The 1st edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the field
of Medicine relies os data derived from
various data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for
evaluating the citation-based metrics were collected on 06-12-2021.
Position in the ranking is based on a sum of D-indexes (Discipline H-index) of all ranking
researcher’s affiliated with a given institution. D-index
includes exclusively papers and citation
data for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Medicine research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a reliable list of
leading scientists from the discipline of Medicine ,
established by means of a thorough examination
of 166,880 scholars discovered from
various bibliometric data sources. For the field of
Medicine, over 65743 scientists were
investigated.
What is D-index approval threshold for Medicine
The D-index threshold for including a researcher to be
evaluated is set to 70 if
the majority of of their publications are in the discipline of Medicine. The
approval requirements for researchers to be
considered into the ranking of top scholars are based on the D-index,
ratio of the contributions made within the given
area in addition to the awards and achievements of the
researchers. The D-index threshold for including leading
scientists is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
scholars projected for each
area od study whilst making sure that the top 1% of
best researchers are incorporated into the ranking.
We expect a proximity of 30% or less between a
researcher’s general H-index and their D-index.
Other verification practices
As our primary aim is to ensure that only
credible scholars are included in
Research.com ranking we realize that raw data are never
supposed to be a full measure to evaluate the
work of scientists. Because of that
we manually check each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
varied range of credible sources. While it’s not a
factor impacting a scientist’s position in
the ranking, the number of papers published in
well-known journals and conference proceedings should form a
reliable secondary indication of their contribution to research in a
given discipline. Position in the ranking is
based on each researcher’s D-index
with the help of metrics collected from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most credible and well-established bibliometric
databases of this type available to the scientific community. A
comprehensive explanation of our research policy
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our goal
Our mission is to motivate scientists,
entrepreneurs and politicians
around the world to investigate where prominent experts are heading
and to offer a way for the entire scientific community to
discover who the leading experts in specific
areas of study, in different countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Medicine
With 13 institutions Netherlands ranks in spot 13
globally.
As far as scientific affiliations are concerned, the institution with the highest number of leading researchers in Netherlands is Erasmus University Rotterdam with 82 scholars affiliated with it being listed in Research.com Medicine ranking. It is followed by University of Amsterdam with 72 scholars and Leiden University with 68 researchers.
The most prominent researchers in the area of Medicine in Netherlands are affiliated with Hubrecht Institute for Developmental Biology and Stem Cell Research, University Medical Center Utrecht, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Amsterdam UMC, Wageningen University & Research, Leiden University Medical Center, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Groningen, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht University. Erasmus University Rotterdam is highlighted as the best university in the Netherlands in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scientists at 7461. Ranking on spot no. 2 is University of Amsterdam with a total D-index of 6277. The third position is occupied by Leiden University with a total D-index of 6087.
The average total D-index for the top 3% universities is 7461 in comparison to an average of 3129 for all 13 institutions featured in Research.com ranking.
The average number of publications within the discipline of Medicine by scientists affiliated with the top 5% of scientists in the ranking is 30567 against an average of 13079 for all 13 universities.
The average number of citations of researchers affiliated with the top 1% universities is 2908000 against an average of 1187352 for all 13 universities.
