Wageningen University & Research (WUR)

Netherlands
Time frame: 1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025

Profile

The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 145 natural-science and health-science journals, chosen based on reputation 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 Wageningen University & Research (WUR)'s position overall, domestically, within their sector, and in various subject areas based on their Share. Each position links to the corresponding table where Wageningen University & Research (WUR) is listed.

Position by research output Share

Global Netherlands
Overall 429 10
Academic 373 10

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Netherlands
Biological sciences 231 7
Chemistry 680 10
Earth & environmental sciences 117 3
Health sciences 561 12
Physical sciences 777 12

Research

Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has the following research output in the current window (1 August 2024 - 31 July 2025) of the Nature Index. Click on Count to view a list of articles representing the corresponding Share value.

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 207 49.92

Overall Count and Share for 'Wageningen University & Research (WUR)' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 108 21.00
Chemistry 30 8.19
Earth & environmental sciences 83 20.86
Health sciences 21 3.31
Physical sciences 27 5.82

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area, as a result the sum of the subject research outputs may not equal the overall research outputs.

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Leading research topics

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

Topics Count Share
Plant Biology 15 7.80
Plant Biology 15 7.80
Environmental Management 16 4.28
Environmental Management 16 4.28
Ecology 19 2.57
Ecology 19 2.57
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 4 2.36
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry 4 2.36
Nutrition and Dietetics 11 2.24
Nutrition and Dietetics 11 2.24

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Share output for the past 5 years

Subject area or journal group 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Overall 51 43 42 56 60
Biological sciences 19 20 18 18 28
Chemistry 10 7 6 9 14
Earth & environmental sciences 20 16 16 26 22
Health sciences 0 0 4 6 2
Physical sciences 5 5 4 4 6
Natural sciences 0 0 39 50 58
Nature & Science 1 1 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 Wageningen University & Research (WUR).

International vs domestic collaboration by Share

Type Percentage
International (1558 institutions) 77.9%
Domestic (58 institutions) 22.1%

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Top 5 domestic collaborators with Wageningen University & Research (WUR) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Collaboration Score
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) 5.17 / 5.90 11.07
Utrecht University (UU) 3.57 / 7.27 10.84
Leiden University 1.86 / 3.32 5.18
Radboud University Nijmegen (RU) 2.08 / 2.66 4.74
University of Amsterdam (UvA) 2.09 / 2.03 4.12
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Top 5 international collaborators with Wageningen University & Research (WUR) by Share

Collaborating institutions

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Collaborating Institution Collaborators' Share Total Share
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) 1.25 / 4.36 5.61
Max Planck Society 1.23 / 3.95 5.18
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) 1.80 / 3.36 5.16
French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) 3.21 / 0.96 4.17
University of Oxford 1.23 / 2.32 3.54
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Relationships

Affiliated institutions

The following affiliated institutions are wholly owned, operated, administered or contains research facilities for Wageningen University & Research (WUR). All affiliations for an affiliated institution are credited to the institution to which it is affiliated. Each of the affiliated institutions listed below has its own research profile.

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.