| World Rank▲ | University | Country Rank | 11 years articles | Current articles | 11 years citations | Current citations | Ave. citations | H-Index | HiCi papers | Hi-Impact journal articles | Fields of excellence | Total score |
| 56 | Utrecht University | 1 | 30.48 | 28.93 | 15.49 | 15.14 | 32.03 | 39.53 | 10.21 | 18.32 | 86.36 | 31.60 |
| 78 | University of Amsterdam | 2 | 25.58 | 22.39 | 13.38 | 13.80 | 32.98 | 43.02 | 9.51 | 12.75 | 77.27 | 29.37 |
| 87 | Leiden University | 3 | 22.65 | 19.21 | 12.56 | 11.74 | 34.97 | 38.37 | 7.95 | 14.95 | 77.27 | 27.80 |
| 104 | Erasmus University Rotterdam | 4 | 18.42 | 20.39 | 11.33 | 13.42 | 38.77 | 44.19 | 8.82 | 17.32 | 50.00 | 26.68 |
| 108 | University of Groningen | 5 | 21.36 | 19.20 | 10.58 | 10.59 | 31.23 | 37.21 | 6.63 | 11.88 | 77.27 | 26.32 |
| 125 | Radboud University Nijmegen | 6 | 15.07 | 17.92 | 8.05 | 9.83 | 33.68 | 37.21 | 3.48 | 11.16 | 72.73 | 24.63 |
| 161 | VU University Amsterdam | 7 | 9.48 | 20.61 | 4.35 | 12.69 | 28.90 | 38.37 | 3.31 | 14.09 | 54.55 | 22.47 |
| 212 | Wageningen University | 8 | 17.27 | 12.31 | 7.61 | 5.89 | 27.79 | 26.74 | 6.37 | 7.10 | 59.09 | 19.69 |
| 266 | Maastricht University | 9 | 11.87 | 13.37 | 5.41 | 6.43 | 28.74 | 29.07 | 3.46 | 9.61 | 31.82 | 16.89 |
| 275 | Delft University of Technology | 10 | 13.07 | 11.05 | 4.12 | 4.19 | 19.87 | 31.40 | 4.88 | 4.68 | 40.91 | 16.56 |
| 373 | Eindhoven University of Technology | 11 | 8.40 | 9.12 | 2.59 | 3.76 | 19.44 | 24.42 | 2.55 | 4.37 | 27.27 | 12.63 |
| 404 | University of Twente | 12 | 7.33 | 6.26 | 2.17 | 2.66 | 18.69 | 20.93 | 2.02 | 3.50 | 31.82 | 11.63 |