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Antwerp University Hospital

In research, Antwerp University Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#751 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,047 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,785 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology — Rheumatology is 6.5× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,318
of 28,054 · #2,991 all time
Rank in Belgium
#18
of 138
Research works
6.4k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
166k
25.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
36%
world 28%

What is Antwerp University Hospital 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
MedicineField #751 of 10,443 16.0%725 #652
Health SciencesDomain #1,047 of 11,982 16.2%758 #810
Life SciencesDomain #1,785 of 7,800 22.7%159 #1705
SurgerySubfield #987 of 1,816 11.3%114 #764
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #788 of 1,144 12.1%80 #713
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,583 of 3,579 24.7%84 #2369

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Antwerp University Hospital 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).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#652 #751
  2. Health Sciences#810 #1,047
  3. Life Sciences#1,705 #1,785
  4. Surgery#764 #987
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#713 #788
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,369 #2,583
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Antwerp University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 6.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 29.4 works6.5×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 4 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 84 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.25× its world share, 22 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.90× its world share, 46 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.04× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.14× its world share, 6 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.94× its world share, 24 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.82× its world share, 725 worksMedicineNursing: 0.59× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.54× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 8 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Antwerp University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Hein Heidbüchel, Christiaan Vrints and Sven Francque lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Antwerp University Hospital.

  1. 1 Hein Heidbüchel Belgium · #2,591 worldwide 1.7k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 Christiaan Vrints Belgium · #10,564 worldwide 1.4k citations · 48 works
  3. 3 Sven Francque Belgium · #21,764 worldwide 556 citations · 68 works
  4. 4 Bart Loeys Belgium · #22,284 worldwide 591 citations · 69 works
  5. 5 Marc J. Claeys Belgium · #22,309 worldwide 819 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Jan P. van Meerbeeck Belgium · #31,700 worldwide 447 citations · 121 works
  7. 7 Marianne De Maeseneer Belgium · #38,852 worldwide 281 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 Paul Van de Heyning Belgium · #42,276 worldwide 534 citations · 130 works
  9. 9 Stijn Verhulst Belgium · #69,577 worldwide 227 citations · 39 works
  10. 10 An Boudewyns Belgium · #78,316 worldwide 182 citations · 31 works
All ranked researchers at Antwerp University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Antwerp University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Chemotherapy, Cardiovascular Disease, Insulin Resistance, Quality of Life, Mortality, Surgical Treatment and Hypertension.

▲ 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. Epidemiology144▲ 3.7×119 topics
  2. Quality of Life44▲ 3.1×41 topics
  3. Inflammation42▲ 2.0×72 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease42▲ 3.8×31 topics
  5. Chemotherapy38▲ 5.5×24 topics
  6. Treatment34▲ 2.8×47 topics
  7. Diagnosis32▲ 3.5×37 topics
  8. Mortality32▲ 5.6×12 topics
  9. Management31▲ 4.0×27 topics
  10. Insulin Resistance31▲ 6.8×9 topics
  11. Immunotherapy29▲ 4.1×17 topics
  12. Surgical Treatment27▲ 14×6 topics
  13. Complications26▲ 5.3×16 topics
  14. Clinical Practice Guidelines26▲ 4.8×14 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations25▲ 6.0×22 topics
  16. Clinical Trials25▲ 3.7×18 topics
  17. Rehabilitation24▲ 6.2×12 topics
  18. Hypertension24▲ 8.3×10 topics
  19. Neurological Disorders23▲ 4.1×17 topics
  20. Metabolic Syndrome22▲ 2.7×21 topics
  21. Hearing Loss21▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Prognostic Factors21▲ 4.8×14 topics
  23. Heart Failure21▲ 4.8×12 topics
  24. Surgical Management21▲ 5.1×19 topics
  25. Global Burden20▲ 3.7×12 topics
  26. Radiotherapy19▲ 5.0×13 topics
  27. Low Back Pain19▲ 11×3 topics
  28. Obstructive Sleep Apnea18▲ 39×1 topic
  29. Sleep-Disordered Breathing18▲ 39×1 topic
  30. Spinal Fusion17▲ 18×2 topics
  31. Targeted Therapy17▲ 7.9×5 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life17▲ 7.5×5 topics
  33. Clinical Outcomes17▲ 8.0×6 topics
  34. Echocardiography17▲ 6.2×8 topics
  35. Spinal Surgery14▲ 19×2 topics
  36. Degenerative Disc Disease14▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Intervertebral Disc13▲ 20×1 topic
  38. Lumbar Disc Degeneration13▲ 20×1 topic
  39. Urinary Incontinence13▲ 17×2 topics
  40. Revision Surgery13▲ 10×2 topics

Which research topics does Antwerp University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research, Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics and Pelvic floor disorders treatments.

Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research: 18 fractional worksSpine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology: 13 fractional worksHearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics: 8 fractional worksPelvic floor disorders treatments: 8 fractional worksSpinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques: 8 fractional worksHearing Loss and Rehabilitation: 7 fractional worksVestibular and auditory …7Vestibular and auditory disorders: 7 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 7 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 6 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulm…6Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 6 fractional works
PhysiologyPathology and Forensic MedicineSensory SystemsRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research Physiology 18 works
  2. 2 Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology Pathology and Forensic Medicine 13 works
  3. 3 Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Sensory Systems 8 works
  4. 4 Pelvic floor disorders treatments Rheumatology 8 works
  5. 5 Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques Surgery 8 works
  6. 6 Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Cognitive Neuroscience 7 works
  7. 7 Vestibular and auditory disorders Neurology 7 works
  8. 8 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 7 works
  9. 9 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 works
  10. 10 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 6 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 available36.0%not open64.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors25.4%domestic only74.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Antwerp University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% 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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Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.