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Research in Kortrijk

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in Kortrijk, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University College West Flanders and Katholieke Hogeschool Vives.

Research institutions
5
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.6k
▲ 36% vs 2018-21
Citations
34k
21.5 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Kortrijk

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 Kortrijk?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University College West FlandersUniversity 386 #15,643
2Research Institute for ChromatographyResearch facility 280 #11,241 all time
3Katholieke Hogeschool VivesUniversity 247 #16,952
4Barco (Belgium)Company 221 #21,613 all time
5VlakwaNonprofit 63 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 College West Flanders: 32.2%Research Institute for Chromatography: 23.4%Katholieke Hogeschool Vives: 20.6%Barco (Belgium): 18.5%1 other listed: 5.3%32%largest
University College West Flanders386 · 32.2%Research Institute for Chromatography280 · 23.4%Katholieke Hogeschool Vives247 · 20.6%Barco (Belgium)221 · 18.5%1 other listed63 · 5.3%

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

Which fields of science does Kortrijk work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Kortrijk is in Health Sciences, 29% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (35%), Engineering (10%), Social Sciences (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 155 fractional works · 39.1% of its workMedicine: 138 fractional works · 34.9% of its workSurgery: 32 fractional works · 8.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHepatology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 117 fractional works · 29.4% of its workEngineering: 40 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 14 fractional works · 3.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMedia Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 22 fractional works · 5.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 15 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeometry and Topology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMathematical Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 3.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 78 fractional works · 19.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 8.2% of its workEducation: 10 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 19 fractional works · 4.9% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPsychology: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 47 fractional works · 11.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 24 fractional works · 6.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 11 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 13 fractional works · 3.4% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKKortrijk397fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences39%Social Sciences20%

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. Medicine13834.9%
    2. Health Professions133.3%
    3. Veterinary20.5%
    4. Nursing10.2%
    5. Dentistry10.2%
    1. Engineering4010.0%
    2. Computer Science225.4%
    3. Mathematics153.9%
    4. Environmental Science153.8%
    5. Materials Science92.3%
    6. Chemistry61.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy41.0%
    8. Energy30.8%
    9. Earth and Planetary Sciences20.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering10.2%
    1. Social Sciences328.2%
    2. Arts and Humanities194.9%
    3. Psychology143.5%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting51.2%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.2%
    6. Decision Sciences20.6%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology246.0%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences133.4%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology61.5%
    4. Neuroscience30.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Kortrijk?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Diagnosis, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Radiofrequency Ablation, Survival, Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver Cancer.

▲ 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. Epidemiology21▲ 1.32×71 topics
  2. Treatment13▲ 2.6×23 topics
  3. Inflammation12▲ 1.48×44 topics
  4. Diagnosis12▲ 3.1×21 topics
  5. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 4.3×11 topics
  6. Management9▲ 2.9×18 topics
  7. Immunotherapy8▲ 2.7×15 topics
  8. Biomedical Applications8▲ 1.59×18 topics
  9. Risk Factors7▲ 1.70×24 topics
  10. Chemotherapy7▲ 2.6×21 topics
  11. Radiofrequency Ablation7▲ 16×2 topics
  12. Survival7▲ 12×4 topics
  13. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 8.1×2 topics
  14. Liver Cancer6▲ 28×1 topic
  15. Sorafenib6▲ 28×1 topic
  16. Surgical Management6▲ 3.7×13 topics
  17. Ethics6▲ 2.9×14 topics
  18. Prognostic Factors5▲ 3.0×10 topics
  19. Rehabilitation5▲ 3.1×8 topics
  20. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 4.2×8 topics
  21. Democracy5▲ 3.6×6 topics
  22. Inclusion5▲ 8.4×4 topics
  23. Cholangiocarcinoma5▲ 15×2 topics
  24. Monoclonal Antibodies5▲ 13×3 topics
  25. Robotic Surgery4▲ 7.5×4 topics
  26. Embodiment4▲ 5.7×3 topics
  27. Stability4▲ 4.7×4 topics
  28. Liver Transplantation4▲ 8.1×3 topics
  29. Therapeutic Antibodies4▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Constitutionalism4▲ 11×2 topics
  31. Professionalism4▲ 5.7×3 topics
  32. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  33. Judicial Review4▲ 11×2 topics
  34. ECHR4▲ 25×1 topic
  35. European Legal Systems4▲ 25×1 topic
  36. Molecular Pathology4▲ 8.5×4 topics
  37. Empowerment3▲ 8.5×1 topic
  38. Social Work3▲ 13×2 topics
  39. Teacher Development3▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Theology3▲ 9.2×3 topics

What research is done in Kortrijk?

Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 6 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 4 fractional worksDutch Social and Cultura…3Dutch Social and Cultural Studies: 3 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and G…3Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 2 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic O…2Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Ma…2Acute Ischemic Stroke Management: 2 fractional works
HepatologyPolitical Science and International RelationsEducationSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis Hepatology 6 works
  2. 2 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 3 works
  4. 4 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Surgical Simulation and Training Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 2 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 2 works
  8. 8 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  9. 9 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke Management Epidemiology 2 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%Kortrijk12.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 36.4% in 2011.

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