The 1st edition of Research.com ranking of the best universities in the field
of Social Sciences and Humanities relies os data consolidated from
a wide range of data sources including OpenAlex and CrossRef. The bibliometric data for
estimating the citation-based metrics were acquired 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
takes into account only papers and citation
data for an examined discipline.
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The scope of our Social Sciences and Humanities research
Research.com’s best universities ranking is a trustworthy list of
leading scholars from the field of Social Sciences and Humanities ,
created using a detailed analysis
of 166,880 scientists determined from
various bibliometric data sources. For the field of
Social Sciences and Humanities, as many as 10371 scientists were
investigated.
What is D-index inclusion threshold for Social Sciences and Humanities
The D-index threshold for including a scholar to be
evaluated is placed at 30 if
the majority of of their publications are in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities. The
acceptance requirements for scientists to be
considered into the ranking of top scientists are based on the D-index,
ratio of the contributions made within the selected
field of study plus the awards and achievements of the
scientists. The D-index threshold for considering top
scholars is set as an increment of 10 depending on the total number of
scholars assessed for each
discipline whilst making sure that the top 1% of
leading researchers are incorporated into the ranking.
There should be a proximity of 30% or less between a
scholar’s general H-index and their D-index.
Extra verification practices
As our main aim is to make sure that only
credible scientists are mentioned in
the ranking we realize that raw data are never
supposed to be a complete measure to quantify the
output of scholars. Because of that
we manually inspect each profile and cross-correlate it against publications in a
varied range of reliable sources. Even though it’s not a
factor defining a scholar’s position in
Research.com ranking, the quantity of documents published in
well-known journals and conference proceedings should form a
credible secondary indication of their contribution to research in a
selected field of study. Position in the ranking is
based on every scientist’s D-index
using data collected from OpenAlex and
CrossRef, which are the most prominent and well-known bibliometric
databases of this kind open to the research community. A
thorough definition of our research process
can be found on our
methodology page.
Our mission
Our aim is to inspire researchers,
businessmen and politicians
around the world to examine where top experts are heading
and to provide a way for the entire scientific community to
get to know who the leading experts in specific
areas of study, in various countries, or even within research
institutions are.
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Key findings for Social Sciences and Humanities
With 13 scientific affiliations Netherlands ranks in spot 12
globally.
As far as institutions are concerned, the institution with the highest number of top researchers in Netherlands is Maastricht University with 36 scientists affiliated with it being features in our Social Sciences and Humanities ranking. It is followed by Utrecht University with 33 scientists and University of Amsterdam with 30 scholars.
The most prominent researchers in the discipline of Social Sciences and Humanities in Netherlands are affiliated with Maastricht University, University of Amsterdam, University of Groningen, University of Twente, Radboud University Nijmegen, Leiden University, Utrecht University, University Medical Center Utrecht, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology. Maastricht University is highlighted as the best university in the Netherlands in our ranking with a total D-index of its ranking scholars at 1487. Ranking on the second place is Utrecht University with a total D-index of 1420. The third spot is taken by University of Amsterdam with a total D-index of 1333.
The average total D-index for the top 3% universities is 1487 in comparison to an average of 684 for all 13 institutions included in our ranking.
The average number of publications within the field of Social Sciences and Humanities by scientists affiliated with the top 3% of researchers in the ranking is 4221 against an average of 1978 for all 13 universities.
The average number of citations of scholars affiliated with the top 5% universities is 282393 against an average of 175557 for all 13 universities.
