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Tilburg University

In research, Tilburg University stands highest in Social Sciences (#151 of 10,521 worldwide), Psychology (#41 of 2,181 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#333 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology and Finance — Applied Psychology is 8.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,207
of 28,054 · #1,117 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#20
of 237
Research works
21k
▲ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
594k
28.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Tilburg University 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 #151 of 10,521 28.8%2,307 #126
PsychologyField #41 of 2,181 32.3%458 #136
Social SciencesField #333 of 6,365 29.8%918 #255
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementSubfield #18 of 229 41.0%62 #35
Decision SciencesField #59 of 703 24.8%111 #57
Social PsychologySubfield #72 of 664 32.9%129 #100
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #295 of 2,578 30.3%284 #157
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #155 of 1,201 27.9%180 #136
Arts and HumanitiesField #282 of 1,998 29.1%202 #296
Business, Management and AccountingField #370 of 2,578 26.7%372 #66

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Tilburg University 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#126 #151
  2. Psychology#136 #41
  3. Social Sciences#255 #333
  4. Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management#35 #18
  5. Decision Sciences#57 #59
  6. Social Psychology#100 #72
  7. Sociology and Political Science#157 #295
  8. Political Science and International Relations#136 #155
  9. Arts and Humanities#296 #282
  10. Business, Management and Accounting#66 #370
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 Tilburg University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Psychology takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied PsychologySubfield · 42.6 works8.8×
  2. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 94.9 works5.9×
  3. FinanceSubfield · 60.0 works5.9×
← 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: 0.12× its world share, 19 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.10× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.18× its world share, 120 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 279 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.48× its world share, 15 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 80 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.35× its world share, 58 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.29× its world share, 51 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.22× its world share, 17 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.65× its world share, 147 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.38× its world share, 248 worksMedicineNursing: 0.28× its world share, 5 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.07× its world share, 202 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.42× its world share, 372 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.39× its world share, 111 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.42× its world share, 247 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.45× its world share, 458 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.15× its world share, 918 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Tilburg University?

Ranked on the composite score, M. Papazoglou, Harry Huizinga and Greg Richards lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Tilburg University.

  1. 1 M. Papazoglou Netherlands · #15,763 worldwide 539 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Harry Huizinga Netherlands · #19,589 worldwide 613 citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Greg Richards Netherlands · #27,687 worldwide 476 citations · 139 works
  4. 4 Eric Postma Netherlands · #34,072 worldwide 564 citations · 43 works
  5. 5 Rik Pieters Netherlands · #45,225 worldwide 746 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Jeroen K. Vermunt Netherlands · #46,664 worldwide 943 citations · 99 works
  7. 7 Niels Noorderhaven Netherlands · #50,445 worldwide 459 citations · 55 works
  8. 8 Alexander Schouten Netherlands · #55,765 worldwide 434 citations · 43 works
  9. 9 Jean‐François Hennart Netherlands · #59,994 worldwide 380 citations · 35 works
  10. 10 J.P.C. Kleijnen Netherlands · #61,256 worldwide 765 citations · 126 works
All ranked researchers at Tilburg University

Which keywords describe research at Tilburg University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, Mental Health, Globalization, Ethics, Emotion, Depression, Psychopathology and Global 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. Human Rights169▲ 4.9×53 topics
  2. Mental Health155▲ 3.1×38 topics
  3. Globalization147▲ 2.2×91 topics
  4. Social Media101▲ 2.1×32 topics
  5. Artificial Intelligence94▲ 2.0×36 topics
  6. Depression89▲ 3.0×17 topics
  7. Ethics87▲ 5.3×37 topics
  8. Corporate Governance76▲ 3.1×22 topics
  9. Big Data75▲ 2.4×23 topics
  10. Economic Growth74▲ 2.6×25 topics
  11. Emotion62▲ 8.9×11 topics
  12. Emotion Regulation61▲ 5.8×9 topics
  13. Anxiety60▲ 3.8×9 topics
  14. International Law59▲ 5.7×24 topics
  15. Global Governance57▲ 7.4×17 topics
  16. Psychopathology56▲ 9.1×3 topics
  17. Social Capital55▲ 3.1×14 topics
  18. Meta-Analysis53▲ 2.7×17 topics
  19. Regulation53▲ 2.9×16 topics
  20. Social Support52▲ 2.8×14 topics
  21. Well-being52▲ 4.0×12 topics
  22. European Union52▲ 6.7×18 topics
  23. Resilience51▲ 3.2×14 topics
  24. Labor Market49▲ 4.9×13 topics
  25. Trust48▲ 5.1×10 topics
  26. Neuroscience48▲ 4.8×12 topics
  27. Personality Traits46▲ 10×8 topics
  28. Embodiment44▲ 7.0×6 topics
  29. Sovereignty44▲ 14×10 topics
  30. Accountability42▲ 12×4 topics
  31. Mental Disorders41▲ 11×3 topics
  32. Inclusion40▲ 8.4×6 topics
  33. Self-Regulation38▲ 6.3×6 topics
  34. Income Inequality36▲ 7.4×6 topics
  35. Transnational Corporations35▲ 42×3 topics
  36. Fairness34▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Neural Correlates34▲ 11×7 topics
  38. Incentives33▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Mergers and Acquisitions31▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Network Analysis31▲ 7.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Tilburg University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Mental Health Research Topics, Corporate Finance and Governance, Environmental law and policy and Ethics and Social Impacts of AI.

Mental Health Research T…26Mental Health Research Topics: 26 fractional worksCorporate Finance and Go…22Corporate Finance and Governance: 22 fractional worksEnvironmental law and policy: 22 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…21Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 21 fractional worksEmployment and Welfare S…20Employment and Welfare Studies: 20 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultural Studies: 20 fractional worksPsychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction: 17 fractional worksEuropean Criminal Justic…17European Criminal Justice and Data Protection: 17 fractional worksJob Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior: 17 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 16 fractional works
Experimental and Cognitive PsychologyAccountingLawSafety Research6 others

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

  1. 1 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 26 works
  2. 2 Corporate Finance and Governance Accounting 22 works
  3. 3 Environmental law and policy Law 22 works
  4. 4 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 21 works
  5. 5 Employment and Welfare Studies General Health Professions 20 works
  6. 6 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 20 works
  7. 7 Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction Social Psychology 17 works
  8. 8 European Criminal Justice and Data Protection Political Science and International Relations 17 works
  9. 9 Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 17 works
  10. 10 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 16 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 available56.0%not open44.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Tilburg University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% 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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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.