 #1,708
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.

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: 0.42× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.94× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.58× its world share, 12 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.79× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.46× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.09× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.08× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.33× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 7.61× its world share, 66 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.05× its world share, 10 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.82× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.52× its world share, 14 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.93× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rijksmuseum?

Ranked on the composite score, S.J. de Groot, J. A. Prins and J. Dronkers lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rijksmuseum.

  1. 1 S.J. de Groot · #58,171 worldwide 276 citations · 34 works
  2. 2 J. A. Prins · #179,202 worldwide 189 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 J. Dronkers · #203,859 worldwide 187 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 H. J. DE LIEFDE MEIJER · #212,612 worldwide 93 citations · 23 works
  5. 5 W. L. Groeneveld · #219,258 worldwide 123 citations · 33 works
  6. 6 L.B. Holthuis · #240,230 worldwide 241 citations · 97 works
  7. 7 Robert Duthoy · #261,071 worldwide 12 citations · 32 works
  8. 8 R. de Bruyn Ouboter · #288,817 worldwide 117 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 D. Coster · #303,453 worldwide 108 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 K.W. Taconis · #311,597 worldwide 80 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Rijksmuseum

Which keywords describe research at Rijksmuseum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Education, Cultural Heritage, Gender, Inequality, Globalization, Religion, Knowledge Economy and Governance.

▲ 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. Education23▲ 4.5×19 topics
  2. Globalization19▲ 3.2×40 topics
  3. Cultural Heritage16▲ 9.6×16 topics
  4. Climate Change16▲ 1.93×42 topics
  5. Gender14▲ 8.4×23 topics
  6. Inequality13▲ 18×5 topics
  7. Religion12▲ 8.5×21 topics
  8. History12▲ 5.5×23 topics
  9. Knowledge Economy12▲ 37×3 topics
  10. Governance12▲ 12×3 topics
  11. ICT11▲ 29×2 topics
  12. Mobile Phones11▲ 84×1 topic
  13. financial access11▲ 96×1 topic
  14. Conservation11▲ 8.4×12 topics
  15. Literature10▲ 6.1×24 topics
  16. Identity10▲ 4.4×26 topics
  17. International Relations9▲ 13×9 topics
  18. Human Rights8▲ 2.7×19 topics
  19. Cultural Analysis8▲ 54×3 topics
  20. Ethics7▲ 4.9×12 topics
  21. Colonialism7▲ 4.9×18 topics
  22. Culture7▲ 4.4×16 topics
  23. Nationalism7▲ 4.9×9 topics
  24. Sea-Level Rise7▲ 20×5 topics
  25. Feminism6▲ 7.7×11 topics
  26. Social History6▲ 25×5 topics
  27. Diplomacy6▲ 21×5 topics
  28. Inclusion6▲ 13×3 topics
  29. Theology6▲ 20×3 topics
  30. Health Promotion6▲ 5.9×2 topics
  31. Professionalism6▲ 11×2 topics
  32. Church History5▲ 41×2 topics
  33. Cultural Diversity5▲ 8.0×3 topics
  34. Cultural History5▲ 15×7 topics
  35. Empowerment5▲ 18×2 topics
  36. Reformation5▲ 59×2 topics
  37. Research Methods5▲ 10×1 topic
  38. Social Work5▲ 23×1 topic
  39. Financial Crisis5▲ 14×2 topics
  40. X-Ray Fluorescence5▲ 73×1 topic

Which research topics does Rijksmuseum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Economic Growth and Development, Dutch Social and Cultural Studies, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis and Historical Influence and Diplomacy.

Economic Growth and Deve…11Economic Growth and Development: 11 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultural Studies: 5 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materi…5Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 5 fractional worksHistorical Influence and…4Historical Influence and Diplomacy: 4 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 4 fractional worksConservation Techniques and Studies: 4 fractional worksFinancial Crisis of the …3Financial Crisis of the 21st Century: 3 fractional worksMaritime and Coastal Archaeology: 2 fractional worksResearch in Social Sciences: 2 fractional worksCultural History and Identity Formation: 2 fractional works
Information SystemsEducationArcheologyPolitical Science and International Relations3 others

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

  1. 1 Economic Growth and Development Information Systems 11 works
  2. 2 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 5 works
  3. 3 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 5 works
  4. 4 Historical Influence and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  5. 5 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 4 works
  6. 6 Conservation Techniques and Studies Conservation 4 works
  7. 7 Financial Crisis of the 21st Century Finance 3 works
  8. 8 Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Archeology 2 works
  9. 9 Research in Social Sciences Education 2 works
  10. 10 Cultural History and Identity Formation History 2 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 available26.9%not open73.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.3%domestic only84.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rijksmuseum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 45% 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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