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Erasmus University College Brussels

In research, Erasmus University College Brussels stands highest in Social Sciences (#5,468 of 14,833 worldwide), Social Sciences (#5,812 of 9,330 worldwide) and Arts and Humanities (#2,524 of 3,511 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#11,237
of 34,923
Rank in Belgium
#70
of 220
Research works
882
▼ 26% vs 2018-21
Citations
6.8k
7.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.73×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
11%
world 40%
International
10%
world 18%
Erasmus University College Brussels

What is Erasmus University College Brussels 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
Social SciencesDomain #5,468 of 14,833 5.5%527
Social SciencesField #5,812 of 9,330 2.9%236
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,524 of 3,511 8.2%198
Physical SciencesDomain #12,733 of 17,446 7.5%186

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Erasmus University College Brussels 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 Erasmus University College Brussels work in?

In 2022-now, 37% of research at Erasmus University College Brussels is in Social Sciences, 31% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (27%), Medicine (21%), Environmental Science (12%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 9 fractional works · 36.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 27.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 3 fractional works · 13.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 5.4% of its workCommunication: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMusic: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 8 fractional works · 30.7% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 20.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 6.7% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 3.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workResearch and Theory: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical Sciences: 5 fractional works · 19.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 12.3% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 4.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science Applications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 2.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 12.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 6.3% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKErasmusUniversity…25fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences20%Health Sciences31%Social Sciences37%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences727.0%
    2. Psychology13.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities12.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting01.3%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.3%
    6. Decision Sciences01.3%
    1. Medicine520.9%
    2. Health Professions26.7%
    3. Nursing13.1%
    1. Environmental Science312.3%
    2. Computer Science12.6%
    3. Engineering12.1%
    4. Chemistry01.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    6. Materials Science00.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology210.1%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.9%
    3. Neuroscience00.3%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.3%
    5. 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: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.89× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.17× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.77× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.07× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.49× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 2.53× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.09× its world share, 5 worksMedicineNursing: 6.37× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.00× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.33× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.99× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.14× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.37×1 works
  2. Health Professions2.53×2 works
  3. Environmental Science2.49×3 works
  4. Social Sciences2.14×7 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.89×2 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.33×0 works
  7. Medicine1.09×5 works
  8. Chemistry1.07×0 works
  9. Arts and Humanities1.00×1 works
  10. Psychology0.99×1 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.77×0 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.63×0 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.47×0 works
  14. Business, Management and Accounting0.42×0 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.40×0 works
  16. Computer Science0.34×1 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.19×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.17×0 works
  19. Engineering0.14×0 works
  20. Materials Science0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Erasmus University College Brussels?

Ranked on the quality score, Frank Boers, Mohamed Ali Abdelfattah Hamoda Daowd and Seth Lindstromberg lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Erasmus University College Brussels.

  1. 1 Frank Boers Belgium · #607,313 worldwide 8.8k citations · 321 works
  2. 2 Mohamed Ali Abdelfattah Hamoda Daowd Belgium · #879,840 worldwide 1.4k citations · 38 works
  3. 3 Seth Lindstromberg Belgium · #1,472,817 worldwide 2.6k citations · 102 works
  4. 4 Jan Foubert Belgium · #1,999,339 worldwide 1.2k citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Ann Claeys Belgium · #2,074,194 worldwide 191 citations · 20 works
  6. 6 June Eyckmans Belgium · #2,232,115 worldwide 2.8k citations · 218 works
  7. 7 Hélène Stengers Belgium · #2,425,857 worldwide 1.4k citations · 66 works
  8. 8 Abdullah Sener Belgium · #2,775,480 worldwide 887 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Willy J. Malaisse Belgium · #3,031,855 worldwide 414 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Yannick Vanhaelen Belgium · #3,310,519 worldwide 3 citations · 23 works
All ranked researchers at Erasmus University College Brussels

What are the most cited papers from Erasmus University College Brussels?

The most cited paper from Erasmus University College Brussels is "Cancer-related pain: a pan-European survey of prevalence, treatment, and patient attitudes" (Harald Breivik, Nathan I. Cherny, Brent R. Collett et al., 2009), with 805 citations. Next come "Lithium iron phosphate based battery – Assessment of the aging parameters and development of cycle life model" (741) and "Comparison of Nutritional Quality of the Vegan, Vegetarian, Semi-Vegetarian, Pesco-Vegetarian and Omnivorous Diet" (517).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Cancer-related pain: a pan-European survey of prevalence, treatment, and patient attitudes Harald Breivik, Nathan I. Cherny, Brent R. Collett et al. · Annals of Oncology Open access 24 Feb 2009 805
2 Lithium iron phosphate based battery – Assessment of the aging parameters and development of cycle life model Noshin Omar, Mohamed Abdel Monem, Yousef Firouz et al. · Applied Energy 5 Oct 2013 741
3 Comparison of Nutritional Quality of the Vegan, Vegetarian, Semi-Vegetarian, Pesco-Vegetarian and Omnivorous Diet Peter Clarys, Tom Deliens, Inge Huybrechts et al. · Nutrients Open access 24 Mar 2014 517
4 Formulaic sequences and perceived oral proficiency: putting a Lexical Approach to the test Frank Boers, June Eyckmans, J. Kappel et al. · Language Teaching Research 7 Jun 2006 512
5 Ambrisentan Therapy for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Nazzareno Galiè, David B. Badesch, Ronald J. Oudiz et al. · Journal of the American College of Cardiology Open access 12 Jul 2005 497
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Erasmus University College Brussels?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Global Warming, Climate Change, Civil Society, Neoliberalism, Public Health, Environmental Justice, Gramsci and Hegemony.

▲ 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 10 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 10 words, with their numbers
  1. Climate Change2▲ 3.1×6 topics
  2. Global Warming1▲ 13×3 topics
  3. Public Health1▲ 3.9×4 topics
  4. Civil Society1▲ 49×3 topics
  5. Neoliberalism1▲ 15×3 topics
  6. Education1▲ 2.5×2 topics
  7. Environmental Justice1▲ 30×2 topics
  8. Gramsci1▲ 816×1 topic
  9. Hegemony1▲ 159×1 topic
  10. News Media1▲ 89×2 topics

Which research topics does Erasmus University College Brussels publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Political theory and Gramsci, Literature, Politics, and Exile Studies, Climate Change and Health Impacts and Media Studies and Communication.

Political theory and Gra…1Political theory and Gramsci: 1 fractional worksLiterature, Politics, an…1Literature, Politics, and Exile Studies: 1 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksMedia Studies and Commun…1Media Studies and Communication: 1 fractional worksClinical Nutrition and G…1Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology: 1 fractional worksMaternal and Perinatal Health Interventions: 0 fractional worksIntellectual Property Law: 0 fractional worksEuropean Union Policy an…0European Union Policy and Governance: 0 fractional worksRegional Development and Policy: 0 fractional worksHomelessness and Social Issues: 0 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceGlobal and Planetary ChangeHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisCommunication5 others

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

  1. 1 Political theory and Gramsci Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  2. 2 Literature, Politics, and Exile Studies Global and Planetary Change 1 works
  3. 3 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  4. 4 Media Studies and Communication Communication 1 works
  5. 5 Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Nutrition and Dietetics 1 works
  6. 6 Maternal and Perinatal Health Interventions Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  7. 7 Intellectual Property Law Law 0 works
  8. 8 European Union Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  9. 9 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 0 works
  10. 10 Homelessness and Social Issues General Health Professions 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 available11.4%not open88.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors9.9%domestic only90.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Erasmus University College Brussels's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 26% 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 Erasmus University College Brussels as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000075% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Erasmus University College Brussels0.00011% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Erasmus University College Brussels 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.

5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2012Erasmus University College Brussels8.9% in 201220002010

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 10.2% in 2009.

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