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Bruegel

In research, Bruegel stands highest in Social Sciences (#4,123 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Economics, Econometrics and Finance, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations (Economics, Econometrics and Finance is 13.3× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#9,968
of 22,385 · #12,681 all time
Rank in Belgium
#41
of 105
Research works
611
▲ 29% vs 2018-21
Citations
7.1k
11.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.15×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
71%
world 40%
International
51%
world 18%
Bruegel

What is Bruegel 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
Social SciencesDomain #4,123 of 9,585 16.7%135 #4588

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Bruegel 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 Bruegel work in?

In 2022-now, 77% of research at Bruegel is in Social Sciences, 18% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (30%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (29%), Business, Management and Accounting (7%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 144 fractional works · 76.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 57 fractional works · 30.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 29 fractional works · 15.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workLinguistics and Language: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 53 fractional works · 28.5% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 36 fractional works · 19.4% of its workFinance: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 4.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 14 fractional works · 7.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workAccounting: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMarketing: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 13 fractional works · 6.8% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 5 fractional works · 2.4% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 34 fractional works · 18.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 10 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workGeneral Energy: 5 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 3.9% of its workInformation Systems: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 3.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.0% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKBruegel187fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences18%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences77%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5730.3%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5328.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting147.4%
    4. Arts and Humanities136.8%
    5. Decision Sciences52.4%
    6. Psychology21.2%
    1. Environmental Science105.5%
    2. Energy94.7%
    3. Computer Science73.9%
    4. Engineering63.3%
    5. Chemistry10.5%
    6. Materials Science00.1%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.0%
    1. Health Professions52.8%
    2. Medicine21.2%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology10.3%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Bruegel specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Economics, Econometrics and Finance takes 13.3× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField · 53.4 works13×
  2. Economics and EconometricsSubfield · 36.3 works12×
  3. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 29.2 works10×
← 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: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemistry: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 5.16× its world share, 9 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.22× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 10 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 2.37× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2.30× its world share, 14 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.52× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 13.32× its world share, 53 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.39× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.32×53 works
  2. Energy5.16×9 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.52×5 works
  4. Social Sciences2.39×57 works
  5. Arts and Humanities2.37×13 works
  6. Business, Management and Accounting2.30×14 works
  7. Environmental Science1.11×10 works
  8. Health Professions1.07×5 works
  9. Computer Science0.50×7 works
  10. Psychology0.40×2 works
  11. Chemistry0.34×1 works
  12. Engineering0.22×6 works
  13. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.16×1 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.06×1 works
  15. Medicine0.06×2 works
  16. Mathematics0.05×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.04×0 works
  18. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works
  19. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Bruegel?

Ranked on the quality score, Guntram B. Wolff, Georg Zachmann and Jeremy Shapiro lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Bruegel.

  1. 1 Guntram B. Wolff Belgium · #336,626 worldwide 4.6k citations · 316 works
  2. 2 Georg Zachmann Belgium · #873,519 worldwide 1.6k citations · 125 works
  3. 3 Jeremy Shapiro Belgium · #1,323,855 worldwide 604 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Silvia Merler Belgium · #1,528,290 worldwide 863 citations · 48 works
  5. 5 Maria Demertzis Belgium · #1,600,783 worldwide 1.8k citations · 188 works
  6. 6 Edmund Moshammer Belgium · #1,650,617 worldwide 142 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Mario Mariniello Belgium · #1,931,254 worldwide 331 citations · 33 works
  8. 8 Nicolas Véron Belgium · #2,760,752 worldwide 1.7k citations · 218 works
  9. 9 Norbert Vanhove Belgium · #2,880,563 worldwide 660 citations · 91 works
  10. 10 Arnold Rodewald Belgium · #2,885,779 worldwide 20 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Bruegel

What are the most cited papers from Bruegel?

The most cited paper from Bruegel is "Globalization and the Reform of European Social Models*" (André Sapir, 2006), with 603 citations. Next come "Bias against novelty in science: A cautionary tale for users of bibliometric indicators" (547) and "Beyond the WTO? An Anatomy of EU and US Preferential Trade Agreements" (434).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Globalization and the Reform of European Social Models* André Sapir · JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies 17 May 2006 603
2 Bias against novelty in science: A cautionary tale for users of bibliometric indicators Jian Wang, Reinhilde Veugelers, Paula E. Stephan · Research Policy Open access 20 Jul 2017 547
3 Beyond the WTO? An Anatomy of EU and US Preferential Trade Agreements Henrik Horn, Petros C. Mavroidis, André Sapir · World Economy Nov 2010 434
4 Exercise-Related Acute Cardiovascular Events and Potential Deleterious Adaptations Following Long-Term Exercise Training: Placing the Risks Into Perspective–An Update: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association Barry A. Franklin, Paul D. Thompson, Salah S. Al‐Zaiti et al. · Circulation Open access 18 Mar 2020 408
5 Random walk with restart on multiplex and heterogeneous biological networks Alberto Valdeolivas, Laurent Tichit, Claire Laure Navarro et al. · Bioinformatics 16 Jul 2018 363
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Bruegel?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Economic Development, Climate Change, Monetary Policy, Economic Growth, International Relations, Political Economy and Geopolitics.

▲ 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. Globalization24▲ 6.5×31 topics
  2. Economic Development22▲ 14×18 topics
  3. Climate Change18▲ 3.6×15 topics
  4. Monetary Policy13▲ 29×8 topics
  5. Sustainability12▲ 2.7×16 topics
  6. Renewable Energy12▲ 4.5×11 topics
  7. Economic Growth12▲ 7.9×14 topics
  8. International Relations11▲ 25×7 topics
  9. Political Economy11▲ 24×9 topics
  10. Geopolitics11▲ 39×8 topics
  11. Innovation11▲ 5.6×18 topics
  12. Global Governance10▲ 22×7 topics
  13. Sustainable Development10▲ 3.4×14 topics
  14. Financial Integration9▲ 167×2 topics
  15. Global Economy9▲ 39×5 topics
  16. Fiscal Policy9▲ 23×7 topics
  17. Industrial Policy7▲ 37×6 topics
  18. Leadership7▲ 8.0×4 topics
  19. Energy Transition7▲ 25×3 topics
  20. Governance7▲ 11×9 topics
  21. International Trade7▲ 26×6 topics
  22. Energy Security7▲ 94×2 topics
  23. Health Research6▲ 28×2 topics
  24. Greenhouse Gas Emissions6▲ 11×3 topics
  25. Management Consulting6▲ 2958×1 topic
  26. Small and Medium-sized Enterprises6▲ 62×1 topic
  27. Innovation Policy6▲ 31×5 topics
  28. Natural Gas6▲ 33×2 topics
  29. Price Discrimination5▲ 77×2 topics
  30. Capital Flows5▲ 78×2 topics
  31. European Union5▲ 12×10 topics
  32. Policy Evaluation5▲ 100×1 topic
  33. Supply Diversity5▲ 100×1 topic
  34. Russia5▲ 62×3 topics
  35. Policy Instruments5▲ 43×2 topics
  36. Environmental Policy5▲ 12×2 topics
  37. Financial Crisis4▲ 22×7 topics
  38. Inequality4▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Carbon Pricing4▲ 50×1 topic
  40. R&D4▲ 30×3 topics

Which research topics does Bruegel publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ayn Rand and Brontë studies, Global Energy Security and Policy, Climate Change Policy and Economics and Global Financial Crisis and Policies.

Ayn Rand and Brontë studies: 6 fractional worksGlobal Energy Security and Policy: 5 fractional worksClimate Change Policy an…4Climate Change Policy and Economics: 4 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis …4Global Financial Crisis and Policies: 4 fractional worksRussia and Soviet political economy: 3 fractional worksDigital Platforms and Economics: 3 fractional worksSustainability and Clima…3Sustainability and Climate Change Governance: 3 fractional worksCOVID-19, Geopolitics, T…3COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, Migration: 3 fractional worksFiscal Policies and Poli…2Fiscal Policies and Political Economy: 2 fractional worksMerger and Competition A…2Merger and Competition Analysis: 2 fractional works
Economics and EconometricsGeneral EnergyFinancePolitical Science and International Relations2 others

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

  1. 1 Ayn Rand and Brontë studies Economics and Econometrics 6 works
  2. 2 Global Energy Security and Policy General Energy 5 works
  3. 3 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  4. 4 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 4 works
  5. 5 Russia and Soviet political economy Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Digital Platforms and Economics Strategy and Management 3 works
  7. 7 Sustainability and Climate Change Governance Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  8. 8 COVID-19, Geopolitics, Technology, Migration Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  9. 9 Fiscal Policies and Political Economy Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  10. 10 Merger and Competition Analysis Economics and Econometrics 2 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 available71.2%not open28.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.7%domestic only49.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Bruegel's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 29% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Bruegel as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00083% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%Bruegel0.00063% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Bruegel 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%Bruegel12.8% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.4% in 2014.

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