Citation impact score of Dutch universities (WoS)

Output

Data publication

What is the citation impact score of Dutch universities (2019-2022)? 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 almost all Dutch universities is higher than the world average.
  • Publications which are the result of international collaboration have a higher citation impact score 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 2019-2022?

Source: Clarivate Analytics/ WoS database, extraction by Centre for Science and Technology Studies (CWTS) and analysis by Rathenau Instituut.
Notes: Field normalised citation impact score (global average = 1,0). Universities excluding the University Medical Centres.

The citation impact score is based on the number of times a publication is cited in other scientific publications. It is therefore a measure of the scientific impact of publications, because it shows how often a publication is read and used.


How does the type of collaboration affect the citation impact score, per university? 

Citation score 2012-2015 International cooperation National cooperation No cooperation
UvA 1,38 1,78 1,21 1,28
WUR 1,36 1,80 1,19 1,35
UU 1,36 1,81 1,17 1,34
VU 1,31 1,76 1,15 1,23
RUG 1,30 1,81 1,11 1,32
UL 1,27 1,74 1,15 1,21
EUR 1,26 1,55 1,11 1,16
RU 1,26 1,84 1,14 1,17
TUD 1,25 1,49 1,09 1,17
TiU 1,19 1,51 1,08 1,08
TU/e 1,19 1,44 1,00 1,16
UT 1,16 1,57 1,09 1,06
UM 1,10 1,45 0,98 1,08
OU 1,01 1,13 1,03 0,75
Source: Clarivate Analytics/ WoS database, extraction CWTS and analysis by Rathenau Instituut.
Notes: Field normalised citation impact score (global average = 1,0). Universities excluding the University Medical Centres.

Analysis
Almost all universities (university medical centres not included in the analysis) 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 1.01 and 1.38 in 2019-2022. Between 2007-2010 and 2019-2022, the citation impact score was relatively stable for most universities. For the Open University, Utrecht University, University of Twente and Technical University of Eindhoven, we see a decrease.

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. 
 

 

At 'Downloads' at the top right of this page we provide more information about the number of publications per university and area and the impact of these publications.

For an explanation of the used definitions and abbreviations we refer to the webpage Definitions for Science in Figures.

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