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AZ Sint-Lucas

In research, AZ Sint-Lucas stands highest in Health Sciences (#14,739 of 16,688 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#16,346 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#19,886
of 34,923
Rank in Belgium
#122
of 220
Research works
529
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.4k
6.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.68×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
AZ Sint-Lucas

What is AZ Sint-Lucas known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #14,739 of 16,688 7.2%132
Physical SciencesDomain #16,346 of 17,446 8.7%215

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where AZ Sint-Lucas 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 Sint-Lucas work in?

In 2022-now, 49% of research at AZ Sint-Lucas is in Health Sciences, 30% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (42%), Social Sciences (21%), Engineering (7%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 26 fractional works · 49.3% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 42.5% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 12.0% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 6.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 4.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 16 fractional works · 29.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 20.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 10.0% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 5.4% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 6 fractional works · 12.4% of its workEngineering: 4 fractional works · 7.1% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 8.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 3.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 3.2% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKAZ Sint-Lucas52fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences49%Social Sciences30%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2242.5%
    2. Health Professions36.5%
    3. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Social Sciences1120.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities35.4%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.6%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    5. Psychology01.0%
    6. Decision Sciences00.1%
    1. Engineering47.1%
    2. Environmental Science11.7%
    3. Computer Science11.1%
    4. Physics and Astronomy00.8%
    5. Chemistry00.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology23.7%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences23.2%
    3. Neuroscience11.3%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.78× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.47× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.47× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.21× its world share, 22 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 1.86× its world share, 3 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.49× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.62× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.47×3 works
  2. Medicine2.21×22 works
  3. Arts and Humanities1.86×3 works
  4. Social Sciences1.62×11 works
  5. Neuroscience0.78×1 works
  6. Dentistry0.70×0 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.69×2 works
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.68×2 works
  9. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.61×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.49×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.49×1 works
  12. Engineering0.47×4 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.41×0 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.35×0 works
  15. Environmental Science0.34×1 works
  16. Psychology0.32×0 works
  17. Mathematics0.23×0 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.22×0 works
  19. Computer Science0.14×1 works
  20. Decision Sciences0.09×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AZ Sint-Lucas?

Ranked on the quality score, Bart Kimpe, Frederic Baekelandt and COLLE H lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AZ Sint-Lucas.

  1. 1 Bart Kimpe Belgium · #4,314,383 worldwide 154 citations · 16 works
  2. 2 Frederic Baekelandt Belgium · #5,305,719 worldwide 38 citations · 18 works
  3. 3 COLLE H Belgium · #5,559,333 worldwide 46 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at AZ Sint-Lucas

What are the most cited papers from AZ Sint-Lucas?

The most cited paper from AZ Sint-Lucas is "On the Foundations of Corporate Social Responsibility" (Hao Liang, Luc D. R. Renneboog, 2016), with 1,422 citations. Next come "Glucocorticoid enhancement of memory requires arousal-induced noradrenergic activation in the basolateral amygdala" (504) and "Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Vascular Permeability Factor Produces Nitric Oxide–Dependent Hypotension" (272).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 On the Foundations of Corporate Social Responsibility Hao Liang, Luc D. R. Renneboog · The Journal of Finance Open access 6 Dec 2016 1,422
2 Glucocorticoid enhancement of memory requires arousal-induced noradrenergic activation in the basolateral amygdala Benno Roozendaal, Shoki Okuda, Eddy A. van der Zee et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 12 Apr 2006 504
3 Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor/Vascular Permeability Factor Produces Nitric Oxide–Dependent Hypotension Jeffrey R. Horowitz, Alain Rivard, Rien van der Zee et al. · Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology Open access Nov 1997 272
4 Muscarinic acetylcholine receptors in the hippocampus, neocortex and amygdala: a review of immunocytochemical localization in relation to learning and memory Eddy A. van der Zee, Paul G.M. Luiten · Progress in Neurobiology Aug 1999 262
5 Drug loaded microbubble design for ultrasound triggered delivery Ine Lentacker, Stefaan C. De Smedt, Niek N. Sanders · Soft Matter Open access 2009 262
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Which keywords describe research at AZ Sint-Lucas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Health Education, Complications, Patient Satisfaction, Epidemiology, Religious Practices, Social Dynamics, Public Health Policy and Community Empowerment.

▲ 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 32 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 32 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology3▲ 1.62×25 topics
  2. Complications2▲ 6.8×8 topics
  3. Health Education2▲ 8.1×3 topics
  4. Quality of Life2▲ 2.4×9 topics
  5. Community Empowerment2▲ 4.4×4 topics
  6. Inflammation2▲ 1.34×11 topics
  7. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 9.2×5 topics
  8. Treatment2▲ 2.4×14 topics
  9. Ethnicity1▲ 6.8×2 topics
  10. Public Health Policy1▲ 9.9×2 topics
  11. Religious Practices1▲ 61×2 topics
  12. Social Dynamics1▲ 43×2 topics
  13. Globalization1▲ 1.20×5 topics
  14. Management1▲ 2.8×8 topics
  15. Surgical Management1▲ 5.7×8 topics
  16. Clinical Trials1▲ 3.2×9 topics
  17. Cultural History1▲ 18×3 topics
  18. Diagnosis1▲ 2.3×10 topics
  19. Food Safety1▲ 7.5×2 topics
  20. Philosophy1▲ 4.6×2 topics
  21. COVID-191▲ 1.52×4 topics
  22. Chemotherapy1▲ 2.7×10 topics
  23. Cultural Identity1▲ 3.9×2 topics
  24. Culture1▲ 3.7×1 topic
  25. Food Composition1▲ 25×1 topic
  26. Islam1▲ 9.3×1 topic
  27. Legal Regulation1▲ 8.6×2 topics
  28. Maternal Health1▲ 7.5×1 topic
  29. Mental Health1▲ 1.34×2 topics
  30. Nutrient Analysis1▲ 25×1 topic
  31. Pandemic1▲ 1.98×5 topics
  32. Stunting1▲ 10×1 topic

Which research topics does AZ Sint-Lucas publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Food and Agricultural Sciences, Public Health and Nutrition, Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies and Military Technology and Strategies.

Food and Agricultural Sc…1Food and Agricultural Sciences: 1 fractional worksPublic Health and Nutrit…1Public Health and Nutrition: 1 fractional worksLinguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksMilitary Technology and Strategies: 1 fractional worksRace, Identity, and Education in Brazil: 1 fractional worksHistorical, Literary, and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Prevention and Impact: 1 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Ana…1Legal and Regulatory Analysis: 1 fractional worksReligion and Society in Latin America: 1 fractional worksHistory of Colonial Brazil: 1 fractional works
Food SciencePediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthSociology and Political ScienceAerospace Engineering3 others

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

  1. 1 Food and Agricultural Sciences Food Science 1 works
  2. 2 Public Health and Nutrition Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 1 works
  3. 3 Linguistic, Cultural, and Literary Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  4. 4 Military Technology and Strategies Aerospace Engineering 1 works
  5. 5 Race, Identity, and Education in Brazil Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Historical, Literary, and Cultural Studies Classics 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Prevention and Impact Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  8. 8 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 1 works
  9. 9 Religion and Society in Latin America Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  10. 10 History of Colonial Brazil Anthropology 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 available24.5%not open75.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.6%domestic only78.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has AZ Sint-Lucas's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher 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 AZ Sint-Lucas as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00024% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%AZ Sint-Lucas0.00024% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of AZ Sint-Lucas over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2013AZ Sint-Lucas7.2% in 20132010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.4% in 2009.

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