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Sphinx (Netherlands)

ROR OpenAlex
Research works
21
▲ 163% vs 2018-21
Citations
300
14.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
58%
world 40%
International
52%
world 18%
Sphinx (Netherlands)

Not ranked overall: Sphinx (Netherlands) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Sphinx (Netherlands) work in?

In all years, 44% of research at Sphinx (Netherlands) is in Health Sciences, 22% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (36%), Engineering (13%), Social Sciences (11%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 9 fractional works · 43.6% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 35.5% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 11.7% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 4.9% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 22.3% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 13.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 21.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.6% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 3.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 9.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKSphinx(Netherlands)21fractional works, all years
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences22%Health Sciences44%Social Sciences22%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine735.5%
    2. Dentistry14.3%
    3. Health Professions02.1%
    4. Nursing01.6%
    1. Engineering313.3%
    2. Chemistry12.8%
    3. Computer Science12.6%
    4. Materials Science12.6%
    5. Environmental Science01.0%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences210.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities13.3%
    3. Psychology12.6%
    4. Decision Sciences02.0%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting01.6%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology29.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences12.8%
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: 1.54× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemistry: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.23× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceDentistry: 26.80× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.85× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.69× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.28× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.35× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Dentistry, 26.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Dentistry26.80×1 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.28×0 works
  3. Materials Science2.23×0 works
  4. Health Professions1.85×0 works
  5. Arts and Humanities1.69×0 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.54×0 works
  7. Social Sciences1.35×1 works
  8. Engineering1.10×1 works
  9. Psychology0.80×0 works
  10. Medicine0.73×1 works
  11. Environmental Science0.59×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.44×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.31×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.22×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Sphinx (Netherlands)?

The most cited paper from Sphinx (Netherlands) is "Epidemiology and diagnosis of lysosomal storage disorders; challenges of screening" (Sandra D.K. Kingma, Olaf A. Bodamer, Frits A. Wijburg, 2014), with 151 citations. Next come "Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide" (144) and "Biomarkers in the diagnosis of lysosomal storage disorders: proteins, lipids, and inhibodies" (118).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Epidemiology and diagnosis of lysosomal storage disorders; challenges of screening Sandra D.K. Kingma, Olaf A. Bodamer, Frits A. Wijburg · Best Practice & Research Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 26 Aug 2014 151
2 Bridging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide Richard Bolden, Jean Moscarola · Social Science Computer Review Nov 2000 144
3 Biomarkers in the diagnosis of lysosomal storage disorders: proteins, lipids, and inhibodies Johannes M. F. G. Aerts, Wouter W. Kallemeijn, Wouter Wegdam et al. · Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease Open access 28 Mar 2011 118
4 Genistein in Sanfilippo disease: A randomized controlled crossover trial Jessica de Ruijter, Marlies J. Valstar, Magdalena Narajczyk et al. · Annals of Neurology 10 Oct 2011 114
5 Clinical impact of the worldwide shortage of verteporfin (Visudyne®) on ophthalmic care Marc J. Sirks et al. · Acta Ophthalmologica Open access 6 Apr 2022 90
All 78 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Sphinx (Netherlands) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Oral microbiology and periodontitis research, Culinary Culture and Tourism, Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery and Legal and Regulatory Analysis.

Oral microbiology and periodontitis research: 0 fractional worksCulinary Culture and Tourism: 0 fractional worksNanoparticle-Based Drug …0Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery: 0 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…0Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 0 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 0 fractional worksCOVID-19 Pandemic Impacts0COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts: 0 fractional worksLaser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine: 0 fractional worksThemes in Literature Analysis: 0 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 0 fractional works
PeriodonticsFood ScienceBiomaterialsTransportation6 others

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

  1. 1 Oral microbiology and periodontitis research Periodontics 0 works
  2. 2 Culinary Culture and Tourism Food Science 0 works
  3. 3 Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery Biomaterials 0 works
  4. 4 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 works
  5. 5 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Laser Applications in Dentistry and Medicine Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Themes in Literature Analysis Literature and Literary Theory 0 works
  10. 10 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 0 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 available57.6%not open42.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors51.6%domestic only48.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Sphinx (Netherlands)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 163% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Sphinx (Netherlands) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000028% in 2024.

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Fractional works of Sphinx (Netherlands) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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