1.3 Key research figures

Figure 1.3.1 PhD defenses per professor (FTE)

Figure 1.3.2 Academic publications

Table 1.3.1 Output of Tilburg University
		2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Academic Publications	In refereed journals	1015	1034	1178	1234	1195
Academic Publications	In other journals	99	78	63	77	69
Book chapters and conference contributions		403	432	395	378	356
Monographs and (edited) books		82	63	74	75	67
PhD theses, internally and externally prepared		118	132	111	102	112
Total scientific publications		1717	1739	1821	1866	1799
Professional publications and products		506	540	503	609	464

Table 1.3.2 Open Access (OA) publications
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Gold, DOAJ classified*	16%	14%	15%	16%	21%
Gold, not DOAJ classified/Hybrid**	17%	17%	23%	31%	37%
Green Open Access***	7%	14%	15%	13%	11%
No Open Access	61%	55%	47%	40%	31%

* Publications are publicly available immediately. The journal is listed in the DOAJ (www.doaj.org).
** Publications in closed-access journals that are also immediately available to non-subscribers. The journal is not listed
in the DOAJ.
*** Publications made available personally by the author by placing it in the
University repository.

Again in 2021, the proportion of Open Access publications grew relative to the previous year (to 69%).

Table 1.3.3 Progress of the employee/PhD candidate
Starting year	Intake			PhD completed* in
	female	male	total	4 years or sooner		5 years		6 years or sooner		7 years		8 years or sooner		ongoing		discontinued
				N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
2009	48	31	79	23	29%	30	38%	14	18%	6	8%	4	5%			2	3%
2010	51	38	89	22	25%	42	47%	15	17%	5	6%	4	4%			1	1%
2011	30	41	71	24	34%	33	46%	5	7%	2	3%	5	7%	2	3%
2012	30	34	64	14	22%	24	38%	14	22%	7	11%	1	2%	1	2%	3	5%
2013	43	35	78	25	32%	31	40%	10	13%	7	9%	2	3%	2	3%	1	1%
2014	29	35	64	14	22%	21	33%	10	16%	8	13%			7	11%	1	2%
2015	39	26	65	14	22%	12	18%	16	25%					15	23%	1	2%
2016	45	34	79	7	9%	25	32%							33	42%	1	1%
2017	49	38	87	8	9%									64	74%	5	6%

* Since 2014, it has not yet been possible to determine whether PhD candidates completed their degrees after 8, 7, 6, or 5 years, and the total does not add up to 100%.