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Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

In research, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,067 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Neuroscience — Neuroscience is 10.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,123
of 28,054 · #3,545 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#46
of 237
Research works
1.3k
▼ 17% vs 2013–17
Citations
82k
61.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
36.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,067 of 7,800 42.4%64 #1283

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences 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 Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Neuroscience takes 10.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. NeuroscienceField · 25.8 works10×
← 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: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.77× its world share, 32 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 10.06× its world share, 26 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.05× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.02× its world share, 31 worksMedicineNursing: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.42× its world share, 16 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.30× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.97× its world share, 19 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 10.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences?

Ranked on the composite score, Charles van den Heuvel, Jan Bloemendal and P. Boot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.

  1. 1 Charles van den Heuvel Netherlands · #191,787 worldwide 24 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Jan Bloemendal Netherlands · #287,213 worldwide 3 citations · 49 works
  3. 3 P. Boot Netherlands · #869,849 worldwide 4 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences

Which keywords describe research at Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Neurological Disorders, Gene Expression, Functional Connectivity, Synaptic Plasticity, Circadian Rhythms, Oxidative Stress, Neurobiology and Working Memory.

▲ 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. Neurological Disorders8▲ 8.5×13 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress6▲ 2.3×15 topics
  3. Inflammation5▲ 1.55×28 topics
  4. Gene Expression5▲ 4.8×12 topics
  5. Functional Connectivity4▲ 17×3 topics
  6. Circadian Rhythms3▲ 21×2 topics
  7. Synaptic Plasticity3▲ 9.9×5 topics
  8. Neurobiology3▲ 7.8×6 topics
  9. Neurodegeneration3▲ 6.6×7 topics
  10. Working Memory3▲ 21×2 topics
  11. Brain Development3▲ 11×5 topics
  12. Cortical Networks3▲ 33×1 topic
  13. Neuronal Oscillations3▲ 25×2 topics
  14. Philosophy3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  15. Synchronization3▲ 16×1 topic
  16. Colonialism3▲ 3.9×7 topics
  17. Data Integration3▲ 11×3 topics
  18. Ethnicity3▲ 4.8×4 topics
  19. Neuroimaging3▲ 6.8×7 topics
  20. Digital Repositories3▲ 65×2 topics
  21. Diplomacy3▲ 19×4 topics
  22. Stem Cells3▲ 6.9×9 topics
  23. Memory3▲ 7.1×2 topics
  24. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 11×7 topics
  25. Church History3▲ 38×2 topics
  26. Gene Therapy3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  27. International Relations3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  28. Prefrontal Cortex2▲ 20×3 topics
  29. Language Change2▲ 69×1 topic
  30. Neural Processing2▲ 24×2 topics
  31. Sociolinguistic Variation2▲ 69×1 topic
  32. Astrocyte Function2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Cultural Analysis2▲ 29×2 topics
  34. Dendritic Spines2▲ 18×2 topics
  35. Pluripotent Stem Cells2▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Neuronal Circuits2▲ 18×2 topics
  37. Retinal Ganglion Cells2▲ 12×2 topics
  38. Semantic Web2▲ 15×3 topics
  39. Neural Circuits2▲ 15×4 topics
  40. Social History2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Neural dynamics and brain function, Linguistic Variation and Morphology, Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research and Cancer Cells and Metastasis.

Neural dynamics and brai…3Neural dynamics and brain function: 3 fractional worksLinguistic Variation and…2Linguistic Variation and Morphology: 2 fractional worksNeuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research: 2 fractional worksCancer Cells and Metastasis: 2 fractional worksSleep and Wakefulness Research: 2 fractional worksHistorical Influence and Diplomacy: 2 fractional worksCRISPR and Genetic Engineering: 2 fractional worksPluripotent Stem Cells R…2Pluripotent Stem Cells Research: 2 fractional worksVisual perception and processing mechanisms: 2 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 2 fractional works
Cognitive NeuroscienceLinguistics and LanguageCellular and Molecular NeuroscienceOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Neural dynamics and brain function Cognitive Neuroscience 3 works
  2. 2 Linguistic Variation and Morphology Linguistics and Language 2 works
  3. 3 Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience 2 works
  4. 4 Cancer Cells and Metastasis Oncology 2 works
  5. 5 Sleep and Wakefulness Research Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  6. 6 Historical Influence and Diplomacy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 CRISPR and Genetic Engineering Molecular Biology 2 works
  8. 8 Pluripotent Stem Cells Research Molecular Biology 2 works
  9. 9 Visual perception and processing mechanisms Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  10. 10 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 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 available65.0%not open35.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.6%domestic only67.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 17% 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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