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AZ Sint-Lucas

In research, AZ Sint-Lucas stands highest in Medicine (#4,571 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,675 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#16,222
of 22,385 · #10,305 all time
Rank in Belgium
#69
of 105
Research works
961
▲ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
23k
23.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
AZ Sint-Lucas

What is AZ Sint-Lucas 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
MedicineField #4,571 of 8,541 7.7%74 #4152
Health SciencesDomain #5,675 of 9,902 8.4%78 #4919

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, 69% of research at AZ Sint-Lucas is in Health Sciences, 13% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (66%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%), Engineering (5%). It does 2.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 94 fractional works · 69.2% of its workMedicine: 90 fractional works · 65.9% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 4.7% of its workRheumatology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 18 fractional works · 13.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.5% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMicrobiology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 4.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKAZ Sint-Lucas136fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences69%Social Sciences8%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine9065.9%
    2. Health Professions32.2%
    3. Nursing10.5%
    4. Veterinary10.4%
    5. Dentistry00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences53.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology32.1%
    4. Neuroscience31.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering74.9%
    2. Environmental Science31.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy10.9%
    4. Computer Science10.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    6. Materials Science00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    8. Chemistry00.1%
    1. Social Sciences43.1%
    2. Psychology42.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance21.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.5%
    6. Decision Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does AZ Sint-Lucas specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.74× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.97× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.06× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.20× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.32× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.43× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.82× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.43× its world share, 90 worksMedicineNursing: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 2.78× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.67× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.86× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.43×90 works
  2. Veterinary2.78×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.06×3 works
  4. Neuroscience1.20×3 works
  5. Nursing0.99×1 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.97×7 works
  7. Psychology0.86×4 works
  8. Health Professions0.82×3 works
  9. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.74×5 works
  10. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.70×0 works
  11. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.67×2 works
  12. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.43×1 works
  14. Environmental Science0.37×2 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.34×1 works
  16. Engineering0.32×7 works
  17. Arts and Humanities0.24×1 works
  18. Social Sciences0.24×4 works
  19. Business, Management and Accounting0.17×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.15×0 works
  21. Chemistry0.09×0 works
  22. Computer Science0.09×1 works
  23. Materials Science0.08×0 works
  24. Decision Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at AZ Sint-Lucas?

Ranked on the quality score, Anne‐Marie Van den Abeele, Hans J. Vandekerckhove and Philippe P. Van Hootegem lead among researchers whose main affiliation is AZ Sint-Lucas.

  1. 1 Anne‐Marie Van den Abeele Belgium · #1,172,210 worldwide 2.3k citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Hans J. Vandekerckhove Belgium · #1,281,371 worldwide 1.7k citations · 55 works
  3. 3 Philippe P. Van Hootegem Belgium · #1,286,313 worldwide 2.2k citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Marc Lambrechts Belgium · #1,326,414 worldwide 314 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Kurt Hermans Belgium · #1,462,809 worldwide 869 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 H. Fransen Belgium · #1,564,188 worldwide 2.1k citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Jan Donck Belgium · #2,157,767 worldwide 1.6k citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Henry Colle Belgium · #2,302,945 worldwide 726 citations · 24 works
  9. 9 Ludo Vereecken Belgium · #2,508,074 worldwide 759 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Erik Robert Belgium · #2,841,320 worldwide 399 citations · 22 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 "Early combined immunosuppression or conventional management in patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease: an open randomised trial" (Geert D’Haens et al., 2008), with 1,243 citations. Next come "The State of the Art of Nurse Rostering" (950) and "Vertebroplasty versus conservative treatment in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (Vertos II): an open-label randomised trial" (911).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Early combined immunosuppression or conventional management in patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease: an open randomised trial Geert D’Haens et al. · The Lancet Feb 2008 1,243
2 The State of the Art of Nurse Rostering Edmund K. Burke, Patrick De Causmaecker, Greet Vanden Berghe et al. · Journal of Scheduling Open access 28 Oct 2004 950
3 Vertebroplasty versus conservative treatment in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (Vertos II): an open-label randomised trial Caroline A. H. Klazen et al. · The Lancet Open access 10 Aug 2010 911
4 Fasting is not routinely required for determination of a lipid profile: clinical and laboratory implications including flagging at desirable concentration cut-points—a joint consensus statement from the European Atherosclerosis Society and European Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Børge Grønne Nordestgaard et al. · European Heart Journal Open access 26 Apr 2016 864
5 THE EFFECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL STRESS ON HUMANS: INCREASED PRODUCTION OF PRO-INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINES AND Th1-LIKE RESPONSE IN STRESS-INDUCED ANXIETY Michael H. J. Maes, Cai Song, Aihua Lin et al. · Cytokine Apr 1998 778
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at AZ Sint-Lucas?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Treatment, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Surgical Management, Complications, Diagnosis, Guidelines and Genetic Mutations.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 3.3×67 topics
  2. Treatment7▲ 4.4×31 topics
  3. Clinical Practice Guidelines6▲ 7.3×13 topics
  4. Quality of Life5▲ 2.5×23 topics
  5. Diagnosis5▲ 3.8×24 topics
  6. Surgical Management5▲ 8.3×18 topics
  7. Complications4▲ 6.6×14 topics
  8. Guidelines4▲ 5.8×12 topics
  9. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.8×14 topics
  10. Risk Factors4▲ 2.4×17 topics
  11. Pathogenesis3▲ 4.9×10 topics
  12. Prognostic Factors3▲ 5.6×11 topics
  13. Chemotherapy3▲ 3.1×16 topics
  14. Management3▲ 2.8×17 topics
  15. Radiation Therapy3▲ 16×5 topics
  16. Rehabilitation3▲ 5.4×7 topics
  17. Surgery3▲ 6.2×8 topics
  18. Immunotherapy3▲ 2.8×14 topics
  19. Radiotherapy2▲ 4.4×11 topics
  20. Survival Analysis2▲ 6.4×6 topics
  21. Vaccine2▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. Biomechanics2▲ 5.6×6 topics
  23. Phylogenetic Analysis2▲ 5.4×6 topics
  24. Robotic Surgery2▲ 11×5 topics
  25. Surgical Treatment2▲ 8.7×5 topics
  26. Bacteremia2▲ 22×3 topics
  27. Pain Management2▲ 7.1×6 topics
  28. Shoulder Function2▲ 19×2 topics
  29. Echocardiography2▲ 5.1×7 topics
  30. Neoadjuvant Therapy2▲ 6.0×5 topics
  31. Antimicrobial Resistance2▲ 6.2×7 topics
  32. Cervical Cancer2▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Distal Radius Fractures2▲ 24×1 topic
  34. Flexor Tendon Repair2▲ 24×1 topic
  35. Virulence Factors2▲ 8.8×6 topics
  36. Diagnostic Imaging2▲ 10×4 topics
  37. Ion Channels2▲ 10×2 topics
  38. Molecular Classification2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  39. Arthroplasty2▲ 11×2 topics
  40. Endovascular Repair2▲ 13×3 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Shoulder Injury and Treatment, Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies and Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments.

Orthopedic Surgery and R…2Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…2Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPlant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies: 2 fractional worksEndometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments: 1 fractional worksInfective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional worksEducation, Leadership, and Health Research: 1 fractional worksModular Robots and Swarm…1Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence: 1 fractional worksOrigins and Evolution of Life: 1 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 1 fractional works
SurgeryPlant ScienceObstetrics and GynecologyEpidemiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Surgery 2 works
  2. 2 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  3. 3 Plant and Biological Electrophysiology Studies Plant Science 2 works
  4. 4 Endometrial and Cervical Cancer Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 1 works
  5. 5 Infective Endocarditis Diagnosis and Management Epidemiology 1 works
  6. 6 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 1 works
  7. 7 Education, Leadership, and Health Research Education 1 works
  8. 8 Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Origins and Evolution of Life Astronomy and Astrophysics 1 works
  10. 10 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 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 available36.5%not open63.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors20.4%domestic only79.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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, 0.00056% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%AZ Sint-Lucas0.00052% 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.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025AZ Sint-Lucas7.9% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 24.9% in 2009.

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