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Advanced Coatings (Belgium)

In research, Advanced Coatings (Belgium) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,311 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Materials Science — Materials Science is 5.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#11,254
of 28,054 · #12,882 all time
Rank in Belgium
#61
of 138
Research works
547
▲ 26% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.5k
8.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
45%
world 28%

What is Advanced Coatings (Belgium) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #6,311 of 12,888 16.7%88 #7774

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Advanced Coatings (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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

What does Advanced Coatings (Belgium) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Materials Science takes 5.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Materials ScienceField · 25.1 works5.7×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.50× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.45× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.03× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.44× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.67× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.33× its world share, 44 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.76× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.72× its world share, 25 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.56× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.63× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.43× its world share, 10 worksMedicineNursing: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.88× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.91× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.59× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 6 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Advanced Coatings (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanocomposites, Mechanical Properties, Graphene, Polymer Composites, Flexible Electronics, Raman Spectroscopy, Nanoparticles and Nanostructures.

▲ 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 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. Nanocomposites7▲ 7.3×17 topics
  2. Mechanical Properties6▲ 5.1×15 topics
  3. Nanoparticles5▲ 3.3×21 topics
  4. Machine Learning5▲ 1.24×17 topics
  5. Graphene5▲ 5.7×10 topics
  6. Flexible Electronics4▲ 18×2 topics
  7. Polymer Composites4▲ 12×6 topics
  8. Environmental Impact4▲ 1.76×15 topics
  9. Biomedical Applications4▲ 2.5×15 topics
  10. Raman Spectroscopy4▲ 14×3 topics
  11. Nanomaterials3▲ 2.4×14 topics
  12. Nanostructures3▲ 6.4×16 topics
  13. Energy Storage3▲ 3.7×6 topics
  14. Nanogenerators3▲ 17×1 topic
  15. Wearable3▲ 17×1 topic
  16. Carbon Nanotubes3▲ 6.3×5 topics
  17. Renewable Resources2▲ 12×4 topics
  18. Thin Films2▲ 10×4 topics
  19. Two-Dimensional Materials2▲ 8.8×4 topics
  20. Biodegradable Polymers2▲ 12×3 topics
  21. Molecular Dynamics Simulation2▲ 17×3 topics
  22. Metal Nanoparticles2▲ 11×3 topics
  23. Structural Properties2▲ 39×2 topics
  24. Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastics2▲ 49×1 topic
  25. MXenes2▲ 17×2 topics
  26. Polymer Composite Materials2▲ 49×1 topic
  27. Archaeological Science2▲ 78×1 topic
  28. Hyperspectral Imaging2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  29. Shape Memory Polymers2▲ 22×2 topics
  30. X-Ray Fluorescence2▲ 78×1 topic
  31. Sintering2▲ 12×3 topics
  32. Assembly Planning2▲ 20×1 topic
  33. Design for Manufacture2▲ 20×1 topic
  34. Plasma Spraying2▲ 32×2 topics
  35. Coatings2▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Thermal Conductivity2▲ 9.2×3 topics
  37. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Microstructural Evolution2▲ 9.1×2 topics
  39. Polymerization2▲ 14×4 topics
  40. Self-Healing2▲ 36×1 topic

Which research topics does Advanced Coatings (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials, Material Properties and Applications, Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis and Manufacturing Process and Optimization.

Advanced Sensor and Ener…3Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials: 3 fractional worksMaterial Properties and …2Material Properties and Applications: 2 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materi…2Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 2 fractional worksManufacturing Process an…2Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 2 fractional worksPolymer composites and self-healing: 2 fractional worksMetal and Thin Film Mechanics: 2 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and I…2Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 2 fractional worksSemiconductor materials and devices: 1 fractional worksHigh-Temperature Coating Behaviors: 1 fractional worksWater Systems and Optimi…1Water Systems and Optimization: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringGeneral Materials ScienceArcheologyIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials Biomedical Engineering 3 works
  2. 2 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 2 works
  3. 3 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 2 works
  4. 4 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Polymer composites and self-healing Polymers and Plastics 2 works
  6. 6 Metal and Thin Film Mechanics Mechanics of Materials 2 works
  7. 7 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 2 works
  8. 8 Semiconductor materials and devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 High-Temperature Coating Behaviors Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Water Systems and Optimization Civil and Structural Engineering 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 available45.4%not open54.6%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors45.2%domestic only54.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Advanced Coatings (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 26% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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