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European Council

In research, European Council stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,679 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#17,159
of 28,054 · #18,813 all time
Rank in Belgium
#90
of 138
Research works
715
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
4.4k
6.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
40%
world 28%

What is European Council known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Social SciencesDomain #6,679 of 10,521 19.9%81 #5379

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 world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

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: 0.85× its world share, 5 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.72× its world share, 5 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.11× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.71× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.03× its world share, 7 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.86× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.80× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.03× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.74× its world share, 19 worksMedicineNursing: 0.35× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 3.23× its world share, 13 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.38× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.66× its world share, 8 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.45× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.99× its world share, 51 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at European Council?

Ranked on the composite score, Alexandre Charles Kiss, Erich Pürgy and Karin Tondorf lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Council.

  1. 1 Alexandre Charles Kiss Belgium · #208,654 worldwide 39 citations · 49 works
  2. 2 Erich Pürgy Belgium · #860,361 worldwide 0 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 Karin Tondorf Belgium · #936,133 worldwide 10 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 P J Bryant Belgium · #1,247,633 worldwide 8 citations · 27 works
  5. 5 Kjell Johnsen Belgium · #1,289,263 worldwide 9 citations · 27 works
  6. 6 Georg Lienbacher Belgium · #1,366,780 worldwide 0 citations · 104 works
  7. 7 A Daas Belgium · #1,424,992 worldwide 20 citations · 25 works
All ranked researchers at European Council

Which keywords describe research at European Council?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, European Union, Criminal Justice, Environmental Risk Assessment, Global Governance, Legal Methodology, Regulatory Agencies and Party Competition.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 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 Rights16▲ 11×25 topics
  2. European Union6▲ 21×12 topics
  3. Epidemiology6◆ 1.08×26 topics
  4. Criminal Justice6▲ 19×4 topics
  5. Globalization6▲ 2.1×22 topics
  6. Environmental Risk Assessment5▲ 45×3 topics
  7. Innovation5▲ 3.5×11 topics
  8. Global Governance5▲ 16×10 topics
  9. Legal Methodology5▲ 187×2 topics
  10. Regulatory Agencies5▲ 157×2 topics
  11. Sustainable Development4▲ 2.1×13 topics
  12. Party Competition4▲ 273×1 topic
  13. Privacy4▲ 11×1 topic
  14. International Law4▲ 9.6×8 topics
  15. Food Safety3▲ 8.4×5 topics
  16. Health Impact3▲ 44×3 topics
  17. Ethics3▲ 4.7×10 topics
  18. Occupational Asthma3▲ 258×1 topic
  19. Work-Related Exposure3▲ 258×1 topic
  20. Governance3▲ 6.5×4 topics
  21. Health Effects3▲ 3.5×10 topics
  22. Digitalization3▲ 10×4 topics
  23. Judicial Review3▲ 22×4 topics
  24. Religion3▲ 4.2×6 topics
  25. Financial Crisis3▲ 17×4 topics
  26. International Cooperation3▲ 39×3 topics
  27. Sovereignty3▲ 21×5 topics
  28. Cultural Exchange2▲ 14×6 topics
  29. Political Economy2▲ 7.2×5 topics
  30. Rural Development2▲ 5.2×4 topics
  31. Archaeology2▲ 13×6 topics
  32. Industrial Policy2▲ 17×3 topics
  33. Development2▲ 5.0×3 topics
  34. Feed Additives2▲ 30×1 topic
  35. Pesticide Risk Assessment2▲ 549×1 topic
  36. Constitutionalism2▲ 17×3 topics
  37. Crisis Management2▲ 38×2 topics
  38. Liquid Chromatography2▲ 23×2 topics
  39. Participation2▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Policy Change2▲ 109×1 topic

Which research topics does European Council publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: 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 worksAnalytical Chemistry and Chromatography: 2 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 2 fractional worksHuman Rights and Develop…2Human Rights and Development: 2 fractional worksDiverse Legal and Medical Studies: 1 fractional worksContact Dermatitis and Allergies: 1 fractional worksPolitical and Social Issues: 1 fractional works
LawPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthFood SciencePolitical Science and International Relations4 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 Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography Spectroscopy 2 works
  6. 6 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Human Rights and Development Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Diverse Legal and Medical Studies Strategy and Management 1 works
  9. 9 Contact Dermatitis and Allergies Dermatology 1 works
  10. 10 Political and Social Issues Political Science and International Relations 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has European Council's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017.

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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.

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