Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Technische Universiteit Delft (TU Delft)

Netherlands

Time frame: 1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The Nature Index provides absolute Count of primary research articles and fractional Share counts of author contribution to articles. The positions in the table below reflect Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Netherlands
Overall 206 2
Academic 189 2

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Netherlands
Applied sciences 131 1
Health sciences 521 12
Natural sciences 230 4
Biological sciences 418 9
Chemistry 292 4
Earth & environmental sciences 111 2
Physical sciences 160 2
Social sciences 92 2

Research

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) has the following research output in the current window (1 May 2025 - 30 April 2026) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 351 129.44

Overall Count and Share for 'Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Note: Natural sciences includes biological sciences, chemistry, Earth & environmental sciences and physical sciences.
Subject Count Share
Applied sciences 133 49.57
Biological sciences 27 7.37
Chemistry 50 20.07
Earth & environmental sciences 36 15.50
Health sciences 36 8.08
Physical sciences 49 20.13
Social sciences 20 8.72

Note: Hover over the donut graph to view the Share for each subject.

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 79 74 82 131 135
Applied sciences 24 22 23 58 58
Health sciences 4 3 2 5 7
Natural sciences 49 48 55 61 62
Biological sciences 10 14 12 12 9
Chemistry 13 13 16 14 14
Earth & environmental sciences 8 5 5 15 16
Physical sciences 18 16 23 20 22
Social sciences 2 1 3 7 9
Nature & Science 6 5 2 2 2

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Collaboration

Nature Index collaborations highlight fruitful collaborations that lead to high quality research around the world. A collaboration can be between any two institutions or locations co-authoring at least one article in the journals tracked by the Nature Index. The collaboration score between two institutions is the sum of each of their Shares on the papers to which both have contributed. The table and charts below highlight the leading collaborators with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (110 institutions) 43.5%
Domestic (56 institutions) 56.5%

Note: Hover over the pie chart to view the Share for each collaboration type.

Note: Hover over the graph to view collaboration by percentage of Share.

Top 5 domestic collaborators with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) by Share

Collaborating institutions

Note: Hover over the bars to view details about each institution's Share.

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
QuTech Advanced Research Centre 6.84 / 10.34 17.18
Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) 8.11 / 5.79 13.90
Leiden University 3.84 / 9.02 12.86
Utrecht University (UU) 2.85 / 7.17 10.03
Wageningen University & Research (WUR) 4.78 / 5.11 9.89

Top 5 international collaborators with Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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