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Belgian Ceramic Research Centre

In research, Belgian Ceramic Research Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#14,594 of 17,446 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#34,669
of 34,923
Rank in Belgium
#219
of 220
Research works
132
▼ 17% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7k
13.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.90×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
48%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
Belgian Ceramic Research Centre

What is Belgian Ceramic Research Centre 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
Physical SciencesDomain #14,594 of 17,446 5.8%126

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Belgian Ceramic Research Centre 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 Belgian Ceramic Research Centre work in?

In all years, 96% of research at Belgian Ceramic Research Centre is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (52%), Materials Science (34%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 126 fractional works · 95.6% of its workEngineering: 69 fractional works · 52.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 27 fractional works · 20.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 9 fractional works · 6.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 6.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 6 fractional works · 4.4% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 4.1% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Science: 45 fractional works · 34.1% of its workCeramics and Composites: 21 fractional works · 15.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 12.8% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 6 fractional works · 4.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArcheology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKBelgian CeramicResearch Centre132fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences96%Health Sciences2%Social Sciences1%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering6952.2%
    2. Materials Science4534.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy64.6%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences21.7%
    5. Computer Science21.1%
    6. Chemistry11.0%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Energy00.2%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.2%
    10. Environmental Science00.2%
    1. Dentistry21.3%
    2. Medicine11.0%
    3. Health Professions00.1%
    1. Social Sciences10.8%
    2. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.3%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.25× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.51× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 6.28× its world share, 4 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.39× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.60× its world share, 0 worksDentistryMedicine: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 6.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science6.28×4 works
  2. Dentistry4.60×0 works
  3. Engineering4.51×13 works
  4. Chemistry1.25×0 works
  5. Energy1.01×0 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.00×0 works
  7. Physics and Astronomy0.39×0 works
  8. Arts and Humanities0.20×0 works
  9. Computer Science0.11×0 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×0 works
  11. Medicine0.08×0 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.04×0 works
  13. Environmental Science0.04×0 works
  14. Social Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Belgian Ceramic Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Véronique Lardot, Fabrice Petit and Stéphane Hocquet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Belgian Ceramic Research Centre.

  1. 1 Véronique Lardot Belgium · #3,242,819 worldwide 478 citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Fabrice Petit Belgium · #3,292,320 worldwide 1.3k citations · 97 works
  3. 3 Stéphane Hocquet Belgium · #4,107,985 worldwide 277 citations · 31 works
  4. 4 Védi Dupont Belgium · #4,139,189 worldwide 203 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 Jacques Tirlocq Belgium · #4,180,742 worldwide 308 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Jean‐Pierre Erauw Belgium · #4,298,477 worldwide 441 citations · 46 works
  7. 7 Jean-Claude Descamps Belgium · #4,526,256 worldwide 117 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Pascal Pilate Belgium · #4,850,211 worldwide 176 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Sandra Abdelouhab Belgium · #5,507,187 worldwide 194 citations · 32 works
  10. 10 F. Cambier Belgium · #5,982,646 worldwide 1.9k citations · 221 works
All ranked researchers at Belgian Ceramic Research Centre

What are the most cited papers from Belgian Ceramic Research Centre?

The most cited paper from Belgian Ceramic Research Centre is "Flame retardant polymer materials: An update and the future for 3D printing developments" (Henri Vahabi, Fouad Laoutid, Mehrshad Mehrpouya et al., 2021), with 265 citations. Next come "Shaping of ceramic parts by selective laser melting of powder bed" (116) and "Characterization of mechanical properties of suspension plasma sprayed TiO2 coatings using scratch test" (101).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Flame retardant polymer materials: An update and the future for 3D printing developments Henri Vahabi, Fouad Laoutid, Mehrshad Mehrpouya et al. · Materials Science and Engineering R Reports Open access 18 Jan 2021 265
2 Shaping of ceramic parts by selective laser melting of powder bed Enrique Juste, Fabrice Petit, Véronique Lardot et al. · Journal of materials research/Pratt's guide to venture capital sources 7 Jul 2014 116
3 Characterization of mechanical properties of suspension plasma sprayed TiO2 coatings using scratch test Roman Jaworski, Lech Pawłowski, Francine Roudet et al. · Surface and Coatings Technology 8 Oct 2007 101
4 Densification of alumina by SPS and HP: A comparative study Maryse Demuynck, Jean‐Pierre Erauw, Omer Van der Biest et al. · Journal of the European Ceramic Society 22 Nov 2011 91
5 Performance characteristics of lateritic soil bricks fired at low temperatures: a case study of Cameroon Laurent Mbumbia, Albert Mertens de Wilmars, Jacques Tirlocq · Construction and Building Materials Apr 2000 91
All 64 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Belgian Ceramic Research Centre?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sintering, Spark Plasma Sintering, Mechanical Properties, Ceramic Materials, Microstructure, Oxidation Resistance, Composite Materials and High-Temperature Applications.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Sintering34▲ 169×5 topics
  2. Spark Plasma Sintering30▲ 202×2 topics
  3. Mechanical Properties26▲ 21×16 topics
  4. Ceramic Materials24▲ 174×2 topics
  5. Microstructure23▲ 35×10 topics
  6. Oxidation Resistance22▲ 116×3 topics
  7. Composite Materials20▲ 67×3 topics
  8. High-Temperature Applications19▲ 240×1 topic
  9. Nanocrystalline Ceramics19▲ 240×1 topic
  10. Ceramics11▲ 80×4 topics
  11. Cemented Carbides11▲ 158×1 topic
  12. Nanostructured Materials11▲ 44×1 topic
  13. Additive Manufacturing11▲ 40×4 topics
  14. 3D Printing9▲ 36×3 topics
  15. Materials9▲ 40×5 topics
  16. Nanoparticles8▲ 4.8×11 topics
  17. Processing Techniques7▲ 52×2 topics
  18. Polymer Composites6▲ 27×5 topics
  19. Nanocomposites6▲ 6.1×14 topics
  20. Recycling6▲ 19×4 topics
  21. Sustainability6▲ 2.7×5 topics
  22. Applications6▲ 22×4 topics
  23. Geopolymer6▲ 51×2 topics
  24. Challenges5▲ 68×1 topic
  25. Fused Deposition Modeling5▲ 71×1 topic
  26. Graphene5▲ 8.0×4 topics
  27. Process Parameters5▲ 60×3 topics
  28. Circular Economy5▲ 20×2 topics
  29. Utilization5▲ 121×2 topics
  30. Brick Production5▲ 172×1 topic
  31. Waste Materials5▲ 172×1 topic
  32. Aerospace Applications5▲ 31×3 topics
  33. Thin Films5▲ 14×4 topics
  34. Carbon Nanotubes5▲ 10×2 topics
  35. Metal Matrix Composites5▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Friction Stir Processing4▲ 45×1 topic
  37. Reinforcement4▲ 47×1 topic
  38. Tissue Engineering4▲ 5.7×5 topics
  39. Nanostructures4▲ 6.3×7 topics
  40. Taguchi Method4▲ 52×2 topics

Which research topics does Belgian Ceramic Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies, Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes, Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials and Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production.

Additive Manufacturing a…2Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies: 2 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 1 fractional worksInnovations in Concrete …1Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials: 1 fractional worksRecycling and utilizatio…1Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production: 1 fractional worksAdvanced ceramic materials synthesis: 1 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Materials Research: 1 fractional worksCorrosion Behavior and I…1Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition: 1 fractional worksAluminum Alloys Composites Properties: 0 fractional worksBone Tissue Engineering Materials: 0 fractional worksAdvanced materials and composites: 0 fractional works
Automotive EngineeringMechanical EngineeringBuilding and ConstructionCeramics and Composites3 others

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

  1. 1 Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies Automotive Engineering 2 works
  2. 2 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  3. 3 Innovations in Concrete and Construction Materials Building and Construction 1 works
  4. 4 Recycling and utilization of industrial and municipal waste in materials production Building and Construction 1 works
  5. 5 Advanced ceramic materials synthesis Ceramics and Composites 1 works
  6. 6 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Corrosion Behavior and Inhibition Materials Chemistry 1 works
  8. 8 Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Bone Tissue Engineering Materials Biomedical Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Advanced materials and composites Mechanical Engineering 0 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.6%domestic only66.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Belgian Ceramic Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 17% lower 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 Belgian Ceramic Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00011% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%Belgian Ceramic Research Centre0.000069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Belgian Ceramic Research Centre over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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