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European Council

In research, European Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,801 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 8.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#12,775
of 22,385 · #13,375 all time
Rank in Belgium
#56
of 105
Research works
715
▲ 31% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.4k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
11.3%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.94×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
34%
world 18%
European Council

What is European Council 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 #6,801 of 9,585 10.8%81 #4766

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

In 2022-now, 58% of research at European Council is in Social Sciences, 20% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (36%), Medicine (14%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.3× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 92 fractional works · 58.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 58 fractional works · 36.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 21 fractional works · 13.1% of its workLaw: 13 fractional works · 8.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 7.6% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 15 fractional works · 9.7% of its workArcheology: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workHistory: 3 fractional works · 1.9% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClassics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workConservation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 4 fractional works · 2.6% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAccounting: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 31 fractional works · 19.6% of its workMedicine: 22 fractional works · 13.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 7 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth Professions: 6 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workResearch and Theory: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workIssues, ethics and legal aspects: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 21 fractional works · 13.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 8 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workMedia Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSpace and Planetary Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 14 fractional works · 8.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 6 fractional works · 3.9% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workBiochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 6 fractional works · 3.7% of its workFood Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKEuropean Council159fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences9%Physical Sciences13%Health Sciences20%Social Sciences58%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences5836.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities159.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance85.1%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting74.2%
    5. Psychology21.5%
    6. Decision Sciences21.3%
    1. Medicine2213.9%
    2. Health Professions63.5%
    3. Nursing10.9%
    4. Dentistry10.7%
    5. Veterinary10.6%
    1. Environmental Science85.1%
    2. Engineering32.2%
    3. Computer Science31.8%
    4. Physics and Astronomy31.7%
    5. Chemistry21.5%
    6. Energy10.7%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Materials Science00.1%
    9. Mathematics00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology63.9%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences63.7%
    3. Neuroscience10.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.3%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does European Council specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 20.8 works8.8×
← 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: 0.79× its world share, 6 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 6 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.60× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.02× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.75× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.40× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.33× its world share, 6 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.72× its world share, 22 worksMedicineNursing: 1.80× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 4.64× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.36× its world share, 15 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.31× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.31× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.37× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.50× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.88× its world share, 58 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 4.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary4.64×1 works
  2. Arts and Humanities3.36×15 works
  3. Social Sciences2.88×58 works
  4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.37×8 works
  5. Nursing1.80×1 works
  6. Dentistry1.40×1 works
  7. Health Professions1.33×6 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting1.31×7 works
  9. Decision Sciences1.31×2 works
  10. Environmental Science1.02×8 works
  11. Chemistry0.95×2 works
  12. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.79×6 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.75×3 works
  14. Energy0.73×1 works
  15. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.72×6 works
  16. Medicine0.72×22 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.60×0 works
  18. Neuroscience0.53×1 works
  19. Psychology0.50×2 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.28×0 works
  21. Computer Science0.23×3 works
  22. Engineering0.15×4 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  24. Mathematics0.07×0 works
  25. Materials Science0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at European Council?

Ranked on the quality score, Mountstuart Elphinstone, Frédéric Destrebecq and Frank Heyworth lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Council.

  1. 1 Mountstuart Elphinstone Belgium · #1,141,854 worldwide 242 citations · 158 works
  2. 2 Frédéric Destrebecq Belgium · #1,190,944 worldwide 279 citations · 34 works
  3. 3 Frank Heyworth Belgium · #2,247,225 worldwide 68 citations · 20 works
  4. 4 Joh. F. Snelleman Belgium · #2,324,356 worldwide 12 citations · 75 works
  5. 5 William Nicoll Belgium · #2,627,615 worldwide 259 citations · 77 works
  6. 6 Nikolaos Sitaropoulos Belgium · #3,253,140 worldwide 15 citations · 19 works
  7. 7 David F. Cadogan Belgium · #3,255,756 worldwide 324 citations · 15 works
  8. 8 Walter Schwimmer Belgium · #3,319,579 worldwide 9 citations · 17 works
  9. 9 Hugh Casson Belgium · #3,701,823 worldwide 7 citations · 22 works
  10. 10 Robert T. Huber Belgium · #3,858,784 worldwide 18 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at European Council

What are the most cited papers from European Council?

The most cited paper from European Council is "European Pharmacopoeia" (P. -J. Schorn, 1976), with 730 citations. Next come "Leveling the Home Advantage: Assessing the Effectiveness of Parental Involvement in Elementary School" (616) and "Autistic Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement: Implications for Autism Early Intervention Research and Practice" (409).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 European Pharmacopoeia P. -J. Schorn · Food and Cosmetics Toxicology 1976 730
2 Leveling the Home Advantage: Assessing the Effectiveness of Parental Involvement in Elementary School Thurston Domina · Sociology of Education Jul 2005 616
3 Autistic Self-Advocacy and the Neurodiversity Movement: Implications for Autism Early Intervention Research and Practice Kathy Leadbitter, Karen Leneh Buckle, Ceri Ellis et al. · Frontiers in Psychology Open access 12 Apr 2021 409
4 Green chemistry and the plastic pollution challenge: towards a circular economy Roger A. Sheldon, Michael Norton · Green Chemistry Open access 2020 379
5 Energy [R]evolution 2010—a sustainable world energy outlook Sven Teske, Thomas Pregger, Sonja Simon et al. · Energy Efficiency Open access 5 Nov 2010 205
All 62 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at European Council?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, European Union, Global Governance, Criminal Justice, Environmental Risk Assessment, Legal Methodology, International Law and Regulatory Agencies.

▲ 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. Human Rights19▲ 12×30 topics
  2. Globalization7▲ 2.4×28 topics
  3. European Union7▲ 19×14 topics
  4. Epidemiology6◆ 1.02×30 topics
  5. Global Governance6▲ 15×11 topics
  6. Sustainable Development6▲ 2.3×15 topics
  7. Criminal Justice6▲ 16×5 topics
  8. Environmental Risk Assessment5▲ 40×3 topics
  9. Innovation5▲ 3.0×11 topics
  10. Legal Methodology5▲ 177×2 topics
  11. International Law5▲ 9.8×11 topics
  12. Regulatory Agencies5▲ 133×2 topics
  13. Privacy4▲ 9.9×2 topics
  14. Migration Law4▲ 192×1 topic
  15. Party Competition4▲ 248×1 topic
  16. Public Health4▲ 1.86×19 topics
  17. Ethics3▲ 4.2×10 topics
  18. Food Safety3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  19. Health Impact3▲ 36×3 topics
  20. Sovereignty3▲ 23×5 topics
  21. Governance3▲ 5.9×6 topics
  22. Democracy3▲ 5.5×6 topics
  23. Judicial Review3▲ 23×4 topics
  24. Occupational Asthma3▲ 196×1 topic
  25. Religion3▲ 4.1×7 topics
  26. Work-Related Exposure3▲ 196×1 topic
  27. Archaeology3▲ 14×7 topics
  28. Digitalization3▲ 8.4×4 topics
  29. Financial Crisis3▲ 15×4 topics
  30. International Cooperation3▲ 32×3 topics
  31. Constitutionalism2▲ 18×3 topics
  32. Cultural Exchange2▲ 12×6 topics
  33. Political Economy2▲ 6.2×5 topics
  34. Industrial Policy2▲ 14×3 topics
  35. Feed Additives2▲ 26×1 topic
  36. Pesticide Risk Assessment2▲ 492×1 topic
  37. Security Council2▲ 30×2 topics
  38. Crisis Management2▲ 27×2 topics
  39. International Trade2▲ 9.7×5 topics
  40. Public Administration2▲ 16×2 topics

Which research topics does European Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Law and Political Science, Occupational exposure and asthma, Agricultural safety and regulations and Public Administration and Political Analysis.

Law and Political Science4Law and Political Science: 4 fractional worksOccupational exposure and asthma: 3 fractional worksAgricultural safety and …2Agricultural safety and regulations: 2 fractional worksPublic Administration an…2Public Administration and Political Analysis: 2 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 2 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 2 fractional worksHuman Rights and Develop…2Human Rights and Development: 2 fractional worksContact Dermatitis and Allergies: 1 fractional worksDiverse Legal and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksHealth, Environment, Cognitive Aging: 1 fractional works
LawPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthFood SciencePolitical Science and International Relations5 others

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

  1. 1 Law and Political Science Law 4 works
  2. 2 Occupational exposure and asthma Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 3 works
  3. 3 Agricultural safety and regulations Food Science 2 works
  4. 4 Public Administration and Political Analysis Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  5. 5 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  6. 6 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 2 works
  7. 7 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 1 works
  9. 9 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 1 works
  10. 10 Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 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 available39.8%not open60.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors34.3%domestic only65.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has European Council's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 31% higher 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 European Council as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00070% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%European Council0.00050% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of European Council 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025European Council8.8% in 20252020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 13.1% in 2022.

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