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Domus Medica

In research, Domus Medica stands highest in Health Sciences (#10,040 of 16,688 worldwide), Social Sciences (#9,098 of 14,833 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,257 of 9,330 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#13,301
of 22,385 · #10,873 all time
Rank in Belgium
#60
of 105
Research works
541
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.6k
10.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.97×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Domus Medica

What is Domus Medica known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #10,040 of 16,688 9.2%156
Social SciencesDomain #9,098 of 14,833 8.2%245
Social SciencesField #6,257 of 9,330 9.1%130

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Domus Medica 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 Domus Medica work in?

In 2022-now, 46% of research at Domus Medica is in Social Sciences, 27% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (25%), Medicine (20%), Computer Science (8%). It does 1.8× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 55 fractional works · 45.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 25.0% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 8.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 7 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workDemography: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnthropology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 5.6% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAccounting: 3 fractional works · 2.5% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workManagement Information Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 4.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workFinance: 3 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 32 fractional works · 26.9% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 20.4% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 3.6% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workHealth Professions: 8 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 19.4% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 8.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 2.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 6 fractional works · 5.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMathematical Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 9 fractional works · 7.8% of its workNeuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKDomus Medica121fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences19%Health Sciences27%Social Sciences46%

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. Social Sciences3025.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities75.6%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting65.1%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance64.8%
    5. Psychology43.2%
    6. Decision Sciences32.3%
    1. Medicine2520.4%
    2. Health Professions86.3%
    3. Veterinary00.1%
    4. Nursing00.1%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Computer Science108.3%
    2. Engineering65.3%
    3. Environmental Science32.7%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences11.1%
    5. Physics and Astronomy10.8%
    6. Mathematics10.8%
    7. Materials Science00.4%
    1. Neuroscience43.2%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences32.9%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.5%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.2%
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: 0.60× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.99× its world share, 4 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.06× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.55× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.37× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.38× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.06× its world share, 25 worksMedicineNursing: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.93× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.57× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.34× its world share, 3 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.23× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.98× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Health Professions, 2.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 22 fields, with their numbers
  1. Health Professions2.38×8 works
  2. Decision Sciences2.34×3 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.23×6 works
  4. Neuroscience1.99×4 works
  5. Social Sciences1.98×30 works
  6. Arts and Humanities1.93×7 works
  7. Business, Management and Accounting1.57×6 works
  8. Computer Science1.06×10 works
  9. Medicine1.06×25 works
  10. Psychology1.03×4 works
  11. Veterinary0.76×0 works
  12. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.73×1 works
  13. Mathematics0.66×1 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.60×3 works
  15. Environmental Science0.55×3 works
  16. Physics and Astronomy0.37×1 works
  17. Engineering0.35×6 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.28×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.23×0 works
  20. Nursing0.14×0 works
  21. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  22. Dentistry0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Domus Medica?

Ranked on the quality score, Saint Augustine, Sigurd Enebo and Ettore Bortolotti lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Domus Medica.

  1. 1 Saint Augustine Belgium · #1,938,567 worldwide 278 citations · 76 works
  2. 2 Sigurd Enebo Belgium · #2,709,514 worldwide 6 citations · 30 works
  3. 3 Ettore Bortolotti Belgium · #2,803,894 worldwide 39 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 Jean Pey Belgium · #4,489,962 worldwide 15 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Vincenzo Cappelletti Belgium · #5,048,814 worldwide 83 citations · 36 works
  6. 6 Edward Sztafrowski Belgium · #5,488,618 worldwide 27 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Maude Traullé Belgium · #5,620,861 worldwide 41 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Domus Medica

What are the most cited papers from Domus Medica?

The most cited paper from Domus Medica is "Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack" (Walter N. Kernan, Bruce I Ovbiagele, Henry Richard Black et al., 2014), with 5,218 citations. Next come "American Medical Education 100 Years after the Flexner Report" (897) and "CNVs conferring risk of autism or schizophrenia affect cognition in controls" (737).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Guidelines for the Prevention of Stroke in Patients With Stroke and Transient Ischemic Attack Walter N. Kernan, Bruce I Ovbiagele, Henry Richard Black et al. · Stroke May 2014 5,218
2 American Medical Education 100 Years after the Flexner Report Molly Cooke, David M. Irby, William F. Sullivan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine 27 Sep 2006 897
3 CNVs conferring risk of autism or schizophrenia affect cognition in controls Hreinn Stefánsson et al. · Nature Open access 18 Dec 2013 737
4 Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer David S. Ettinger et al. · Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network Open access Jul 2010 736
5 Major depressive disorder predicts cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease. Robert M. Carney, Michael W. Rich, Kenneth E. Freedland et al. · Psychosomatic Medicine Nov 1988 680
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Domus Medica?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Globalization, Public Health, Online Learning, Qualitative Research, Small and Medium Enterprises, Public Policy, Brazil and Weight Loss.

▲ 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. Globalization7▲ 3.0×15 topics
  2. Epidemiology6▲ 1.30×44 topics
  3. Public Health6▲ 3.4×15 topics
  4. Education5▲ 2.3×21 topics
  5. Online Learning4▲ 4.5×11 topics
  6. Inflammation4▲ 1.73×17 topics
  7. Qualitative Research4▲ 4.2×11 topics
  8. Educational Technology4▲ 2.9×13 topics
  9. Quality of Life4▲ 2.2×16 topics
  10. Healthcare4▲ 2.7×9 topics
  11. Economic Development4▲ 3.6×7 topics
  12. E-Learning3▲ 2.9×8 topics
  13. Public Policy3▲ 5.7×8 topics
  14. Risk Factors3▲ 2.4×8 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage3▲ 4.8×8 topics
  16. Character Education3▲ 5.0×4 topics
  17. Curriculum Development3▲ 3.5×8 topics
  18. Aging3▲ 4.3×7 topics
  19. Democracy3▲ 6.7×5 topics
  20. Small and Medium Enterprises3▲ 13×4 topics
  21. Brazil3▲ 24×4 topics
  22. Corporate Governance3▲ 3.1×8 topics
  23. Risk Management3▲ 4.7×4 topics
  24. Weight Loss3▲ 14×2 topics
  25. Digital Learning2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  26. Cultural Identity2▲ 4.0×6 topics
  27. Ethics2▲ 3.9×7 topics
  28. Social Responsibility2▲ 8.5×6 topics
  29. Financial Crisis2▲ 15×6 topics
  30. Prevention2▲ 4.1×7 topics
  31. European Union2▲ 7.6×3 topics
  32. Inequality2▲ 7.2×3 topics
  33. Language2▲ 6.7×5 topics
  34. Discourse Analysis2▲ 6.4×4 topics
  35. Healthcare Access2▲ 5.7×4 topics
  36. Political Economy2▲ 6.0×2 topics
  37. Social Determinants of Health2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Social Welfare2▲ 15×2 topics
  39. Aging Population2▲ 15×2 topics
  40. Assistance Programs2▲ 53×1 topic

Which research topics does Domus Medica publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Social and Political Issues, Embodied and Extended Cognition, Sports and Physical Education Research and Adipose Tissue and Metabolism.

Social and Political Iss…2Social and Political Issues: 2 fractional worksEmbodied and Extended Co…1Embodied and Extended Cognition: 1 fractional worksSports and Physical Education Research: 1 fractional worksAdipose Tissue and Metab…1Adipose Tissue and Metabolism: 1 fractional worksDiet and metabolism stud…1Diet and metabolism studies: 1 fractional worksDietary Effects on Health: 1 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 1 fractional worksFinance, Markets, and Re…1Finance, Markets, and Regulation: 1 fractional worksEducation and Character Development: 1 fractional worksHealth, Nursing, Elderly Care: 1 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceCognitive NeurosciencePhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and RehabilitationPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Social and Political Issues Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  2. 2 Embodied and Extended Cognition Cognitive Neuroscience 1 works
  3. 3 Sports and Physical Education Research Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 1 works
  4. 4 Adipose Tissue and Metabolism Physiology 1 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 1 works
  6. 6 Dietary Effects on Health Physiology 1 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 1 works
  8. 8 Finance, Markets, and Regulation Finance 1 works
  9. 9 Education and Character Development Education 1 works
  10. 10 Health, Nursing, Elderly Care General Health Professions 1 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 available55.6%not open44.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.0%domestic only54.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Domus Medica's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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 Domus Medica as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00059% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Domus Medica0.00047% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Domus Medica 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 counting5%10%15%Domus Medica10.9% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 12.9% in 2015.

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