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Digipolis (Belgium)

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Research works
5
▲ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
10
1.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.8%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
73%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Digipolis (Belgium)

Not ranked overall: Digipolis (Belgium) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Digipolis (Belgium) work in?

In all years, 85% of research at Digipolis (Belgium) is in Health Sciences, 14% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (85%), Computer Science (8%), Physics and Astronomy (5%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 5 fractional works · 85.2% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 85.2% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 28.5% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 26.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 17.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 6.0% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 13.7% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 7.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 4.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workTheoretical Computer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workLife Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workALL ITS WORKDigipolis(Belgium)5fractional works, all years
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences14%Health Sciences85%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 5 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine585.2%
    1. Computer Science07.7%
    2. Physics and Astronomy04.6%
    3. Mathematics01.5%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

Who are the top researchers at Digipolis (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, Erik Mertens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Digipolis (Belgium).

  1. 1 Erik Mertens Belgium · #3,451,141 worldwide 365 citations · 48 works
All ranked researchers at Digipolis (Belgium)

What are the most cited papers from Digipolis (Belgium)?

The most cited paper from Digipolis (Belgium) is "Performance and Safety of the Extended Depth of Focus Implantable Collamer® Lens (EDOF ICL) in Phakic Subjects with Presbyopia" (Mark Packer, José Fernando Alfonso, Jaime Aramberri et al., 2020), with 24 citations. Next come "Bilateral Implantation of a New Refractive Multi-Segmented Multifocal Intraocular Lens in Cataract or Refractive Lens Exchange Patients" (8) and "Evaluating the Predictive Accuracy of an AI-Based Tool for Postoperative Vault Estimation in Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation" (4).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Performance and Safety of the Extended Depth of Focus Implantable Collamer® Lens (EDOF ICL) in Phakic Subjects with Presbyopia Mark Packer, José Fernando Alfonso, Jaime Aramberri et al. · Clinical ophthalmology Open access Sep 2020 24
2 Bilateral Implantation of a New Refractive Multi-Segmented Multifocal Intraocular Lens in Cataract or Refractive Lens Exchange Patients Mike P. Holzer, Rudy M.M.A. Nuijts, Soraya MR Jonker et al. · Clinical ophthalmology Open access May 2021 8
3 Evaluating the Predictive Accuracy of an AI-Based Tool for Postoperative Vault Estimation in Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation Roger Zaldívar, Roberto Zaldívar, Arthur Bernard Cummings et al. · Clinical ophthalmology Open access Jun 2025 4
4 Lenspeak – Taking A Leaf From Classification Of Diamonds ! Sheraz M. Daya, Erik Mertens, Francesco Carones et al. · ESCRS Abstracts Open access 31 Mar 2026 0
5 Real World Observation Of Rotational Stability Of Two Different Phakic Toric Intraocular Lenses Anika Förster, Erik Mertens, Burkhard Dick et al. · ESCRS Abstracts Open access 31 Mar 2026 0
All 6 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which research topics does Digipolis (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies, Medical Case Reports and Studies and Restless Legs Syndrome Research.

Intraocular Surgery and …1Intraocular Surgery and Lenses: 1 fractional worksOphthalmology and Visual…0Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies: 0 fractional worksMedical Case Reports and…0Medical Case Reports and Studies: 0 fractional worksRestless Legs Syndrome Research: 0 fractional worksCorneal surgery and disorders: 0 fractional worksTrigeminal Neuralgia and…0Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments: 0 fractional worksOcular Infections and Treatments: 0 fractional worksRetinal and Macular Surgery: 0 fractional worksTraumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries: 0 fractional worksHistory and Theory of Mathematics: 0 fractional works
OphthalmologyEpidemiologySurgeryRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging2 others

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

  1. 1 Intraocular Surgery and Lenses Ophthalmology 1 works
  2. 2 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  3. 3 Medical Case Reports and Studies Surgery 0 works
  4. 4 Restless Legs Syndrome Research Epidemiology 0 works
  5. 5 Corneal surgery and disorders Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  6. 6 Trigeminal Neuralgia and Treatments Pathology and Forensic Medicine 0 works
  7. 7 Ocular Infections and Treatments Ophthalmology 0 works
  8. 8 Retinal and Macular Surgery Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 0 works
  9. 9 Traumatic Ocular and Foreign Body Injuries Ophthalmology 0 works
  10. 10 History and Theory of Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science 0 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 available72.6%not open27.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors36.1%domestic only63.9%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Digipolis (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% higher than in 2018-2021.

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