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Research in Mons

Science Explorer records 10 research institutions in Mons, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are University of Mons and Materia Nova.

Research institutions
10
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
20k
▲ 14% vs 2018-21
Citations
247k
12.2 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1950-2026
77 years on the record
Mons

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 Mons?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of MonsUniversity 18,892 #1,621
2Materia NovaNonprofit 473 #20,387
3CHU Ambroise ParéHospital / health system 367 #19,014 all time
4Haute École Louvain en HainautUniversity 181 #26,802 all time
5Belgian Ceramic Research CentreResearch facility 132 #34,669 all time
6MultitelResearch facility 127 #34,673 all time
7Haute École en HainautUniversity 33 not ranked
8Arts²University 16 not ranked
9Vesuvius (Belgium)Company 8 not ranked
10ACIC (Belgium)Company 3 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.

University of Mons: 93.4%Materia Nova: 2.3%CHU Ambroise Paré: 1.8%Haute École Louvain en Hainaut: 0.9%6 others listed: 1.6%93%largest
University of Mons19k · 93.4%Materia Nova473 · 2.3%CHU Ambroise Paré367 · 1.8%Haute École Louvain en Hainaut181 · 0.9%6 others listed319 · 1.6%

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

Which fields of science does Mons work in?

In 2022-now, 44% of research in Mons is in Physical Sciences, 29% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (16%), Social Sciences (16%), Medicine (9%).

Physical Sciences: 1,973 fractional works · 43.5% of its workEngineering: 730 fractional works · 16.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 220 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 121 fractional works · 2.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 119 fractional works · 2.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 25 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOcean Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 288 fractional works · 6.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 85 fractional works · 1.9% of its workInformation Systems: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 42 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 284 fractional works · 6.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 124 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomaterials: 77 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 20 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 175 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEcology: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 36 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 174 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 55 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 94 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPaleontology: 51 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOceanography: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 82 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 19 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 76 fractional works · 1.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 32 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCatalysis: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBioengineering: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,296 fractional works · 28.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 707 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 267 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEducation: 123 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLinguistics and Language: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 50 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 49 fractional works · 1.1% of its workUrban Studies: 40 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSafety Research: 37 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 43 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 250 fractional works · 5.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 107 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 53 fractional works · 1.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 44 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 131 fractional works · 2.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 28 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 122 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 52 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workFinance: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 690 fractional works · 15.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 388 fractional works · 8.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 231 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPlant Science: 56 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInsect Science: 45 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAquatic Science: 24 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 15 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 190 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 88 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGenetics: 57 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 87 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 54 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 571 fractional works · 12.6% of its workMedicine: 418 fractional works · 9.2% of its workSurgery: 39 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysiology: 38 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 29 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 16 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 11 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 103 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth Professions: 139 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 103 fractional works · 2.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 5 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMons4,530fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences15%Physical Sciences44%Health Sciences13%Social Sciences29%

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. Engineering73016.1%
    2. Computer Science2886.3%
    3. Materials Science2846.3%
    4. Environmental Science1753.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy1743.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences942.1%
    7. Mathematics821.8%
    8. Chemistry761.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering370.8%
    10. Energy340.8%
  2. Social Sciences1,29628.6%
    1. Social Sciences70715.6%
    2. Psychology2505.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting1312.9%
    4. Arts and Humanities1222.7%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance521.1%
    6. Decision Sciences330.7%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3888.6%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1904.2%
    3. Neuroscience871.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology180.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics70.2%
    1. Medicine4189.2%
    2. Health Professions1393.1%
    3. Dentistry60.1%
    4. Nursing50.1%
    5. Veterinary30.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What is Mons strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Mons is most concentrated in Linguistics and Language, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Paleontology (10.6× the world share in Linguistics and Language).

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 49.2 works11×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 200.2 works10×
  3. PaleontologySubfield · 43.7 works8.9×
  4. BiomaterialsSubfield · 71.4 works4.1×
  5. Insect ScienceSubfield · 41.1 works3.6×
← 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: 1.75× its world share, 337 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.80× its world share, 174 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.37× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 74 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.39× its world share, 34 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.05× its world share, 67 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.82× its world share, 258 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.28× its world share, 81 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.81× its world share, 30 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.12× its world share, 681 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.77× its world share, 155 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.83× its world share, 259 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.53× its world share, 73 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.74× its world share, 157 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.20× its world share, 128 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 365 worksMedicineNursing: 0.22× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.94× its world share, 111 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.89× its world share, 116 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.72× its world share, 28 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.53× its world share, 46 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.78× its world share, 221 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 633 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering2.39×34 works
  2. Materials Science1.83×259 works
  3. Psychology1.78×221 works
  4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.75×337 works
  5. Physics and Astronomy1.74×157 works
  6. Mathematics1.53×73 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.28×81 works
  8. Social Sciences1.23×633 works
  9. Health Professions1.20×128 works
  10. Neuroscience1.12×74 works
  11. Engineering1.12×681 works
  12. Chemistry1.05×67 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.94×111 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.89×116 works
  15. Computer Science0.82×258 works
  16. Energy0.81×30 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.80×174 works
  18. Environmental Science0.77×155 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.72×28 works
  20. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×46 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×7 works
  22. Medicine0.47×365 works
  23. Veterinary0.47×3 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.37×15 works
  25. Dentistry0.25×5 works
  26. Nursing0.22×4 works

Which keywords describe research in Mons?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biogeography, Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Evolution, Taxonomy, Habitat Fragmentation and Gender Studies.

▲ 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. Biodiversity171▲ 5.0×30 topics
  2. Climate Change158▲ 1.28×82 topics
  3. Biogeography153▲ 12×20 topics
  4. Phylogeny134▲ 18×17 topics
  5. Mental Health131▲ 2.0×36 topics
  6. Globalization130▲ 1.46×88 topics
  7. Invasive Species124▲ 6.5×19 topics
  8. Evolution105▲ 8.7×18 topics
  9. Taxonomy101▲ 15×15 topics
  10. Nanoparticles95▲ 1.67×44 topics
  11. Social Justice95▲ 3.5×26 topics
  12. Habitat Fragmentation94▲ 9.6×5 topics
  13. Biomedical Applications92▲ 1.72×34 topics
  14. Gender Studies86▲ 12×9 topics
  15. Cultural Diversity83▲ 8.2×13 topics
  16. Intercultural Communication74▲ 36×3 topics
  17. Educational Policies74▲ 15×2 topics
  18. Ethnographic Research74▲ 33×2 topics
  19. Professional Practices74▲ 45×1 topic
  20. Public Action74▲ 45×1 topic
  21. Global Change70▲ 5.9×6 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services64▲ 3.6×10 topics
  23. Community Engagement60▲ 4.1×12 topics
  24. Conservation60▲ 3.1×19 topics
  25. DNA Barcoding60▲ 7.6×9 topics
  26. Plant-Animal Interactions56▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Pollinator Decline56▲ 16×1 topic
  28. Territorial Governance56▲ 11×3 topics
  29. Morphology56▲ 6.9×11 topics
  30. Local Development56▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Multilingualism55▲ 7.6×4 topics
  32. Molecular Phylogeny54▲ 7.3×11 topics
  33. Ecology52▲ 6.7×10 topics
  34. Youth Development50▲ 12×6 topics
  35. Didactics48▲ 11×2 topics
  36. Language Education48▲ 10.0×2 topics
  37. Learning Strategies47▲ 75×1 topic
  38. Migration and Integration47▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Speciation44▲ 22×3 topics
  40. Palliative Care43▲ 6.2×5 topics

What research is done in Mons?

Education, sociology, and vocational training: 65 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 51 fractional worksFrench Language Learning…42French Language Learning Methods: 42 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…36Health, Medicine and Society: 36 fractional worksAdvanced Fiber Optic Sensors: 32 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 31 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…30Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 30 fractional worksPhilosophy, Sociology, Political Theory: 26 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 24 fractional worksInformation Technology and Learning: 23 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsLinguistics and LanguageGeneral Health Professions5 others

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

  1. 1 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 65 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 51 works
  3. 3 French Language Learning Methods Linguistics and Language 42 works
  4. 4 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 36 works
  5. 5 Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors Electrical and Electronic Engineering 32 works
  6. 6 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 31 works
  7. 7 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 30 works
  8. 8 Philosophy, Sociology, Political Theory Sociology and Political Science 26 works
  9. 9 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 24 works
  10. 10 Information Technology and Learning Education 23 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 counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Mons7.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.2% in 2007.

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