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Citation impact score of Dutch universities (WoS)

data publication
13 June 2022
Citation-impact university
What is the citation impact score of Dutch universities (2017-2020)? What is the score when we distinguish scientific publications by type of collaboration? And how do these scores relate to each other? In this data publication, we share the figures of the citation impact of Dutch universities.

In short

  • The citation impact score of all Dutch universities is higher than the world average.
  • In international collaboration, the citation impact score is higher than the average citation impact score (per university).
  • The citation impact score of national or no collaboration is lower than the average citation impact score at almost all universities.

What is the citation-impact per university in the period 2017-2020?


Which type of collaboration do we see per university? 

Citation score 2012-2015 International cooperation National cooperation No cooperation
UvA 1,44 1,77 1,20 1,40
UU 1,39 1,79 1,19 1,36
WUR 1,39 2,00 1,18 1,39
TUD 1,32 1,55 1,15 1,22
VU 1,32 1,80 1,18 1,25
EUR 1,31 1,72 0,96 1,25
RUG 1,30 1,71 1,08 1,35
TU/E 1,29 1,57 1,06 1,25
RU 1,27 1,91 1,05 1,23
UL 1,25 1,61 1,19 1,20
UT 1,21 1,58 1,11 1,16
TiU 1,18 1,51 1,03 0,99
OU 1,18 1,49 1,17 1,03
UM 1,08 1,44 1,04 1,01

Analysis
All universities (excluding the university medical centres) have a citation impact score that is higher than the world average (1), but there are differences between the universities. The citation impact score of the universities varies between 1.08 and 1.44 in 2017-2020. We also see that the citation impact score increased for almost all universities between 2005-2008 and 2017-2020.

When we look at the citation score by type of cooperation (international, national, no cooperation), for all universities the publications with international cooperation have a citation score which is higher compared to the overall citation score. Contrary, the citation score for publications with national or no cooperation have in general a lower citation score compared to the overall citation score.