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Research in Lommel

Science Explorer records 1 research institutions in Lommel, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Flanders Make (Belgium).

Research institutions
1
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.7k
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
13.9 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
17.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1971-2026
56 years on the record
Lommel

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 Lommel?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Flanders Make (Belgium)Company 1,675 #3,323

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 Lommel work in?

In 2022-now, 79% of research in Lommel is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (56%), Computer Science (14%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 732 fractional works · 78.8% of its workEngineering: 524 fractional works · 56.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 92 fractional works · 9.9% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 92 fractional works · 9.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 86 fractional works · 9.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 59 fractional works · 6.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 56 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 35 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 20 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workOcean Engineering: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Science: 128 fractional works · 13.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 40 fractional works · 4.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 30 fractional works · 3.3% of its workInformation Systems: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 10 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSoftware: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHardware and Architecture: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 21 fractional works · 2.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 20 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 18 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 130 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 47 fractional works · 5.0% of its workEducation: 16 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGender Studies: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 23 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 7 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 19 fractional works · 2.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 19 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 12 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 11 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 10 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 40 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMedicine: 28 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 11 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 27 fractional works · 2.9% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 12 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 5 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLommel929fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences3%Physical Sciences79%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences14%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering52456.4%
    2. Computer Science12813.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy212.3%
    4. Environmental Science202.1%
    5. Materials Science182.0%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences60.6%
    7. Energy50.6%
    8. Mathematics40.4%
    9. Chemistry40.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering30.3%
    1. Social Sciences475.0%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting232.5%
    3. Decision Sciences192.1%
    4. Psychology192.0%
    5. Arts and Humanities121.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.1%
    1. Medicine283.0%
    2. Health Professions111.2%
    3. Dentistry10.1%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences121.3%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology91.0%
    3. Neuroscience50.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    5. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Lommel strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Lommel is most concentrated in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Automotive Engineering (12.4× the world share in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering).

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 51.1 works12×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 84.0 works9.7×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 31.5 works7.3×
  4. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 84.8 works5.8×
  5. EngineeringField · 471.9 works3.9×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 111 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.93× its world share, 472 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.93×472 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.23×17 works
  3. Computer Science1.78×111 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.03×18 works
  5. Business, Management and Accounting0.79×20 works
  6. Chemical Engineering0.78×2 works
  7. Psychology0.67×16 works
  8. Energy0.63×5 works
  9. Materials Science0.56×16 works
  10. Environmental Science0.43×17 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.39×5 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.39×7 works
  13. Mathematics0.37×4 works
  14. Neuroscience0.36×5 works
  15. Health Professions0.36×8 works
  16. Social Sciences0.28×28 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×10 works
  18. Chemistry0.25×3 works
  19. Dentistry0.24×1 works
  20. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×1 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.18×4 works
  22. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.17×7 works
  23. Medicine0.16×24 works
  24. Nursing0.10×0 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Lommel?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Vibration Analysis, Optimization, Nonlinear Systems, Electric Vehicles, Model Predictive Control, Power Electronics and Machine Learning.

▲ 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. Deep Learning74▲ 2.3×61 topics
  2. Machine Learning53▲ 1.73×58 topics
  3. Sustainability46▲ 2.0×41 topics
  4. Neural Networks39▲ 2.7×30 topics
  5. Vibration Analysis31▲ 12×6 topics
  6. Optimization30▲ 7.3×20 topics
  7. Nonlinear Systems26▲ 13×6 topics
  8. Electric Vehicles26▲ 9.7×4 topics
  9. Model Predictive Control26▲ 11×5 topics
  10. Power Electronics26▲ 8.5×8 topics
  11. Nonlinear Dynamics24▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration22▲ 7.3×5 topics
  13. Thermal Management21▲ 7.0×7 topics
  14. Additive Manufacturing21▲ 7.3×8 topics
  15. Stability Analysis18▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Control17▲ 14×4 topics
  17. Fault Diagnosis17▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Process Parameters16▲ 16×3 topics
  19. Lithium-ion Batteries16▲ 4.1×3 topics
  20. Virtual Prototyping16▲ 20×2 topics
  21. Distributed Control16▲ 15×3 topics
  22. Assembly Planning15▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Design for Manufacture15▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Robotics15▲ 6.7×5 topics
  25. Autonomous Vehicles15▲ 7.5×4 topics
  26. Actuators14▲ 9.6×5 topics
  27. Multi-Agent Systems13▲ 7.6×6 topics
  28. Adaptive Control13▲ 10×6 topics
  29. Tool Wear13▲ 11×3 topics
  30. Battery Management Systems12▲ 9.0×1 topic
  31. Real-time Optimization12▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Thermal Runaway12▲ 9.0×1 topic
  33. Material Characterization12▲ 11×3 topics
  34. Teaching Methods12▲ 8.0×2 topics
  35. Digital Education12▲ 8.7×1 topic
  36. Student Competencies12▲ 20×1 topic
  37. Constraint Handling12▲ 16×2 topics
  38. Control Strategies12▲ 8.8×4 topics
  39. Condition Monitoring12▲ 22×1 topic
  40. Empirical Mode Decomposition12▲ 22×1 topic

What research is done in Lommel?

Manufacturing Process an…15Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…12Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems Optimization: 10 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 10 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 10 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 9 fractional worksGear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis: 8 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…8Digital Transformation in Industry: 8 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 8 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 8 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis Mechanical Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 8 works
  10. 10 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 8 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%Lommel19.0% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 34.8% in 2016.

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