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de Duve Institute

In research, de Duve Institute stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,830 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,377 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#5,890 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,407
of 28,054 · #4,641 all time
Rank in Belgium
#33
of 138
Research works
1k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
57k
55.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
29.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
61%
world 28%

What is de Duve Institute 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,830 of 7,800 35.8%70 #1985
MedicineField #4,377 of 10,443 26.1%70 #4309
Health SciencesDomain #5,890 of 11,982 25.8%73 #5757

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 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. Life Sciences#1,985 #2,830
  2. Medicine#4,309 #4,377
  3. Health Sciences#5,757 #5,890
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.

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: 5.82× its world share, 51 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.59× its world share, 9 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.62× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.27× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.26× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.23× its world share, 70 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.47× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.32× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× 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.

Who are the top researchers at de Duve Institute?

Ranked on the composite score, Pierre G. Coulie, Paul A.M. Michels and Judith Staerk lead among researchers whose main affiliation is de Duve Institute.

  1. 1 Pierre G. Coulie · #54,764 worldwide 313 citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Paul A.M. Michels · #144,071 worldwide 232 citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Judith Staerk · #306,889 worldwide 183 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Mark H. Rider · #332,347 worldwide 108 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Didier Vertommen · #513,245 worldwide 76 citations · 28 works
  6. 6 Sophie Lucas · #569,344 worldwide 62 citations · 26 works
  7. 7 Antonella Mendola · #661,926 worldwide 52 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Miikka Vikkula · #754,437 worldwide 213 citations · 228 works
  9. 9 Donatienne Tyteca · #1,051,586 worldwide 28 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at de Duve Institute

Which keywords describe research at de Duve Institute?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Genetic Mutations, Epidemiology, Gene Expression, Tumor Microenvironment, Stem Cells and Oxidative Stress.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 2.0×54 topics
  2. Inflammation13▲ 3.7×45 topics
  3. Cancer10▲ 4.7×29 topics
  4. Oxidative Stress8▲ 3.0×29 topics
  5. Genetic Mutations7▲ 9.7×17 topics
  6. Gene Expression7▲ 6.7×15 topics
  7. Tumor Microenvironment6▲ 8.3×8 topics
  8. Stem Cells5▲ 13×11 topics
  9. Immunotherapy5▲ 4.1×11 topics
  10. Innate Immunity5▲ 9.1×9 topics
  11. Aging5▲ 5.2×8 topics
  12. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 7.2×7 topics
  13. Cancer Therapy4▲ 4.5×10 topics
  14. Prognostic Factors4▲ 5.7×9 topics
  15. Metabolism4▲ 4.8×9 topics
  16. Tumor Suppression4▲ 32×3 topics
  17. Hematopoietic Stem Cells4▲ 24×3 topics
  18. Immunity4▲ 5.3×9 topics
  19. RNA-Seq3▲ 18×2 topics
  20. Gene Regulation3▲ 22×4 topics
  21. Signal Transduction3▲ 13×4 topics
  22. Cell Signaling3▲ 12×9 topics
  23. Clinical Management3▲ 11×5 topics
  24. Extracellular Matrix3▲ 11×6 topics
  25. RNA Regulation3▲ 18×2 topics
  26. Transcriptional Regulation3▲ 12×8 topics
  27. Angiogenesis3▲ 5.6×6 topics
  28. Membrane Proteins3▲ 26×3 topics
  29. Single-Cell3▲ 41×1 topic
  30. Transcriptomics3▲ 41×1 topic
  31. Embolization3▲ 26×2 topics
  32. Mechanotransduction3▲ 25×4 topics
  33. Radiosurgery3▲ 18×2 topics
  34. Stromal Cells3▲ 21×2 topics
  35. Endovascular Treatment3▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Bacterial Physiology2▲ 73×1 topic
  37. Cellular Homeostasis2▲ 41×1 topic
  38. Mass Spectrometry2▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Pattern Recognition Receptors2▲ 12×3 topics
  40. Hemangiomas2▲ 68×1 topic

Which research topics does de Duve Institute publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics, Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence and Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas.

Single-cell and spatial …3Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and B…2Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 2 fractional worksTelomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations a…2Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas: 2 fractional worksVascular Malformations D…2Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment: 2 fractional worksPancreatic function and diabetes: 2 fractional worksAcute Myeloid Leukemia Research: 2 fractional worksPancreatitis Pathology a…2Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment: 2 fractional worksinterferon and immune responses: 2 fractional worksCancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyGeneticsPhysiologySurgery4 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 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 2 works
  3. 3 Telomeres, Telomerase, and Senescence Physiology 2 works
  4. 4 Vascular Malformations and Hemangiomas Surgery 2 works
  5. 5 Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment Neurology 2 works
  6. 6 Pancreatic function and diabetes Surgery 2 works
  7. 7 Acute Myeloid Leukemia Research Hematology 2 works
  8. 8 Pancreatitis Pathology and Treatment Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 interferon and immune responses Immunology 2 works
  10. 10 Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism Cancer Research 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has de Duve Institute's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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