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AZ Delta

In research, AZ Delta stands highest in Medicine (#5,226 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#6,821 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 8.3× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,237
of 28,054 · #25,336 all time
Rank in Belgium
#86
of 138
Research works
317
▲ 197% vs 2013–17
Citations
2.9k
9.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
52%
world 28%

What is AZ Delta 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 #5,226 of 10,443 11.6%116 #7621
Health SciencesDomain #6,821 of 11,982 11.5%120 #9661

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where AZ Delta 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 AZ Delta specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 8.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 28.8 works8.3×
← 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: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.23× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.98× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.38× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.37× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.06× its world share, 116 worksMedicineNursing: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.56× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at AZ Delta?

Ranked on the composite score, Bart Maes, Ingel Demedts and Dries Deeren lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AZ Delta.

  1. 1 Bart Maes Belgium · #394,984 worldwide 92 citations · 43 works
  2. 2 Ingel Demedts Belgium · #603,172 worldwide 46 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Dries Deeren Belgium · #609,247 worldwide 43 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Geert A. Martens Belgium · #832,735 worldwide 66 citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Jochen Decaestecker Belgium · #874,902 worldwide 53 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at AZ Delta

Which keywords describe research at AZ Delta?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Surgical Management, Chemotherapy, Treatment, Complications, Prognostic Factors, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.8×66 topics
  2. Surgical Management8▲ 14×10 topics
  3. Treatment8▲ 4.5×24 topics
  4. Chemotherapy8▲ 7.3×17 topics
  5. Complications6▲ 7.6×12 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 6.0×9 topics
  7. Diagnosis5▲ 3.5×23 topics
  8. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.6×15 topics
  9. Prognostic Factors5▲ 7.2×10 topics
  10. Quality of Life5▲ 2.2×18 topics
  11. Risk Factors4▲ 2.6×15 topics
  12. Management4▲ 3.4×17 topics
  13. Neoadjuvant Therapy4▲ 11×5 topics
  14. Treatment Guidelines4▲ 12×5 topics
  15. Genetics4▲ 3.5×9 topics
  16. Guidelines4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  17. Inflammatory Bowel Disease4▲ 21×4 topics
  18. Pathogenesis4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  19. Revision Surgery4▲ 19×2 topics
  20. Total Hip Replacement4▲ 19×2 topics
  21. Endoscopic Resection3▲ 23×2 topics
  22. Sudden Death3▲ 52×2 topics
  23. Distal Radius Fractures3▲ 41×1 topic
  24. Flexor Tendon Repair3▲ 41×1 topic
  25. Radiotherapy3▲ 5.5×10 topics
  26. Fistulas3▲ 60×2 topics
  27. Congenital3▲ 122×1 topic
  28. Coronary Artery Anomalies3▲ 122×1 topic
  29. Pain Management3▲ 8.9×6 topics
  30. Patient Satisfaction3▲ 6.4×4 topics
  31. Adjuvant Therapy3▲ 15×2 topics
  32. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 8.3×3 topics
  33. Molecular Characterization3▲ 11×4 topics
  34. Neuropathic Pain3▲ 29×3 topics
  35. Biomechanics3▲ 6.0×6 topics
  36. Chronic Pain3▲ 8.1×5 topics
  37. Arthroplasty2▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Gastric Cancer2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Immunology2▲ 16×2 topics
  40. PET Imaging2▲ 9.9×4 topics

Which research topics does AZ Delta publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Coronary Artery Anomalies, Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Orthopedic Surgery and R…3Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional worksCoronary Artery Anomalies3Coronary Artery Anomalies: 3 fractional worksGastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksInflammatory Bowel Disease: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Treatment: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment: 2 fractional worksUrinary Tract Infections…2Urinary Tract Infections Management: 2 fractional worksGlioma Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksOrthopaedic implants and arthroplasty: 2 fractional works
SurgeryPulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneticsAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 3 works
  2. 2 Coronary Artery Anomalies Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  4. 4 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 2 works
  5. 5 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Gastrointestinal Tumor Research and Treatment Gastroenterology 2 works
  8. 8 Urinary Tract Infections Management Epidemiology 2 works
  9. 9 Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment Genetics 2 works
  10. 10 Orthopaedic implants and arthroplasty Surgery 2 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 available52.1%not open47.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.0%domestic only69.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has AZ Delta's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 197% higher than in 2013–2017.

200020102020
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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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