- Student-faculty ratios: 16.5
- Male to female ratio: 58 : 42
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.vu.nl/en/
- Address: De Boelelaan 1105,Amsterdam, 1081 HV,Netherlands
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VU University Amsterdam is a public institution that was founded in 1880. The Dutch university is located in the Zuidas district of Amsterdam, and it enrolled around 23,000 students in a recent year. Tuition costs are higher for non-European Union and non-European Economic Area students. Furnished and unfurnished university accommodations are available for international degree-seeking and exchange students.The university has 10 main academic divisions: dentistry, economics and business administration, earth and life sciences, behavioral and movement sciences, humanities, law, medicine, sciences, social sciences and theology. In a recent year, the university offered more than 50 bachelor's programs and 160 master's programs. Several English-taught international bachelor's degree programs – including programs in business analytics, computer science and psychology – are available, but the majority of undergrad programs are taught in Dutch. Both Dutch- and English-speaking students have a variety of master's programs to choose from at the university. Around a quarter of the students enrolled in English-taught programs at VU University Amsterdam are international. The school follows a semester-based academic calendar.The four main teaching and research themes at the university are governance for society, human health and life sciences, connected world and science for sustainability. Some of the university's research centers are the Amsterdam Center for Career Research, the Amsterdam Center for Entrepreneurship and the Institute for Cardiovascular Research. The university is also affiliated with the VU University Medical Center, a teaching hospital.
- Global score 69.4
- Global research reputation #149
- Regional research reputation #49
- Publications #80
- Books #90
- Conferences #543
- Normalized citation impact #140
- Total citations #71
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #66
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #91
- International collaboration #736
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #198
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #70
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #134
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16.5
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58 : 42
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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23,025
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World University Rankings
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2011
139
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2012
159
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2013
140
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2014
144
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2015
136
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2016
154
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2017
=156
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2018
=165
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2019
166
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2020
138
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Arts & humanities
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2015
87
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2018
151–175
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2019
151–175
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2014
61
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2015
65
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2018
151–175
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2019
151–175
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Life sciences
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2015
95
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2018
126–150
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2019
151–175
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Physical sciences
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2018
151–175
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2019
151–175
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Social sciences
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2015
84
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2018
101–125
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2019
101–125
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Business & Economics
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2017
81
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2018
95
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2019
126–150
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Computer Science
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2018
151–175
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2019
101–125
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Law
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2019
151+
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Education
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2019
176–200
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Psychology
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2018
=58
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2019
=56
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European Teaching
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2019
=24
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
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2019
=6
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Impact Rankings: Peace, justice and strong institutions
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2019
15
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Impact Rankings: Climate action
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2019
61
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Impact Rankings: Responsible consumption and production
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2019
50
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Impact Rankings: Sustainable cities and communities
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Reducing inequalities
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2019
73
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Impact Rankings: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
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2019
82
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Impact Rankings: Decent work and economic growth
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Gender equality
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2
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
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2019
=16
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
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2019
101–200
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University Impact Ranking
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2019
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#106 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 50.6
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #110
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #52
- Arts and Humanities publications #136
- Arts and Humanities books #188
- Arts and Humanities conferences #59
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #83
- Arts and Humanities total citations #114
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #116
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #87
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #223
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #29
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#133 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 48.5
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #77
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #95
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #115
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #234
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #124
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #120
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #225
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #226
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #49
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #234
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #373
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#246 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 55.1
- Chemistry global research reputation #133
- Chemistry regional research reputation #141
- Chemistry publications #385
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #287
- Chemistry total citations #336
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #307
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #232
- Chemistry international collaboration #219
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #31
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #356
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #422
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#67 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 70.4
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #100
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #24
- Clinical Medicine publications #48
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #249
- Clinical Medicine total citations #54
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #46
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #100
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #496
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #155
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #67
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #271
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#38 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 57.8
- Economics and Business global research reputation #125
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #24
- Economics and Business publications #29
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #78
- Economics and Business total citations #32
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #28
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #78
- Economics and Business international collaboration #102
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #49
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #38
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #78
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#593 Engineering
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- Engineering overall score 32.8
- Engineering global research reputation #490
- Engineering regional research reputation #106
- Engineering publications #707
- Engineering normalized citation impact #524
- Engineering total citations #683
- Engineering number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #658
- Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #501
- Engineering international collaboration #395
- Engineering percentage of total publications with international collaboration #68
- Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #643
- Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #626
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#40 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 76.6
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #88
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #30
- Environment/Ecology publications #91
- Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact #21
- Environment/Ecology total citations #55
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #47
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #27
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #205
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #32
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #32
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #19
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#71 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 66.4
- Geosciences global research reputation #80
- Geosciences regional research reputation #40
- Geosciences publications #144
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #55
- Geosciences total citations #93
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #83
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #40
- Geosciences international collaboration #78
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #5
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #69
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #47
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#118 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 38.9
- Immunology global research reputation #146
- Immunology regional research reputation #38
- Immunology publications #105
- Immunology normalized citation impact #73
- Immunology total citations #94
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #106
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #123
- Immunology international collaboration #167
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #78
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #96
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #82
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#160 Microbiology
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- Microbiology overall score 36.8
- Microbiology global research reputation #127
- Microbiology regional research reputation #32
- Microbiology publications #182
- Microbiology normalized citation impact #93
- Microbiology total citations #143
- Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #131
- Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #107
- Microbiology international collaboration #159
- Microbiology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #47
- Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #142
- Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #128
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#95 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 52.6
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #163
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #68
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #91
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #61
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #65
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #73
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #67
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #188
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #51
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #44
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #31
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#27 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 68.9
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #81
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #41
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #26
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #40
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #23
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #19
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #21
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #179
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #71
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #26
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #68
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#84 Pharmacology and Toxicology
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- Pharmacology and Toxicology overall score 55.4
- Pharmacology and Toxicology global research reputation #108
- Pharmacology and Toxicology regional research reputation #69
- Pharmacology and Toxicology publications #99
- Pharmacology and Toxicology normalized citation impact #76
- Pharmacology and Toxicology total citations #85
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #89
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #100
- Pharmacology and Toxicology international collaboration #179
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #54
- Pharmacology and Toxicology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #43
- Pharmacology and Toxicology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #51
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#240 Physics
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- Physics overall score 60.5
- Physics global research reputation #435
- Physics regional research reputation #130
- Physics publications #430
- Physics normalized citation impact #61
- Physics total citations #273
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #358
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #211
- Physics international collaboration #379
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #144
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #306
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #142
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#209 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 51.5
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #232
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #125
- Plant and Animal Science publications #533
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #9
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #285
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #318
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #81
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #176
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #20
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #143
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #12
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#24 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 73.6
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #84
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #24
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #9
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #70
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #11
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #13
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #85
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #162
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #82
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #13
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #56
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#34 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 67.3
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #97
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #20
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #31
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #58
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #27
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #35
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #134
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #201
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #60
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #30
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #107