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Belgian Nuclear Research Centre

In research, Belgian Nuclear Research Centre stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,248 of 10,670 worldwide) and Engineering (#5,302 of 5,901 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Radiation, Materials Chemistry and Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging (Radiation is 43.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,354
of 22,385 · #6,365 all time
Rank in Belgium
#38
of 105
Research works
3.6k
▼ 9% vs 2018-21
Citations
62k
17.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
22%
world 40%
International
29%
world 18%
Belgian Nuclear Research Centre

What is Belgian Nuclear Research Centre 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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,248 of 10,670 6.5%227 #4235
EngineeringField #5,302 of 5,901 5.9%91 #3512

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

In 2022-now, 72% of research at Belgian Nuclear Research Centre is in Physical Sciences, 16% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (29%), Materials Science (18%), Medicine (13%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 256 fractional works · 71.9% of its workEngineering: 103 fractional works · 29.0% of its workAerospace Engineering: 24 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 19 fractional works · 5.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 4.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 9 fractional works · 2.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOcean Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 65 fractional works · 18.2% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 57 fractional works · 16.1% of its workMetals and Alloys: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Science: 31 fractional works · 8.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 1.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 30 fractional works · 8.4% of its workRadiation: 21 fractional works · 6.0% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 3.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 11 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.1% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 57 fractional works · 16.0% of its workMedicine: 46 fractional works · 12.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 22 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 11 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth Professions: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 10 fractional works · 2.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 25 fractional works · 7.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 14 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 10 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 8 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPlant Science: 5 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 18 fractional works · 5.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKBelgian NuclearResearch Centre356fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences72%Health Sciences16%Social Sciences5%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering10329.0%
    2. Materials Science6518.2%
    3. Environmental Science318.7%
    4. Physics and Astronomy308.4%
    5. Chemistry123.5%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences72.1%
    7. Computer Science41.0%
    8. Chemical Engineering20.6%
    9. Energy10.4%
    10. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Medicine4612.9%
    2. Health Professions102.9%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology143.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences82.3%
    3. Neuroscience20.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences123.2%
    2. Decision Sciences30.8%
    3. Arts and Humanities10.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.2%
    5. Psychology10.2%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Belgian Nuclear Research Centre specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Radiation takes 43.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RadiationSubfield · 21.2 works43×
  2. Materials ChemistrySubfield · 57.2 works8.2×
  3. Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSubfield · 21.5 works6.7×
← 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: 0.48× its world share, 8 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.73× its world share, 14 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.66× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.24× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.13× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.32× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.93× its world share, 103 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.75× its world share, 31 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 5.23× its world share, 65 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 3.77× its world share, 30 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.09× its world share, 10 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.67× its world share, 46 worksMedicineNursing: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.03× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Materials Science, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Materials Science5.23×65 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.77×30 works
  3. Chemistry2.24×12 works
  4. Engineering1.93×103 works
  5. Environmental Science1.75×31 works
  6. Chemical Engineering1.66×2 works
  7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.32×7 works
  8. Health Professions1.09×10 works
  9. Veterinary1.03×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.86×3 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.73×14 works
  12. Medicine0.67×46 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×8 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.40×0 works
  15. Energy0.40×1 works
  16. Neuroscience0.28×2 works
  17. Social Sciences0.26×12 works
  18. Immunology and Microbiology0.18×1 works
  19. Nursing0.16×0 works
  20. Arts and Humanities0.14×2 works
  21. Computer Science0.13×4 works
  22. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.10×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.08×0 works
  24. Dentistry0.08×0 works
  25. Psychology0.07×1 works
  26. Business, Management and Accounting0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Belgian Nuclear Research Centre?

Ranked on the quality score, Pieter Monsieurs, Rémi Delville and Hilde Engels lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Belgian Nuclear Research Centre.

  1. 1 Pieter Monsieurs Belgium · #516,740 worldwide 4.2k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Rémi Delville Belgium · #707,541 worldwide 2.6k citations · 64 works
  3. 3 Hilde Engels Belgium · #722,574 worldwide 2.4k citations · 28 works
  4. 4 Nele Horemans Belgium · #1,080,227 worldwide 5.9k citations · 191 works
  5. 5 Bjorn Baselet Belgium · #1,200,851 worldwide 2.2k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Diederik Jacques Belgium · #1,238,980 worldwide 7.8k citations · 253 works
  7. 7 Da Ruan Belgium · #1,450,160 worldwide 9.9k citations · 332 works
  8. 8 Rob Van Houdt Belgium · #1,496,013 worldwide 7k citations · 167 works
  9. 9 Jérémie Dabin Belgium · #1,550,133 worldwide 1.7k citations · 78 works
  10. 10 Emil Rehnberg Belgium · #1,563,728 worldwide 6.7k citations · 47 works
All ranked researchers at Belgian Nuclear Research Centre

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

The most cited paper from Belgian Nuclear Research Centre is "Reactive transport codes for subsurface environmental simulation" (Carl I. Steefel, C.A.J. Appelo, Bhavna Arora et al., 2014), with 859 citations. Next come "Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives" (847) and "Multi-attribute comparison of catering service companies using fuzzy AHP: The case of Turkey" (821).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Reactive transport codes for subsurface environmental simulation Carl I. Steefel, C.A.J. Appelo, Bhavna Arora et al. · Computational Geosciences Open access 25 Sep 2014 859
2 Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives Harry Vereecken et al. · Vadose Zone Journal Open access May 2016 847
3 Multi-attribute comparison of catering service companies using fuzzy AHP: The case of Turkey Cengiz Kahraman, Ufuk Cebeci, Da Ruan · International Journal of Production Economics 12 Sep 2003 821
4 The joint evaluated fission and fusion nuclear data library, JEFF-3.3 Arjan J. M. Plompen et al. · The European Physical Journal A Open access Jul 2020 715
5 Primary radiation damage: A review of current understanding and models K. Nordlund, Steven John Zinkle, Andrea E. Sand et al. · Journal of Nuclear Materials Open access 20 Oct 2018 686
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Belgian Nuclear Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Hydrogen Embrittlement, Oxidation Resistance, Density Functional Theory, Accident Tolerant Fuels, Fuel Cladding, Health Effects, Radionuclides and Molten Salt.

▲ 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. Hydrogen Embrittlement28▲ 96×3 topics
  2. Oxidation Resistance25▲ 66×3 topics
  3. Density Functional Theory24▲ 66×2 topics
  4. Accident Tolerant Fuels24▲ 195×1 topic
  5. Fuel Cladding24▲ 195×1 topic
  6. Environmental Impact22▲ 3.7×13 topics
  7. Health Effects18▲ 8.4×6 topics
  8. Radionuclides18▲ 131×2 topics
  9. Molten Salt17▲ 149×1 topic
  10. Nuclear Reactor17▲ 149×1 topic
  11. Ionizing Radiation16▲ 67×3 topics
  12. Actinides16▲ 89×2 topics
  13. Adsorption15▲ 19×4 topics
  14. fusion materials13▲ 198×1 topic
  15. radiation damage13▲ 198×1 topic
  16. Dosimetry12▲ 47×2 topics
  17. Environmental Impacts12▲ 13×5 topics
  18. Bioremediation12▲ 26×4 topics
  19. Toxicity11▲ 7.0×9 topics
  20. Lanthanides10▲ 70×1 topic
  21. Uranium10▲ 90×1 topic
  22. CO2 Sequestration10▲ 14×2 topics
  23. Cancer Treatment10▲ 12×5 topics
  24. Data Analysis9▲ 10×3 topics
  25. Finite Element Analysis9▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Lung Cancer9▲ 16×1 topic
  27. Radon9▲ 118×1 topic
  28. Small-Angle Scattering9▲ 50×2 topics
  29. Soil Contamination9▲ 94×3 topics
  30. Tomography9▲ 15×3 topics
  31. Radiography9▲ 73×2 topics
  32. Neutron Activation Analysis9▲ 78×1 topic
  33. Neutron Imaging9▲ 78×1 topic
  34. Fly Ash9▲ 23×2 topics
  35. Targeted Therapy9▲ 11×3 topics
  36. Fukushima Daiichi9▲ 150×1 topic
  37. Nuclear Fuel9▲ 154×1 topic
  38. Radiation Protection9▲ 154×1 topic
  39. nuclear accident9▲ 150×1 topic
  40. Geopolymer8▲ 17×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Nuclear Materials and Properties, Nuclear reactor physics and engineering, Fusion materials and technologies and Radioactive element chemistry and processing.

Nuclear Materials and Pr…24Nuclear Materials and Properties: 24 fractional worksNuclear reactor physics and engineering: 17 fractional worksFusion materials and tec…13Fusion materials and technologies: 13 fractional worksRadioactive element chem…10Radioactive element chemistry and processing: 10 fractional worksRadioactivity and Radon Measurements: 9 fractional worksNuclear Physics and Applications: 9 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivit…9Nuclear and radioactivity studies: 9 fractional worksRadioactive contaminatio…9Radioactive contamination and transfer: 9 fractional worksConcrete and Cement Mate…8Concrete and Cement Materials Research: 8 fractional worksRadiopharmaceutical Chem…8Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications: 8 fractional works
Materials ChemistryAerospace EngineeringInorganic ChemistryRadiological and Ultrasound Technology5 others

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

  1. 1 Nuclear Materials and Properties Materials Chemistry 24 works
  2. 2 Nuclear reactor physics and engineering Aerospace Engineering 17 works
  3. 3 Fusion materials and technologies Materials Chemistry 13 works
  4. 4 Radioactive element chemistry and processing Inorganic Chemistry 10 works
  5. 5 Radioactivity and Radon Measurements Radiological and Ultrasound Technology 9 works
  6. 6 Nuclear Physics and Applications Radiation 9 works
  7. 7 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 9 works
  8. 8 Radioactive contamination and transfer Global and Planetary Change 9 works
  9. 9 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 8 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 available21.6%not open78.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.9%domestic only71.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 9% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Nuclear Research Centre as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0015% in 2024.

still counting0.010%0.020%Belgian Nuclear Research Centre0.0012% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Belgian Nuclear Research Centre 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Belgian Nuclear Research Centre6.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 16.2% in 2008.

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