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AZ Maria Middelares

In research, AZ Maria Middelares stands highest in Health Sciences (#3,078 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#2,784 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 14.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,584
of 22,385 · #20,091 all time
Rank in Belgium
#72
of 105
Research works
368
▲ 71% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.2k
14.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
AZ Maria Middelares

What is AZ Maria Middelares known for in research?

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

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #3,078 of 9,902 15.4%103 #4583
MedicineField #2,784 of 8,541 15.4%101 #4046

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where AZ Maria Middelares 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does AZ Maria Middelares work in?

In 2022-now, 86% of research at AZ Maria Middelares is in Health Sciences, 6% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (85%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (3%), Engineering (3%). It does 3.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 115 fractional works · 86.4% of its workMedicine: 113 fractional works · 84.9% of its workSurgery: 45 fractional works · 33.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 6.7% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 8 fractional works · 6.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 5 fractional works · 3.8% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workUrology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 8 fractional works · 5.8% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4 fractional works · 3.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKAZ MariaMiddelares134fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences86%Social Sciences3%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 21 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine11384.9%
    2. Health Professions10.6%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology43.3%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.1%
    3. Neuroscience11.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.4%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering42.6%
    2. Environmental Science10.9%
    3. Computer Science10.8%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    5. Mathematics00.2%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences32.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.2%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    4. Psychology00.2%
    5. Decision Sciences00.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does AZ Maria Middelares specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 14.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 44.5 works14×
← 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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.61× its world share, 4 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.42× its world share, 113 worksMedicineNursing: 1.24× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.35× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 21 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.42×113 works
  2. Veterinary1.35×0 works
  3. Nursing1.24×1 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.14×2 works
  5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.00×0 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.61×4 works
  7. Neuroscience0.59×1 works
  8. Health Professions0.24×1 works
  9. Engineering0.18×4 works
  10. Social Sciences0.18×3 works
  11. Environmental Science0.17×1 works
  12. Decision Sciences0.15×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.14×0 works
  14. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  15. Computer Science0.10×1 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  18. Psychology0.06×0 works
  19. Physics and Astronomy0.02×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.02×0 works
  21. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AZ Maria Middelares?

Ranked on the quality score, Filip E. Muysoms, Christof Vulsteke and Nico Van de Veire lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AZ Maria Middelares.

  1. 1 Filip E. Muysoms Belgium · #64,037 worldwide 8.6k citations · 188 works
  2. 2 Christof Vulsteke Belgium · #185,431 worldwide 8.9k citations · 202 works
  3. 3 Nico Van de Veire Belgium · #490,494 worldwide 5.2k citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Iris Kyle-Leinhase Belgium · #623,866 worldwide 1.4k citations · 19 works
  5. 5 Pieter Pletinckx Belgium · #651,733 worldwide 1.1k citations · 38 works
  6. 6 Annabelle De Troyer Belgium · #682,579 worldwide 371 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Dieter Berwouts Belgium · #829,533 worldwide 995 citations · 69 works
  8. 8 Henk Vanoverschelde Belgium · #915,814 worldwide 678 citations · 34 works
  9. 9 Maaike Vierstraete Belgium · #946,390 worldwide 301 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Pieter Dewint Belgium · #1,506,592 worldwide 1.9k citations · 110 works
All ranked researchers at AZ Maria Middelares

What are the most cited papers from AZ Maria Middelares?

The most cited paper from AZ Maria Middelares is "Niraparib in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Advanced Ovarian Cancer" (Antonio González-Martı́n et al., 2019), with 2,318 citations. Next come "Classification of primary and incisional abdominal wall hernias" (1,423) and "Enfortumab Vedotin and Pembrolizumab in Untreated Advanced Urothelial Cancer" (1,072).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Niraparib in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Advanced Ovarian Cancer Antonio González-Martı́n et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Sep 2019 2,318
2 Classification of primary and incisional abdominal wall hernias Filip E. Muysoms et al. · Hernia Open access 2 Jun 2009 1,423
3 Enfortumab Vedotin and Pembrolizumab in Untreated Advanced Urothelial Cancer Thomas B. Powles et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 6 Mar 2024 1,072
4 Lifestyle and impact on cardiovascular risk factor control in coronary patients across 27 countries: Results from the European Society of Cardiology ESC-EORP EUROASPIRE V registry Kornelia Kotseva et al. · European Journal of Preventive Cardiology Open access 10 Feb 2019 973
5 European Hernia Society guidelines on the closure of abdominal wall incisions Filip E. Muysoms et al. · Hernia Open access 24 Jan 2015 654
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AZ Maria Middelares?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Chronic Pain, Laparoscopic Repair, Rehabilitation, Hernia Repair, Mesh Techniques and Biomechanics.

▲ 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-now 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. Epidemiology21▲ 4.0×54 topics
  2. Complications14▲ 22×13 topics
  3. Chronic Pain10▲ 32×4 topics
  4. Laparoscopic Repair9▲ 165×2 topics
  5. Rehabilitation7▲ 14×7 topics
  6. Hernia Repair7▲ 205×1 topic
  7. Mesh Techniques7▲ 205×1 topic
  8. Biomechanics6▲ 14×5 topics
  9. Arthroplasty6▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Distal Radius Fractures6▲ 85×1 topic
  11. Flexor Tendon Repair6▲ 85×1 topic
  12. Treatment5▲ 3.3×22 topics
  13. Quality of Life5▲ 2.8×17 topics
  14. Management5▲ 4.8×15 topics
  15. Chemotherapy5▲ 5.2×14 topics
  16. Mortality5▲ 6.4×9 topics
  17. Surgical Management5▲ 9.0×12 topics
  18. Guidelines5▲ 7.7×11 topics
  19. Prevention5▲ 8.4×7 topics
  20. Diagnosis5▲ 3.7×24 topics
  21. Ankle Injuries4▲ 101×1 topic
  22. Sprains4▲ 101×1 topic
  23. Surgical Treatment4▲ 16×6 topics
  24. Robotic Surgery4▲ 20×5 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines4▲ 5.1×10 topics
  26. Fetal Surgery4▲ 48×3 topics
  27. Laparoscopic Surgery4▲ 22×4 topics
  28. Molecular Characterization4▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Postoperative Complications3▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Regeneration3▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Surgery3▲ 7.0×8 topics
  32. Prenatal Diagnosis3▲ 16×3 topics
  33. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 11×2 topics
  34. Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation3▲ 27×2 topics
  35. Growth Factors3▲ 16×2 topics
  36. Mechanical Loading3▲ 64×1 topic
  37. Platelet-Rich Plasma3▲ 31×2 topics
  38. Stem Cells3▲ 7.7×3 topics
  39. Tendon3▲ 64×1 topic
  40. Internal Fixation3▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does AZ Maria Middelares publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Hernia repair and management, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Foot and Ankle Surgery and Tendon Structure and Treatment.

Hernia repair and manage…7Hernia repair and management: 7 fractional worksOrthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 6 fractional worksFoot and Ankle Surgery: 4 fractional worksTendon Structure and Treatment: 3 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 3 fractional worksDiabetic Foot Ulcer Asse…2Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksTurkey's Politics and Society: 2 fractional worksPelvic and Acetabular Injuries: 2 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 2 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 2 fractional works
SurgeryOrthopedics and Sports MedicineEndocrinology, Diabetes and MetabolismPolitical Science and International Relations

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

  1. 1 Hernia repair and management Surgery 7 works
  2. 2 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 6 works
  3. 3 Foot and Ankle Surgery Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 4 works
  4. 4 Tendon Structure and Treatment Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  5. 5 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 3 works
  6. 6 Diabetic Foot Ulcer Assessment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  7. 7 Turkey's Politics and Society Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Pelvic and Acetabular Injuries Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 2 works
  10. 10 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques 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 available36.4%not open63.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors24.0%domestic only76.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AZ Maria Middelares's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 71% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is AZ Maria Middelares as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00040% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%AZ Maria Middelares0.00044% in 20251990200020102020

Fractional works of AZ Maria Middelares over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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