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Research in Merelbeke

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Merelbeke, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Instituut voor Landbouw en Visserijonderzoek.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.3k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
12.1 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
12.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Merelbeke

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 Merelbeke?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Instituut voor Landbouw en VisserijonderzoekResearch facility 1,323 #12,574
2Nuance Communications (Belgium)Company 4 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.

Which fields of science does Merelbeke work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research in Merelbeke is in Physical Sciences, 30% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (26%), Environmental Science (17%), Social Sciences (16%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 60 fractional works · 30.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 34 fractional works · 17.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 9 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPollution: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 8 fractional works · 4.2% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnergy: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 60 fractional works · 30.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 51 fractional works · 25.6% of its workPlant Science: 14 fractional works · 7.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 12 fractional works · 6.0% of its workFood Science: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workForestry: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAquatic Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 56 fractional works · 28.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 32 fractional works · 16.3% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 4.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman Factors and Ergonomics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHistory: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 22 fractional works · 11.0% of its workMedicine: 10 fractional works · 5.2% of its workBiochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workVeterinary: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmall Animals: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMerelbeke198fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences30%Physical Sciences30%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences28%

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. Environmental Science3417.4%
    2. Engineering84.2%
    3. Energy73.8%
    4. Computer Science52.5%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.2%
    6. Chemical Engineering10.7%
    7. Chemistry10.3%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    9. Materials Science00.1%
    10. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences5125.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.6%
    4. Neuroscience10.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Social Sciences3216.3%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting73.6%
    3. Arts and Humanities63.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance63.1%
    5. Decision Sciences21.2%
    6. Psychology21.0%
    1. Medicine105.2%
    2. Veterinary52.5%
    3. Health Professions52.4%
    4. Nursing20.8%
    5. Dentistry00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Which keywords describe research in Merelbeke?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Climate Change, Heat Stress, Gut Microbiota, Health Promotion, Cultural Diversity and Social Work.

▲ 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. Environmental Impact20▲ 5.9×21 topics
  2. Sustainability17▲ 3.5×31 topics
  3. Climate Change14▲ 2.7×37 topics
  4. Education11▲ 3.1×11 topics
  5. Globalization10▲ 2.6×19 topics
  6. Human Rights9▲ 4.4×11 topics
  7. Renewable Energy9▲ 3.0×9 topics
  8. Heat Stress8▲ 51×2 topics
  9. Biodiversity8▲ 5.1×12 topics
  10. Gut Microbiota8▲ 11×5 topics
  11. Health Promotion8▲ 12×4 topics
  12. Cultural Diversity7▲ 16×2 topics
  13. Social Work7▲ 54×2 topics
  14. Inclusion7▲ 24×2 topics
  15. Empowerment7▲ 36×1 topic
  16. Research Methods7▲ 22×1 topic
  17. Amino Acids6▲ 35×2 topics
  18. Probiotics6▲ 14×5 topics
  19. Intestinal Barrier6▲ 40×2 topics
  20. Antibiotic Alternatives6▲ 57×1 topic
  21. Poultry Production6▲ 57×1 topic
  22. Water Management6▲ 24×3 topics
  23. Ecosystem Services6▲ 7.8×8 topics
  24. Animal Welfare6▲ 33×4 topics
  25. Environmental Impact Assessment6▲ 39×2 topics
  26. International Trade6▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Legal Methodology6▲ 156×2 topics
  28. Energy Consumption5▲ 12×2 topics
  29. Intersectionality5▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Agricultural Practices5▲ 65×1 topic
  31. Biodiversity Offsets5▲ 324×1 topic
  32. Flood Mitigation5▲ 815×1 topic
  33. No Net Loss5▲ 324×1 topic
  34. Comparative Law5▲ 236×1 topic
  35. Financialization5▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Sustainable Agriculture5▲ 8.0×7 topics
  37. Integrated Assessment5▲ 110×2 topics
  38. Supply Chain4▲ 11×3 topics
  39. Sustainability Indicators4▲ 34×2 topics
  40. Livestock Production4▲ 23×3 topics

What research is done in Merelbeke?

Dutch Social and Cultural Studies: 6 fractional worksComparative and International Law Studies: 5 fractional worksEnergy, Environment, Agr…5Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis: 5 fractional worksEnvironmental Conservati…5Environmental Conservation and Management: 5 fractional worksFood Waste Reduction and Sustainability: 3 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Physiology: 3 fractional worksSustainable Agricultural…2Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis: 2 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 2 fractional worksMunicipal Solid Waste Management: 2 fractional works
EducationLawRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law6 others

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

  1. 1 Dutch Social and Cultural Studies Education 6 works
  2. 2 Comparative and International Law Studies Law 5 works
  3. 3 Energy, Environment, Agriculture Analysis Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 5 works
  4. 4 Environmental Conservation and Management Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 5 works
  5. 5 Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability Food Science 3 works
  6. 6 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 3 works
  7. 7 Sustainable Agricultural Systems Analysis Environmental Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 2 works
  9. 9 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 2 works
  10. 10 Municipal Solid Waste Management Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 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 counting10%20%30%Merelbeke13.9% 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 28.2% in 2008.

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