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The Netherlands Cancer Institute

In research, The Netherlands Cancer Institute stands highest in Medicine (#640 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#781 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#763 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Cancer Research and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Oncology is 16.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,550
of 28,054 · #746 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#22
of 237
Research works
8.4k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
490k
58.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
41%
world 28%

What is The Netherlands Cancer Institute 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
MedicineField #640 of 10,443 24.7%607 #269
Health SciencesDomain #781 of 11,982 24.8%624 #354
Life SciencesDomain #763 of 7,800 29.2%210 #295
OncologySubfield #85 of 772 23.7%174 #50
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #262 of 1,144 25.2%119 #75
SurgerySubfield #545 of 1,816 25.5%73 #318
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #1,308 of 3,579 27.7%164 #284
Physical SciencesDomain #4,860 of 12,888 22.8%69 #1797
Molecular BiologySubfield #889 of 2,175 30.6%87 #208
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield #353 of 569 24.7%62 #209

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where The Netherlands Cancer Institute 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. Medicine#269 #640
  2. Health Sciences#354 #781
  3. Life Sciences#295 #763
  4. Oncology#50 #85
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#75 #262
  6. Surgery#318 #545
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#284 #1,308
  8. Physical Sciences#1,797 #4,860
  9. Molecular Biology#208 #889
  10. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging#209 #353
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.

What does The Netherlands Cancer Institute specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 16.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 174.5 works17×
  2. Cancer ResearchSubfield · 43.9 works11×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 119.0 works8.3×
  4. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 62.3 works7.5×
  5. Pathology and Forensic MedicineSubfield · 24.2 works5.0×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.32× its world share, 164 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.31× its world share, 31 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.41× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.45× its world share, 5 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.30× its world share, 22 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.54× its world share, 6 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.89× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.51× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.41× its world share, 608 worksMedicineNursing: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.14× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at The Netherlands Cancer Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, John B.A.G. Haanen, René Bernards and Marc J. van de Vijver lead among researchers whose main affiliation is The Netherlands Cancer Institute.

  1. 1 John B.A.G. Haanen Netherlands · #2,396 worldwide 1.4k citations · 115 works
  2. 2 René Bernards Netherlands · #2,624 worldwide 2k citations · 86 works
  3. 3 Marc J. van de Vijver Netherlands · #2,744 worldwide 2k citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Emiel J. Rutgers Netherlands · #8,666 worldwide 734 citations · 104 works
  5. 5 Annegien Broeks Netherlands · #15,711 worldwide 864 citations · 65 works
  6. 6 Jos Jonkers Netherlands · #15,792 worldwide 699 citations · 80 works
  7. 7 Alfred H. Schinkel Netherlands · #19,084 worldwide 596 citations · 48 works
  8. 8 Marjanka K. Schmidt Netherlands · #19,177 worldwide 865 citations · 100 works
  9. 9 Ton N. Schumacher Netherlands · #19,670 worldwide 679 citations · 75 works
  10. 10 Jannie Borst Netherlands · #29,547 worldwide 383 citations · 42 works
All ranked researchers at The Netherlands Cancer Institute

Which keywords describe research at The Netherlands Cancer Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Immunotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Survival Analysis, Clinical Trials, Radiotherapy, Neoadjuvant Therapy and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ 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. Chemotherapy109▲ 17×24 topics
  2. Immunotherapy90▲ 14×19 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines62▲ 12×13 topics
  4. Survival Analysis55▲ 22×7 topics
  5. Clinical Trials54▲ 8.6×14 topics
  6. Radiotherapy52▲ 15×13 topics
  7. Neoadjuvant Therapy52▲ 24×5 topics
  8. Cancer52▲ 4.2×41 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment48▲ 12×8 topics
  10. Targeted Therapy48▲ 23×4 topics
  11. Quality of Life47▲ 3.5×29 topics
  12. Breast Cancer45▲ 21×10 topics
  13. Precision Medicine42▲ 9.7×7 topics
  14. Biomarkers41▲ 6.5×14 topics
  15. Prognostic Factors37▲ 9.2×14 topics
  16. Molecular Characterization35▲ 21×4 topics
  17. Metastasis34▲ 11×12 topics
  18. Prostate Cancer34▲ 28×5 topics
  19. Immune Checkpoint Blockade33▲ 32×1 topic
  20. PD-1 and PD-L133▲ 32×1 topic
  21. Genetic Mutations32▲ 8.0×19 topics
  22. Radiation Therapy31▲ 26×5 topics
  23. Gene Expression31▲ 5.5×14 topics
  24. Genomic Profiling29▲ 30×2 topics
  25. Molecular Subtypes28▲ 36×3 topics
  26. Cancer Immunotherapy26▲ 19×3 topics
  27. Cancer Therapy26▲ 4.9×17 topics
  28. Screening26▲ 30×2 topics
  29. Genomic Instability26▲ 25×3 topics
  30. Clinical Guidelines25▲ 9.4×8 topics
  31. Adjuvant Chemotherapy25▲ 39×2 topics
  32. Medical Imaging25▲ 5.2×8 topics
  33. Biopsy25▲ 44×2 topics
  34. Dosimetry23▲ 35×2 topics
  35. Cancer Risk23▲ 11×7 topics
  36. Tumor Markers23▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Prognostic Markers22▲ 22×3 topics
  38. Texture Analysis21▲ 10×2 topics
  39. Monte Carlo Simulation21▲ 11×4 topics
  40. Genetic Variants21▲ 13×6 topics

Which research topics does The Netherlands Cancer Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics and Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment.

Cancer Immunotherapy and…33Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 33 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…20Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 20 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 19 fractional worksProstate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 18 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 17 fractional worksProstate Cancer Treatment and Research: 15 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments a…14Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 14 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments: 14 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune Responses: 13 fractional works
OncologyRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingCancer ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 33 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 20 works
  3. 3 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 19 works
  4. 4 Prostate Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 18 works
  5. 5 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 18 works
  6. 6 Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques Radiation 17 works
  7. 7 Prostate Cancer Treatment and Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 15 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 14 works
  9. 9 Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments Oncology 14 works
  10. 10 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 13 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 available41.2%not open58.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.0%domestic only74.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has The Netherlands Cancer Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.