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SURFsara (Netherlands)

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Research works
109
▼ 15% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.7k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
32%
world 18%
SURFsara (Netherlands)

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

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

In all years, 43% of research at SURFsara (Netherlands) is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Computer Science (20%), Medicine (18%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (16%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 47 fractional works · 43.3% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 20.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 7 fractional works · 6.5% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 3 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 11 fractional works · 9.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 7 fractional works · 6.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 23.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 18 fractional works · 16.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 12 fractional works · 10.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workFood Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 19.9% of its workMedicine: 20 fractional works · 18.2% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 13.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKSURFsara(Netherlands)109fractional works, all years
Life Sciences23%Physical Sciences43%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences14%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Computer Science2220.4%
    2. Engineering119.9%
    3. Physics and Astronomy76.3%
    4. Environmental Science32.3%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences22.3%
    6. Materials Science10.8%
    7. Energy10.6%
    8. Mathematics00.4%
    9. Chemistry00.4%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1816.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences54.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology21.5%
    4. Neuroscience10.9%
    1. Medicine2018.2%
    2. Health Professions21.6%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences44.0%
    2. Decision Sciences43.4%
    3. Psychology32.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting21.9%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.7%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.7%
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: 0.79× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.12× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 4.02× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.17× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 7.72× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesPsychology: 1.76× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Decision Sciences, 7.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 18 fields, with their numbers
  1. Decision Sciences7.72×1 works
  2. Computer Science4.02×4 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy3.17×1 works
  4. Mathematics2.13×0 works
  5. Psychology1.76×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.12×1 works
  7. Engineering1.11×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×0 works
  9. Chemistry0.60×0 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.53×0 works
  11. Medicine0.45×1 works
  12. Environmental Science0.41×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.39×0 works
  14. Materials Science0.36×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.31×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.30×0 works
  17. Health Professions0.25×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.18×0 works

Who are the top researchers at SURFsara (Netherlands)?

Ranked on the quality score, Evghenii Gaburov, Caspar M. van Leeuwen and Damian Podareanu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SURFsara (Netherlands).

  1. 1 Evghenii Gaburov Netherlands · #682,862 worldwide 2.3k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Caspar M. van Leeuwen Netherlands · #1,033,045 worldwide 1.4k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Damian Podareanu Netherlands · #1,193,548 worldwide 494 citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Ronald van der Pol Netherlands · #1,830,650 worldwide 239 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Jules Wolfrat Netherlands · #3,110,627 worldwide 212 citations · 25 works
  6. 6 Valeriu Codreanu Netherlands · #3,977,978 worldwide 364 citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at SURFsara (Netherlands)

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

The most cited paper from SURFsara (Netherlands) is "Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences" (Richard Karlsson Linnér et al., 2019), with 857 citations. Next come "Whole-genome sequence variation, population structure and demographic history of the Dutch population" (732) and "Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene" (728).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences Richard Karlsson Linnér et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 9 Jan 2019 857
2 Whole-genome sequence variation, population structure and demographic history of the Dutch population Laurent C. Francioli et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 29 Jun 2014 732
3 Genome-wide Analyses Identify KIF5A as a Novel ALS Gene Aude Nicolas et al. · Neuron Open access540 authors Mar 2018 728
4 The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey T. W. Shimwell et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access107 authors 27 Sep 2018 596
5 Time-Resolved Holography with Photoelectrons Ymkje Huismans et al. · Science Open access 17 Dec 2010 581
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at SURFsara (Netherlands)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Workflow Management, High-Performance Computing, Distributed Systems, Resource Management, Grid Computing, Task Scheduling, Parallel Computing and Semantic Web Services.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Workflow Management8▲ 70×2 topics
  2. High-Performance Computing7▲ 46×2 topics
  3. Distributed Systems6▲ 23×5 topics
  4. Resource Management5▲ 27×2 topics
  5. Epidemiology4◆ 0.99×19 topics
  6. Grid Computing4▲ 62×1 topic
  7. Task Scheduling4▲ 62×1 topic
  8. Parallel Computing4▲ 21×2 topics
  9. Bioinformatics4▲ 27×3 topics
  10. Semantic Web Services4▲ 35×2 topics
  11. Deep Learning3▲ 1.44×16 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease3▲ 2.5×5 topics
  13. Metabolism3▲ 4.4×7 topics
  14. Reproducibility3▲ 87×1 topic
  15. Scientific Workflows3▲ 87×1 topic
  16. GPU Computing3▲ 38×1 topic
  17. Performance Optimization3▲ 27×1 topic
  18. Signal Transduction3▲ 11×3 topics
  19. Health Effects3▲ 4.1×6 topics
  20. Digital Repositories2▲ 90×2 topics
  21. Energy Efficiency2▲ 2.9×4 topics
  22. Big Data2▲ 3.5×7 topics
  23. Gene Regulation2▲ 13×2 topics
  24. Antibiotic Resistance2▲ 4.3×1 topic
  25. Bacterial Physiology2▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Data Sharing2▲ 89×1 topic
  27. RNA Regulation2▲ 16×2 topics
  28. Scientific Data Management2▲ 115×1 topic
  29. Caffeine2▲ 134×1 topic
  30. Coffee2▲ 134×1 topic
  31. Cognitive Performance2▲ 21×2 topics
  32. Data Integration2▲ 6.9×6 topics
  33. Metabolic Engineering2▲ 13×3 topics
  34. Semantic Web2▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Synthetic Biology2▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Constraint-Based Models2▲ 26×1 topic
  37. Genome-Scale Models2▲ 26×1 topic
  38. Metabolic Disorders2▲ 8.2×2 topics
  39. Visualization1▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Biocatalysis1▲ 16×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022-now: Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems, Scientific Computing and Data Management, Railway Engineering and Dynamics and Research Data Management Practices.

Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems: 1 fractional worksScientific Computing and Data Management: 1 fractional worksRailway Engineering and …1Railway Engineering and Dynamics: 1 fractional worksResearch Data Management…1Research Data Management Practices: 1 fractional worksLibrary Science and Information Systems: 0 fractional worksBiomedical Text Mining and Ontologies: 0 fractional worksRailway Systems and Ener…0Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency: 0 fractional worksOutdoor and Experiential Education: 0 fractional worksYouth Development and Social Support: 0 fractional worksAdventure Sports and Sensation Seeking: 0 fractional works
Computer Networks and CommunicationsInformation Systems and ManagementMechanical EngineeringInformation Systems4 others

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

  1. 1 Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems Computer Networks and Communications 1 works
  2. 2 Scientific Computing and Data Management Information Systems and Management 1 works
  3. 3 Railway Engineering and Dynamics Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  4. 4 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 1 works
  5. 5 Library Science and Information Systems Information Systems 0 works
  6. 6 Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies Molecular Biology 0 works
  7. 7 Railway Systems and Energy Efficiency Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Outdoor and Experiential Education Social Psychology 0 works
  9. 9 Youth Development and Social Support Safety Research 0 works
  10. 10 Adventure Sports and Sensation Seeking Social Psychology 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 available50.4%not open49.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.3%domestic only67.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 15% lower 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 SURFsara (Netherlands) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000023% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%SURFsara (Netherlands)0.00013% in 202519801990200020102020

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

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