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Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp

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World rank, all time
#26,994
of 34,923
Rank in Belgium
#168
of 220
Research works
141
▼ 30% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
74.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.11×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
51%
world 40%
International
78%
world 18%
Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp

Which fields of science does Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp is in Life Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (41%), Medicine (27%), Health Professions (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 70 fractional works · 49.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 57 fractional works · 40.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 37 fractional works · 26.2% of its workGenetics: 15 fractional works · 10.7% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workImmunology: 5 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Sciences: 46 fractional works · 32.7% of its workMedicine: 37 fractional works · 26.6% of its workEpidemiology: 4 fractional works · 3.1% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 5.7% of its workHealth Information Management: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 20 fractional works · 14.5% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 4.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSpectroscopy: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workModeling and Simulation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKBiomedicalInformatics…141fractional works, all years
Life Sciences49%Physical Sciences15%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences3%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5740.7%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology53.7%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences42.5%
    4. Neuroscience31.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.7%
    1. Medicine3726.6%
    2. Health Professions85.7%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Veterinary00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science74.8%
    2. Chemistry53.6%
    3. Engineering32.2%
    4. Materials Science21.6%
    5. Environmental Science21.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    7. Mathematics00.3%
    8. Energy00.0%
    1. Social Sciences10.9%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    3. Decision Sciences10.6%
    4. Psychology10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.82× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.51× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.24× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.89× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 4.40× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.74× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.13× its world share, 5 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesSocial Sciences: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 14 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology9.51×1 works
  2. Chemistry4.40×1 works
  3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.82×3 works
  4. Medicine2.13×5 works
  5. Neuroscience1.24×0 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.89×0 works
  7. Computer Science0.74×1 works
  8. Engineering0.53×1 works
  9. Environmental Science0.40×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.35×0 works
  11. Health Professions0.27×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.18×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.16×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.13×0 works

What are the most cited papers from Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp?

The most cited paper from Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp is "Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress" (Elissa S. Epel, Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, Jue Lin et al., 2004), with 3,020 citations. Next come "Fulminant Myocarditis with Combination Immune Checkpoint Blockade" (2,333) and "Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults" (1,458).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Accelerated telomere shortening in response to life stress Elissa S. Epel, Elizabeth Helen Blackburn, Jue Lin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access Dec 2004 3,020
2 Fulminant Myocarditis with Combination Immune Checkpoint Blockade Douglas Buckner Johnson et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 2 Nov 2016 2,333
3 Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Critically Ill Adults Matthew W. Semler, Wesley H. Self, Jonathan P. Wanderer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Feb 2018 1,458
4 Balanced Crystalloids versus Saline in Noncritically Ill Adults Wesley H. Self, Matthew W. Semler, Jonathan P. Wanderer et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 27 Feb 2018 1,175
5 An overlapping essential gene in the Potyviridae Betty Chung, Wyatt Allen Miller, John F. Atkins et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 11 Apr 2008 930
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Which keywords describe research at Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Mass Spectrometry, Precision Medicine, Medication Errors, Stem Cells, Gene Regulation, Genomics, Gene Expression and Data Analysis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology6◆ 1.11×44 topics
  2. Mass Spectrometry6▲ 21×4 topics
  3. Precision Medicine6▲ 14×8 topics
  4. Machine Learning6▲ 2.0×20 topics
  5. Inflammation5▲ 1.55×25 topics
  6. Metabolic Syndrome5▲ 4.2×12 topics
  7. Gene Expression5▲ 5.6×13 topics
  8. Medication Errors5▲ 66×2 topics
  9. Stem Cells4▲ 10×10 topics
  10. Gene Regulation4▲ 20×4 topics
  11. Genomics4▲ 8.4×6 topics
  12. Data Analysis4▲ 8.7×3 topics
  13. Genetic Variation4▲ 8.8×8 topics
  14. Electronic Health Records4▲ 43×2 topics
  15. Data Integration4▲ 11×4 topics
  16. Proteomics4▲ 22×2 topics
  17. Biomarkers3▲ 3.9×6 topics
  18. Ribosome3▲ 24×1 topic
  19. Translation3▲ 12×1 topic
  20. Genomic Studies3▲ 27×2 topics
  21. Clinical Decision Support Systems3▲ 83×1 topic
  22. Health Information Exchange3▲ 83×1 topic
  23. Physician Burnout3▲ 40×2 topics
  24. Bioinformatics3▲ 19×4 topics
  25. Genetic Mutations3▲ 4.1×11 topics
  26. Population Genetics3▲ 13×5 topics
  27. Semantic Web3▲ 15×2 topics
  28. Development3▲ 5.7×5 topics
  29. Tandem Mass Spectrometry3▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Human Metabolome Database3▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Metabolomics3▲ 34×1 topic
  32. Embryonic Stem Cells2▲ 24×2 topics
  33. Chronic Diseases2▲ 6.2×3 topics
  34. Behavior Change2▲ 15×3 topics
  35. Genetic Variants2▲ 7.7×3 topics
  36. Tumorigenesis2▲ 30×2 topics
  37. Healthcare Quality2▲ 13×3 topics
  38. Quality Assessment2▲ 8.0×4 topics
  39. Quantitative Analysis2▲ 9.4×2 topics
  40. Zebrafish2▲ 46×2 topics

Which research topics does Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, Machine Learning in Bioinformatics and Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications.

Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring: 1 fractional worksHeart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control: 1 fractional worksMachine Learning in Bioinformatics: 0 fractional worksMass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksvaccines and immunoinformatics approaches: 0 fractional worksComputational Drug Discovery Methods: 0 fractional worksCAR-T cell therapy resea…0CAR-T cell therapy research: 0 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immuno…0T-cell and B-cell Immunology: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Proteomics Tech…0Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications: 0 fractional worksCholinesterase and Neuro…0Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases: 0 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineMolecular BiologySpectroscopy4 others

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

  1. 1 Non-Invasive Vital Sign Monitoring Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Machine Learning in Bioinformatics Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  5. 5 vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches Molecular Biology 0 works
  6. 6 Computational Drug Discovery Methods Computational Theory and Mathematics 0 works
  7. 7 CAR-T cell therapy research Oncology 0 works
  8. 8 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 0 works
  9. 9 Advanced Proteomics Techniques and Applications Spectroscopy 0 works
  10. 10 Cholinesterase and Neurodegenerative Diseases Pharmacology 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 available50.6%not open49.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors78.2%domestic only21.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 30% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000039% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Biomedical Informatics Research Center Antwerp0.000040% in 202519801990200020102020

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