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Clinique Saint-Joseph

In research, Clinique Saint-Joseph stands highest in Medicine (#4,719 of 8,541 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,711 of 9,902 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery (Surgery is 6.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#17,836
of 22,385 · #18,131 all time
Rank in Belgium
#79
of 105
Research works
1.4k
▼ 19% vs 2018-21
Citations
16k
11.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
25%
world 40%
International
20%
world 18%
Clinique Saint-Joseph

What is Clinique Saint-Joseph 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
MedicineField #4,719 of 8,541 6.6%89 #6822
Health SciencesDomain #5,711 of 9,902 6.4%98 #8140

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Clinique Saint-Joseph 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 Clinique Saint-Joseph work in?

In 2022-now, 75% of research at Clinique Saint-Joseph is in Health Sciences, 10% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (69%), Health Professions (6%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (5%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 111 fractional works · 75.5% of its workMedicine: 101 fractional works · 68.7% of its workSurgery: 22 fractional works · 15.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 10 fractional works · 7.1% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 2.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 4 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDermatology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInternal Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 6.0% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 15 fractional works · 10.3% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 4.3% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 9.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workParasitology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKCliniqueSaint-Joseph147fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences75%Social Sciences10%

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. Medicine10168.7%
    2. Health Professions96.0%
    3. Veterinary10.6%
    4. Nursing00.2%
    1. Psychology64.3%
    2. Social Sciences53.2%
    3. Arts and Humanities21.2%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.8%
    5. Decision Sciences10.6%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology74.6%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology42.4%
    3. Neuroscience21.5%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences11.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Physics and Astronomy21.5%
    2. Environmental Science21.1%
    3. Engineering21.1%
    4. Mathematics10.5%
    5. Materials Science00.2%
    6. Chemistry00.1%
    7. Chemical Engineering00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Clinique Saint-Joseph specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 6.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 22.1 works6.4×
← 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: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.86× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.38× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemistryEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.39× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.69× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.28× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.57× its world share, 101 worksMedicineNursing: 0.38× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.17× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.60× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.40× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.17×1 works
  2. Medicine3.57×101 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology2.38×4 works
  4. Health Professions2.28×9 works
  5. Psychology1.40×6 works
  6. Neuroscience0.91×2 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.86×7 works
  8. Physics and Astronomy0.69×2 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×0 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.60×1 works
  11. Arts and Humanities0.43×2 works
  12. Mathematics0.39×1 works
  13. Nursing0.38×0 works
  14. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.37×1 works
  15. Social Sciences0.25×5 works
  16. Environmental Science0.23×2 works
  17. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.21×2 works
  18. Engineering0.07×2 works
  19. Chemistry0.06×0 works
  20. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.05×0 works
  22. Chemical Engineering0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Clinique Saint-Joseph?

Ranked on the quality score, Constant Jehaes, Serge Markiewicz and Joseph Weerts lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Clinique Saint-Joseph.

  1. 1 Constant Jehaes Belgium · #1,317,611 worldwide 2.4k citations · 44 works
  2. 2 Serge Markiewicz Belgium · #1,516,233 worldwide 2.4k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Joseph Weerts Belgium · #1,689,611 worldwide 3.6k citations · 72 works
  4. 4 Alain P. Maskens Belgium · #1,858,567 worldwide 985 citations · 42 works
  5. 5 Thierry M. Sottiaux Belgium · #1,971,768 worldwide 1.7k citations · 62 works
  6. 6 Christine Eucher Belgium · #2,002,178 worldwide 966 citations · 21 works
  7. 7 Sandrine Van Eeckhoudt Belgium · #2,067,989 worldwide 712 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 F. Kreutz Belgium · #2,540,939 worldwide 1k citations · 28 works
  9. 9 Christian Focan Belgium · #2,573,226 worldwide 6.8k citations · 172 works
  10. 10 Benoit Monami Belgium · #2,809,584 worldwide 814 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Clinique Saint-Joseph

What are the most cited papers from Clinique Saint-Joseph?

The most cited paper from Clinique Saint-Joseph is "A Clinical Trial of Vena Caval Filters in the Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Proximal Deep-Vein Thrombosis" (Hervé Decousus, Alain Leizorovicz, Florence Parent et al., 1998), with 1,721 citations. Next come "Comparative Diagnostic Performances of Auscultation, Chest Radiography, and Lung Ultrasonography in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome" (1,089) and "High prevalence of ischaemia, infection and serious comorbidity in patients with diabetic foot disease in Europe. Baseline results from the Eurodiale study" (1,022).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Clinical Trial of Vena Caval Filters in the Prevention of Pulmonary Embolism in Patients with Proximal Deep-Vein Thrombosis Hervé Decousus, Alain Leizorovicz, Florence Parent et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Feb 1998 1,721
2 Comparative Diagnostic Performances of Auscultation, Chest Radiography, and Lung Ultrasonography in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Daniel A. Lichtenstein, Ivan Goldstein, Eric Mourgeon et al. · Anesthesiology Open access 24 Dec 2003 1,089
3 High prevalence of ischaemia, infection and serious comorbidity in patients with diabetic foot disease in Europe. Baseline results from the Eurodiale study L. Prompers, Maya S. Huijberts, Jan Apelqvist et al. · Diabetologia Open access 8 Nov 2006 1,022
4 Prediction of outcome in individuals with diabetic foot ulcers: focus on the differences between individuals with and without peripheral arterial disease. The EURODIALE Study L. Prompers, Nicolaas C. Schaper, Jan Apelqvist et al. · Diabetologia Open access 22 Feb 2008 1,017
5 ESTRO consensus guideline on target volume delineation for elective radiation therapy of early stage breast cancer Birgitte Vrou Offersen, Liesbeth Jorinne Boersma, Carine Kirkove et al. · Radiotherapy and Oncology Open access 2015 740
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Clinique Saint-Joseph?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Complications, Treatment, Atherosclerosis, Clinical Guidelines, Diagnosis, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Quality of Life.

▲ 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. Epidemiology22▲ 3.7×77 topics
  2. Treatment8▲ 4.3×28 topics
  3. Diagnosis6▲ 4.6×26 topics
  4. Quality of Life6▲ 3.0×24 topics
  5. Inflammation6▲ 1.98×27 topics
  6. Complications6▲ 8.2×14 topics
  7. Risk Factors5▲ 3.3×16 topics
  8. Atherosclerosis5▲ 12×7 topics
  9. Clinical Guidelines5▲ 12×6 topics
  10. Clinical Trials5▲ 4.8×11 topics
  11. Cardiovascular Disease4▲ 2.7×14 topics
  12. Mental Health4▲ 2.1×10 topics
  13. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 20×3 topics
  14. Metabolic Syndrome4▲ 3.3×13 topics
  15. Genetic Mutations4▲ 5.7×14 topics
  16. Heart Failure4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  17. SARS-CoV-24▲ 8.0×6 topics
  18. Psychological Interventions3▲ 17×4 topics
  19. Surgical Management3▲ 5.2×10 topics
  20. Guidelines3▲ 4.4×10 topics
  21. Rehabilitation3▲ 4.8×10 topics
  22. Vaccine3▲ 4.8×6 topics
  23. ACE2 Receptor3▲ 8.1×3 topics
  24. Biomechanics3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  25. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 6.8×2 topics
  26. Endothelial Function2▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Prophylaxis2▲ 13×4 topics
  28. Erectile Dysfunction2▲ 52×1 topic
  29. Healthcare Legislation2▲ 28×1 topic
  30. Palliative Care2▲ 10×2 topics
  31. Patient Outcomes2▲ 25×3 topics
  32. Patient Rights2▲ 23×1 topic
  33. Sexual Dysfunction2▲ 52×1 topic
  34. Coronavirus2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  35. Guideline Development2▲ 76×1 topic
  36. Hemostasis2▲ 15×3 topics
  37. Quality Assessment2▲ 8.0×1 topic
  38. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment2▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Coronary Stents2▲ 33×1 topic
  40. Myocardial Revascularization2▲ 33×1 topic

Which research topics does Clinique Saint-Joseph publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Sexual function and dysfunction studies, Health, Medicine and Society, Clinical practice guidelines implementation and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Sexual function and dysf…2Sexual function and dysfunction studies: 2 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…2Health, Medicine and Society: 2 fractional worksClinical practice guidelines implementation: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…2Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksVascular Procedures and …2Vascular Procedures and Complications: 2 fractional worksDiabetes Treatment and Management: 2 fractional worksPsychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research: 2 fractional worksPeripheral Artery Diseas…2Peripheral Artery Disease Management: 2 fractional worksCentral Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis: 2 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 2 fractional works
Psychiatry and Mental healthGeneral Health ProfessionsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSurgery5 others

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

  1. 1 Sexual function and dysfunction studies Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  2. 2 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 2 works
  3. 3 Clinical practice guidelines implementation Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 2 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Vascular Procedures and Complications Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Diabetes Treatment and Management Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism 2 works
  7. 7 Psychoanalysis and Psychopathology Research Clinical Psychology 2 works
  8. 8 Peripheral Artery Disease Management Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Central Venous Catheters and Hemodialysis Emergency Medical Services 2 works
  10. 10 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 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 available25.1%not open74.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.9%domestic only80.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Clinique Saint-Joseph's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 19% 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 Clinique Saint-Joseph as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00081% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%Clinique Saint-Joseph0.00060% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Clinique Saint-Joseph 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 2025Clinique Saint-Joseph7.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 15.7% in 2011.

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