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Dutch Social and Cultural Studies

Dutch Social and Cultural Studies is a research topic within Education. Science Explorer counts 13k research works in it since 1950. 5.5% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers covers a wide range of topics related to education, research methods, social work, empowerment, health promotion, and cultural diversity. It explores issues such as teacher development, inclusion in education, empowerment in social care, and the promotion of health in various settings. The cluster reflects a comprehensive exploration of methodologies and practices in the field of social sciences.

  • Research Methods
  • Social Work
  • Education
  • Empowerment
  • Health Promotion
  • Teacher Development
  • Inclusion
  • Youth Care
  • Professionalism
  • Cultural Diversity
Research works
13k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
694
per year above
Top-10% rate
5.5%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-28%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Dutch Social and Cultural Studies research?

By volume, the Netherlands and Belgium publish the most (534 and 73 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Netherlands 534 works
  2. 2 Belgium 73 works
  3. 3 United States 37 works
  4. 4 United Kingdom 15 works
  5. 5 South Africa 13 works
  6. 6 France 9 works
  7. 7 Poland 7 works
  8. 8 Germany 6 works
  9. 9 Canada 6 works
  10. 10 South Korea 5 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

Netherlands: 75.8%Belgium: 10.3%United States: 5.2%United Kingdom: 2.1%6 others listed: 6.6%76%largest
Netherlands534 · 75.8%Belgium73 · 10.3%United States37 · 5.2%United Kingdom15 · 2.1%6 others listed47 · 6.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Dutch Social and Cultural Studies research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Wikimedia Nederland publishes the most Dutch Social and Cultural Studies research, followed by Social Historic Centre for Limburg and Radboud University Nijmegen.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Wikimedia NederlandNetherlands 60 works
  2. 2 Social Historic Centre for LimburgNetherlands 44 works
  3. 3 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 29 works
  4. 4 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 25 works
  5. 5 Tilburg UniversityNetherlands 20 works
  6. 6 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 19 works
  7. 7 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 18 works
  8. 8 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 17 works
  9. 9 KU LeuvenBelgium 16 works
  10. 10 Rotterdam University of Applied SciencesNetherlands 14 works

Who are the leading researchers in Dutch Social and Cultural Studies?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Dutch Social and Cultural Studies include Pim Cuijpers, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer and Peter Nijkamp.

  1. 1 Pim Cuijpers Netherlands 2.8k citations
  2. 2 Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Netherlands 2.2k citations
  3. 3 Peter Nijkamp Netherlands 2k citations
  4. 4 Peter C. Verhoef Netherlands 1.9k citations
  5. 5 L.M. Bouter Netherlands 1.8k citations
  6. 6 Jos M. G. A. Schols Netherlands 1.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Dutch Social and Cultural Studies research done?

The largest centres of Dutch Social and Cultural Studies research in 2022–2025 are Utrecht (Netherlands), Amsterdam (Netherlands), Maastricht (Netherlands) and Rotterdam (Netherlands). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in Maastricht, Tilburg and The Hague.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Utrecht Netherlands 126 works
  2. 2 Amsterdam Netherlands 87 works
  3. 3 Maastricht Netherlands 56 works
  4. 4 Rotterdam Netherlands 38 works
  5. 5 Nijmegen Netherlands 36 works
  6. 6 Leiden Netherlands 29 works
  7. 7 The Hague Netherlands 25 works
  8. 8 Tilburg Netherlands 21 works
  9. 9 Groningen Netherlands 19 works
  10. 10 Leuven Belgium 19 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. MaastrichtNL · 55.8 works168×
  2. TilburgNL · 21.4 works159×
  3. The HagueNL · 24.8 works154×
  4. UtrechtNL · 126.0 works153×
  5. RotterdamNL · 37.7 works79×
  6. NijmegenNL · 35.9 works75×
  7. AmsterdamNL · 86.8 works69×
  8. LeidenNL · 29.0 works59×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Dutch Social and Cultural Studies than the world average.

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Where is the best place to study Dutch Social and Cultural Studies?

Among universities, judged by research, University of Amsterdam, Radboud University Nijmegen and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

0%5%10%mean 5.22%fractional works in this node (log) →share in the world top 10% →University of Amsterdam: 13, 10.1%Radboud University Nijmegen: 29, 4.7%Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam: 25, 3.6%Erasmus University Rotterdam: 18, 4.5%Utrecht University: 19, 5.4%University of Antwerp: 10, 10.3%KU Leuven: 16, 4.3%University of Groningen: 13, 2.5%Leiden University: 17, 1.9%Maastricht University: 9, 4.9%University of Amster…Radboud University N…Erasmus University R…Vrije Universiteit A…
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One dot per university in the table below. The upper left is the interesting corner: small places doing unusually strong work.

#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1 University of AmsterdamNetherlands 56.610.1%34.8×13 +63.7%
2 Radboud University NijmegenNetherlands 47.04.7%94.6×29 +48.1%
3 Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamNetherlands 43.83.6%90.2×25 +59.6%
4 Erasmus University RotterdamNetherlands 43.24.5%84.6×18 +68.7%
5 Utrecht UniversityNetherlands 41.45.4%48.5×19 +25.5%
6 University of AntwerpBelgium 40.110.3%46.3×10 -59.3%
7 KU LeuvenBelgium 37.64.3%24.5×16 +29.8%
8 University of GroningenNetherlands 34.22.5%37.0×13 +59.3%
9 Leiden UniversityNetherlands 33.11.9%69.9×17 +50.0%
10 Maastricht UniversityNetherlands 32.74.9%37.6×9 +10.8%

Universities only. Score blends excellence (30%), specialisation (25%), size (20%), growth (15%) and international reach (10%), 2015–2022; growth compares 2010–14 with 2015–19.

Is Dutch Social and Cultural Studies research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 28% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2013. The fastest-growing topics are Dutch Social and Cultural Studies.

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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.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.