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Zuyderland Medisch Centrum

In research, Zuyderland Medisch Centrum stands highest in Medicine (#2,675 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,381 of 11,982 worldwide) and Surgery (#858 of 1,816 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Surgery and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Rheumatology is 11.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,662
of 28,054 · #13,354 all time
Rank in Netherlands
#83
of 237
Research works
1.1k
▲ 122% vs 2013–17
Citations
16k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
18.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
67%
world 28%

What is Zuyderland Medisch Centrum 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 #2,675 of 10,443 17.9%306 #3402
Health SciencesDomain #3,381 of 11,982 18.2%318 #4109
SurgerySubfield #858 of 1,816 16.3%88 #1570

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Zuyderland Medisch Centrum 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#3,402 #2,675
  2. Health Sciences#4,109 #3,381
  3. Surgery#1,570 #858
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 Zuyderland Medisch Centrum specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 11.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 20.1 works12×
  2. SurgerySubfield · 88.3 works10×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 31.4 works5.4×
  4. OncologySubfield · 20.3 works4.8×
← 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: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.90× its world share, 18 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 6 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.23× its world share, 306 worksMedicineNursing: 0.86× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.34× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 7 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Zuyderland Medisch Centrum?

Ranked on the composite score, Mariëlle Romberg‐Camps, Jan H.M.B. Stoot and Meindert N. Sosef lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Zuyderland Medisch Centrum.

  1. 1 Mariëlle Romberg‐Camps Netherlands · #317,529 worldwide 71 citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Jan H.M.B. Stoot Netherlands · #329,383 worldwide 82 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Meindert N. Sosef Netherlands · #581,003 worldwide 30 citations · 22 works
  4. 4 S.L. Radt Netherlands · #602,345 worldwide 6 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Yvonne L. J. Vissers Netherlands · #642,067 worldwide 30 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Frans Erdkamp Netherlands · #808,256 worldwide 40 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Erik R. de Loos Netherlands · #1,347,962 worldwide 3 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Mathie P.G. Leers Netherlands · #1,515,151 worldwide 9 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Zuyderland Medisch Centrum

Which keywords describe research at Zuyderland Medisch Centrum?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Quality of Life, Radiotherapy, Inflammation, Cardiovascular Risk, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Revision Surgery.

▲ 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. Epidemiology51▲ 3.4×87 topics
  2. Complications28▲ 15×17 topics
  3. Quality of Life24▲ 4.3×32 topics
  4. Inflammation23▲ 3.0×47 topics
  5. Radiotherapy17▲ 12×11 topics
  6. Chemotherapy14▲ 5.4×16 topics
  7. Treatment14▲ 3.1×34 topics
  8. Clinical Practice Guidelines14▲ 6.7×14 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Risk13▲ 11×8 topics
  10. Risk Factors12▲ 3.0×25 topics
  11. Revision Surgery12▲ 25×2 topics
  12. Total Hip Replacement12▲ 25×2 topics
  13. Diagnosis12▲ 3.4×33 topics
  14. Survival Analysis11▲ 11×6 topics
  15. Patient Satisfaction11▲ 9.1×7 topics
  16. Health-related Quality of Life10▲ 12×5 topics
  17. Neoadjuvant Therapy10▲ 12×5 topics
  18. Spinal Fusion10▲ 28×2 topics
  19. Surgical Management10▲ 6.4×15 topics
  20. Surgical Treatment10▲ 13×5 topics
  21. Guidelines10▲ 5.4×11 topics
  22. Clinical Outcomes9▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Low Back Pain9▲ 14×3 topics
  24. Surgery9▲ 6.7×10 topics
  25. Rehabilitation9▲ 5.8×9 topics
  26. Degenerative Disc Disease8▲ 23×2 topics
  27. Arthroplasty8▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Tumor Staging8▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Autoantibodies8▲ 8.9×7 topics
  30. Biomechanics7▲ 6.4×8 topics
  31. Rheumatoid Arthritis7▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Cytokines7▲ 6.6×5 topics
  33. Adjuvant Therapy7▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Biological Therapy7▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Molecular Subtypes7▲ 21×3 topics
  36. Outcomes7▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Total Knee Replacement7▲ 27×1 topic
  38. Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs6▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Inflammatory Bowel Disease6▲ 15×5 topics
  40. Joint Inflammation6▲ 34×1 topic

Which research topics does Zuyderland Medisch Centrum publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology and Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments.

Total Knee Arthroplasty …7Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 7 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…6Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 6 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 6 fractional worksSpondyloarthritis Studie…6Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 6 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and…5Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 5 fractional worksBreast Cancer Treatment Studies: 5 fractional worksPectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…5Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 5 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 4 fractional worksPleural and Pulmonary Diseases: 4 fractional works
SurgeryRheumatologyPathology and Forensic MedicineCancer Research2 others

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

  1. 1 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 6 works
  3. 3 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 6 works
  4. 4 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 6 works
  5. 5 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 5 works
  6. 6 Breast Cancer Treatment Studies Cancer Research 5 works
  7. 7 Pectus Deformity Diagnosis and Treatment Surgery 5 works
  8. 8 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  9. 9 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 4 works
  10. 10 Pleural and Pulmonary Diseases Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 4 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 available66.8%not open33.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.5%domestic only72.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Zuyderland Medisch Centrum's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 122% 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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