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Netherlands Institutional Subject Rankings 2026

AD Scientific Index is the only system that provides subject-based rankings by analyzing the performance of 24.659 institutions across 13 main academic fields. These rankings evaluate universities’ strengths and weaknesses in specific disciplines, independent of their overall rankings. The global comparisons provided for each field serve as valuable benchmarks for: • Equivalency and quality assessments • Credit/transfer applications • Discipline-specific institutional comparisons.

Two newly introduced categories — Arts and Humanities University Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities University Rankings — focus exclusively on these areas, excluding medicine, engineering, and natural sciences.

Note: These rankings are currently in Beta version and updated in near real-timeThe "Others" category includes 1.131.699 profiles of researchers whose fields are either not yet identified or are still being edited. Therefore, subject rankings may evolve over time. Importantly, these rankings reflect the presence of scientists in a particular field, not whether the institution has a dedicated faculty or department for that subject.

* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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47
World Rank
1
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
1
Utrecht University
Universiteit Utrecht
Utrecht , Netherlands - Public 1636

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
658
Top 30
1,327
Top 50
1,917
Top 70
2,339
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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63
World Rank
2
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
2
University of Groningen
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Groningen , Netherlands - Public 1614

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
580
Top 30
1,156
Top 50
1,603
Top 70
1,906
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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83
World Rank
3
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
3
Wageningen , Netherlands - Public 1918

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
494
Top 30
984
Top 50
1,433
Top 70
1,761
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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97
World Rank
4
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
4
Leiden University
Universiteit Leiden
Leiden , Netherlands - Public 1575

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
463
Top 30
1,013
Top 50
1,519
Top 70
1,809
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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99
World Rank
5
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
5
Delft University of Technology
Technische Universiteit Delft
Delft , Netherlands - Public 1842

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
461
Top 30
1,266
Top 50
2,224
Top 70
2,768
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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105
World Rank
6
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
6
University of Amsterdam
Universiteit van Amsterdam
Amsterdam , Netherlands - Public 1632

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
453
Top 30
1,025
Top 50
1,564
Top 70
1,974
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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130
World Rank
7
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
7
Erasmus University
Erasmus Universiteit
Rotterdam , Netherlands - Private 1970

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
394
Top 30
839
Top 50
1,018
Top 70
1,069
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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140
World Rank
8
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
8
VU University of Amsterdam
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Amsterdam , Netherlands - Private 1880

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
372
Top 30
822
Top 50
1,193
Top 70
1,455
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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215
World Rank
9
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
9
Maastricht University
Universiteit Maastricht
Maastricht , Netherlands - Public 1976

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
271
Top 30
562
Top 50
823
Top 70
1,022
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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244
World Rank
10
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
10
Radboud University
Radboud Universiteit
Nijmegen , Netherlands - Private 1923

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
250
Top 30
566
Top 50
911
Top 70
1,157
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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247
World Rank
11
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
11
Eindhoven University of Technology
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Eindhoven , Netherlands - Public 1956

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
248
Top 30
637
Top 50
1,118
Top 70
1,518
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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254
World Rank
12
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
12
University of Twente
Universiteit Twente
Enschede , Netherlands - Public 1961

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
242
Top 30
634
Top 50
1,020
Top 70
1,349
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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777
World Rank
13
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
13
The Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research
De Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek
, Netherlands - Institution 1932

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
69
Top 30
300
Top 50
502
Top 70
592
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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837
World Rank
14
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
14
Netherlands Cancer Institute
Nederlands Kanker Instituut
Amsterdam , Netherlands - Institution 1913

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
63
Top 30
129
Top 50
201
Top 70
240
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,020
World Rank
15
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
15
Tilburg University
Universiteit van Tilburg
Tilburg , Netherlands - Public 1927

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
48
Top 30
108
Top 50
200
Top 70
292
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,051
World Rank
16
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
16
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands
Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu, Nederland
Utrecht , Netherlands - Institution 1934

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
46
Top 30
88
Top 50
110
Top 70
120
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,102
World Rank
17
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
17
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen
Amsterdam , Netherlands - Institution 1808

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
42
Top 30
96
Top 50
159
Top 70
191
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,193
World Rank
18
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
18
Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research
Koninklijk Nederlands Instituut voor Onderzoek der Zee
Horntje , Netherlands - Institution 1960

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
38
Top 30
62
Top 50
96
Top 70
116
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,197
World Rank
19
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
19
Eindhoven , Netherlands - Company 1891

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
37
Top 30
177
Top 50
266
Top 70
299
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,459
World Rank
20
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
20
Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Naturalis Biodiversiteitscentrum
Leiden , Netherlands - Institution 1820

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
29
Top 30
66
Top 50
100
Top 70
113
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,483
World Rank
21
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
21
Open University
Open Universiteit
Milton Keynes , Netherlands - Public 1969

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
28
Top 30
86
Top 50
139
Top 70
174
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,646
World Rank
22
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
22
IHE Delft Institute for Water Education
IHE Delft Instituut voor Watereducatie
Delft , Netherlands - Institution 1958

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
24
Top 30
53
Top 50
72
Top 70
89
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,690
World Rank
23
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
23
Delft , Netherlands - Institution 2008

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
23
Top 30
81
Top 50
140
Top 70
166
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,820
World Rank
24
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
24
Academic Center for Dentistry Amsterdam
Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam
Amsterdam , Netherlands - Public 1992

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
21
Top 30
35
Top 50
46
Top 70
52
* Total H Index Rankings

Rankings

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1,891
World Rank
25
Country Rank
Ranking Based On Selection:
25
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI)
Koninklijk Nederlands Meteorologisch Instituut (KNMI)
Bilt , Netherlands - Institution 1854

Scientist Distribution by Success Percentiles at This Institution:

Scientists by Success Percentiles:

Top 10
20
Top 30
39
Top 50
46
Top 70
48
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