Science Explorer Back to mapMap
Discussion
University · Amsterdam · Netherlands

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

In research, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam stands highest in Social Sciences (#55 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#136 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#154 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Applied Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience and Public Administration (Applied Psychology is 4.7× its share of world research).

vu.nlROR OpenAlex
World rank, 2022-now
#161
of 22,385 · #191 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#8
of 197
Research works
63k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.5M
39.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.46×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
52%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

What is Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #55 of 9,585 16.3%3,392 #79
Health SciencesDomain #136 of 9,902 17.3%2,024 #146
MedicineField #154 of 8,541 17.5%1,627 #147
Social SciencesField #110 of 5,988 16.7%1,510 #140
Business, Management and AccountingField #49 of 2,581 18.7%393 #134
PsychologyField #45 of 2,121 15.9%684 #66
Physical SciencesDomain #329 of 10,670 13.2%1,952 #371
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #80 of 2,526 16.7%571 #166
Life SciencesDomain #229 of 6,403 13.7%1,044 #249
Health ProfessionsField #80 of 1,895 15.7%305 #109

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Vrije Universiteit 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Social Sciences#79 #55
  2. Health Sciences#146 #136
  3. Medicine#147 #154
  4. Social Sciences#140 #110
  5. Business, Management and Accounting#134 #49
  6. Psychology#66 #45
  7. Physical Sciences#371 #329
  8. Sociology and Political Science#166 #80
  9. Life Sciences#249 #229
  10. Health Professions#109 #80
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is in Social Sciences, 24% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (19%), Social Sciences (18%), Psychology (8%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 3,851 fractional works · 40.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,720 fractional works · 17.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 662 fractional works · 6.9% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 285 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 193 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSafety Research: 74 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLaw: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGender Studies: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTransportation: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 796 fractional works · 8.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 241 fractional works · 2.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 231 fractional works · 2.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 173 fractional works · 1.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 457 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPhilosophy: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 432 fractional works · 4.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 111 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAccounting: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Information Systems: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 279 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 195 fractional works · 2.0% of its workFinance: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 166 fractional works · 1.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,269 fractional works · 23.7% of its workMedicine: 1,827 fractional works · 19.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 176 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 161 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 149 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 110 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEpidemiology: 107 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOncology: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 96 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 88 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 51 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 39 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 160 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 340 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 206 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 98 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDentistry: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPeriodontics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthodontics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOral Surgery: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,262 fractional works · 23.6% of its workComputer Science: 712 fractional works · 7.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 293 fractional works · 3.1% of its workInformation Systems: 128 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 79 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 474 fractional works · 4.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 163 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEngineering: 396 fractional works · 4.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 128 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 102 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 209 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 82 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 172 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 77 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeophysics: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 113 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 71 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 100 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 41 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 1,204 fractional works · 12.6% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 502 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 277 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 111 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiophysics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 446 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 328 fractional works · 3.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 176 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPlant Science: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKVrijeUniversiteit…9,585fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences24%Social Sciences40%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences3,85140.2%
    1. Social Sciences1,72017.9%
    2. Psychology7968.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities4574.8%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting4324.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2792.9%
    6. Decision Sciences1661.7%
  2. Health Sciences2,26923.7%
    1. Medicine1,82719.1%
    2. Health Professions3403.5%
    3. Dentistry680.7%
    4. Nursing290.3%
    5. Veterinary50.0%
    1. Computer Science7127.4%
    2. Environmental Science4744.9%
    3. Engineering3964.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2092.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1721.8%
    6. Mathematics1131.2%
    7. Chemistry1001.0%
    8. Materials Science530.6%
    9. Energy270.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering50.1%
  4. Life Sciences1,20412.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5025.2%
    2. Neuroscience4464.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1761.8%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology630.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics170.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Applied Psychology takes 4.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Applied PsychologySubfield · 65.1 works4.7×
  2. Cognitive NeuroscienceSubfield · 328.0 works4.7×
  3. Public AdministrationSubfield · 21.2 works4.1×
  4. Experimental and Cognitive PsychologySubfield · 172.7 works3.8×
  5. Religious studiesSubfield · 55.9 works3.5×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 176 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.98× its world share, 502 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.65× its world share, 63 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.87× its world share, 446 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.50× its world share, 17 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.67× its world share, 100 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.96× its world share, 712 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 172 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.30× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.28× its world share, 396 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.00× its world share, 474 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 53 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.00× its world share, 113 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.98× its world share, 209 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.46× its world share, 68 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.35× its world share, 340 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.99× its world share, 1,827 worksMedicineNursing: 0.62× its world share, 29 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.65× its world share, 457 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.40× its world share, 432 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.79× its world share, 166 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 279 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.73× its world share, 796 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 1,720 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Neuroscience, 2.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Neuroscience2.87×446 works
  2. Psychology2.73×796 works
  3. Decision Sciences1.79×166 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.65×457 works
  5. Dentistry1.46×68 works
  6. Social Sciences1.42×1,720 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.40×432 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.36×279 works
  9. Health Professions1.35×340 works
  10. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.14×172 works
  11. Environmental Science1.00×474 works
  12. Mathematics1.00×113 works
  13. Medicine0.99×1,827 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.98×502 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.98×209 works
  16. Computer Science0.96×712 works
  17. Chemistry0.67×100 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.65×63 works
  19. Nursing0.62×29 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.50×17 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×176 works
  22. Veterinary0.35×5 works
  23. Energy0.30×27 works
  24. Engineering0.28×396 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.16×5 works
  26. Materials Science0.16×53 works

Who are the top researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam?

Ranked on the quality score, Peter H. Verburg, Pim Cuijpers and Juan Rojo lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.

  1. 1 Peter H. Verburg Netherlands · #830 worldwide 60k citations · 764 works
  2. 2 Pim Cuijpers Netherlands · #1,053 worldwide 142k citations · 1,630 works
  3. 3 Juan Rojo Netherlands · #1,765 worldwide 38k citations · 457 works
  4. 4 Brenda W.J.H. Penninx Netherlands · #2,624 worldwide 190k citations · 1,802 works
  5. 5 Eirini Karyotaki Netherlands · #2,696 worldwide 18k citations · 279 works
  6. 6 Jeroen C. J. H. Aerts Netherlands · #3,916 worldwide 27k citations · 373 works
  7. 7 Guido R. van der Werf Netherlands · #4,429 worldwide 80k citations · 508 works
  8. 8 Jouke‐Jan Hottenga Netherlands · #5,830 worldwide 81k citations · 588 works
  9. 9 Yuri Milaneschi Netherlands · #7,832 worldwide 42k citations · 449 works
  10. 10 W. J. Wouter Botzen Netherlands · #8,678 worldwide 19k citations · 403 works
All ranked researchers at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

What are the most cited papers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam?

The most cited paper from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is "Special Care Units and Traditional Care in Dementia: Relationship with Behavior, Cognition, Functional Status and Quality of Life - A Review" (Jeroen S. Kok, Ina J. Berg, Erik Scherder, 2013), with 20,652 citations. Next come "The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease" (19,132) and "Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma" (15,337).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Special Care Units and Traditional Care in Dementia: Relationship with Behavior, Cognition, Functional Status and Quality of Life - A Review Jeroen S. Kok, Ina J. Berg, Erik Scherder · Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra Open access 5 Oct 2013 20,652
2 The diagnosis of dementia due to Alzheimer's disease: Recommendations from the National Institute on Aging‐Alzheimer's Association workgroups on diagnostic guidelines for Alzheimer's disease Guy M. McKhann, David S. Knopman, Howard Mark Chertkow et al. · Alzheimer s & Dementia Open access 22 Apr 2011 19,132
3 Improved Survival with Ipilimumab in Patients with Metastatic Melanoma Frank Stephen Hodi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 5 Jun 2010 15,337
4 Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger B. P. Abbott et al. · Physical Review Letters Open access1,011 authors 11 Feb 2016 14,545
5 Sarcopenia: revised European consensus on definition and diagnosis Alfonso José Cruz-Jentoft et al. · Age and Ageing Open access 24 Sep 2018 14,151
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mental Health, Climate Change, Globalization, Emotion Regulation, Depression, Human Rights and Ethics.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology423◆ 1.11×128 topics
  2. Climate Change354▲ 1.36×98 topics
  3. Globalization298▲ 1.58×123 topics
  4. Mental Health280▲ 2.0×44 topics
  5. Machine Learning255▼ 0.80×78 topics
  6. Sustainability234◆ 1.00×97 topics
  7. Quality of Life198▲ 1.43×56 topics
  8. Human Rights193▲ 1.97×70 topics
  9. Depression192▲ 2.3×23 topics
  10. Inflammation189◆ 0.93×81 topics
  11. Public Health188▲ 1.34×64 topics
  12. Social Media171▲ 1.29×34 topics
  13. Ethics146▲ 3.0×43 topics
  14. Emotion Regulation137▲ 4.5×9 topics
  15. Big Data128▲ 1.40×26 topics
  16. Aging125▲ 2.4×18 topics
  17. Biomarkers124▲ 1.86×18 topics
  18. Religion124▲ 2.8×37 topics
  19. Social Capital119▲ 2.4×17 topics
  20. Meta-Analysis114▲ 2.0×18 topics
  21. Resilience111▲ 2.4×17 topics
  22. Global Warming110▲ 2.7×16 topics
  23. Social Support102▲ 1.98×18 topics
  24. Anxiety99▲ 2.2×11 topics
  25. Prevalence95▲ 2.4×14 topics
  26. Well-being93▲ 2.5×14 topics
  27. Neuroimaging91▲ 3.5×11 topics
  28. Emotion89▲ 4.5×12 topics
  29. Psychopathology88▲ 5.2×4 topics
  30. Professionalism79▲ 4.9×6 topics
  31. Neural Mechanisms75▲ 7.7×4 topics
  32. Mental Disorders72▲ 6.5×3 topics
  33. Social Cognition70▲ 4.0×9 topics
  34. Cognitive Decline62▲ 5.3×2 topics
  35. Caregiver Burden61▲ 5.6×3 topics
  36. Prefrontal Cortex60▲ 7.3×3 topics
  37. Cognitive Training59▲ 6.6×2 topics
  38. Mild Cognitive Impairment56▲ 6.8×1 topic
  39. Vascular Risk Factors56▲ 6.8×1 topic
  40. Cognitive Control53▲ 8.8×2 topics

Which research topics does Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Mental Health Research Topics and Functional Brain Connectivity Studies.

Dementia and Cognitive I…56Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 56 fractional worksNeural and Behavioral Ps…46Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies: 46 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 44 fractional worksFunctional Brain Connectivity Studies: 36 fractional worksDigital Mental Health Interventions: 36 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease research and treatments: 34 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultural Studies: 33 fractional worksEthics and Social Impact…33Ethics and Social Impacts of AI: 33 fractional worksManagement and Organizational Studies: 33 fractional worksChild and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development: 33 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthCognitive NeuroscienceExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyApplied Psychology5 others

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

  1. 1 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 56 works
  2. 2 Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 46 works
  3. 3 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 44 works
  4. 4 Functional Brain Connectivity Studies Cognitive Neuroscience 36 works
  5. 5 Digital Mental Health Interventions Applied Psychology 36 works
  6. 6 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 34 works
  7. 7 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 33 works
  8. 8 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 33 works
  9. 9 Management and Organizational Studies Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 33 works
  10. 10 Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Clinical Psychology 33 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 available51.8%not open48.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors29.9%domestic only70.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.036% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam0.036% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam14.4% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.8% in 2019.

Other research institutions in Amsterdam

All research institutions in Amsterdam

Which institutions have research most like Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Gothenburg has the research profile closest to Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's, with both strong in Neuroscience.

  1. 1 University of GothenburgSweden · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Dentistry 0.83 Compare
  2. 2 University of AmsterdamNetherlands · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Arts and Humanities 0.82 Compare
  3. 3 Boston UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Dentistry 0.81 Compare
  4. 4 Indiana UniversityUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Psychology, Health Professions 0.81 Compare
  5. 5 University of BergenNorway · Both strong in Psychology, Arts and Humanities, Neuroscience 0.81 Compare

Similarity is the correlation of each side's location quotients across every field it publishes in, on a log scale: 1 is the same shape of research, 0 is unrelated. It ignores size. How it is measured.

Compare Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam with

Compare any two

Share Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's ranking

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam on Science Explorer

A card with Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam's standing and the fields it leads in, for a post or a slide. A link to this page previews as the same card.

Download the card

1200 × 630 PNG, sized for social posts, drawn from the latest snapshot.

Badges for a website2Each links back here and updates with every snapshot

Its overall standing, then the domains, fields and subfields where Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is in the world's top ten or its top 1%. Each has an image of its own.

Overall

Domains

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.

Discussion

Ask a question or share a note about Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Keep it to the research: no personal attacks, advertising or links. Any reader can report a post, which collapses it for everyone until it is opened.