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Research in Wavre

Science Explorer records 4 research institutions in Wavre, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are Walloon Excellence in Lifesciences and Biotechnology and GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium).

Research institutions
4
2 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.4k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
30.8%
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 Wavre?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium)Company 922 #6,743
2Walloon Excellence in Lifesciences and BiotechnologyNonprofit 382 #3,650
3Rhea (Belgium)Company 56 not ranked
4Abbott (Belgium)Company 25 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.

GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium): 66.6%Walloon Excellence in Lifesciences and Biotechnology: 27.6%Rhea (Belgium): 4.0%Abbott (Belgium): 1.8%67%largest
GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium)922 · 66.6%Walloon Excellence in Lifesciences and Biotechnology382 · 27.6%Rhea (Belgium)56 · 4.0%Abbott (Belgium)25 · 1.8%

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

What is Wavre strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Wavre is most concentrated in Epidemiology and Immunology and Microbiology (12.8× the world share in Epidemiology).

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 59.9 works13×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 32.3 works9.7×
← 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 Wavre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Vaccine Development, Immunity, Disease Burden and Host Immune Response.

▲ 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. Epidemiology92▲ 7.0×65 topics
  2. Vaccine41▲ 30×11 topics
  3. Pathogenesis30▲ 18×19 topics
  4. Immune Response26▲ 14×16 topics
  5. Vaccine Development26▲ 31×8 topics
  6. Immunity19▲ 14×8 topics
  7. Disease Burden18▲ 77×2 topics
  8. Host Immune Response18▲ 90×2 topics
  9. Human Metapneumovirus18▲ 120×1 topic
  10. Respiratory Syncytial Virus18▲ 120×1 topic
  11. Inflammation18▲ 2.6×55 topics
  12. Herpes Zoster14▲ 140×1 topic
  13. Herpesviruses14▲ 140×1 topic
  14. Pandemic14▲ 3.9×5 topics
  15. Treatment14▲ 3.4×19 topics
  16. Clinical Management11▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Molecular Mechanisms10▲ 36×3 topics
  18. COVID-19 Vaccine10▲ 41×2 topics
  19. Clinical Practice Guidelines10▲ 5.4×6 topics
  20. Health Behavior10▲ 29×1 topic
  21. Vaccine Hesitancy10▲ 44×1 topic
  22. Bacterial Meningitis10▲ 147×1 topic
  23. Neisseria meningitidis10▲ 147×1 topic
  24. Infection10▲ 12×4 topics
  25. Antimicrobial Resistance9▲ 14×5 topics
  26. SARS-CoV-29▲ 8.1×6 topics
  27. Respiratory Infections8▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Vaccination8▲ 34×3 topics
  29. Community-Acquired Pneumonia8▲ 71×1 topic
  30. Genomics8▲ 8.0×4 topics
  31. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine8▲ 71×1 topic
  32. Antiviral Therapy8▲ 23×3 topics
  33. Virus7▲ 24×3 topics
  34. Respiratory7▲ 22×2 topics
  35. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 8.6×2 topics
  36. Antibodies7▲ 36×2 topics
  37. Coronavirus7▲ 9.7×3 topics
  38. Vaccines7▲ 36×3 topics
  39. H1N16▲ 64×1 topic
  40. Influenza6▲ 48×1 topic

What research is done in Wavre?

Respiratory viral infect…18Respiratory viral infections research: 18 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 14 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hes…10Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 10 fractional worksBacterial Infections and…10Bacterial Infections and Vaccines: 10 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 8 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research Studies: 6 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herp…5Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 5 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 5 fractional worksFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research: 4 fractional works
EpidemiologyHealthMicrobiologyMolecular Biology2 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 18 works
  2. 2 Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments Epidemiology 14 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 10 works
  4. 4 Bacterial Infections and Vaccines Microbiology 10 works
  5. 5 Pneumonia and Respiratory Infections Epidemiology 8 works
  6. 6 Influenza Virus Research Studies Epidemiology 6 works
  7. 7 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research Epidemiology 5 works
  8. 8 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 5 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 5 works
  10. 10 Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research Neurology 4 works

Research output over time

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