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University Medical Center Groningen

In research, University Medical Center Groningen stands highest in Medicine (#59 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#78 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#305 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Transplantation, Nephrology and Geriatrics and Gerontology — Transplantation is 12.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#550
of 28,054 · #737 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#15
of 237
Research works
20k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
688k
34.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
65%
world 28%

What is University Medical Center Groningen 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 #59 of 10,443 24.2%2,483 #128
Health SciencesDomain #78 of 11,982 24.5%2,730 #151
Life SciencesDomain #305 of 7,800 25.1%705 #320
SurgerySubfield #75 of 1,816 25.9%301 #138
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #82 of 1,144 21.1%289 #110
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #62 of 738 26.5%162 #73
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #339 of 3,579 25.5%397 #400
Physical SciencesDomain #2,177 of 12,888 22.6%296 #3373
Social SciencesDomain #1,978 of 10,521 28.6%352 #1447
Health ProfessionsField #364 of 1,928 27.1%159 #352

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Medical Center Groningen 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#128 #59
  2. Health Sciences#151 #78
  3. Life Sciences#320 #305
  4. Surgery#138 #75
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#110 #82
  6. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#73 #62
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#400 #339
  8. Physical Sciences#3,373 #2,177
  9. Social Sciences#1,447 #1,978
  10. Health Professions#352 #364
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 University Medical Center Groningen specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Transplantation takes 12.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. TransplantationSubfield · 22.3 works12×
  2. NephrologySubfield · 59.5 works6.7×
  3. Geriatrics and GerontologySubfield · 27.1 works6.2×
  4. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 23.8 works5.8×
  5. RheumatologySubfield · 86.8 works4.7×
← 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: 0.14× its world share, 26 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.82× its world share, 397 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.73× its world share, 112 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.27× its world share, 150 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.40× its world share, 20 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 16 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 40 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 117 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 34 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.26× its world share, 38 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.28× its world share, 14 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 33 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.58× its world share, 51 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.48× its world share, 159 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.16× its world share, 2,483 worksMedicineNursing: 1.71× its world share, 34 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.12× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 14 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.60× its world share, 52 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.41× its world share, 175 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 87 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Medical Center Groningen?

Ranked on the composite score, Rudolf A. de Boer, Richard Bruggeman and Ron T. Gansevoort lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Medical Center Groningen.

  1. 1 Rudolf A. de Boer · #1,660 worldwide 2.1k citations · 150 works
  2. 2 Richard Bruggeman · #5,103 worldwide 1.2k citations · 73 works
  3. 3 Ron T. Gansevoort · #6,332 worldwide 957 citations · 94 works
  4. 4 Cisca Wijmenga · #6,366 worldwide 2.1k citations · 146 works
  5. 5 Matthijs Oudkerk · #8,153 worldwide 804 citations · 109 works
  6. 6 Dirk J. van Veldhuisen · #9,176 worldwide 1.3k citations · 132 works
  7. 7 Robert A. Schoevers · #9,297 worldwide 1.1k citations · 98 works
  8. 8 Ronald P. Stolk · #10,795 worldwide 812 citations · 58 works
  9. 9 Ilja M. Nolte · #10,948 worldwide 814 citations · 80 works
  10. 10 Rozemarijn Vliegenthart · #12,186 worldwide 599 citations · 56 works
All ranked researchers at University Medical Center Groningen

Which keywords describe research at University Medical Center Groningen?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Quality of Life, Treatment, Cardiovascular Disease, Diagnosis, Global Burden and Heart Failure.

▲ 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. Epidemiology432▲ 2.7×126 topics
  2. Inflammation312▲ 3.7×83 topics
  3. Quality of Life186▲ 3.2×52 topics
  4. Treatment169▲ 3.4×48 topics
  5. Cardiovascular Disease159▲ 3.5×37 topics
  6. Oxidative Stress150▲ 2.2×58 topics
  7. Diagnosis141▲ 3.7×39 topics
  8. Cancer121▲ 2.2×51 topics
  9. Management119▲ 3.7×28 topics
  10. Metabolic Syndrome110▲ 3.3×23 topics
  11. Global Burden106▲ 4.8×12 topics
  12. Chemotherapy103▲ 3.6×24 topics
  13. Depression102▲ 2.8×22 topics
  14. Heart Failure98▲ 5.6×13 topics
  15. Risk Factors97▲ 2.1×36 topics
  16. Biomarkers95▲ 3.4×17 topics
  17. Genetics86▲ 3.0×22 topics
  18. Clinical Trials80▲ 2.9×19 topics
  19. Radiotherapy79▲ 5.0×13 topics
  20. Immunotherapy78▲ 2.7×18 topics
  21. Aging77▲ 3.5×18 topics
  22. Clinical Practice Guidelines75▲ 3.4×14 topics
  23. Obesity74▲ 2.4×23 topics
  24. Neurological Disorders71▲ 3.1×20 topics
  25. Guidelines70▲ 3.7×13 topics
  26. Chronic Kidney Disease67▲ 6.8×9 topics
  27. Mortality66▲ 2.8×12 topics
  28. Rehabilitation65▲ 4.0×13 topics
  29. Prognosis65▲ 4.8×9 topics
  30. Echocardiography51▲ 4.7×8 topics
  31. Clinical Guidelines51▲ 4.3×9 topics
  32. Fibrosis51▲ 6.7×8 topics
  33. Autoantibodies50▲ 5.3×8 topics
  34. Health-related Quality of Life49▲ 5.2×5 topics
  35. Diagnostic Criteria48▲ 5.3×10 topics
  36. Immunosuppressive Therapy46▲ 6.0×8 topics
  37. Graft Survival43▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Respiratory42▲ 11×2 topics
  39. COPD38▲ 14×1 topic
  40. spirometry38▲ 14×1 topic

Which research topics does University Medical Center Groningen publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research, Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life and Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications.

Chronic Obstructive Pulm…38Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 38 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Le…26Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 26 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 24 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 23 fractional worksRenal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments: 21 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 21 fractional worksFrailty in Older Adults: 20 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…20Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 20 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 20 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory diseases: 19 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingEconomics and EconometricsTransplantation4 others

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

  1. 1 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 38 works
  2. 2 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 26 works
  3. 3 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 24 works
  4. 4 Medical Imaging Techniques and ApplicationsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 23 works
  5. 5 Renal Transplantation Outcomes and TreatmentsTransplantation 21 works
  6. 6 Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesSurgery 21 works
  7. 7 Frailty in Older AdultsGeriatrics and Gerontology 20 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and TreatmentPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 20 works
  9. 9 Diabetes Treatment and ManagementEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 20 works
  10. 10 Asthma and respiratory diseasesPhysiology 19 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 available64.9%not open35.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University Medical Center Groningen's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% 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.

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