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In research, European Parliament stands highest in Social Sciences (#6,118 of 9,585 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#5,031 of 5,988 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations (Political Science and International Relations is 17.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#15,334
of 22,385 · #11,607 all time
Rank in Belgium
#63
of 105
Research works
814
▼ 23% vs 2018-21
Citations
5.4k
6.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
40%
world 40%
International
21%
world 18%
European Parliament

What is European Parliament 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 #6,118 of 9,585 6.7%94 #4338
Social SciencesField #5,031 of 5,988 5.9%62 #3221

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

In 2022-now, 81% of research at European Parliament is in Social Sciences, 9% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (54%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (12%), Arts and Humanities (6%). It does 3.1× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 109 fractional works · 80.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 73 fractional works · 54.2% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 36 fractional works · 26.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 12 fractional works · 9.2% of its workLaw: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 4 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopment: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Administration: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 16 fractional works · 12.0% of its workFinance: 7 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 4.5% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 6.2% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhilosophy: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMuseology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeneral Arts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 7 fractional works · 5.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 5 fractional works · 3.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 1.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 13 fractional works · 9.4% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 3.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Energy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 12 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMedicine: 7 fractional works · 5.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Professions: 4 fractional works · 3.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKEuropeanParliament135fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences1%Physical Sciences9%Health Sciences9%Social Sciences81%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences7354.2%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1612.0%
    3. Arts and Humanities86.2%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting75.2%
    5. Psychology21.9%
    6. Decision Sciences11.0%
    1. Engineering53.7%
    2. Computer Science32.2%
    3. Environmental Science32.2%
    4. Physics and Astronomy10.5%
    5. Energy10.5%
    6. Mathematics00.2%
    7. Chemistry00.1%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Medicine75.0%
    2. Health Professions43.2%
    3. Dentistry10.7%
    4. Nursing00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences10.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    4. Neuroscience00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does European Parliament specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 17.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 35.7 works18×
← 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: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.25× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.48× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.22× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.26× its world share, 7 worksMedicineNursing: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 2.16× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.62× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5.61× its world share, 16 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 4.29× its world share, 73 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Economics, Econometrics and Finance, 5.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance5.61×16 works
  2. Social Sciences4.29×73 works
  3. Arts and Humanities2.16×8 works
  4. Business, Management and Accounting1.62×7 works
  5. Dentistry1.48×1 works
  6. Health Professions1.22×4 works
  7. Decision Sciences1.07×1 works
  8. Psychology0.61×2 works
  9. Energy0.53×1 works
  10. Environmental Science0.44×3 works
  11. Computer Science0.28×3 works
  12. Medicine0.26×7 works
  13. Engineering0.25×5 works
  14. Physics and Astronomy0.24×1 works
  15. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.17×1 works
  16. Mathematics0.14×0 works
  17. Immunology and Microbiology0.05×0 works
  18. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.05×0 works
  19. Nursing0.05×0 works
  20. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.03×0 works
  21. Neuroscience0.03×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.03×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.03×0 works

Who are the top researchers at European Parliament?

Ranked on the quality score, Jonathan M. Bishop, Theodoros Karapiperis and Aleksejs Dimitrovs lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Parliament.

  1. 1 Jonathan M. Bishop Belgium · #1,542,244 worldwide 1.3k citations · 128 works
  2. 2 Theodoros Karapiperis Belgium · #1,567,777 worldwide 574 citations · 20 works
  3. 3 Aleksejs Dimitrovs Belgium · #1,871,070 worldwide 85 citations · 15 works
  4. 4 Wouter van Ballegooij Belgium · #1,957,273 worldwide 182 citations · 17 works
  5. 5 Richard Corbett Belgium · #1,958,449 worldwide 1k citations · 43 works
  6. 6 Dominika Biegoń Belgium · #2,162,013 worldwide 73 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Ronny Mazzocchi Belgium · #2,505,252 worldwide 124 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 Justus Schönlau Belgium · #2,696,505 worldwide 234 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Andrej Auersperger Matić Belgium · #2,846,118 worldwide 3 citations · 20 works
  10. 10 Kai Gereon Spitzer Belgium · #2,930,252 worldwide 20 citations · 14 works
All ranked researchers at European Parliament

What are the most cited papers from European Parliament?

The most cited paper from European Parliament is "Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: A non-linear and disaggregated approach" (Joscha Nollet, George N. Filis, Evangelos Mitrokostas, 2015), with 731 citations. Next come "Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture: a comprehensive review" (482) and "A review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) health and healthcare inequalities" (381).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Corporate social responsibility and financial performance: A non-linear and disaggregated approach Joscha Nollet, George N. Filis, Evangelos Mitrokostas · Economic Modelling 23 Oct 2015 731
2 Human health implications of organic food and organic agriculture: a comprehensive review Axel Mie, Helle Raun Andersen, Stefan Gunnarsson et al. · Environmental Health Open access 24 Oct 2017 482
3 A review of lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex (LGBTI) health and healthcare inequalities Laetitia Zeeman et al. · European Journal of Public Health Open access 9 Oct 2018 381
4 A Dark Hole in Our Understanding of Marine Ecosystems and Their Services: Perspectives from the Mesopelagic Community Michael St. John, Ángel Borja, Guillem Chust et al. · Frontiers in Marine Science Open access 17 Mar 2016 290
5 EU energy and climate change strategy Maria da Graça Carvalho · Energy 8 Feb 2012 254
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at European Parliament?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: European Union, Human Rights, Globalization, Institutionalization, Economic Development, Governance, European Integration and Political Dynamics.

▲ 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. European Union18▲ 60×14 topics
  2. Globalization16▲ 6.0×30 topics
  3. Human Rights15▲ 11×19 topics
  4. Institutionalization9▲ 73×2 topics
  5. Economic Development9▲ 8.2×12 topics
  6. Governance9▲ 20×6 topics
  7. European Integration8▲ 107×3 topics
  8. Political Dynamics8▲ 224×2 topics
  9. multi-level7▲ 300×1 topic
  10. normative power7▲ 300×1 topic
  11. Democracy7▲ 15×9 topics
  12. Innovation7▲ 4.9×8 topics
  13. Regional Disparities6▲ 100×2 topics
  14. Fiscal Policy6▲ 21×8 topics
  15. Policy5▲ 19×5 topics
  16. Economic Growth5▲ 4.8×10 topics
  17. Judicial Review5▲ 44×2 topics
  18. International Law5▲ 12×15 topics
  19. Global Governance5▲ 15×9 topics
  20. Constitutionalism5▲ 40×2 topics
  21. Geopolitics5▲ 23×7 topics
  22. ECHR4▲ 94×1 topic
  23. European Legal Systems4▲ 94×1 topic
  24. Financial Crisis4▲ 29×6 topics
  25. Social Impact4▲ 8.2×3 topics
  26. Capital Flows4▲ 89×2 topics
  27. Knowledge Management4▲ 5.6×3 topics
  28. Environmental Influence4▲ 101×1 topic
  29. Tourism4▲ 32×1 topic
  30. Monetary Policy4▲ 12×6 topics
  31. International Relations4▲ 12×9 topics
  32. Schengen Area4▲ 107×2 topics
  33. Public Policy4▲ 5.8×8 topics
  34. Gender Equality3▲ 9.1×4 topics
  35. Intersectionality3▲ 13×6 topics
  36. National Identity3▲ 22×3 topics
  37. Fundamental Rights3▲ 132×2 topics
  38. Citizenship3▲ 20×4 topics
  39. Labor Law3▲ 97×3 topics
  40. Sovereignty3▲ 26×5 topics

Which research topics does European Parliament publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: European Union Policy and Governance, European and International Law Studies, Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies and European Criminal Justice and Data Protection.

European Union Policy an…7European Union Policy and Governance: 7 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 4 fractional worksHungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies: 4 fractional worksEuropean Criminal Justice and Data Protection: 3 fractional worksGlobal Financial Crisis and Policies: 3 fractional worksRegional Development and…2Regional Development and Policy: 2 fractional worksCentral European and Russian historical studies: 2 fractional worksDiscrimination and Equality Law: 2 fractional worksEuropean and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies: 2 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsGeography, Planning and DevelopmentFinanceLaw1 others

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

  1. 1 European Union Policy and Governance Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  2. 2 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 4 works
  3. 3 Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies Geography, Planning and Development 4 works
  4. 4 European Criminal Justice and Data Protection Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  5. 5 Global Financial Crisis and Policies Finance 3 works
  6. 6 Regional Development and Policy Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  7. 7 Central European and Russian historical studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Discrimination and Equality Law Law 2 works
  9. 9 European and Russian Geopolitical Military Strategies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 2 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 available40.4%not open59.6%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors21.3%domestic only78.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has European Parliament's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 23% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Parliament as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00044% in 2024.

still counting0.00050%0.0010%0.0015%European Parliament0.00048% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of European Parliament 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025European Parliament3.9% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 11.7% in 2018.

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