Question 1

What is European Union known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, European Union stands highest in Social Sciences (#2,122 of 9,585 worldwide), Social Sciences (#3,030 of 5,988 worldwide) and Political Science and International Relations (#666 of 1,187 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Law (Political Science and International Relations is 13.5× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does European Union rank in research?

Accepted Answer

European Union ranks #5,033 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#5,527 all time), and #21 of 105 in Belgium.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at European Union?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, Walter Hübel, Kathleen Gutman and Hans Tompa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is European Union.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from European Union?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from European Union is "Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults" (Nowell H Phelps et al., 2024), with 2,401 citations. Next come "Speciation of Heavy Metals in Soils and Sediments. An Account of the Improvement and Harmonization of Extraction Techniques Undertaken Under the Auspices of the BCR of the Commission of the European Communities" (1,600) and "Staphylococcus aureus and its food poisoning toxins: characterization and outbreak investigation" (965).

Question 5

Which research topics does European Union publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at European Union?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Human Rights, European Union, Democracy, Judicial Review, Globalization, Constitutionalism, ECHR and European Legal Systems.

Question 7

Which fields of science does European Union work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 60% of research at European Union is in Social Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (37%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (10%), Engineering (8%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Question 8

Is European Union's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 10% lower than in 2018-2021.