Citation impact score of Dutch universities (WoS)

Output

Data publication

What is the citation impact score of Dutch universities (2021-2024)? 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 2021-2024?

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 2021-2024 International cooperation National cooperation No cooperation
UvA 1,41 1,76 1,14 1,37
WUR 1,31 1,73 1,19 1,24
UU 1,33 1,93 1,1 1,31
VU 1,31 1,76 1,19 1,17
RUG 1,24 1,73 1,11 1,2
UL 1,26 1,77 1,1 1,18
EUR 1,19 1,51 1,11 1,12
RU 1,23 1,76 1,07 1,18
TUD 1,24 1,52 1,1 1,12
TiU 1,11 1,41 1,05 1,05
TU/e 1,16 1,42 1,03 1,1
UT 1,11 1,48 1,03 1,02
UM 1,26 1,56 1,03 1,37
OU 0,96 1,15 1,09 0,7
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 (excluding the umc's) have a citation impact score higher than the world average (1), but there are differences between the universities. The citation impact score of the universities ranges between 0.96 and 1.41 in 2021-2024. Between 2005-2008 and 2021-2024, the citation impact of most universities remains more or less the same. At Maastricht University we see a substantial increase. At the Open University we see the largest decline, but the University of Twente, Eindhoven University of Technology, the University of Groningen, Delft University of Technology and Wageningen University & Research also show a decline.

When the citation impact score is broken down by type of collaboration, for all universities the citation impact score for international collaboration is higher than the average citation impact score of all publications (column 1 in the table above). The citation impact score of publications resulting from national collaboration or with no collaboration at all is, for most universities, slightly lower than the overall citation impact score.
 

At 'Downloads' below 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.

Footnotes

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