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Ablynx (Belgium)

In research, Ablynx (Belgium) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,251 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,033
of 22,385 · #4,292 all time
Rank in Belgium
#42
of 105
Research works
411
▼ 3% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
38.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.12×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
57%
world 40%
International
40%
world 18%
Ablynx (Belgium)

What is Ablynx (Belgium) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,251 of 10,670 13.6%61 #2926

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ablynx (Belgium) sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Ablynx (Belgium) work in?

In 2022-now, 57% of research at Ablynx (Belgium) is in Physical Sciences, 22% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (34%), Medicine (21%), Materials Science (8%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 71 fractional works · 57.4% of its workEngineering: 42 fractional works · 34.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 7.9% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 10 fractional works · 8.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDiscrete Mathematics and Combinatorics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCatalysis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 22.2% of its workMedicine: 26 fractional works · 21.2% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 19 fractional works · 15.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 7.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workImmunology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeneral Decision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAblynx (Belgium)123fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences16%Physical Sciences57%Health Sciences22%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 institution does than the world.

Its 4 domains and 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering4234.0%
    2. Materials Science108.3%
    3. Computer Science64.8%
    4. Environmental Science43.6%
    5. Chemistry22.0%
    6. Energy22.0%
    7. Mathematics10.9%
    8. Physics and Astronomy10.7%
    9. Chemical Engineering10.6%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    1. Medicine2621.2%
    2. Health Professions10.4%
    3. Nursing00.4%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology97.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology43.1%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences43.0%
    4. Neuroscience21.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    1. Decision Sciences22.0%
    2. Social Sciences11.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.9%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.62× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.40× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.05× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.18× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.85× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.27× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.13× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.27× its world share, 42 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.72× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.38× its world share, 10 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.31× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.10× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.33× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 2.07× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.05×4 works
  2. Materials Science2.38×10 works
  3. Engineering2.27×42 works
  4. Energy2.13×2 works
  5. Decision Sciences2.07×2 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.85×1 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.40×9 works
  8. Chemistry1.27×2 works
  9. Neuroscience1.18×2 works
  10. Medicine1.10×26 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.02×0 works
  12. Veterinary0.99×0 works
  13. Nursing0.80×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.75×1 works
  15. Environmental Science0.72×4 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×4 works
  17. Computer Science0.62×6 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  19. Arts and Humanities0.33×1 works
  20. Physics and Astronomy0.31×1 works
  21. Psychology0.17×1 works
  22. Health Professions0.16×0 works
  23. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.08×0 works
  24. Social Sciences0.08×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Ablynx (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, Hans de Haard, Torsten Dreier and Thomas Stöhr lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ablynx (Belgium).

  1. 1 Hans de Haard Belgium · #146,284 worldwide 5.4k citations · 127 works
  2. 2 Torsten Dreier Belgium · #279,366 worldwide 3.8k citations · 61 works
  3. 3 Thomas Stöhr Belgium · #313,845 worldwide 5.1k citations · 95 works
  4. 4 Roeland Vanhauwaert Belgium · #420,959 worldwide 1.1k citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Hans J. de Haard Belgium · #565,639 worldwide 3k citations · 20 works
  6. 6 Mahan Moshir Belgium · #639,569 worldwide 753 citations · 31 works
  7. 7 Joost A. Kolkman Belgium · #730,041 worldwide 1.7k citations · 30 works
  8. 8 Christophe Blanchetot Belgium · #730,054 worldwide 2.5k citations · 69 works
  9. 9 Anna Hultberg Belgium · #751,963 worldwide 1.9k citations · 72 works
  10. 10 Karen Silence Belgium · #763,322 worldwide 1.6k citations · 63 works
All ranked researchers at Ablynx (Belgium)

What are the most cited papers from Ablynx (Belgium)?

The most cited paper from Ablynx (Belgium) is "Control of coleopteran insect pests through RNA interference" (James A. Baum, Thierry Bogaert, William P. Clinton et al., 2007), with 1,816 citations. Next come "Caplacizumab Treatment for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura" (1,038) and "Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition)" (1,014).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Control of coleopteran insect pests through RNA interference James A. Baum, Thierry Bogaert, William P. Clinton et al. · Nature Biotechnology Nov 2007 1,816
2 Caplacizumab Treatment for Acquired Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura Marie Scully, Spero R. Cataland, Flora Peyvandi et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 9 Jan 2019 1,038
3 Guidelines for the use of flow cytometry and cell sorting in immunological studies (second edition) Andrea Cossarizza et al. · European Journal of Immunology Open access436 authors Oct 2019 1,014
4 Selecting and screening recombinant antibody libraries Hennie R. Hoogenboom · Nature Biotechnology Sep 2005 978
5 Properties, production, and applications of camelid single-domain antibody fragments Michiel M. Harmsen, Hans J. de Haard · Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Open access 17 Aug 2007 816
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Ablynx (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mechanical Properties, Finite Element Analysis, Intravenous Immunoglobulin, Autoantibodies, Diagnosis, Mechanical Behavior, Additive Manufacturing and Neurodegeneration.

▲ 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 institution'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. Mechanical Properties8▲ 6.5×18 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 1.33×22 topics
  3. Diagnosis5▲ 4.4×9 topics
  4. Finite Element Analysis5▲ 17×7 topics
  5. Intravenous Immunoglobulin4▲ 57×2 topics
  6. Autoantibodies4▲ 15×7 topics
  7. Environmental Impact4▲ 1.99×11 topics
  8. Neurological Disorders4▲ 5.2×12 topics
  9. Mechanical Behavior4▲ 24×3 topics
  10. Catalysis3▲ 4.1×11 topics
  11. Additive Manufacturing3▲ 8.6×5 topics
  12. Neurodegeneration3▲ 8.6×6 topics
  13. Adhesive Joints3▲ 38×2 topics
  14. Fracture Mechanics3▲ 42×2 topics
  15. Prognosis3▲ 7.9×5 topics
  16. Treatment3▲ 2.2×9 topics
  17. Cohesive Zone Models3▲ 68×1 topic
  18. Delamination3▲ 46×1 topic
  19. Rituximab3▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Autoimmune3▲ 52×2 topics
  21. Immunosuppressive Therapy3▲ 12×5 topics
  22. Monoclonal Antibodies3▲ 25×3 topics
  23. Bullous Pemphigoid3▲ 89×1 topic
  24. Composite Materials3▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.3×5 topics
  26. Pemphigoid3▲ 89×1 topic
  27. Microstructure3▲ 4.1×8 topics
  28. Recycling3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  29. Glycosylation2▲ 17×2 topics
  30. Neuroinflammation2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  31. Therapeutic Antibodies2▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Polymer Composites2▲ 6.7×4 topics
  33. Antibody Engineering2▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Fc Receptors2▲ 29×1 topic
  35. Rheology2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  36. Amyloid Hypothesis2▲ 25×1 topic
  37. Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyradiculoneuropathy2▲ 56×1 topic
  38. Guillain-Barré Syndrome2▲ 56×1 topic
  39. Tau Pathology2▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Methane Storage2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Ablynx (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Mechanical Behavior of Composites, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases, Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research and Alzheimer's disease research and treatments.

Mechanical Behavior of Composites: 3 fractional worksAutoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases: 3 fractional worksMonoclonal and Polyclona…2Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research: 2 fractional worksAlzheimer's disease rese…2Alzheimer's disease research and treatments: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Neuropathies and Disorders: 2 fractional worksComposite Material Mechanics: 2 fractional worksDementia and Cognitive I…1Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research: 1 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 1 fractional worksMyasthenia Gravis and Thymoma: 1 fractional worksQuantum Dots Synthesis And Properties: 1 fractional works
Mechanics of MaterialsPathology and Forensic MedicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Mechanical Behavior of Composites Mechanics of Materials 3 works
  2. 2 Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  4. 4 Alzheimer's disease research and treatments Physiology 2 works
  5. 5 Peripheral Neuropathies and Disorders Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Composite Material Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  7. 7 Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Psychiatry and Mental health 1 works
  8. 8 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma Neurology 1 works
  10. 10 Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties Materials Chemistry 1 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world's own shares: the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available57.4%not open42.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors39.9%domestic only60.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Ablynx (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 3% lower than in 2018-2021.

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The same series as a ribbon: one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Ablynx (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00052% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Ablynx (Belgium)0.00046% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Ablynx (Belgium) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%Ablynx (Belgium)13.2% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.9% in 2014.

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