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Research in Ostend

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Ostend, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Flanders Marine Institute.

Research institutions
4
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
713
▲ 19% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
9.8%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite 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 Ostend?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Flanders Marine InstituteFunder 457 #15,349
2European Aquaculture SocietyInstitution 172 #34,715 all time
3Damiaan Dicht bij het levenHospital / health system 82 not ranked
4Ministry of Agriculture Nature and Food QualityGovernment institution 1 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.

Flanders Marine Institute: 64.2%European Aquaculture Society: 24.2%Damiaan Dicht bij het leven: 11.5%Ministry of Agriculture Nature and Food Quality: 0.1%64%largest
Flanders Marine Institute457 · 64.2%European Aquaculture Society172 · 24.2%Damiaan Dicht bij het leven82 · 11.5%Ministry of Agriculture Nature and Food Quality1 · 0.1%

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

What is Ostend strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Ostend is most concentrated in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Earth and Planetary Sciences (31.8× the world share in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics).

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 39.3 works32×
  2. EcologySubfield · 26.4 works13×
  3. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 41.6 works10×
← 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.

Which keywords describe research in Ostend?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Biogeography, Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Ecology, Evolution and Taxonomy.

▲ 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 Change40▲ 5.7×48 topics
  2. Biodiversity40▲ 20×22 topics
  3. Biogeography31▲ 45×18 topics
  4. Phylogeny30▲ 77×17 topics
  5. Invasive Species29▲ 26×17 topics
  6. Ecology28▲ 69×8 topics
  7. Evolution27▲ 41×12 topics
  8. Taxonomy25▲ 74×12 topics
  9. DNA Barcoding19▲ 45×9 topics
  10. Adaptation15▲ 20×7 topics
  11. Groundwater15▲ 68×2 topics
  12. Cavefish14▲ 490×1 topic
  13. Subterranean14▲ 490×1 topic
  14. Morphology14▲ 32×6 topics
  15. Ecosystem Functioning14▲ 28×7 topics
  16. Conservation13▲ 11×16 topics
  17. Environmental Impact11▲ 2.4×19 topics
  18. Coleoptera11▲ 204×2 topics
  19. Population Dynamics11▲ 16×11 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis10▲ 13×10 topics
  21. Habitat Fragmentation9▲ 16×5 topics
  22. Conservation Genetics9▲ 89×2 topics
  23. Biodiversity Loss9▲ 64×2 topics
  24. Environmental Impacts8▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Speciation8▲ 83×2 topics
  26. Infection8▲ 13×3 topics
  27. Marine Environment8▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Waste Management8▲ 7.3×4 topics
  29. Recycling8▲ 7.7×3 topics
  30. Diversification8▲ 76×2 topics
  31. beetles8▲ 222×1 topic
  32. Freshwater Biodiversity7▲ 46×2 topics
  33. Parasitism7▲ 304×1 topic
  34. Snails7▲ 304×1 topic
  35. Biomonitoring7▲ 35×3 topics
  36. Molecular Phylogeny7▲ 16×10 topics
  37. Conservation Biology6▲ 24×4 topics
  38. Eutrophication6▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Fisheries Sustainability6▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Harmful Algal Blooms6▲ 31×3 topics

What research is done in Ostend?

Subterranean biodiversit…14Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 14 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 8 fractional worksMollusks and Parasites Studies: 7 fractional worksAquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior: 6 fractional worksMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution: 6 fractional worksFreshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology: 6 fractional worksResearch Data Management…6Research Data Management Practices: 6 fractional worksMarine and fisheries research: 5 fractional worksCollembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksMarine and coastal ecosystems: 4 fractional works
PaleontologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsInsect ScienceEcology4 others

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

  1. 1 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 14 works
  2. 2 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  3. 3 Mollusks and Parasites Studies Insect Science 7 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior Ecology 6 works
  5. 5 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 6 works
  6. 6 Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology Ecology 6 works
  7. 7 Research Data Management Practices Information Systems 6 works
  8. 8 Marine and fisheries research Global and Planetary Change 5 works
  9. 9 Collembola Taxonomy and Ecology Studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  10. 10 Marine and coastal ecosystems Oceanography 4 works

Research output over time

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