Science Explorer Interactive view Map
City · Belgium

Research in Antwerp

Science Explorer records 38 research institutions in Antwerp, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital and Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde.

Research institutions
38
9 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
54k
▲ 12% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
22.8%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 36,100 #450
2Antwerp University HospitalFunder 6,382 #3,318
3Instituut voor Tropische GeneeskundeFunder 3,302 #5,268
4Province of AntwerpGovernment institution 1,454 #7,786
5ZNA Middelheim HospitalHospital / health system 1,287 #21,445
6Ziekenhuisnetwerk Antwerpen StuivenbergHospital / health system 853 #17,691
7Antwerp Management SchoolUniversity 624 #14,544
8Domus MedicaNonprofit 541 #26,656
9Provincial Institute for HygieneResearch facility 528 #24,976 all time
10GZA Ziekenhuizen Campus Sint-AugustinusHospital / health system 521 #15,631
11Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool AntwerpenUniversity 401 #27,122 all time
12VIB-UAntwerp Center for Molecular NeurologyResearch facility 262 #9,223 all time
13Synergetics (Belgium)Company 229 #20,647 all time
14Flanders HydraulicsResearch facility 210 #31,139 all time
15Royal Zoological Society of AntwerpInstitution 189 #23,066 all time
16Biomedical Informatics Research Center AntwerpResearch facility 141 #20,026 all time
17Karel de Grote HogeschoolUniversity 131 #32,532 all time
18International Marine and Dredging ConsultantsCompany 126 #36,405 all time
19Nokia (Belgium)Company 118 not ranked
20Antwerp Maritime AcademyUniversity 106 not ranked
21Iridium KankernetwerkHospital / health system 87 not ranked
22HistoGeneX (Belgium)Company 40 not ranked
23Gouverneur KinsbergencentrumInstitution 30 not ranked
24Fluvius (Belgium)Company 27 not ranked
25Exmar (Belgium)Company 25 not ranked
26Atlas Copco (Belgium)Company 24 not ranked
27Cipla (Belgium)Company 19 not ranked
28University Centre Saint-Ignatius AntwerpNonprofit 18 not ranked
29Antea Group (Belgium)Company 16 not ranked
30City of AntwerpGovernment institution 16 not ranked
31SGS (Belgium)Company 15 not ranked
32Port of AntwerpGovernment institution 12 not ranked
33Ineos (Belgium)Company 9 not ranked
34Digipolis (Belgium)Company 5 not ranked
35Otoconsult (Belgium)Company 5 not ranked
36Water-link (Belgium)Company 4 not ranked
37Board of Innovation (Belgium)Company 3 not ranked
38Flanders Institute for LogisticsNonprofit 2 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. 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: 67.0%Antwerp University Hospital: 11.8%Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde: 6.1%Province of Antwerp: 2.7%34 others listed: 12.3%67%largest
University of Antwerp36k · 67.0%Antwerp University Hospital6,382 · 11.8%Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde3,302 · 6.1%Province of Antwerp1,454 · 2.7%34 others listed6,624 · 12.3%

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

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 predictsmore →

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.

Which keywords describe research in Antwerp?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Climate Change, 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 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology636▲ 1.88×134 topics
  2. Climate Change234◆ 1.02×97 topics
  3. Globalization206▲ 1.23×110 topics
  4. Deep Learning192▼ 0.66×72 topics
  5. Machine Learning178▼ 0.64×78 topics
  6. Public Health175▲ 1.41×63 topics
  7. Sustainability174▼ 0.84×86 topics
  8. Quality of Life170▲ 1.38×55 topics
  9. Inflammation169◆ 0.95×83 topics
  10. Treatment158▲ 1.53×52 topics
  11. Social Media137◆ 1.13×36 topics
  12. Diagnosis136▲ 1.72×41 topics
  13. Oxidative Stress136◆ 0.98×61 topics
  14. Cardiovascular Disease128▲ 1.35×38 topics
  15. Mental Health110◆ 0.88×40 topics
  16. Risk Factors103◆ 1.10×37 topics
  17. Chemotherapy99▲ 1.67×25 topics
  18. Immune Response92▲ 1.91×23 topics
  19. Global Burden92▲ 2.0×12 topics
  20. Depression88▲ 1.18×24 topics
  21. Mortality87▲ 1.76×13 topics
  22. Clinical Trials85▲ 1.49×19 topics
  23. Drug Resistance85▲ 3.5×9 topics
  24. Clinical Practice Guidelines84▲ 1.81×14 topics
  25. Vaccine80▲ 2.3×11 topics
  26. Neurological Disorders79▲ 1.63×20 topics
  27. Health Effects78▲ 1.52×22 topics
  28. Rehabilitation77▲ 2.3×13 topics
  29. Pathogenesis71▲ 1.65×24 topics
  30. Insulin Resistance71▲ 1.82×10 topics
  31. Complications70▲ 1.65×17 topics
  32. Vaccine Development69▲ 3.2×11 topics
  33. Immunity66▲ 1.93×11 topics
  34. Democracy66▲ 2.2×22 topics
  35. Surgical Treatment63▲ 3.7×6 topics
  36. Hearing Loss55▲ 5.6×4 topics
  37. Low Back Pain54▲ 3.7×4 topics
  38. Public Opinion48▲ 4.6×6 topics
  39. Urinary Incontinence37▲ 5.5×2 topics
  40. HIV Transmission36▲ 5.8×2 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

1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.