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Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)

In research, Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,224 of 20,462 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#21,563
of 42,892
Rank in Belgium
#141
of 267
Research works
233
▲ 24% vs 2013–17
Citations
6.2k
26.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
25.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) 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 #7,224 of 20,462 30.3%143

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.54× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 2.21× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.19× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 2.47× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 7.75× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.11× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.59× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.83× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)?

Ranked on the composite score, Marie Dauvrin, Irina Cleemput and Frank Hulstaert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE).

  1. 1 Marie Dauvrin Belgium · #169,606 worldwide 93 citations · 32 works
  2. 2 Irina Cleemput Belgium · #288,404 worldwide 90 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Frank Hulstaert Belgium · #300,819 worldwide 135 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Laurence Kohn Belgium · #325,942 worldwide 85 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Sabine Stordeur Belgium · #513,751 worldwide 64 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Carl Devos Belgium · #810,731 worldwide 3 citations · 17 works
  7. 7 Nadia Benahmed Belgium · #1,488,028 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)

Which keywords describe research at Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Primary Care, Quality of Life, Epidemiology, Cost-effectiveness Analysis, Health Utility Measures, Mental Health, Neurologic Manifestations and Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome.

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

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology5▲ 2.6×21 topics
  2. Primary Care5▲ 26×8 topics
  3. Quality of Life4▲ 5.5×10 topics
  4. Mental Health3▲ 3.8×9 topics
  5. Public Health3▲ 3.6×8 topics
  6. Cost-effectiveness Analysis2▲ 53×1 topic
  7. Health Utility Measures2▲ 53×1 topic
  8. Neurologic Manifestations2▲ 50×1 topic
  9. Pandemic2▲ 3.4×3 topics
  10. Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome2▲ 50×1 topic
  11. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 11×3 topics
  12. Health Care Utilization2▲ 29×3 topics
  13. Health Disparities2▲ 13×4 topics
  14. SARS-CoV-22▲ 10×3 topics
  15. Patient Outcomes2▲ 54×2 topics
  16. Chronic Disease Management2▲ 16×4 topics
  17. Patient Satisfaction2▲ 9.5×5 topics
  18. Health Care Spending1▲ 67×1 topic
  19. Insurance Markets1▲ 67×1 topic
  20. Mental Health Services1▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Thrombosis1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  22. ACE2 Receptor1▲ 11×2 topics
  23. Health Outcomes1▲ 9.5×3 topics
  24. Patient-Centered Care1▲ 34×3 topics
  25. Guideline Development1▲ 113×1 topic
  26. Practice Recommendations1▲ 113×1 topic
  27. Quality Assessment1▲ 13×2 topics
  28. Social Determinants of Health1▲ 10×3 topics
  29. Acculturation1▲ 28×2 topics
  30. Communication1▲ 7.0×2 topics
  31. Healthcare Outcomes1▲ 41×2 topics
  32. Healthcare Quality1▲ 21×2 topics
  33. Intensive Care Unit1▲ 17×2 topics
  34. Pathophysiology1▲ 7.2×3 topics
  35. Patient Engagement1▲ 17×3 topics
  36. Rehabilitation1▲ 5.7×2 topics
  37. Chronic Conditions1▲ 29×2 topics
  38. Digital Twin1▲ 15×1 topic
  39. Healthcare Workers1▲ 8.3×2 topics
  40. Smart Manufacturing1▲ 22×1 topic

Which research topics does Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Healthcare Policy and Management and Clinical practice guidelines implementation.

Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 2 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 2 fractional worksHealthcare Policy and Ma…1Healthcare Policy and Management: 1 fractional worksClinical practice guidel…1Clinical practice guidelines implementation: 1 fractional worksDigital Transformation in Industry: 1 fractional worksMigration, Health and Trauma: 1 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Resear…1COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 1 fractional worksPatient-Provider Communication in Healthcare: 1 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Technology: 1 fractional worksMental Health and Patient Involvement: 1 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsNeurologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering4 others

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

  1. 1 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  2. 2 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 2 works
  3. 3 Healthcare Policy and Management Economics and Econometrics 1 works
  4. 4 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Migration, Health and Trauma Clinical Psychology 1 works
  7. 7 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 1 works
  8. 8 Patient-Provider Communication in Healthcare General Health Professions 1 works
  9. 9 Healthcare Systems and Technology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 1 works
  10. 10 Mental Health and Patient Involvement General Health Professions 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 available47.5%not open52.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors18.7%domestic only81.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Belgian Health Care Knowledge Centre (KCE)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 24% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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