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Research in Aalst

Science Explorer records 3 research institutions in Aalst, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis Hospital.

Research institutions
3
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.7k
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
43k
25.7 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
16.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1958-2026
69 years on the record
Aalst

A city carries no overall standing here. The quality score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Aalst?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis HospitalHospital / health system 1,477 #10,327
2Flanders Environment AgencyGovernment institution 191 #19,030 all time
3Hart voor Research AalstHospital / health system 5 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022-now. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

Which fields of science does Aalst work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research in Aalst is in Health Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (81%), Engineering (5%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 288 fractional works · 83.2% of its workMedicine: 282 fractional works · 81.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 88 fractional works · 25.5% of its workSurgery: 59 fractional works · 17.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 7.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 25 fractional works · 7.3% of its workEpidemiology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRheumatology: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 30 fractional works · 8.7% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 4.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 21 fractional works · 6.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAalst346fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. Every slice is a page; the interactive view zooms down to single topics and colours each by how much more of it this city does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine28281.4%
    2. Health Professions41.2%
    3. Nursing10.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
    1. Engineering164.7%
    2. Environmental Science61.8%
    3. Computer Science30.9%
    4. Materials Science20.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.3%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Energy00.0%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology154.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology30.9%
    3. Neuroscience20.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Psychology30.7%
    2. Social Sciences20.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Aalst strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Aalst is most concentrated in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Surgery (24.7× the world share in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine).

  1. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 81.4 works25×
  2. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 25.1 works8.9×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 53.1 works7.2×
  4. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 23.5 works4.9×
  5. MedicineField · 256.7 works4.2×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

The whole field profile

All 26 fields at once: above the ring is more than a place this size would be expected to do. A specialist and a generalist produce the same ranked list and a completely different shape.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.83× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.30× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.25× its world share, 257 worksMedicineNursing: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.85× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.25×257 works
  2. Veterinary0.85×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology0.83×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×14 works
  5. Health Professions0.47×4 works
  6. Nursing0.46×1 works
  7. Environmental Science0.37×6 works
  8. Neuroscience0.36×2 works
  9. Engineering0.30×14 works
  10. Psychology0.25×2 works
  11. Dentistry0.23×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.21×1 works
  13. Materials Science0.15×2 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.14×1 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.13×1 works
  16. Chemistry0.10×0 works
  17. Computer Science0.10×2 works
  18. Arts and Humanities0.10×1 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×1 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.08×0 works
  21. Decision Sciences0.08×0 works
  22. Energy0.06×0 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.05×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.04×0 works
  25. Social Sciences0.04×2 works
  26. Chemical Engineering0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Aalst?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Myocardial Infarction, Guidelines, Coronary Artery Disease, Heart Failure, Atherosclerosis, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cardiac Imaging and Echocardiography.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in 2022-now in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Myocardial Infarction33▲ 40×6 topics
  2. Guidelines28▲ 17×7 topics
  3. Epidemiology28▲ 1.99×76 topics
  4. Coronary Artery Disease27▲ 68×3 topics
  5. Heart Failure27▲ 17×13 topics
  6. Atherosclerosis26▲ 26×6 topics
  7. Magnetic Resonance Imaging25▲ 29×4 topics
  8. Cardiac Imaging24▲ 58×3 topics
  9. Echocardiography24▲ 25×7 topics
  10. Catheter Ablation22▲ 52×2 topics
  11. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention22▲ 47×4 topics
  12. Radiation Exposure22▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Cardiovascular Disease21▲ 5.4×23 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment21▲ 76×2 topics
  15. Computed Tomography Angiography21▲ 92×1 topic
  16. Myocardial Perfusion21▲ 92×1 topic
  17. Treatment20▲ 4.8×27 topics
  18. Obesity17▲ 6.4×13 topics
  19. Coronary Stents17▲ 112×1 topic
  20. Myocardial Revascularization17▲ 112×1 topic
  21. Diagnosis15▲ 4.8×21 topics
  22. Stroke Prevention15▲ 36×2 topics
  23. Atrial Fibrillation14▲ 39×2 topics
  24. Anticoagulant Therapy12▲ 28×2 topics
  25. Risk Stratification12▲ 48×1 topic
  26. Thromboembolism12▲ 48×1 topic
  27. Arrhythmias12▲ 37×2 topics
  28. Cardiomyopathy12▲ 37×3 topics
  29. Cardiovascular Risk11▲ 9.8×8 topics
  30. Radiofrequency Ablation11▲ 29×2 topics
  31. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 43×1 topic
  32. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement11▲ 43×1 topic
  33. Genetic Mutations10▲ 6.8×16 topics
  34. Electroanatomic Mapping10▲ 58×1 topic
  35. Ventricular Tachycardia10▲ 58×1 topic
  36. Clinical Guidelines10▲ 9.6×7 topics
  37. Complications9▲ 5.4×14 topics
  38. Chamber Quantification9▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Diastolic Function9▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Sudden Cardiac Death8▲ 29×2 topics

What research is done in Aalst?

Cardiac Imaging and Diag…20Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 20 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 15 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…12Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 12 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…10Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 10 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 10 fractional worksCardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 8 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…6Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 6 fractional worksCardiovascular Disease and Adiposity: 6 fractional worksCardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair: 5 fractional worksAcute Myocardial Infarction Research: 4 fractional works
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgeryCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 20 works
  2. 2 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 15 works
  3. 3 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 12 works
  4. 4 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  7. 7 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  8. 8 Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 6 works
  9. 9 Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair Surgery 5 works
  10. 10 Acute Myocardial Infarction Research Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting20%40%Aalst18.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.1% in 2008.

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