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Belgian Federal Science Policy Office

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Research works
84
▼ 21% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.5k
17.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: Belgian Federal Science Policy Office is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.62× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.77× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 2.14× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.83× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceHealth Professions: 1.37× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.68× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3.70× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.95× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7.63× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.74× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 7.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Belgian Federal Science Policy Office?

Ranked on the composite score, André Spithoven lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Belgian Federal Science Policy Office.

  1. 1 André Spithoven Belgium · #115,993 worldwide 315 citations · 37 works
All ranked researchers at Belgian Federal Science Policy Office

Which keywords describe research at Belgian Federal Science Policy Office?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Innovation, Innovation Policy, Social Capital, Strategic Alliances, Climate Change, Private R&D, R&D Subsidies and Dynamic Capabilities.

▲ 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. Innovation7▲ 9.6×10 topics
  2. Climate Change6▲ 2.9×24 topics
  3. Innovation Policy6▲ 93×3 topics
  4. Social Capital6▲ 16×4 topics
  5. Strategic Alliances5▲ 53×3 topics
  6. Globalization4▲ 2.6×17 topics
  7. Dynamic Capabilities4▲ 94×1 topic
  8. Knowledge Transfer4▲ 79×1 topic
  9. Private R&D4▲ 276×1 topic
  10. R&D Subsidies4▲ 276×1 topic
  11. Smart Specialization3▲ 97×2 topics
  12. Education3▲ 2.5×7 topics
  13. Synthesis3▲ 5.4×4 topics
  14. Biodiversity3▲ 4.0×10 topics
  15. Experimental Design3▲ 57×2 topics
  16. R&D3▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Conjoint Analysis2▲ 26×1 topic
  18. Consumer Preferences2▲ 36×2 topics
  19. Discrete Choice Models2▲ 81×1 topic
  20. Knowledge Economy2▲ 32×2 topics
  21. Regional Growth2▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Territorial Capital2▲ 94×2 topics
  23. European Union Cohesion Policy2▲ 109×1 topic
  24. Institutional Quality2▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Human Capital2▲ 19×3 topics
  26. Technological Change2▲ 53×2 topics
  27. Colonialism2▲ 5.0×7 topics
  28. Nationalism2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  29. Alkaloids2▲ 33×3 topics
  30. Global Warming2▲ 6.5×6 topics
  31. Bioprospecting2▲ 59×2 topics
  32. Community Engagement2▲ 6.6×2 topics
  33. Employment2▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Enantioselective Synthesis2▲ 12×2 topics
  35. Firm Survival2▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Territorial Governance2▲ 14×2 topics
  37. Urbanization2▲ 6.5×3 topics
  38. European Union2▲ 7.5×4 topics
  39. International Law2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  40. Regional Development2▲ 7.1×2 topics

Which research topics does Belgian Federal Science Policy Office publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Regional Development and Policy, Innovation Policy and R&D, Innovation and Knowledge Management and Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution.

Regional Development and…1Regional Development and Policy: 1 fractional worksInnovation Policy and R&D1Innovation Policy and R&D: 1 fractional worksInnovation and Knowledge…1Innovation and Knowledge Management: 1 fractional worksEarth Systems and Cosmic…1Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution: 1 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 1 fractional worksFirm Innovation and Growth: 0 fractional worksEconomic Growth and Prod…0Economic Growth and Productivity: 0 fractional worksEcosystem dynamics and resilience: 0 fractional worksLegal and Regulatory Analysis: 0 fractional worksEnvironmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies: 0 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsEconomics and EconometricsStrategy and ManagementAtmospheric Science3 others

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

  1. 1 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 1 works
  2. 2 Innovation Policy and R&D Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  3. 3 Innovation and Knowledge Management Strategy and Management 1 works
  4. 4 Earth Systems and Cosmic Evolution Atmospheric Science 1 works
  5. 5 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  6. 6 Firm Innovation and Growth Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  7. 7 Economic Growth and Productivity Economics and Econometrics 0 works
  8. 8 Ecosystem dynamics and resilience Global and Planetary Change 0 works
  9. 9 Legal and Regulatory Analysis Transportation 0 works
  10. 10 Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies Sociology and Political Science 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 available39.8%not open60.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.8%domestic only71.2%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Belgian Federal Science Policy Office's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 21% lower than in 2013–2017.

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