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European Commission

In research, European Commission stands highest in Social Sciences (#425 of 9,585 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#615 of 10,670 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#193 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Linguistics and Language, Radiation and Language and Linguistics (Linguistics and Language is 7.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#566
of 22,385 · #664 all time
Rank in Belgium
#8
of 105
Research works
27k
▼ 6% vs 2018-21
Citations
713k
26.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.36×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
38%
world 40%
International
37%
world 18%
European Commission

What is European Commission 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
Social SciencesDomain #425 of 9,585 13.6%1,504 #521
Physical SciencesDomain #615 of 10,670 16.9%1,386 #605
Environmental ScienceField #193 of 3,334 22.1%440 #271
Social SciencesField #405 of 5,988 13.5%682 #600
Health SciencesDomain #837 of 9,902 13.8%503 #1286
Economics, Econometrics and FinanceField #170 of 1,798 17.5%287 #286
MedicineField #865 of 8,541 15.5%356 #1302
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #365 of 3,157 24.0%155 #510
EngineeringField #720 of 5,901 16.7%420 #612
Economics and EconometricsSubfield #190 of 1,307 16.4%205 #298

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where European Commission 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. Social Sciences#521 #425
  2. Physical Sciences#605 #615
  3. Environmental Science#271 #193
  4. Social Sciences#600 #405
  5. Health Sciences#1,286 #837
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance#286 #170
  7. Medicine#1,302 #865
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#510 #365
  9. Engineering#612 #720
  10. Economics and Econometrics#298 #190
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 European Commission work in?

In 2022-now, 40% of research at European Commission is in Social Sciences, 38% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (18%), Environmental Science (12%), Engineering (12%). It does 1.6× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 1,640 fractional works · 39.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 747 fractional works · 18.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 212 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 193 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 45 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLaw: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workLinguistics and Language: 37 fractional works · 0.9% of its workUrban Studies: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAnthropology: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDemography: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 22 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCommunication: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDevelopment: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 306 fractional works · 7.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 219 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 48 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFinance: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 284 fractional works · 6.9% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 87 fractional works · 2.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 76 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhilosophy: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHistory: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArcheology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 162 fractional works · 3.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 63 fractional works · 1.5% of its workAccounting: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement Information Systems: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 76 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSocial Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Psychology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 66 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 28 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1,588 fractional works · 38.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 512 fractional works · 12.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 149 fractional works · 3.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 80 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 64 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 40 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPollution: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 478 fractional works · 11.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 117 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 65 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 62 fractional works · 1.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 41 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 34 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOcean Engineering: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 226 fractional works · 5.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 98 fractional works · 2.4% of its workInformation Systems: 43 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 82 fractional works · 2.0% of its workAtmospheric Science: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOceanography: 23 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMaterials Science: 80 fractional works · 1.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 59 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiomaterials: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 70 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiation: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 10 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 66 fractional works · 1.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 16 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematics: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics and Probability: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 13 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 569 fractional works · 13.8% of its workMedicine: 413 fractional works · 10.0% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 50 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 38 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 36 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEpidemiology: 35 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 33 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 20 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOncology: 19 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInfectious Diseases: 17 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHepatology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 10 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 8 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 61 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 139 fractional works · 3.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 104 fractional works · 2.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 23 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 7 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 337 fractional works · 8.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 180 fractional works · 4.4% of its workPlant Science: 42 fractional works · 1.0% of its workFood Science: 31 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSoil Science: 29 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 18 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInsect Science: 14 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 9 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 108 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMolecular Biology: 58 fractional works · 1.4% of its workGenetics: 27 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 24 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 27 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 15 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology: 12 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEuropeanCommission4,135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences8%Physical Sciences38%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences40%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Social Sciences1,64039.7%
    1. Social Sciences74718.1%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3067.4%
    3. Arts and Humanities2846.9%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting1623.9%
    5. Psychology761.8%
    6. Decision Sciences661.6%
    1. Environmental Science51212.4%
    2. Engineering47811.6%
    3. Computer Science2265.5%
    4. Earth and Planetary Sciences822.0%
    5. Materials Science801.9%
    6. Physics and Astronomy701.7%
    7. Energy661.6%
    8. Chemistry421.0%
    9. Mathematics190.5%
    10. Chemical Engineering130.3%
    1. Medicine41310.0%
    2. Health Professions1393.4%
    3. Nursing90.2%
    4. Veterinary70.2%
    5. Dentistry30.1%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1804.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1082.6%
    3. Neuroscience270.7%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology150.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics60.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does European Commission specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Linguistics and Language takes 7.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 36.8 works7.8×
  2. RadiationSubfield · 28.5 works5.0×
  3. Language and LinguisticsSubfield · 87.4 works4.8×
  4. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 149.4 works4.8×
  5. General Economics, Econometrics and FinanceSubfield · 48.0 works4.6×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

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: 0.92× its world share, 180 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.49× its world share, 108 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.36× its world share, 15 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.40× its world share, 27 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.44× its world share, 6 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.89× its world share, 13 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.65× its world share, 42 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.70× its world share, 226 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 82 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.74× its world share, 66 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.77× its world share, 478 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.49× its world share, 512 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 80 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.40× its world share, 19 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.76× its world share, 70 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.13× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.27× its world share, 139 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.52× its world share, 413 worksMedicineNursing: 0.43× its world share, 9 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.17× its world share, 7 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.38× its world share, 284 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.21× its world share, 162 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.64× its world share, 66 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.46× its world share, 306 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.60× its world share, 76 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.43× its world share, 746 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 3.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.46×306 works
  2. Environmental Science2.49×512 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.38×284 works
  4. Energy1.74×66 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.64×66 works
  6. Social Sciences1.43×746 works
  7. Health Professions1.27×139 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.26×82 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.21×162 works
  10. Veterinary1.17×7 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.92×180 works
  12. Chemical Engineering0.89×13 works
  13. Engineering0.77×478 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.76×70 works
  15. Computer Science0.70×226 works
  16. Chemistry0.65×42 works
  17. Psychology0.60×76 works
  18. Materials Science0.56×80 works
  19. Medicine0.52×413 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.49×108 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.44×6 works
  22. Nursing0.43×9 works
  23. Neuroscience0.40×27 works
  24. Mathematics0.40×19 works
  25. Immunology and Microbiology0.36×15 works
  26. Dentistry0.13×3 works

Who are the top researchers at European Commission?

Ranked on the quality score, Lewis Dijkstra, Nadja Vetters and G. Lutter lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Commission.

  1. 1 Lewis Dijkstra Belgium · #85,839 worldwide 5.3k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Nadja Vetters Belgium · #121,732 worldwide 819 citations · 36 works
  3. 3 G. Lutter Belgium · #453,055 worldwide 5.6k citations · 154 works
  4. 4 Ruxandra Draghia‐Akli Belgium · #461,423 worldwide 4.6k citations · 126 works
  5. 5 Francesco Molica Belgium · #506,284 worldwide 118 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Liesbet Deprez Belgium · #753,281 worldwide 3.1k citations · 56 works
  7. 7 Philippe Monfort Belgium · #787,337 worldwide 526 citations · 38 works
  8. 8 Salvador Barrios Belgium · #808,423 worldwide 4k citations · 140 works
  9. 9 Janez Potočnik Belgium · #829,179 worldwide 5.9k citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Hendrik Bruns Belgium · #885,642 worldwide 646 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at European Commission

What are the most cited papers from European Commission?

The most cited paper from European Commission is "A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010" (Stephen S Lim et al., 2012), with 12,027 citations. Next come "Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015" (6,772) and "Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)" (6,023).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 Stephen S Lim et al. · The Lancet Open access209 authors Dec 2012 12,027
2 Estimates and 25-year trends of the global burden of disease attributable to ambient air pollution: an analysis of data from the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2015 Aaron J. Cohen et al. · The Lancet Open access 10 Apr 2017 6,772
3 Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J. Klionsky et al. · Autophagy Open access2,467 authors 2 Jan 2016 6,023
4 Noble metal-free hydrogen evolution catalysts for water splitting Xiaoxin Zou, Yu Zhang · Chemical Society Reviews Review 2015 5,945
5 Nitrogen Cycles: Past, Present, and Future James N. Galloway, Frank J. Dentener, Douglas G. Capone et al. · Biogeochemistry Sep 2004 5,486
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at European Commission?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Globalization, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Renewable Energy, Economic Development and Economic Growth.

▲ 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. Climate Change273▲ 2.4×110 topics
  2. Globalization202▲ 2.5×114 topics
  3. Sustainability200▲ 1.98×92 topics
  4. Environmental Impact165▲ 2.3×58 topics
  5. Machine Learning152◆ 1.11×81 topics
  6. Renewable Energy139▲ 2.3×46 topics
  7. Economic Development99▲ 3.0×35 topics
  8. Economic Growth98▲ 2.9×27 topics
  9. Remote Sensing98▲ 1.94×38 topics
  10. Sustainable Development90▲ 1.39×74 topics
  11. Innovation90▲ 2.1×49 topics
  12. Greenhouse Gas Emissions88▲ 7.7×9 topics
  13. Health Effects83▲ 3.3×20 topics
  14. Human Rights80▲ 1.89×60 topics
  15. Global Warming78▲ 4.4×15 topics
  16. Gender69▲ 3.1×35 topics
  17. Life Cycle Assessment62▲ 5.4×8 topics
  18. Literature62▲ 2.7×41 topics
  19. Environmental Policy59▲ 7.1×9 topics
  20. Corpus Linguistics58▲ 6.7×5 topics
  21. Land Use Change55▲ 4.4×7 topics
  22. European Union54▲ 5.9×21 topics
  23. Social Determinants of Health51▲ 5.8×7 topics
  24. Fiscal Policy49▲ 5.8×9 topics
  25. Innovation Policy47▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Sociolinguistics46▲ 6.1×8 topics
  27. Literary Translation45▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Energy Transition42▲ 6.9×4 topics
  29. Institutional Quality42▲ 9.6×3 topics
  30. Machine Translation40▲ 5.8×2 topics
  31. Territorial Governance40▲ 8.3×4 topics
  32. Institutionalization40▲ 10×3 topics
  33. Multilingualism39▲ 5.9×5 topics
  34. Sustainability Assessment39▲ 6.6×7 topics
  35. Territorial Capital38▲ 28×2 topics
  36. Knowledge Economy37▲ 8.1×7 topics
  37. Local Development36▲ 8.5×2 topics
  38. Cross-Cultural Communication36▲ 9.7×3 topics
  39. Cultural Translation35▲ 20×1 topic
  40. Translator Competence35▲ 20×1 topic

Which research topics does European Commission publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Translation Studies and Practices, Healthcare Systems and Practices, Regional Development and Policy and Vehicle emissions and performance.

Translation Studies and …35Translation Studies and Practices: 35 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…31Healthcare Systems and Practices: 31 fractional worksRegional Development and Policy: 29 fractional worksVehicle emissions and performance: 27 fractional worksEnvironmental Impact and Sustainability: 26 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 23 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 23 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem S…23Land Use and Ecosystem Services: 23 fractional worksClimate Change Policy and Economics: 23 fractional worksRemote Sensing in Agriculture: 21 fractional works
Language and LinguisticsGeneral Health ProfessionsPolitical Science and International RelationsAutomotive Engineering6 others

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

  1. 1 Translation Studies and Practices Language and Linguistics 35 works
  2. 2 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 31 works
  3. 3 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 29 works
  4. 4 Vehicle emissions and performance Automotive Engineering 27 works
  5. 5 Environmental Impact and Sustainability Environmental Engineering 26 works
  6. 6 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 23 works
  7. 7 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 23 works
  8. 8 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 23 works
  9. 9 Climate Change Policy and Economics Economics and Econometrics 23 works
  10. 10 Remote Sensing in Agriculture Ecology 21 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 available37.9%not open62.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.4%domestic only62.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has European Commission's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 6% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 European Commission as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.016% in 2024.

still counting0.020%0.040%European Commission0.016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of European Commission 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 counting10%20%European Commission14.9% 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 19.3% in 2016.

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