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AZ Groeninge

In research, AZ Groeninge stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,408 of 11,982 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,557 of 10,443 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 9.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#20,744
of 28,054 · #23,760 all time
Rank in Belgium
#109
of 138
Research works
398
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
15.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is AZ Groeninge 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
Health SciencesDomain #7,408 of 11,982 18.3%90 #8076
MedicineField #6,557 of 10,443 18.3%86 #6878

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

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 9.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 24.4 works9.6×
← 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: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.02× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.17× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.55× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.84× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.17× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 0.73× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× 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, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at AZ Groeninge?

Ranked on the composite score, Mathieu D’Hondt, Mathieu D’Hondt and Philip R. Debruyne lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AZ Groeninge.

  1. 1 Mathieu D’Hondt · #170,369 worldwide 121 citations · 26 works
  2. 2 Mathieu D’Hondt · #612,416 worldwide 44 citations · 35 works
  3. 3 Philip R. Debruyne · #822,124 worldwide 44 citations · 34 works
  4. 4 Céline De Meyere · #1,007,955 worldwide 29 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Philippe Vergauwe · #1,104,764 worldwide 9 citations · 18 works
All ranked researchers at AZ Groeninge

Which keywords describe research at AZ Groeninge?

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

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 3.1×48 topics
  2. Treatment10▲ 7.3×17 topics
  3. Diagnosis8▲ 8.5×15 topics
  4. Clinical Practice Guidelines7▲ 13×10 topics
  5. Management7▲ 8.5×11 topics
  6. Inflammation6▲ 2.9×35 topics
  7. Chemotherapy6▲ 7.9×17 topics
  8. Radiofrequency Ablation6▲ 53×2 topics
  9. Hepatocellular Carcinoma6▲ 25×2 topics
  10. Surgical Management6▲ 13×12 topics
  11. Immunotherapy6▲ 7.2×14 topics
  12. Liver Cancer6▲ 91×1 topic
  13. Sorafenib6▲ 91×1 topic
  14. Survival6▲ 38×2 topics
  15. Cholangiocarcinoma5▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Prognostic Factors4▲ 9.6×9 topics
  17. Risk Factors4▲ 3.4×14 topics
  18. Tumor Microenvironment4▲ 7.7×5 topics
  19. Robotic Surgery4▲ 23×4 topics
  20. Liver Transplantation4▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Neoadjuvant Therapy3▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Guidelines3▲ 6.4×10 topics
  23. Molecular Pathology3▲ 27×3 topics
  24. Rehabilitation3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  25. Therapeutic Strategies3▲ 28×2 topics
  26. Biliary Tract Cancer3▲ 71×1 topic
  27. Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma3▲ 71×1 topic
  28. Laparoscopic Surgery3▲ 21×3 topics
  29. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 8.1×8 topics
  30. Neuroprotection2▲ 6.4×5 topics
  31. Medical Education2▲ 8.4×6 topics
  32. Pancreatic Cancer2▲ 18×1 topic
  33. Surgical Complications2▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Surgical Skills2▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Virtual Reality Training2▲ 46×1 topic
  36. Graft Survival2▲ 22×1 topic
  37. Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury2▲ 28×1 topic
  38. Cholecystitis2▲ 39×1 topic
  39. Coagulopathy2▲ 21×2 topics
  40. Revascularization2▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does AZ Groeninge publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis, Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research and Surgical Simulation and Training.

Hepatocellular Carcinoma…6Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and Prognosis: 6 fractional worksCholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies: 3 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 2 fractional worksSurgical Simulation and Training: 2 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksGenetic and Kidney Cyst …2Genetic and Kidney Cyst Diseases: 2 fractional worksPediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and Treatments: 2 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 2 fractional worksAcute Ischemic Stroke Management: 1 fractional works
HepatologySurgeryOncologyPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine2 others

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

  1. 1 Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treatment and PrognosisHepatology 6 works
  2. 2 Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer StudiesSurgery 3 works
  3. 3 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology ResearchOncology 2 works
  4. 4 Surgical Simulation and TrainingSurgery 2 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and OutcomesSurgery 2 works
  6. 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct DisordersPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Genetic and Kidney Cyst DiseasesGenetics 2 works
  8. 8 Pediatric Hepatobiliary Diseases and TreatmentsSurgery 2 works
  9. 9 Liver Disease and TransplantationHepatology 2 works
  10. 10 Acute Ischemic Stroke ManagementEpidemiology 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.3%domestic only69.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has AZ Groeninge's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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