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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-now are UCLouvain.

Research institutions
9
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
48k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.4M
29.0 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
19.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Louvain-la-Neuve

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 Louvain-la-Neuve?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1UCLouvainUniversity 62,176 #318
2Asahi Glass (Belgium)Company 569 #23,708 all time
3Institut des Arts de DiffusionUniversity 331 #12,765 all time
4Ion Beam Applications (Belgium)Company 216 #21,966 all time
5Coatings Research InstituteNonprofit 136 #32,529 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-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.

UCLouvain: 98.0%Asahi Glass (Belgium): 0.9%Institut des Arts de Diffusion: 0.5%Ion Beam Applications (Belgium): 0.3%4 others listed: 0.2%98%largest
UCLouvain62k · 98.0%Asahi Glass (Belgium)569 · 0.9%Institut des Arts de Diffusion331 · 0.5%Ion Beam Applications (Belgium)216 · 0.3%4 others listed150 · 0.2%

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

Which fields of science does Louvain-la-Neuve work in?

In 2022-now, 39% of research in Louvain-la-Neuve is in Physical Sciences, 32% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (15%), Medicine (15%), Engineering (13%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 2,330 fractional works · 39.0% of its workEngineering: 759 fractional works · 12.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 221 fractional works · 3.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 118 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 73 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputational Mechanics: 59 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 453 fractional works · 7.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 167 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 69 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 48 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 36 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 27 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSoftware: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 271 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 28 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPollution: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 248 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRadiation: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 180 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 113 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 163 fractional works · 2.7% of its workStatistics and Probability: 33 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 105 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOceanography: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 98 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 31 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,922 fractional works · 32.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 919 fractional works · 15.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 357 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 164 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEducation: 75 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 47 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDemography: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 35 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety Research: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 381 fractional works · 6.4% of its workPhilosophy: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 61 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 51 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 49 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workReligious studies: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 249 fractional works · 4.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 76 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 67 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 52 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 43 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 182 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 108 fractional works · 1.8% of its workFinance: 53 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 124 fractional works · 2.1% of its workStrategy and Management: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 21 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 66 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 46 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 20 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 1,052 fractional works · 17.6% of its workMedicine: 878 fractional works · 14.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 96 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSurgery: 94 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 65 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 55 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 51 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 42 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 40 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 39 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 26 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 25 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 24 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHematology: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 22 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 17 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHepatology: 12 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 104 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 151 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 107 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 45 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 673 fractional works · 11.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 258 fractional works · 4.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 147 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 209 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 79 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 34 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFood Science: 30 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 18 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 156 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 96 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 37 fractional works · 0.6% of its workImmunology: 23 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKLouvain-la-Neuve5,977fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences39%Health Sciences18%Social Sciences32%

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. Engineering75912.7%
    2. Computer Science4537.6%
    3. Environmental Science2714.5%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2484.1%
    5. Materials Science1803.0%
    6. Mathematics1632.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1051.8%
    8. Chemistry981.6%
    9. Energy310.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering230.4%
  2. Social Sciences1,92232.2%
    1. Social Sciences91915.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities3816.4%
    3. Psychology2494.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1823.1%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1242.1%
    6. Decision Sciences661.1%
  3. Health Sciences1,05217.6%
    1. Medicine87814.7%
    2. Health Professions1512.5%
    3. Nursing160.3%
    4. Dentistry50.1%
    5. Veterinary20.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2584.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2093.5%
    3. Neuroscience1562.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology370.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics130.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 180 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.81× its world share, 233 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.63× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.57× its world share, 137 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.99× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.99× its world share, 84 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.97× its world share, 404 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 90 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.55× its world share, 27 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.85× its world share, 685 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 231 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.85× its world share, 159 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.24× its world share, 141 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.77× its world share, 211 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.99× its world share, 140 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 794 worksMedicineNursing: 0.55× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.25× its world share, 348 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 115 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 60 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.49× its world share, 170 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.36× its world share, 222 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.25× its world share, 847 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.25×348 works
  2. Mathematics2.24×141 works
  3. Physics and Astronomy1.77×211 works
  4. Neuroscience1.57×137 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.49×170 works
  6. Psychology1.36×222 works
  7. Social Sciences1.25×847 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.15×60 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.07×90 works
  10. Chemical Engineering0.99×18 works
  11. Chemistry0.99×84 works
  12. Health Professions0.99×140 works
  13. Computer Science0.97×404 works
  14. Environmental Science0.87×231 works
  15. Engineering0.85×685 works
  16. Materials Science0.85×159 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.81×233 works
  18. Medicine0.77×794 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.71×180 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.67×115 works
  21. Immunology and Microbiology0.63×34 works
  22. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×11 works
  23. Energy0.55×27 works
  24. Nursing0.55×14 works
  25. Veterinary0.25×2 works
  26. Dentistry0.17×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Louvain-la-Neuve?

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

▲ 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. Climate Change213▲ 1.31×93 topics
  2. Globalization174▲ 1.48×115 topics
  3. Epidemiology169▼ 0.71×127 topics
  4. Machine Learning135▼ 0.68×74 topics
  5. Sustainability115▼ 0.79×80 topics
  6. Mental Health105▲ 1.22×45 topics
  7. Community Engagement85▲ 4.4×15 topics
  8. Religion84▲ 3.0×33 topics
  9. Public Health82◆ 0.94×54 topics
  10. Social Justice82▲ 2.3×34 topics
  11. Remote Sensing78◆ 1.07×28 topics
  12. Territorial Governance73▲ 11×3 topics
  13. Gender72▲ 2.2×42 topics
  14. Local Development72▲ 12×2 topics
  15. Ethics68▲ 2.3×47 topics
  16. Gender Studies68▲ 7.5×11 topics
  17. Economic Growth68▲ 1.39×22 topics
  18. Public Policy64▲ 2.3×16 topics
  19. History62▲ 1.48×45 topics
  20. Colonialism56▲ 2.0×37 topics
  21. Sociological Analysis51▲ 15×2 topics
  22. Educational Policies51▲ 7.9×2 topics
  23. Ethnographic Research51▲ 17×2 topics
  24. Professional Practices51▲ 24×1 topic
  25. Public Action51▲ 24×1 topic
  26. Corpus Linguistics49▲ 3.9×5 topics
  27. Migration49▲ 2.4×23 topics
  28. Citizen Participation49▲ 7.1×3 topics
  29. Environmental Participation46▲ 11×1 topic
  30. Proximity and Innovation46▲ 11×1 topic
  31. Sociolinguistics43▲ 3.9×8 topics
  32. Social Determinants of Health41▲ 3.2×8 topics
  33. Pragmatics38▲ 4.1×6 topics
  34. Institutionalization38▲ 6.9×4 topics
  35. Citizenship37▲ 5.2×10 topics
  36. Convex Optimization36▲ 7.0×5 topics
  37. Dark Matter33▲ 4.8×4 topics
  38. Particle Physics28▲ 6.4×2 topics
  39. Participative Evaluation26▲ 13×1 topic
  40. Solidarity Economy26▲ 7.7×1 topic

What research is done in Louvain-la-Neuve?

Education, sociology, and vocational training: 50 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 46 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 26 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 24 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 19 fractional worksPhilosophy and History of Science: 18 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…18Healthcare Systems and Practices: 18 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 17 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 17 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 16 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesPhilosophyPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  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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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%Louvain-la-Neuve16.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 30.8% in 2008.

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