Top-cited scientists by institution in the Netherlands

66 institutions with 10 or more listed authors · Netherlands

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Which institutions in the Netherlands have the most top 2% scientists?

66 universities and institutes in the Netherlands have 10 or more researchers in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the Stanford–Elsevier top 2% scientists list. Wageningen University & Research has the most (337), followed by Universiteit van Amsterdam (305) and Universiteit Utrecht (209). Each institution’s page has its top fields and subfields and its first 100 scientists.

#	Institution	Listed authors	Top 100k
1	Wageningen University & Research	337	190
2	Universiteit van Amsterdam	305	171
3	Universiteit Utrecht	209	126
4	Erasmus MC	207	89
5	Rijksuniversiteit Groningen	200	104
6	Delft University of Technology	199	77
7	Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen	191	65
8	Leids Universitair Medisch Centrum	180	82
9	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	178	98
10	Radboud University Medical Center	174	53
11	Technische Universiteit Eindhoven	173	68
12	University Medical Center Utrecht	173	59
13	Amsterdam UMC - University of Amsterdam	135	48
14	Universiteit Maastricht	128	61
15	Universiteit Twente	111	59
16	Radboud Universiteit	103	49
17	Amsterdam UMC - Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam	92	46
18	Universiteit Leiden	92	49
19	Maastricht Universitair Medisch Centrum+	66	24
20	The Netherlands Cancer Institute	45	18
21	Tilburg University	43	29
22	Erasmus MC Cancer Institute	38	11
23	Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam	37	30
24	Amsterdam Public Health	30	15
25	Academisch Centrum Tandheelkunde Amsterdam	28	7
26	Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour	28	17
27	Faculteit Diergeneeskunde	27	5
28	Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences	26	9
29	MESA+ Instituut	25	7
30	Rijksinstituut voor Volksgezondheid en Milieu	22	6
31	Nederlandse Organisatie voor toegepast natuurwetenschappelijk onderzoek- TNO	21	7
32	Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research	20	9
33	Sterrewacht Leiden	19	11
34	Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences	18	8
35	Westerdijk Fungal Biodiversity Institute - KNAW	18	10
36	Amsterdam UMC	16	5
37	CARIM School for Cardiovascular Disease	16	8
38	Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, TU Delft	16	11
39	Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft	16	7
40	Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University	16	14
41	Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation – ITC	15	11
42	Institute of Biology Leiden	15	7
43	Naturalis Biodiversity Center	15	4
44	Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences	15	5
45	Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis	15	2
46	Bijvoet Centre for Biomolecular Research	14	5
47	Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development	14	12
48	ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre	14	6
49	FOM-Institute of Subatomic Physics - NIKHEF	14	5
50	Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics - Amsterdam	14	10
51	Leiden Institute of Chemistry	14	3
52	Van 't Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences	14	9
53	Erasmus MC Sophia Children’s Hospital	13	1
54	Erasmus MC Transplant Institute	13	1
55	IHE Delft Institute for Water Education	13	7
56	Institute for Theoretical Physics Amsterdam	13	5
57	Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics	13	4
58	St. Antonius Ziekenhuis	13	3
59	Faculteit Civiele Techniek en Geowetenschappen, TU Delft	12	9
60	Faculteit Luchtvaart- en Ruimtevaarttechniek, TU Delft	12	1
61	Open Universiteit	12	4
62	Princess Máxima Center for Pediatric Oncology	12	3
63	Debye Instituut voor Nanomaterialen Wetenschap	11	9
64	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken	11	9
65	Erasmus School of Economics	10	10
66	Utrechts Instituut voor Farmaceutische Wetenschappen	10	2

Institution names are only recorded for large institutions. The 408 in the Netherlands with fewer than 10 listed authors are not listed here; the authors table finds them by name.