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Centre Hospitalier Chrétien

In research, Centre Hospitalier Chrétien stands highest in Health Sciences (#6,043 of 9,902 worldwide) and Medicine (#5,422 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#18,627
of 22,385 · #21,257 all time
Rank in Belgium
#88
of 105
Research works
435
▲ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
3.9k
9.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.92×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
36%
world 40%
International
24%
world 18%
Centre Hospitalier Chrétien

What is Centre Hospitalier Chrétien 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
Health SciencesDomain #6,043 of 9,902 6.5%83 #9631
MedicineField #5,422 of 8,541 6.6%75 #8364

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

In 2022-now, 78% of research at Centre Hospitalier Chrétien is in Health Sciences, 9% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (71%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 98 fractional works · 77.9% of its workMedicine: 89 fractional works · 70.7% of its workSurgery: 20 fractional works · 16.1% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 17 fractional works · 13.5% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 4.3% of its workOncology: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 5 fractional works · 3.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workNeurology: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 11 fractional works · 8.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMicrobiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSensory Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 10 fractional works · 7.5% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhilosophy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 5.9% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKCentreHospitalier…126fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences6%Health Sciences78%Social Sciences8%

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 22 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8970.7%
    2. Health Professions86.2%
    3. Nursing10.6%
    4. Veterinary00.3%
    5. Dentistry00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology75.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology21.4%
    3. Neuroscience11.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    1. Psychology43.5%
    2. Social Sciences32.4%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    4. Arts and Humanities10.5%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting10.4%
    1. Engineering53.6%
    2. Chemistry10.8%
    3. Computer Science10.4%
    4. Environmental Science00.4%
    5. Materials Science00.3%
    6. Physics and Astronomy00.3%
    7. Mathematics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Centre Hospitalier Chrétien specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 20.3 works6.8×
← 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: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.34× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.24× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.34× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.67× its world share, 89 worksMedicineNursing: 1.18× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.95× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 3 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine3.67×89 works
  2. Health Professions2.34×8 works
  3. Veterinary1.95×0 works
  4. Immunology and Microbiology1.34×2 works
  5. Nursing1.18×1 works
  6. Psychology1.14×4 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×7 works
  8. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics1.00×0 works
  9. Neuroscience0.68×1 works
  10. Chemistry0.51×1 works
  11. Dentistry0.41×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.36×1 works
  13. Engineering0.24×5 works
  14. Social Sciences0.19×3 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.16×1 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.13×0 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  18. Materials Science0.09×0 works
  19. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.08×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.07×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.05×0 works
  22. Mathematics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Centre Hospitalier Chrétien?

Ranked on the quality score, Jean‐Paul Langhendries, Philippe Desfontaines and Pierre Maton lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Centre Hospitalier Chrétien.

  1. 1 Jean‐Paul Langhendries Belgium · #471,524 worldwide 3k citations · 63 works
  2. 2 Philippe Desfontaines Belgium · #640,443 worldwide 1.4k citations · 59 works
  3. 3 Pierre Maton Belgium · #1,212,760 worldwide 826 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Marie-Pascale Graas Belgium · #1,609,370 worldwide 685 citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Pierre Demaret Belgium · #1,785,137 worldwide 1.5k citations · 79 works
  6. 6 Pierre Philippet Belgium · #2,258,468 worldwide 2.1k citations · 58 works
  7. 7 Martine Iracane Belgium · #2,779,803 worldwide 21 citations · 24 works
  8. 8 Isabelle Loeckx Belgium · #3,142,359 worldwide 458 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Denis Brisbois Belgium · #3,418,110 worldwide 635 citations · 75 works
  10. 10 F. Pierart Belgium · #3,696,727 worldwide 241 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Centre Hospitalier Chrétien

What are the most cited papers from Centre Hospitalier Chrétien?

The most cited paper from Centre Hospitalier Chrétien is "COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study" (Florian Götzinger et al., 2020), with 1,307 citations. Next come "Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19" (1,130) and "Lower protein in infant formula is associated with lower weight up to age 2 y: a randomized clinical trial" (679).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 COVID-19 in children and adolescents in Europe: a multinational, multicentre cohort study Florian Götzinger et al. · The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health Open access115 authors 25 Jun 2020 1,307
2 Mapping the human genetic architecture of COVID-19 COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative et al. · Nature Open access3,896 authors 8 Jul 2021 1,130
3 Lower protein in infant formula is associated with lower weight up to age 2 y: a randomized clinical trial Berthold V Koletzko, Rüdiger von Kries, R. Closa et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Open access 22 Apr 2009 679
4 Efficacy and safety of adalimumab as monotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis for whom previous disease modifying antirheumatic drug treatment has failed Leo B A van de Putte, Catherine Atkin, Michel Malaise et al. · Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases Open access 13 Apr 2004 623
5 Deleterious Mutations in LRBA Are Associated with a Syndrome of Immune Deficiency and Autoimmunity Gabriela López‐Herrera et al. · The American Journal of Human Genetics Open access 17 May 2012 532
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Which keywords describe research at Centre Hospitalier Chrétien?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Mutation Analysis, Microbiota, Cystic Fibrosis, Diagnosis, Pulmonary Infections, Bronchiectasis and CFTR.

▲ 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. Epidemiology12▲ 2.4×58 topics
  2. Diagnosis6▲ 5.3×20 topics
  3. Quality of Life6▲ 3.3×20 topics
  4. Treatment6▲ 3.9×22 topics
  5. Mental Health6▲ 3.2×5 topics
  6. Risk Factors6▲ 4.1×16 topics
  7. Microbiota5▲ 20×2 topics
  8. Mutation Analysis5▲ 58×2 topics
  9. Cystic Fibrosis5▲ 61×2 topics
  10. Pulmonary Infections5▲ 66×2 topics
  11. Inflammation5▲ 1.85×24 topics
  12. Bronchiectasis5▲ 134×1 topic
  13. CFTR5▲ 134×1 topic
  14. Palliative Care4▲ 23×4 topics
  15. Management4▲ 4.2×16 topics
  16. Chemotherapy4▲ 4.3×16 topics
  17. Complications4▲ 6.0×13 topics
  18. Surgical Management4▲ 7.4×15 topics
  19. Genetic Mutations3▲ 6.2×15 topics
  20. Prevention3▲ 6.0×8 topics
  21. Medical Ethics3▲ 19×3 topics
  22. Echocardiography3▲ 8.7×7 topics
  23. Immunotherapy3▲ 3.3×11 topics
  24. Clinical Practice3▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Clinical Practice Guidelines3▲ 4.2×11 topics
  26. Pulmonary Hypertension3▲ 17×3 topics
  27. End-of-Life Care3▲ 19×2 topics
  28. Ethical Practices3▲ 33×1 topic
  29. Healthcare Legislation3▲ 37×1 topic
  30. Patient Rights3▲ 30×2 topics
  31. Developmental Trauma2▲ 90×1 topic
  32. Guidelines2▲ 4.2×11 topics
  33. Prognostic Factors2▲ 4.6×13 topics
  34. Psychodynamic Psychotherapy2▲ 90×1 topic
  35. Pain Management2▲ 7.7×6 topics
  36. Clinical Guidelines2▲ 6.0×6 topics
  37. Chronic Kidney Disease2▲ 6.8×4 topics
  38. Chronic Pain2▲ 7.7×4 topics
  39. Mechanical Ventilation2▲ 14×2 topics
  40. Airway Stenosis2▲ 27×1 topic

Which research topics does Centre Hospitalier Chrétien publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances, Health, Medicine and Society, Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research and Tracheal and airway disorders.

Cystic Fibrosis Research…5Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 5 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Society: 3 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 2 fractional worksTracheal and airway disorders: 2 fractional worksPulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments: 2 fractional worksAnesthesia and Pain Mana…2Anesthesia and Pain Management: 2 fractional worksCongenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies: 1 fractional worksPatient Dignity and Privacy: 1 fractional worksStructural Engineering and Vibration Analysis: 1 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 1 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineGeneral Health ProfessionsClinical PsychologySurgery2 others

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

  1. 1 Cystic Fibrosis Research Advances Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 5 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 3 works
  3. 3 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  4. 4 Tracheal and airway disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  5. 5 Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Treatments Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Anesthesia and Pain Management Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia Studies Surgery 1 works
  8. 8 Patient Dignity and Privacy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  9. 9 Structural Engineering and Vibration Analysis Civil and Structural Engineering 1 works
  10. 10 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 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 available36.2%not open63.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors23.6%domestic only76.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Centre Hospitalier Chrétien's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% 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 Centre Hospitalier Chrétien as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00047% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%Centre Hospitalier Chrétien0.00045% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Centre Hospitalier Chrétien 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025Centre Hospitalier Chrétien8.4% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.1% in 2018.

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