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University of Amsterdam

In research, University of Amsterdam stands highest in Sociology and Political Science (#3 of 2,578 worldwide), Social Sciences (#13 of 10,521 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#10 of 6,365 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Communication, Public Administration and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology — Communication is 4.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#132
of 28,054 · #96 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#2
of 237
Research works
86k
▲ 10% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.2M
37.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
30.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is University of Amsterdam 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
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #3 of 2,578 41.0%838 #7
Social SciencesDomain #13 of 10,521 34.8%4,516 #26
Social SciencesField #10 of 6,365 39.0%2,339 #26
Political Science and International RelationsSubfield #7 of 1,201 34.3%464 #8
CommunicationSubfield #1 of 104 56.2%143 #1
Health SciencesDomain #122 of 11,982 27.6%2,414 #82
MedicineField #128 of 10,443 27.2%2,049 #84
PsychologyField #36 of 2,181 34.4%729 #41
Literature and Literary TheorySubfield #7 of 390 34.7%105 #18
Arts and HumanitiesField #40 of 1,998 25.5%604 #32

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where University of Amsterdam 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. Sociology and Political Science#7 #3
  2. Social Sciences#26 #13
  3. Social Sciences#26 #10
  4. Political Science and International Relations#8 #7
  5. Communication#1 #1
  6. Health Sciences#82 #122
  7. Medicine#84 #128
  8. Psychology#41 #36
  9. Literature and Literary Theory#18 #7
  10. Arts and Humanities#32 #40
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 of Amsterdam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Communication takes 4.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. CommunicationSubfield · 142.9 works4.9×
  2. Public AdministrationSubfield · 20.8 works3.6×
  3. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 170.5 works3.4×
  4. Applied PsychologySubfield · 49.9 works3.3×
  5. Safety ResearchSubfield · 93.1 works3.2×
  6. HistorySubfield · 105.5 works3.1×
← 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: 0.31× its world share, 159 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.79× its world share, 449 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.07× its world share, 115 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.74× its world share, 300 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 15 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.52× its world share, 19 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.80× its world share, 132 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 1,060 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 72 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.52× its world share, 50 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 389 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.57× its world share, 302 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.28× its world share, 103 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 151 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.59× its world share, 374 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.39× its world share, 72 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.93× its world share, 259 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.00× its world share, 2,049 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 31 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.97× its world share, 604 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 338 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.83× its world share, 188 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 318 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.25× its world share, 729 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 2,339 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at University of Amsterdam?

Ranked on the composite score, Patrick M. Bossuyt, Max Welling and Piet Borst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is University of Amsterdam.

  1. 1 Patrick M. Bossuyt · #59 worldwide 14k citations · 137 works
  2. 2 Max Welling · #893 worldwide 3.4k citations · 135 works
  3. 3 Piet Borst · #2,513 worldwide 1.5k citations · 94 works
  4. 4 Patti M. Valkenburg · #3,151 worldwide 1.5k citations · 85 works
  5. 5 Wilmar M. Wiersinga · #3,632 worldwide 978 citations · 78 works
  6. 6 K. Yamauchi · #4,404 worldwide 1.8k citations · 113 works
  7. 7 K.H.J. Buschow · #4,754 worldwide 1.3k citations · 77 works
  8. 8 Denny Borsboom · #4,855 worldwide 1.7k citations · 62 works
  9. 9 Peter J. Sterk · #6,215 worldwide 734 citations · 105 works
  10. 10 Age K. Smilde · #8,011 worldwide 863 citations · 61 works
All ranked researchers at University of Amsterdam

Which keywords describe research at University of Amsterdam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Social Media, Epidemiology, Human Rights, Ethics, Neoliberalism, Emotion and Mental Health.

▲ 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. Epidemiology473◆ 1.13×133 topics
  2. Globalization414▲ 1.99×128 topics
  3. Social Media342▲ 2.2×37 topics
  4. Deep Learning326◆ 0.90×73 topics
  5. Machine Learning325◆ 0.94×76 topics
  6. Human Rights253▲ 2.3×71 topics
  7. Mental Health243▲ 1.56×46 topics
  8. Inflammation216◆ 0.98×83 topics
  9. Neural Networks211▲ 1.29×35 topics
  10. Artificial Intelligence174▲ 1.19×41 topics
  11. Ethics166▲ 3.2×44 topics
  12. Big Data153▲ 1.59×25 topics
  13. Neoliberalism149▲ 3.9×26 topics
  14. Identity148▲ 1.91×59 topics
  15. Depression145▲ 1.55×25 topics
  16. Nationalism141▲ 2.9×29 topics
  17. Gender140▲ 2.4×41 topics
  18. Emotion125▲ 5.7×12 topics
  19. Democracy117▲ 3.1×26 topics
  20. Colonialism117▲ 2.3×40 topics
  21. Emotion Regulation112▲ 3.4×9 topics
  22. Global Governance109▲ 4.5×19 topics
  23. International Law105▲ 3.2×27 topics
  24. Psychopathology101▲ 5.2×4 topics
  25. Politics96▲ 3.3×19 topics
  26. Online Communication95▲ 5.7×3 topics
  27. Surveillance94▲ 3.3×6 topics
  28. Feminism93▲ 3.1×20 topics
  29. Digital Divide90▲ 3.3×9 topics
  30. Civic Engagement77▲ 4.6×4 topics
  31. Public Opinion76▲ 5.8×7 topics
  32. Topic Modeling76▲ 4.9×2 topics
  33. Deliberative Democracy74▲ 9.1×2 topics
  34. Immigration72▲ 5.9×7 topics
  35. Political Participation70▲ 7.5×2 topics
  36. Internet Access69▲ 10×2 topics
  37. Media Use69▲ 11×1 topic
  38. Networked Individualism69▲ 11×1 topic
  39. Fairness65▲ 7.1×2 topics
  40. Political Communication61▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does University of Amsterdam publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Social Media and Politics, Topic Modeling, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Misinformation and Its Impacts.

Social Media and Politics69Social Media and Politics: 69 fractional worksTopic Modeling62Topic Modeling: 62 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 54 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…52Misinformation and Its Impacts: 52 fractional worksMental Health Research T…51Mental Health Research Topics: 51 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 42 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 40 fractional worksMigration, Refugees, and…38Migration, Refugees, and Integration: 38 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 37 fractional worksSocial and Intergroup Psychology: 32 fractional works
CommunicationArtificial IntelligenceSociology and Political ScienceExperimental and Cognitive Psychology2 others

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

  1. 1 Social Media and PoliticsCommunication 69 works
  2. 2 Topic ModelingArtificial Intelligence 62 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing TechniquesArtificial Intelligence 54 works
  4. 4 Misinformation and Its ImpactsSociology and Political Science 52 works
  5. 5 Mental Health Research TopicsExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 51 works
  6. 6 Ethics and Social Impacts of AISafety Research 42 works
  7. 7 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional DevelopmentClinical Psychology 40 works
  8. 8 Migration, Refugees, and IntegrationSociology and Political Science 38 works
  9. 9 Media Studies and CommunicationCommunication 37 works
  10. 10 Social and Intergroup PsychologySociology and Political Science 32 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 available46.1%not open53.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors26.4%domestic only73.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has University of Amsterdam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% 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.

Other research institutions in Amsterdam

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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.