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Research in Antwerp

Science Explorer records 34 research institutions in Antwerp, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Antwerp, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde and Province of Antwerp.

Research institutions
34
7 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
54k
◆ 2% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.5M
27.6 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
22.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record

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 Antwerp?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of AntwerpUniversity 43,367 #277
2Instituut voor Tropische GeneeskundeFunder 3,302 #5,109
3Province of AntwerpGovernment institution 1,454 #6,213
4ZNA Middelheim HospitalHospital / health system 1,287 #19,639
5Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen StuivenbergHospital / health system 853 #15,831
6Domus MedicaNonprofit 541 #13,301
7Provincial Institute for HygieneResearch facility 528 #20,907 all time
8GZA Ziekenhuizen Campus Sint-AugustinusHospital / health system 521 #18,830
9Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool AntwerpenUniversity 401 #11,330 all time
10Synergetics (Belgium)Company 229 #19,239 all time
11Flanders HydraulicsResearch facility 210 #28,919 all time
12Royal Zoological Society of AntwerpInstitution 189 #27,820 all time
13Biomedical Informatics Research Center AntwerpResearch facility 141 #26,994 all time
14Karel de Grote HogeschoolUniversity 131 #28,188 all time
15International Marine and Dredging ConsultantsCompany 126 #32,471 all time
16Antwerp Maritime AcademyUniversity 106 not ranked
17Iridium KankernetwerkHospital / health system 87 not ranked
18HistoGeneX (Belgium)Company 40 not ranked
19Gouverneur KinsbergencentrumInstitution 30 not ranked
20Fluvius (Belgium)Company 27 not ranked
21Exmar (Belgium)Company 25 not ranked
22Atlas Copco (Belgium)Company 24 not ranked
23Cipla (Belgium)Company 19 not ranked
24University Centre Saint-Ignatius AntwerpNonprofit 18 not ranked
25Antea Group (Belgium)Company 16 not ranked
26City of AntwerpGovernment institution 16 not ranked
27SGS (Belgium)Company 15 not ranked
28Port of AntwerpGovernment institution 12 not ranked
29Ineos (Belgium)Company 9 not ranked
30Digipolis (Belgium)Company 5 not ranked
31Otoconsult (Belgium)Company 5 not ranked
32Water-link (Belgium)Company 4 not ranked
33Board of Innovation (Belgium)Company 3 not ranked
34Flanders Institute for LogisticsNonprofit 2 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.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Antwerp: 80.7%Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde: 6.1%Province of Antwerp: 2.7%ZNA Middelheim Hospital: 2.4%30 others listed: 8.1%81%largest
University of Antwerp43k · 80.7%Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde3,302 · 6.1%Province of Antwerp1,454 · 2.7%ZNA Middelheim Hospital1,287 · 2.4%30 others listed4,333 · 8.1%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which fields of science does Antwerp work in?

In 2022-now, 32% of research in Antwerp is in Health Sciences, 28% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (13%), Engineering (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 3,135 fractional works · 32.3% of its workMedicine: 2,778 fractional works · 28.6% of its workSurgery: 337 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 249 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 223 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 218 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 180 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 163 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 152 fractional works · 1.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 148 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 135 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 90 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 78 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 49 fractional works · 0.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 24 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHematology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 145 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 285 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 180 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 56 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,718 fractional works · 28.0% of its workEngineering: 868 fractional works · 8.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 216 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 155 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 81 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 66 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputational Mechanics: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 535 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEcology: 119 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 86 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 80 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 42 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 492 fractional works · 5.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 165 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 70 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 67 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 63 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 235 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 144 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 172 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 58 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiation: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 110 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 43 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 107 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtmospheric Science: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 86 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnergy: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 68 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCatalysis: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 2,585 fractional works · 26.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,231 fractional works · 12.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 400 fractional works · 4.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 226 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEducation: 136 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGender Studies: 63 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCommunication: 59 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 46 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 32 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 31 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 22 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPublic Administration: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 52 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 388 fractional works · 4.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 73 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhilosophy: 60 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 50 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 30 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychology: 351 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 109 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 106 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 61 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 47 fractional works · 0.5% of its workApplied Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 293 fractional works · 3.0% of its workStrategy and Management: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAccounting: 48 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 38 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 29 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 209 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 136 fractional works · 1.4% of its workFinance: 57 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 113 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 55 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 33 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1,274 fractional works · 13.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 539 fractional works · 5.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 270 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGenetics: 104 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCancer Research: 54 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 89 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeuroscience: 270 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 123 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 45 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 40 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 263 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 76 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 62 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 65 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 179 fractional works · 1.8% of its workImmunology: 83 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMicrobiology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workParasitology: 34 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 23 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAntwerp9,712fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences28%Health Sciences32%Social Sciences27%

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. Health Sciences3,13532.3%
    1. Medicine2,77828.6%
    2. Health Professions2852.9%
    3. Nursing310.3%
    4. Dentistry230.2%
    5. Veterinary180.2%
    1. Engineering8688.9%
    2. Environmental Science5355.5%
    3. Computer Science4925.1%
    4. Materials Science2352.4%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1721.8%
    6. Chemistry1101.1%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1071.1%
    8. Mathematics860.9%
    9. Energy760.8%
    10. Chemical Engineering370.4%
  2. Social Sciences2,58526.6%
    1. Social Sciences1,23112.7%
    2. Arts and Humanities3884.0%
    3. Psychology3513.6%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting2933.0%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2092.2%
    6. Decision Sciences1131.2%
  3. Life Sciences1,27413.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5395.6%
    2. Neuroscience2702.8%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2632.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology1791.8%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics230.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Antwerp strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Antwerp is most concentrated in Microbiology, Sensory Systems and Parasitology (3.5× the world share in Microbiology).

  1. MicrobiologySubfield · 30.9 works3.5×
  2. Sensory SystemsSubfield · 22.1 works3.4×
  3. ParasitologySubfield · 28.9 works3.2×
← 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: 0.54× its world share, 218 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.03× its world share, 467 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.78× its world share, 153 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.73× its world share, 240 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.72× its world share, 22 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.10× its world share, 33 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.69× its world share, 93 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.66× its world share, 440 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 82 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.82× its world share, 64 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 768 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.06× its world share, 450 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.70× its world share, 208 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.72× its world share, 72 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.79× its world share, 150 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.51× its world share, 21 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.14× its world share, 257 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.51× its world share, 2,469 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 27 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.38× its world share, 16 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.39× its world share, 343 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.96× its world share, 264 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.20× its world share, 99 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.04× its world share, 190 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.19× its world share, 310 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.99× its world share, 1,072 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 1.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology1.78×153 works
  2. Neuroscience1.73×240 works
  3. Medicine1.51×2,469 works
  4. Arts and Humanities1.39×343 works
  5. Veterinary1.38×16 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.20×99 works
  7. Psychology1.19×310 works
  8. Health Professions1.14×257 works
  9. Chemical Engineering1.10×33 works
  10. Environmental Science1.06×450 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.04×190 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.03×467 works
  13. Social Sciences0.99×1,072 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.96×264 works
  15. Energy0.82×64 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.79×150 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.72×22 works
  18. Mathematics0.72×72 works
  19. Materials Science0.70×208 works
  20. Chemistry0.69×93 works
  21. Computer Science0.66×440 works
  22. Nursing0.64×27 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.62×82 works
  24. Engineering0.60×768 works
  25. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.54×218 works
  26. Dentistry0.51×21 works

Which keywords describe research in Antwerp?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Climate Change, Globalization, Public Health, Treatment, Quality of Life, Diagnosis and Drug Resistance.

▲ 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. Epidemiology714▲ 1.85×134 topics
  2. Climate Change279◆ 1.06×101 topics
  3. Globalization237▲ 1.24×118 topics
  4. Deep Learning212▼ 0.63×73 topics
  5. Machine Learning208▼ 0.64×78 topics
  6. Sustainability196▼ 0.83×89 topics
  7. Public Health196▲ 1.38×66 topics
  8. Quality of Life190▲ 1.36×56 topics
  9. Inflammation190◆ 0.92×83 topics
  10. Treatment180▲ 1.53×52 topics
  11. Diagnosis154▲ 1.70×41 topics
  12. Oxidative Stress153◆ 0.96×61 topics
  13. Social Media152◆ 1.13×36 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease146▲ 1.31×38 topics
  15. Mental Health119▼ 0.86×40 topics
  16. Risk Factors118◆ 1.10×37 topics
  17. Chemotherapy114▲ 1.66×25 topics
  18. Immune Response106▲ 1.91×23 topics
  19. Global Burden104▲ 1.95×12 topics
  20. Drug Resistance100▲ 3.6×9 topics
  21. Depression98◆ 1.14×24 topics
  22. Clinical Trials94▲ 1.45×19 topics
  23. Mortality94▲ 1.69×13 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines92▲ 1.73×14 topics
  25. Vaccine91▲ 2.3×11 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders88▲ 1.59×20 topics
  27. Health Effects87▲ 1.48×22 topics
  28. Vaccine Development84▲ 3.4×11 topics
  29. Rehabilitation84▲ 2.2×13 topics
  30. Pathogenesis80▲ 1.61×24 topics
  31. Insulin Resistance79▲ 1.81×10 topics
  32. Immunity78▲ 1.98×11 topics
  33. Complications76▲ 1.58×17 topics
  34. Democracy74▲ 2.2×24 topics
  35. Surgical Treatment67▲ 3.5×6 topics
  36. Hearing Loss62▲ 5.4×4 topics
  37. Low Back Pain57▲ 3.5×4 topics
  38. Public Opinion56▲ 4.7×6 topics
  39. HIV Transmission42▲ 5.6×2 topics
  40. Urinary Incontinence41▲ 5.3×2 topics

What research is done in Antwerp?

  1. 1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 30 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 28 works
  3. 3 Plasma Applications and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 28 works
  4. 4 Social Media and Politics Communication 27 works
  5. 5 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 24 works
  6. 6 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 23 works
  7. 7 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 23 works
  8. 8 Maritime Ports and Logistics Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 21 works
  9. 9 Electoral Systems and Political Participation Political Science and International Relations 20 works
  10. 10 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 20 works

Research output over time

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%Antwerp20.4% 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 34.4% in 2016.

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