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Research in Louvain-la-Neuve

Science Explorer records 9 research institutions in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are UCLouvain.

Research institutions
9
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
48k
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
19.2%
record average 16.5%

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Which research institutions are in Louvain-la-Neuve?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1UCLouvainUniversity 46,846 #790
2Asahi Glass (Belgium)Company 569 #16,062 all time
3Institut des Arts de DiffusionUniversity 331 #22,623 all time
4Ion Beam Applications (Belgium)Company 216 #14,239 all time
5Coatings Research InstituteNonprofit 136 #27,985 all time
6Albemarle (Belgium)Company 6 not ranked
7Wetlands Incubator (Belgium)Company 6 not ranked
8European Inter-University Association of Society, Science and TechnologyGovernment institution 2 not ranked
9Metamorphose VI AISBLNonprofit 0 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.

UCLouvain: 97.4%Asahi Glass (Belgium): 1.2%Institut des Arts de Diffusion: 0.7%Ion Beam Applications (Belgium): 0.4%4 others listed: 0.3%97%largest
UCLouvain47k · 97.4%Asahi Glass (Belgium)569 · 1.2%Institut des Arts de Diffusion331 · 0.7%Ion Beam Applications (Belgium)216 · 0.4%4 others listed150 · 0.3%

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What is Louvain-la-Neuve strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Louvain-la-Neuve is most concentrated in History and Philosophy of Science, Nuclear and High Energy Physics and Linguistics and Language (5.8× the world share in History and Philosophy of Science).

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 48.3 works5.8×
  2. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 59.7 works3.5×
  3. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 21.1 works3.4×
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Which keywords describe research in Louvain-la-Neuve?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Territorial Governance, Local Development, Climate Change, Globalization, Community Engagement, Gender Studies, Sociological Analysis and Educational Policies.

▲ 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. Climate Change179▲ 1.24×90 topics
  2. Epidemiology157▼ 0.74×127 topics
  3. Globalization157▲ 1.49×108 topics
  4. Machine Learning118▼ 0.67×74 topics
  5. Sustainability100▼ 0.77×75 topics
  6. Mental Health97▲ 1.24×42 topics
  7. Community Engagement82▲ 4.6×14 topics
  8. Social Justice78▲ 2.5×31 topics
  9. Religion78▲ 3.1×32 topics
  10. Territorial Governance73▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Local Development72▲ 12×2 topics
  12. Gender66▲ 2.3×41 topics
  13. Gender Studies64▲ 7.8×11 topics
  14. Economic Growth64▲ 1.41×21 topics
  15. Public Policy64▲ 2.4×16 topics
  16. Ethics60▲ 2.3×44 topics
  17. Colonialism52▲ 2.0×35 topics
  18. Sociological Analysis50▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Educational Policies50▲ 8.1×2 topics
  20. Ethnographic Research50▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Professional Practices50▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Public Action50▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Citizen Participation48▲ 7.3×3 topics
  24. Migration46▲ 2.6×22 topics
  25. Environmental Participation46▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Proximity and Innovation46▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Corpus Linguistics45▲ 3.9×5 topics
  28. Sociolinguistics40▲ 4.0×8 topics
  29. Social Determinants of Health40▲ 3.3×7 topics
  30. Institutionalization38▲ 7.5×4 topics
  31. Pragmatics37▲ 4.3×6 topics
  32. Citizenship37▲ 5.7×10 topics
  33. Dark Matter30▲ 4.9×4 topics
  34. Convex Optimization29▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Cooperatives27▲ 6.4×2 topics
  36. Particle Physics27▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Participative Evaluation26▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Solidarity Economy26▲ 7.8×1 topic
  39. Argumentation24▲ 14×1 topic
  40. Ethos24▲ 14×1 topic

What research is done in Louvain-la-Neuve?

  1. 1 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 50 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 46 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 26 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 24 works
  5. 5 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 19 works
  6. 6 Philosophy and History of Science History and Philosophy of Science 18 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 18 works
  8. 8 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 17 works
  9. 9 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies Nuclear and High Energy Physics 17 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 16 works

Research output over time

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