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Research in La Louvière

Science Explorer records 5 research institutions in La Louvière, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Hôpital de Jolimont.

Research institutions
5
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
725
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
11k
14.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
6.6%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1952-2026
75 years on the record
La Louvière

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 La Louvière?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Hôpital de JolimontHospital / health system 442 #22,066
2Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de TivoliHospital / health system 271 #29,022 all time
3Duferco (Belgium)Company 10 not ranked
4Neoceram (Belgium)Company 1 not ranked
5Association Belge Contre les Maladies Neuro-MusculairesInstitution 1 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.

Hôpital de Jolimont: 61.0%Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tivoli: 37.4%Duferco (Belgium): 1.4%Neoceram (Belgium): 0.1%1 other listed: 0.1%61%largest
Hôpital de Jolimont442 · 61.0%Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tivoli271 · 37.4%Duferco (Belgium)10 · 1.4%Neoceram (Belgium)1 · 0.1%1 other listed1 · 0.1%

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

Which fields of science does La Louvière work in?

In 2022-now, 83% of research in La Louvière is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (79%), Health Professions (4%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%). It does 3.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 90 fractional works · 83.3% of its workMedicine: 86 fractional works · 79.2% of its workSurgery: 23 fractional works · 21.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 9.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 7.1% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 4 fractional works · 4.0% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.8% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workHepatology: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLa Louvière108fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences83%Social Sciences5%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8679.2%
    2. Health Professions43.9%
    3. Dentistry00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.6%
    2. Neuroscience21.5%
    3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.6%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    1. Engineering32.5%
    2. Mathematics11.2%
    3. Physics and Astronomy11.0%
    4. Environmental Science00.4%
    5. Computer Science00.3%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance22.1%
    2. Psychology21.7%
    3. Social Sciences10.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is La Louvière strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in La Louvière is most concentrated in Surgery (9.0× the world share in Surgery).

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.3 works9.0×
← 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 24 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.62× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.90× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.56× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.09× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 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 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.17×78 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.96×1 works
  3. Health Professions1.56×4 works
  4. Mathematics1.17×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.09×2 works
  6. Neuroscience0.90×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.62×3 works
  8. Psychology0.53×2 works
  9. Veterinary0.51×0 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×0 works
  11. Physics and Astronomy0.21×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.18×0 works
  13. Nursing0.18×0 works
  14. Engineering0.11×2 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.10×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.08×1 works
  17. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.04×0 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.04×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Which keywords describe research in La Louvière?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Atherosclerosis, Epidemiology, Guidelines, Coronary Stents, Myocardial Revascularization, Surgical Management and Risk Factors.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.7×50 topics
  2. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention8▲ 53×4 topics
  3. Atherosclerosis7▲ 22×5 topics
  4. Guidelines6▲ 12×11 topics
  5. Risk Factors6▲ 4.6×14 topics
  6. Diagnosis5▲ 4.9×21 topics
  7. Treatment5▲ 3.7×19 topics
  8. Coronary Stents5▲ 102×1 topic
  9. Myocardial Revascularization5▲ 102×1 topic
  10. Immunotherapy4▲ 5.5×13 topics
  11. Quality of Life4▲ 2.7×15 topics
  12. Surgical Management4▲ 9.9×14 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction4▲ 16×5 topics
  14. Magnetic Resonance Imaging4▲ 13×3 topics
  15. Complications3▲ 6.2×11 topics
  16. Heart Failure3▲ 6.8×6 topics
  17. Echocardiography3▲ 10×8 topics
  18. Cardiac Imaging3▲ 22×2 topics
  19. Hemostasis3▲ 27×2 topics
  20. Management3▲ 3.4×15 topics
  21. Radiation Exposure3▲ 26×2 topics
  22. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 21×1 topic
  23. Myocardial Perfusion3▲ 37×1 topic
  24. Surgery3▲ 7.1×8 topics
  25. Biomechanics3▲ 8.0×6 topics
  26. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.4×14 topics
  27. Thrombosis2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  28. Diabetes2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  29. Femoral Access2▲ 98×1 topic
  30. Radial Access2▲ 98×1 topic
  31. Angioplasty2▲ 34×2 topics
  32. Endovascular Repair2▲ 24×3 topics
  33. Pathophysiology2▲ 7.0×6 topics
  34. Revascularization2▲ 13×2 topics
  35. Claudication2▲ 52×1 topic
  36. Peripheral Arterial Disease2▲ 52×1 topic
  37. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  38. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 7.8×5 topics
  39. Neurocognitive Function2▲ 37×2 topics
  40. Thrombus Formation2▲ 23×3 topics

What research is done in La Louvière?

Coronary Interventions a…4Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 4 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksVascular Procedures and Complications: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Disease Management: 2 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…1Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 1 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 1 fractional worksAortic aneurysm repair treatments: 1 fractional works
SurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineHepatology3 others

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

  1. 1 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  3. 3 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  8. 8 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 1 works
  10. 10 Aortic aneurysm repair treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 1 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025La Louvière3.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.7% in 2011.

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