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de Duve Institute

In research, de Duve Institute stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,804 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#1,629 of 8,541 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#1,276 of 6,403 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,458
of 22,385 · #2,357 all time
Rank in Belgium
#30
of 105
Research works
1k
▲ 13% vs 2018-21
Citations
57k
55.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
14.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.16×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
61%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
de Duve Institute

What is de Duve Institute 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 #1,804 of 9,902 18.3%73 #1118
MedicineField #1,629 of 8,541 18.5%70 #1013
Life SciencesDomain #1,276 of 6,403 11.7%70 #929

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where de Duve Institute 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 of those standings moved

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

  1. Health Sciences#1,118 #1,804
  2. Medicine#1,013 #1,629
  3. Life Sciences#929 #1,276
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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

Which fields of science does de Duve Institute work in?

In 2022-now, 45% of research at de Duve Institute is in Health Sciences, 43% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (43%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (31%), Immunology and Microbiology (6%). It does 3.0× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 81 fractional works · 44.9% of its workMedicine: 78 fractional works · 43.1% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 5.8% of its workOncology: 9 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPhysiology: 8 fractional works · 4.5% of its workNeurology: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workHematology: 5 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 5 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 2.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPharmacy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 77 fractional works · 42.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 56 fractional works · 30.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 29 fractional works · 15.8% of its workGenetics: 9 fractional works · 4.9% of its workCancer Research: 7 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCell Biology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEndocrinology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMolecular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 10 fractional works · 5.7% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMicrobiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 4.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 14 fractional works · 7.8% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 4.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKde Duve Institute181fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences43%Physical Sciences8%Health Sciences45%Social Sciences5%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine7843.1%
    2. Health Professions21.0%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    4. Nursing00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5630.8%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology105.7%
    3. Neuroscience94.7%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences21.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Computer Science31.9%
    2. Chemistry31.8%
    3. Engineering31.5%
    4. Environmental Science21.3%
    5. Materials Science10.5%
    6. Energy10.3%
    7. Physics and Astronomy00.2%
    8. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Social Sciences42.1%
    2. Psychology21.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities20.9%
    4. Decision Sciences10.3%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
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: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 5.77× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.66× its world share, 10 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.91× its world share, 8 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.48× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.16× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.24× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.38× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.24× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.52× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, 5.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology5.77×56 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology5.66×10 works
  3. Neuroscience2.91×8 works
  4. Medicine2.24×78 works
  5. Veterinary1.33×0 works
  6. Chemistry1.16×3 works
  7. Dentistry0.63×1 works
  8. Nursing0.52×0 works
  9. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.48×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.38×2 works
  11. Energy0.37×1 works
  12. Psychology0.36×2 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.31×2 works
  14. Decision Sciences0.30×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.28×2 works
  16. Environmental Science0.26×2 works
  17. Computer Science0.24×3 works
  18. Social Sciences0.17×4 works
  19. Materials Science0.15×1 works
  20. Mathematics0.12×0 works
  21. Physics and Astronomy0.11×0 works
  22. Engineering0.10×3 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.06×0 works
  24. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.05×0 works

Who are the top researchers at de Duve Institute?

Ranked on the quality score, Miikka Vikkula, Laurent Gatto and Laure Dumoutier lead among researchers whose main affiliation is de Duve Institute.

  1. 1 Miikka Vikkula Belgium · #30,777 worldwide 28k citations · 952 works
  2. 2 Laurent Gatto Belgium · #141,733 worldwide 22k citations · 199 works
  3. 3 Laure Dumoutier Belgium · #175,103 worldwide 9.7k citations · 119 works
  4. 4 Pascal Brouillard Belgium · #184,054 worldwide 3.2k citations · 84 works
  5. 5 Guido T. Bommer Belgium · #236,538 worldwide 5.6k citations · 107 works
  6. 6 Jean‐François Collet Belgium · #259,370 worldwide 8.5k citations · 198 works
  7. 7 Frédéric P. Lemaigre Belgium · #301,579 worldwide 11k citations · 172 works
  8. 8 Younès Achouri Belgium · #317,008 worldwide 4.6k citations · 81 works
  9. 9 Thomas Michiels Belgium · #334,944 worldwide 8.1k citations · 142 works
  10. 10 Nisha Limaye Belgium · #349,602 worldwide 4.1k citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at de Duve Institute

What are the most cited papers from de Duve Institute?

The most cited paper from de Duve Institute is "A unique clonal JAK2 mutation leading to constitutive signalling causes polycythaemia vera" (Chloé James, Valérie Ugo, Jean‐Pierre Le Couedic et al., 2005), with 3,573 citations. Next come "A Gene Encoding an Antigen Recognized by Cytolytic T Lymphocytes on a Human Melanoma" (3,560) and "Evidence for a tumoral immune resistance mechanism based on tryptophan degradation by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase" (2,325).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A unique clonal JAK2 mutation leading to constitutive signalling causes polycythaemia vera Chloé James, Valérie Ugo, Jean‐Pierre Le Couedic et al. · Nature 27 Mar 2005 3,573
2 A Gene Encoding an Antigen Recognized by Cytolytic T Lymphocytes on a Human Melanoma Pierre van der Bruggen, Catia Traversari, Patrick Chomez et al. · Science 13 Dec 1991 3,560
3 Evidence for a tumoral immune resistance mechanism based on tryptophan degradation by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase Catherine Uyttenhove, Luc Pilotte, Ivan Théate et al. · Nature Medicine 21 Sep 2003 2,325
4 The Genome of the African Trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei Matthew Berriman et al. · Science 102 authors 14 Jul 2005 1,699
5 Role of PFKFB3-Driven Glycolysis in Vessel Sprouting Katrien De Bock et al. · Cell Open access Aug 2013 1,617
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at de Duve Institute?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Genetic Mutations, Epidemiology, Tumor Microenvironment, Gene Expression, Oxidative Stress and Stem Cells.

▲ 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. Epidemiology14▲ 1.99×56 topics
  2. Inflammation14▲ 3.7×47 topics
  3. Cancer11▲ 4.7×29 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress9▲ 3.2×31 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations8▲ 9.6×17 topics
  6. Gene Expression7▲ 6.2×16 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment7▲ 8.6×8 topics
  8. Stem Cells6▲ 12×11 topics
  9. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.0×12 topics
  10. Aging5▲ 5.1×8 topics
  11. Antibiotic Resistance5▲ 7.2×8 topics
  12. Innate Immunity5▲ 8.8×9 topics
  13. Prognostic Factors5▲ 5.9×9 topics
  14. Cancer Therapy4▲ 4.4×10 topics
  15. Metabolism4▲ 4.6×9 topics
  16. Tumor Suppression4▲ 32×4 topics
  17. Immunity4▲ 5.6×9 topics
  18. Clinical Management4▲ 12×5 topics
  19. Embolization4▲ 33×2 topics
  20. Hematopoietic Stem Cells4▲ 25×3 topics
  21. Angiogenesis4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  22. Cell Signaling4▲ 12×11 topics
  23. Gene Regulation4▲ 20×4 topics
  24. Membrane Proteins4▲ 25×3 topics
  25. RNA-Seq4▲ 17×2 topics
  26. RNA Regulation3▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Signal Transduction3▲ 12×4 topics
  28. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 11×8 topics
  29. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 9.9×6 topics
  30. Radiosurgery3▲ 19×2 topics
  31. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 31×2 topics
  32. Single-Cell3▲ 34×1 topic
  33. Transcriptomics3▲ 34×1 topic
  34. Hemangiomas3▲ 78×1 topic
  35. Mechanotransduction3▲ 25×4 topics
  36. Vascular Malformations3▲ 78×1 topic
  37. Arteriovenous Malformations3▲ 75×1 topic
  38. Cerebral Cavernous Malformations3▲ 75×1 topic
  39. Stromal Cells3▲ 20×2 topics
  40. Bacterial Physiology3▲ 62×1 topic

Which research topics does de Duve Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas, Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment and Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology.

Single-cell and spatial …3Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksVascular Malformations a…3Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 3 fractional worksVascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 3 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…3Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 3 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, a…3Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 3 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…2Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional worksErythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologySurgeryNeurologyGenetics3 others

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

  1. 1 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 3 works
  4. 4 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 3 works
  5. 5 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 3 works
  6. 6 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  7. 7 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 2 works
  8. 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 2 works
  10. 10 Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology Physiology 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 available61.2%not open38.8%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.2%domestic only63.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has de Duve Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 13% 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 de Duve Institute as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00066% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%de Duve Institute0.00074% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of de Duve Institute 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 counting20%40%de Duve Institute12.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 32.6% in 2011.

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