Publications per Dutch educational institution (OpenAlex): most Utrecht University (9,983 publications), then University of Amsterdam and University of Groningen

Publications per Dutch educational institution (OpenAlex), 2025, in publications. Total: 101,181; the largest 12 of 14 categories are shown. Utrecht University is 10% of the total. The total is all works with at least one Dutch institution. A work with authors from several institutions counts for each; parts (such as a medical centre OpenAlex places under a university) count towards the parent. Educational institutions only.

Source: OpenAlex, works met minstens één Nederlandse instelling (group_by authorships.institutions.lineage) · opgehaald 25 oktober 2026Open the table Single block

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Dutch research in OpenAlex, OpenAIRE, ROR and DataCite

OpenAlex (OurResearch)

Four open registries together give a picture of Dutch research. OpenAlex (CC0) knows 2,169,548 works with at least one Dutch institution, 101,270 of them from 2025, and 1,869 Dutch institutions. OpenAIRE Graph counts 3,718,728 research products with country NL. ROR gives 1,916 Dutch organisations a persistent identifier. DataCite holds the DOIs of datasets, including those of DANS and 4TU.ResearchData. All without a key (as of 16 October 2026).

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Table: works, group_by authorships.institutions.lineage
Latest figure: 2025
Fetched: 25 October 2026

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Publications per Dutch educational institution (OpenAlex): most Utrecht University (9,983 publications), then University of Amsterdam and University of Groningen

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