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Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

In research, Windesheim University of Applied Sciences stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,715 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Psychology (Psychology is 5.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,864
of 22,385 · #10,157 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#101
of 197
Research works
579
▼ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
8.2k
14.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
19%
world 18%
Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

What is Windesheim University of Applied Sciences 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 #5,715 of 9,585 11.9%100 #4875

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Windesheim University of Applied Sciences 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 fields of science does Windesheim University of Applied Sciences work in?

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences is in Social Sciences, 19% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (31%), Psychology (18%), Medicine (11%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 109 fractional works · 65.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 52 fractional works · 31.3% of its workEducation: 21 fractional works · 12.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 14 fractional works · 8.2% of its workCommunication: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopment: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 29 fractional works · 17.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 10 fractional works · 6.1% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 3.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 11 fractional works · 6.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 19.0% of its workMedicine: 18 fractional works · 10.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 7.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 8 fractional works · 4.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedical Terminology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 22 fractional works · 13.3% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 7.0% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 3.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.1% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArchitecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWindesheimUniversity of…167fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences2%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences19%Social Sciences66%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5231.3%
    2. Psychology2917.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting116.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities84.6%
    5. Decision Sciences52.9%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance42.2%
    1. Medicine1810.7%
    2. Health Professions137.7%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    1. Computer Science127.0%
    2. Engineering53.1%
    3. Environmental Science52.9%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.3%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Energy00.0%
    1. Neuroscience21.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Windesheim University of Applied Sciences specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Psychology takes 5.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PsychologyField · 29.4 works5.8×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.90× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.20× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.58× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 2.92× its world share, 13 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.56× its world share, 18 worksMedicineNursing: 1.16× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.60× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.13× its world share, 12 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 3.03× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 5.79× its world share, 29 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.48× its world share, 52 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology5.79×29 works
  2. Decision Sciences3.03×5 works
  3. Health Professions2.92×13 works
  4. Social Sciences2.48×52 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting2.13×12 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.60×8 works
  7. Nursing1.16×1 works
  8. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.05×4 works
  9. Computer Science0.90×12 works
  10. Neuroscience0.78×2 works
  11. Environmental Science0.58×5 works
  12. Medicine0.56×18 works
  13. Engineering0.20×5 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.19×0 works
  15. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×0 works
  16. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.18×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.13×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.04×0 works
  20. Energy0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences?

Ranked on the quality score, Liesbeth Hermans, Peter Nikken and Marcel Heerink lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Windesheim University of Applied Sciences.

  1. 1 Liesbeth Hermans Netherlands · #336,351 worldwide 1.7k citations · 56 works
  2. 2 Peter Nikken Netherlands · #359,814 worldwide 2.9k citations · 60 works
  3. 3 Marcel Heerink Netherlands · #622,246 worldwide 4.1k citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Anneke Smits Netherlands · #717,271 worldwide 824 citations · 44 works
  5. 5 T. Martijn Willemse Netherlands · #756,874 worldwide 581 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 Sui Lin Goei Netherlands · #795,184 worldwide 1.4k citations · 132 works
  7. 7 Tommy L.S. Visscher Netherlands · #796,579 worldwide 7k citations · 156 works
  8. 8 Niek Pot Netherlands · #935,201 worldwide 778 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Martijn Willemse Netherlands · #954,088 worldwide 440 citations · 23 works
  10. 10 Luca Mattia Gelsomino Netherlands · #1,060,701 worldwide 1.1k citations · 36 works
All ranked researchers at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences

What are the most cited papers from Windesheim University of Applied Sciences?

The most cited paper from Windesheim University of Applied Sciences is "How to Improve Teaching Practices" (Erik E.J. Thoonen, Peter J. C. Sleegers, Frans Jeroen Oort et al., 2011), with 643 citations. Next come "Computational thinking in compulsory education: Towards an agenda for research and practice" (636) and "Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis" (492).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 How to Improve Teaching Practices Erik E.J. Thoonen, Peter J. C. Sleegers, Frans Jeroen Oort et al. · Educational Administration Quarterly 28 Feb 2011 643
2 Computational thinking in compulsory education: Towards an agenda for research and practice Joke M. Voogt, Petra Fisser, Jon Good et al. · Education and Information Technologies Open access 15 Jun 2015 636
3 Sleep characteristics across the lifespan in 1.1 million people from the Netherlands, United Kingdom and United States: a systematic review and meta-analysis Desana Kocevska et al. · Nature Human Behaviour ReviewOpen access 16 Nov 2020 492
4 Technologies to Support Community-Dwelling Persons With Dementia: A Position Paper on Issues Regarding Development, Usability, Effectiveness and Cost-Effectiveness, Deployment, and Ethics Franka J. M. Meiland, Anthea Innes, Gail Anne Mountain et al. · JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies Open access 16 Jan 2017 371
5 Technology integration of pre-service teachers explained by attitudes and beliefs, competency, access, and experience Daan Farjon, Anneke Smits, Joke M. Voogt · Computers & Education 30 Nov 2018 359
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Windesheim University of Applied Sciences?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Promotion, Education, Mental Health, Teacher Development, Anxiety, Technology Integration, Inclusion and Professionalism.

▲ 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. Education10▲ 3.5×19 topics
  2. Mental Health9▲ 3.6×19 topics
  3. Health Promotion8▲ 14×9 topics
  4. Globalization7▲ 2.2×17 topics
  5. Teacher Development5▲ 52×2 topics
  6. Anxiety5▲ 6.5×7 topics
  7. Security5▲ 4.4×4 topics
  8. Technology Integration5▲ 8.9×7 topics
  9. Higher Education5▲ 5.1×9 topics
  10. Inclusion4▲ 19×4 topics
  11. Depression4▲ 3.0×8 topics
  12. E-Learning4▲ 2.7×7 topics
  13. Professionalism4▲ 15×5 topics
  14. Qualitative Research4▲ 3.0×9 topics
  15. Well-being4▲ 6.6×8 topics
  16. Cultural Diversity4▲ 11×2 topics
  17. Physical Activity4▲ 5.1×7 topics
  18. Risk Management4▲ 5.2×6 topics
  19. Teacher Professional Development4▲ 15×4 topics
  20. Research Methods4▲ 15×2 topics
  21. Social Work4▲ 35×2 topics
  22. Empowerment4▲ 22×2 topics
  23. Neuroscience4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  24. Emotion Regulation4▲ 6.7×5 topics
  25. Youth Care4▲ 571×1 topic
  26. Physical Education3▲ 16×4 topics
  27. Reflective Practice3▲ 10×4 topics
  28. Student Perceptions3▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Lifelong Learning3▲ 8.5×6 topics
  30. Emotion3▲ 7.9×6 topics
  31. Distributed Systems3▲ 9.3×3 topics
  32. Self-Regulation3▲ 9.0×3 topics
  33. Social Isolation3▲ 8.2×2 topics
  34. Youth Engagement3▲ 7.3×3 topics
  35. Intrinsic Motivation3▲ 13×3 topics
  36. Professional Learning Communities3▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Qualitative Research Methods3▲ 37×1 topic
  38. Teacher Identity3▲ 38×1 topic
  39. Evidence-Based Practice2▲ 11×6 topics
  40. Language Development2▲ 12×4 topics

Which research topics does Windesheim University of Applied Sciences publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Dutch Social and Cultural Studies, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Sport Psychology and Performance and COVID-19 and Mental Health.

Dutch Social and Cultura…4Dutch Social and Cultural Studies: 4 fractional worksTeacher Education and Le…3Teacher Education and Leadership Studies: 3 fractional worksSport Psychology and Performance: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksSustainable Supply Chain Management: 2 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 2 fractional worksMobile Agent-Based Network Management: 2 fractional worksMotivation and Self-Conc…2Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports: 2 fractional worksPhysical Education and Pedagogy: 2 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 2 fractional works
EducationDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyClinical PsychologyStrategy and Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 4 works
  2. 2 Teacher Education and Leadership Studies Education 3 works
  3. 3 Sport Psychology and Performance Developmental and Educational Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  5. 5 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 2 works
  6. 6 Media Studies and Communication Communication 2 works
  7. 7 Mobile Agent-Based Network Management Computer Networks and Communications 2 works
  8. 8 Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports Social Psychology 2 works
  9. 9 Physical Education and Pedagogy Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 2 works
  10. 10 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 2 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.9%domestic only81.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Windesheim University of Applied Sciences's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Windesheim University of Applied Sciences as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00067% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Windesheim University of Applied Sciences0.00056% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of Windesheim University of Applied Sciences 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%30%Windesheim University of Applied Sciences13.7% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.0% in 2018.

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