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University Medical Center Utrecht

In research, University Medical Center Utrecht stands highest in Medicine (#101 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#120 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#257 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Otorhinolaryngology, Genetics and Radiation — Otorhinolaryngology is 6.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#576
of 28,054 · #447 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#16
of 237
Research works
26k
▼ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.1M
44.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is University Medical Center Utrecht 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 #101 of 10,443 23.1%2,422 #77
Health SciencesDomain #120 of 11,982 23.2%2,596 #102
Life SciencesDomain #257 of 7,800 27.2%649 #151
SurgerySubfield #123 of 1,816 22.6%324 #101
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #65 of 738 20.2%202 #98
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #113 of 1,144 22.5%242 #67
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #357 of 3,579 28.7%352 #250
EpidemiologySubfield #131 of 976 22.1%169 #111
Physical SciencesDomain #2,228 of 12,888 25.0%296 #1854
Social SciencesDomain #1,836 of 10,521 30.0%249 #1259

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University Medical Center Utrecht 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#77 #101
  2. Health Sciences#102 #120
  3. Life Sciences#151 #257
  4. Surgery#101 #123
  5. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#98 #65
  6. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#67 #113
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#250 #357
  8. Epidemiology#111 #131
  9. Physical Sciences#1,854 #2,228
  10. Social Sciences#1,259 #1,836
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 Utrecht specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Otorhinolaryngology takes 6.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OtorhinolaryngologySubfield · 23.7 works6.3×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 62.0 works6.0×
  3. RadiationSubfield · 27.8 works5.3×
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 202.4 works5.1×
  5. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 163.3 works4.8×
  6. NeurologySubfield · 96.6 works4.5×
← 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, 15 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.74× its world share, 352 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.16× its world share, 120 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.41× its world share, 148 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.07× its world share, 14 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.14× its world share, 8 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.18× its world share, 54 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 110 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.25× its world share, 46 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 19 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 22 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.41× its world share, 34 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.48× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.32× its world share, 2,422 worksMedicineNursing: 0.98× its world share, 18 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.22× its world share, 6 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.13× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.11× its world share, 13 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 21 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.41× its world share, 34 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.75× its world share, 87 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 80 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht?

Ranked on the composite score, Karel G.M. Moons, Johannes B. Reitsma and Arno W. Hoes lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University Medical Center Utrecht.

  1. 1 Karel G.M. Moons · #1,578 worldwide 2.2k citations · 85 works
  2. 2 Johannes B. Reitsma · #2,042 worldwide 2.4k citations · 78 works
  3. 3 Arno W. Hoes · #2,264 worldwide 1.2k citations · 87 works
  4. 4 Ale Algra · #2,854 worldwide 1.2k citations · 94 works
  5. 5 Hein G. Gooszen · #3,452 worldwide 1.1k citations · 71 works
  6. 6 Mathias Prokop · #3,788 worldwide 894 citations · 95 works
  7. 7 Gabriël J.E. Rinkel · #4,298 worldwide 1k citations · 92 works
  8. 8 J. van Gijn · #5,012 worldwide 700 citations · 75 works
  9. 9 Frans H. Rutten · #6,438 worldwide 977 citations · 60 works
  10. 10 Pim A. de Jong · #9,053 worldwide 550 citations · 62 works
All ranked researchers at University Medical Center Utrecht

Which keywords describe research at University Medical Center Utrecht?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammation, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Chemotherapy, Quality of Life, Cardiovascular Disease, Immunotherapy and Clinical Practice Guidelines.

▲ 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. Epidemiology368▲ 2.5×132 topics
  2. Inflammation238▲ 3.0×78 topics
  3. Quality of Life154▲ 2.8×52 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease133▲ 3.2×36 topics
  5. Chemotherapy123▲ 4.6×24 topics
  6. Treatment116▲ 2.5×48 topics
  7. Immunotherapy110▲ 4.1×19 topics
  8. Cancer101▲ 1.99×46 topics
  9. Risk Factors99▲ 2.4×33 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines98▲ 4.8×14 topics
  11. Magnetic Resonance Imaging98▲ 10×8 topics
  12. Diagnosis97▲ 2.8×41 topics
  13. Biomarkers93▲ 3.6×17 topics
  14. Management89▲ 3.0×34 topics
  15. Radiotherapy84▲ 5.8×13 topics
  16. Metabolic Syndrome83▲ 2.7×22 topics
  17. Genetic Mutations80▲ 4.8×23 topics
  18. Heart Failure78▲ 4.7×13 topics
  19. Genetics73▲ 2.8×23 topics
  20. Clinical Trials73▲ 2.9×18 topics
  21. Obesity71▲ 2.5×24 topics
  22. Mortality68▲ 3.1×13 topics
  23. Guidelines65▲ 3.7×13 topics
  24. Neoadjuvant Therapy63▲ 7.1×5 topics
  25. Precision Medicine62▲ 3.5×8 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders61▲ 2.8×20 topics
  27. Prognosis60▲ 4.9×9 topics
  28. Prognostic Factors59▲ 3.5×14 topics
  29. Surgery58▲ 4.4×12 topics
  30. Survival Analysis56▲ 5.4×7 topics
  31. Myocardial Infarction56▲ 6.3×7 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life53▲ 6.0×6 topics
  33. Echocardiography52▲ 5.1×8 topics
  34. Neuroimaging47▲ 4.6×11 topics
  35. Thrombosis47▲ 4.5×7 topics
  36. Perfusion Imaging46▲ 17×2 topics
  37. Endoscopic Resection40▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Molecular Classification39▲ 6.8×4 topics
  39. Functional MRI36▲ 12×2 topics
  40. Dosimetry35▲ 13×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications, Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment.

Advanced MRI Techniques …34Advanced MRI Techniques and Applications: 34 fractional worksAdvanced Radiotherapy Te…27Advanced Radiotherapy Techniques: 27 fractional worksCerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases: 24 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 24 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 22 fractional worksRadiomics and Machine Learning in Medical Imaging: 22 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 21 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…20Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 20 fractional worksSepsis Diagnosis and Treatment: 18 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 17 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingRadiationPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced MRI Techniques and ApplicationsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 34 works
  2. 2 Advanced Radiotherapy TechniquesRadiation 27 works
  3. 3 Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery DiseasesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 24 works
  4. 4 Glioma Diagnosis and TreatmentGenetics 24 works
  5. 5 Esophageal Cancer Research and TreatmentSurgery 22 works
  6. 6 Radiomics and Machine Learning in Medical ImagingRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 22 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 21 works
  8. 8 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of LifeEconomics and Econometrics 20 works
  9. 9 Sepsis Diagnosis and TreatmentEpidemiology 18 works
  10. 10 Gastric Cancer Management and OutcomesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 17 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 available53.9%not open46.1%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.1%domestic only69.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% lower 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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