Research Collaboration Index · 2026

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

Europe · Platinum standing

#64World rank
88.6RCI score
1,115Collaborating institutions
80Partner countries
46,952Joint works, 5 yr
3.71FWCI

Strongest in Psychology, at #2 in the world.

The profile

Collaboration profile

83Influence
76Brokerage
87Reach
90Diversity
88Sustained
95Impact
91International

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Professor Danielle Posthuma

Professor Danielle Posthuma

Professor and Head of the Department of Complex Trait Genetics, Centre for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research

Posthuma leads landmark genome-wide studies of intelligence, insomnia and psychiatric disorders that pool data from millions of individuals across international consortia. Her statistical genetics tools, including MAGMA and FUMA, are used by thousands of research groups worldwide to translate genetic associations into biological insight.

Professor Brenda Penninx

Professor Brenda Penninx

Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Department of Psychiatry, Amsterdam UMC (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Penninx founded the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety, a cohort followed for over two decades that reshaped understanding of how depression interacts with metabolic and cardiovascular health. A member of the Royal Netherlands Academy, she leads large European consortia on stress, lifestyle and mental health interventions.

Professor Frank Lobbezoo

Professor Frank Lobbezoo

Full Professor and Chair, Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, Academic Centre for Dentistry Amsterdam (ACTA)

Lobbezoo is a world authority on bruxism and orofacial pain who convened the international consensus definitions now used in clinics and research globally. Chairing ACTA's Department of Orofacial Pain and Dysfunction, he coordinates multinational assessment tool development, linking dentistry with sleep medicine and neurology.

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