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Research in Wavre

Science Explorer records 2 research institutions in Wavre, Belgium. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022-now are Walloon Excellence in Lifesciences and Biotechnology.

Research institutions
2
1 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
1.4k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
63k
45.8 per fractional work, all time
Top-10% rate, 2022-now
30.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Active span
1953-2026
74 years on the record
Wavre

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 Wavre?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1Walloon Excellence in Lifesciences and BiotechnologyNonprofit 382 #3,461
2Rhea (Belgium)Company 56 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 Wavre work in?

In 2022-now, 43% of research in Wavre is in Health Sciences, 28% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (41%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%), Immunology and Microbiology (9%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 167 fractional works · 43.0% of its workMedicine: 159 fractional works · 40.9% of its workEpidemiology: 64 fractional works · 16.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 16 fractional works · 4.1% of its workNeurology: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workOncology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPhysiology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHepatology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 109 fractional works · 28.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 52 fractional works · 13.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 32 fractional works · 8.2% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCancer Research: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 36 fractional works · 9.3% of its workImmunology: 18 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMicrobiology: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workVirology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 14 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workToxicology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 93 fractional works · 24.0% of its workEngineering: 34 fractional works · 8.8% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 8 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMechanics of Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workChemistry: 19 fractional works · 5.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 14 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 15 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.1% of its workHealth: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKWavre389fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences28%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences43%Social Sciences5%

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. Medicine15940.9%
    2. Health Professions51.2%
    3. Nursing30.7%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5213.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology369.3%
    3. Neuroscience143.6%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics41.0%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences41.0%
    1. Engineering348.8%
    2. Chemistry195.0%
    3. Materials Science153.7%
    4. Chemical Engineering51.4%
    5. Computer Science51.2%
    6. Environmental Science41.1%
    7. Physics and Astronomy41.1%
    8. Mathematics30.9%
    9. Energy30.7%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.3%
    1. Social Sciences123.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance30.7%
    3. Decision Sciences20.5%
    4. Psychology10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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.

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: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.47× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.71× its world share, 32 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.98× its world share, 11 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.92× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 3.56× its world share, 4 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.24× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.51× its world share, 25 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.20× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.03× its world share, 12 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.67× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.46× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.49× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.29× its world share, 146 worksMedicineNursing: 1.32× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.38× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology9.71×32 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.56×4 works
  3. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics2.92×3 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.47×44 works
  5. Medicine2.29×146 works
  6. Chemistry2.24×12 works
  7. Neuroscience1.98×11 works
  8. Nursing1.32×2 works
  9. Materials Science1.03×12 works
  10. Veterinary0.95×0 works
  11. Mathematics0.67×3 works
  12. Energy0.51×2 works
  13. Engineering0.51×25 works
  14. Health Professions0.49×4 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.46×3 works
  16. Decision Sciences0.46×2 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.38×3 works
  18. Social Sciences0.27×11 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.20×3 works
  20. Environmental Science0.20×3 works
  21. Computer Science0.17×4 works
  22. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.10×0 works
  23. Psychology0.10×1 works
  24. Dentistry0.03×0 works
  25. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Which keywords describe research in Wavre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, 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-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. Epidemiology99▲ 6.4×68 topics
  2. Vaccine44▲ 29×11 topics
  3. Pathogenesis32▲ 16×19 topics
  4. Immune Response29▲ 13×17 topics
  5. Vaccine Development28▲ 28×8 topics
  6. Immunity21▲ 13×8 topics
  7. Inflammation20▲ 2.4×57 topics
  8. Disease Burden19▲ 67×2 topics
  9. Host Immune Response19▲ 79×2 topics
  10. Human Metapneumovirus19▲ 106×1 topic
  11. Respiratory Syncytial Virus19▲ 106×1 topic
  12. Treatment15▲ 3.1×21 topics
  13. Herpes Zoster14▲ 129×1 topic
  14. Herpesviruses14▲ 129×1 topic
  15. Pandemic14▲ 3.7×5 topics
  16. Clinical Management13▲ 19×5 topics
  17. Molecular Mechanisms12▲ 34×3 topics
  18. Bacterial Meningitis11▲ 130×1 topic
  19. Neisseria meningitidis11▲ 130×1 topic
  20. COVID-19 Vaccine11▲ 39×2 topics
  21. Clinical Practice Guidelines11▲ 5.0×8 topics
  22. Health Behavior10▲ 28×1 topic
  23. Vaccine Hesitancy10▲ 42×1 topic
  24. Infection10▲ 10×5 topics
  25. Antimicrobial Resistance10▲ 13×6 topics
  26. Respiratory Infections9▲ 21×3 topics
  27. SARS-CoV-29▲ 7.7×6 topics
  28. Vaccination9▲ 31×3 topics
  29. Community-Acquired Pneumonia9▲ 64×1 topic
  30. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine9▲ 64×1 topic
  31. Antiviral Therapy8▲ 22×3 topics
  32. Genomics8▲ 7.3×4 topics
  33. Gut Microbiota8▲ 5.9×5 topics
  34. Virus8▲ 21×3 topics
  35. Respiratory8▲ 20×2 topics
  36. ACE2 Receptor7▲ 8.4×3 topics
  37. Antibodies7▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Coronavirus7▲ 9.0×3 topics
  39. Vaccines7▲ 32×3 topics
  40. Metabolic Health7▲ 8.9×3 topics

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

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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%60%Wavre32.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 50.8% in 2007.

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