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Albemarle (Belgium)

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Research works
6
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
120
18.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.3%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
72%
world 18%
Albemarle (Belgium)

Not ranked overall: Albemarle (Belgium) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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

In all years, 72% of research at Albemarle (Belgium) is in Physical Sciences, 15% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (21%), Environmental Science (20%), Materials Science (19%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 71.9% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 20.8% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 19.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 7.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 6.8% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 18.8% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 12.9% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 9.9% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 7.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemical Health and Safety: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 1 fractional works · 15.0% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 6.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 6.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 3.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 4.0% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness and International Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKAlbemarle(Belgium)6fractional works, all years
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences15%Social Sciences2%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 12 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering120.8%
    2. Environmental Science119.7%
    3. Materials Science118.8%
    4. Chemistry19.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.7%
    6. Chemical Engineering01.1%
    1. Medicine115.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology06.4%
    2. Neuroscience04.0%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.1%
    1. Decision Sciences01.1%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
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.

Neuroscience: 3.44× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceEngineering: 1.10× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 9.31× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 3.53× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.70× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Environmental Science, 9.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 7 fields, with their numbers
  1. Environmental Science9.31×1 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.70×0 works
  3. Materials Science3.53×0 works
  4. Neuroscience3.44×0 works
  5. Engineering1.10×0 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting0.64×0 works
  7. Medicine0.47×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Albemarle (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, Sylvia Jacobi lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Albemarle (Belgium).

  1. 1 Sylvia Jacobi Belgium · #3,282,479 worldwide 548 citations · 32 works
All ranked researchers at Albemarle (Belgium)

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

The most cited paper from Albemarle (Belgium) is "The Multifaceted Role of Methylaluminoxane in Metallocene-Based Olefin Polymerization Catalysis" (Marjolein E. Z. Velthoen, A. Muñoz-Murillo, Abdelkbir Bouhmadi et al., 2018), with 116 citations. Next come "Characterization and discrimination of phenolic compounds using Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy and chemometric tools" (73) and "The fire safety of TV set enclosure materials, a survey of European statistics" (34).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 The Multifaceted Role of Methylaluminoxane in Metallocene-Based Olefin Polymerization Catalysis Marjolein E. Z. Velthoen, A. Muñoz-Murillo, Abdelkbir Bouhmadi et al. · Macromolecules Open access 2 Jan 2018 116
2 Characterization and discrimination of phenolic compounds using Fourier transform Raman spectroscopy and chemometric tools Darly Rodrigues Pompeu, Yvan Larondelle, Herve Louis Ghislain Rogez et al. · BASE Open access 24 Oct 2017 73
3 The fire safety of TV set enclosure materials, a survey of European statistics M. De Poortere, C. Schonbach, Margaret Simonson · Fire and Materials 2000 34
4 Practical Synthesis of Chiral 2-Morpholine: (4-Benzylmorpholin-2-(S)-yl)-(tetrahydropyran-4-yl)methanone Mesylate, a Useful Pharmaceutical Intermediate Michael E. Kopach, Utpal Kant Singh, Michael E. Kobierski et al. · Organic Process Research & Development 23 Jan 2009 30
5 Economic and technical impacts of replacing Co and Ni promotion in hydrotreating catalysts Sonja Eijsbouts, G.H. Anderson, Jaap A. Bergwerff et al. · Applied Catalysis A General 7 Apr 2013 30
All 22 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Flame retardant materials and properties and Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics.

Microplastics and Plastic Pollution: 0 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 0 fractional worksFlame retardant materials and properties: 0 fractional worksAquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology: 0 fractional worksSemiconductor Lasers and…0Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices: 0 fractional worksPhotonic Crystals and Applications: 0 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Devices: 0 fractional worksEffects and risks of end…0Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 0 fractional works
PollutionHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisPolymers and PlasticsEnvironmental Chemistry2 others

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

  1. 1 Microplastics and Plastic Pollution Pollution 0 works
  2. 2 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  3. 3 Flame retardant materials and properties Polymers and Plastics 0 works
  4. 4 Aquatic Ecosystems and Phytoplankton Dynamics Environmental Chemistry 0 works
  5. 5 Environmental Toxicology and Ecotoxicology Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  6. 6 Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Photonic Crystals and Applications Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 0 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 0 works
  10. 10 Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 0 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 available42.1%not open57.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.6%domestic only28.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% 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 Albemarle (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0000093% in 2023.

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

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