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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

In research, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc stands highest in Medicine (#464 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#696 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,163 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Rheumatology, Hematology and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine — Rheumatology is 7.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,088
of 28,054 · #2,750 all time
Rank in Belgium
#16
of 138
Research works
7.8k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
182k
23.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
16.5%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #464 of 10,443 15.8%822 #415
Health SciencesDomain #696 of 11,982 15.8%863 #548
Life SciencesDomain #2,163 of 7,800 18.4%144 #1956
SurgerySubfield #781 of 1,816 11.9%128 #437
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #624 of 1,144 14.0%98 #592
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,858 of 3,579 18.5%81 #2607

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc 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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#415 #464
  2. Health Sciences#548 #696
  3. Life Sciences#1,956 #2,163
  4. Surgery#437 #781
  5. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#592 #624
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#2,607 #2,858
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Rheumatology takes 7.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. RheumatologySubfield · 37.5 works7.7×
  2. HematologySubfield · 24.2 works7.5×
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 97.8 works5.9×
← 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: 0.09× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.42× its world share, 81 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.58× its world share, 28 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.61× its world share, 28 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.76× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.08× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 4 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.26× its world share, 6 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.74× its world share, 9 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.99× its world share, 822 worksMedicineNursing: 1.28× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.08× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.40× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 10 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc?

Ranked on the composite score, Agnès Pasquet, Ivan Borbath and Alexandre Persu lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc.

  1. 1 Agnès Pasquet Belgium · #2,472 worldwide 1.4k citations · 108 works
  2. 2 Ivan Borbath Belgium · #6,917 worldwide 1.7k citations · 54 works
  3. 3 Alexandre Persu Belgium · #7,750 worldwide 808 citations · 81 works
  4. 4 Michel Jadoul Belgium · #23,513 worldwide 404 citations · 73 works
  5. 5 Yves Humblet Belgium · #25,593 worldwide 495 citations · 58 works
  6. 6 David Glineur Belgium · #33,673 worldwide 793 citations · 33 works
  7. 7 Daniel Léonard Belgium · #36,409 worldwide 368 citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Alex Kartheuser Belgium · #39,962 worldwide 296 citations · 35 works
  9. 9 Francis Veyckemans Belgium · #43,103 worldwide 327 citations · 45 works
  10. 10 Bernhard Gerber Belgium · #48,467 worldwide 518 citations · 80 works
All ranked researchers at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc

Which keywords describe research at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Inflammation, Treatment, Management, Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Genetic Mutations.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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. Epidemiology117▲ 2.8×110 topics
  2. Inflammation68▲ 3.1×73 topics
  3. Diagnosis54▲ 5.4×38 topics
  4. Treatment52▲ 4.0×43 topics
  5. Management40▲ 4.8×28 topics
  6. Chemotherapy37▲ 4.9×24 topics
  7. Quality of Life35▲ 2.3×34 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress34▲ 1.94×47 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease31▲ 2.6×34 topics
  10. Clinical Practice Guidelines30▲ 5.1×14 topics
  11. Immunotherapy29▲ 3.8×18 topics
  12. Metabolic Syndrome29▲ 3.3×20 topics
  13. Genetic Mutations28▲ 5.9×22 topics
  14. Surgical Management27▲ 6.1×20 topics
  15. Risk Factors26▲ 2.2×25 topics
  16. Cancer25▲ 1.74×44 topics
  17. Complications25▲ 4.7×17 topics
  18. Autoantibodies24▲ 9.5×8 topics
  19. Cardiovascular Risk23▲ 7.0×9 topics
  20. Obesity21▲ 2.6×17 topics
  21. Radiotherapy21▲ 5.2×13 topics
  22. Heart Failure21▲ 4.6×12 topics
  23. Prognostic Factors21▲ 4.5×14 topics
  24. Clinical Trials20▲ 2.8×15 topics
  25. Genetics20▲ 2.6×19 topics
  26. Guidelines20▲ 4.0×12 topics
  27. Echocardiography20▲ 6.7×8 topics
  28. Insulin Resistance18▲ 3.8×10 topics
  29. Tumor Microenvironment18▲ 3.8×8 topics
  30. Cytokines15▲ 4.8×7 topics
  31. Pathophysiology14▲ 4.5×11 topics
  32. Hepatocellular Carcinoma14▲ 6.4×3 topics
  33. Graft Survival14▲ 16×3 topics
  34. Liver Transplantation14▲ 11×5 topics
  35. Immunosuppressive Therapy14▲ 7.0×8 topics
  36. Pain Management14▲ 5.7×9 topics
  37. Neoadjuvant Therapy14▲ 5.4×5 topics
  38. Fibrosis13▲ 6.7×8 topics
  39. Prophylaxis13▲ 9.5×4 topics
  40. Cardiac Surgery11▲ 15×2 topics

Which research topics does Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Reproductive Biology and Fertility and Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers.

Rheumatoid Arthritis Res…10Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 10 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…9Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 9 fractional worksReproductive Biology and Fertility: 9 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksOrgan Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease and Transplantation: 8 fractional worksLiver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment: 8 fractional worksCongenital Heart Disease…8Congenital Heart Disease Studies: 8 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 7 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and Research: 7 fractional works
RheumatologyCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthOncology4 others

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

  1. 1 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 10 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 9 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 9 works
  4. 4 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  5. 5 Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes Surgery 8 works
  6. 6 Liver Disease and Transplantation Hepatology 8 works
  7. 7 Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment Epidemiology 8 works
  8. 8 Congenital Heart Disease Studies Epidemiology 8 works
  9. 9 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 7 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 available37.0%not open63.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors19.4%domestic only80.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% higher than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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