VU Amsterdam

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Netherlands

Time frame: 1 June 2025 - 30 May 2026

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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 VU Amsterdam's position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where VU Amsterdam is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Netherlands
Overall 293 7
Academic 268 7

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Netherlands
Applied sciences 593 10
Health sciences 111 3
Natural sciences 390 8
Biological sciences 245 6
Chemistry 475 7
Earth & environmental sciences 252 5
Physical sciences 500 10
Social sciences 255 10

Research

VU Amsterdam has the following research output in the current window (1 June 2025 - 30 May 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 788 97.25

Overall Count and Share for 'VU Amsterdam' 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 38 8.11
Biological sciences 106 13.25
Chemistry 31 11.32
Earth & environmental sciences 41 7.31
Health sciences 396 47.85
Physical sciences 156 5.62
Social sciences 20 3.79

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

Leading research topics

In the Current Index (12-month rolling window), VU Amsterdam published the most articles in these research topics. Learn more about Nature Research Intelligence Topics.
Topics Count Share
Clinical Sciences 130 15.15
Neurosciences 33 4.89
Cardiovascular Medicine and Haematology 51 4.75
Oncology and Carcinogenesis 51 4.70
Biological Psychology 15 4.24
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology 42 3.51
Particle and High Energy Physics 125 3.41
Biochemistry and Cell Biology 12 2.75

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Overall 51 81 72 89 92
Applied sciences 3 4 5 6 6
Health sciences 18 48 41 43 45
Natural sciences 29 28 25 33 36
Biological sciences 14 14 8 12 14
Chemistry 6 3 3 6 7
Earth & environmental sciences 4 5 7 5 9
Physical sciences 5 5 8 10 6
Social sciences 2 2 2 7 4
Nature & Science 2 3 1 1 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 VU Amsterdam.

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (208 institutions) 17.9%
Domestic (140 institutions) 82.1%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with VU Amsterdam by Share

Collaborating institutions

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

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Amsterdam UMC 53.57 / 89.95 143.51
University of Amsterdam (UvA) 61.71 / 61.42 123.12
Utrecht University (UU) 15.66 / 22.69 38.35
Amsterdam Neuroscience 10.33 / 11.17 21.50
Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) 10.74 / 9.87 20.61
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Top 5 international collaborators with VU Amsterdam by Share

Collaborating institutions

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

Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
University of Oxford 4.60 / 5.76 10.36
Karolinska Institute (KI) 3.90 / 6.19 10.09
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 5.01 / 4.78 9.79
UCL 3.45 / 4.67 8.12
Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres 3.45 / 4.10 7.55
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Affiliated joint institutions and consortia

Represents joint institutions and consortia for which the institution is designated as a partner institution. Each partner institution of a joint institution or consortium receives an equivalent Share for every affiliation in which the consortium is included.