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Flanders Hydraulics

In research, Flanders Hydraulics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#16,524 of 21,541 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,139
of 42,892
Rank in Belgium
#202
of 267
Research works
210
▲ 18% vs 2013–17
Citations
3.8k
18.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
56%
world 28%

What is Flanders Hydraulics known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Physical SciencesDomain #16,524 of 21,541 21.7%184

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Flanders Hydraulics 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, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.84× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Chemical Engineering: 0.66× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 10.69× its world share, 6 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.50× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 5.15× its world share, 9 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.70× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 1.89× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.43× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 10.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Flanders Hydraulics?

Ranked on the composite score, T. Verwaest, Guillaume Delefortrie and K. Verelst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Flanders Hydraulics.

  1. 1 T. Verwaest Belgium · #838,727 worldwide 79 citations · 75 works
  2. 2 Guillaume Delefortrie Belgium · #995,971 worldwide 53 citations · 33 works
  3. 3 K. Verelst Belgium · #1,134,426 worldwide 2 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 J. Vanlede Belgium · #1,136,294 worldwide 26 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Y. Plancke Belgium · #1,236,644 worldwide 10 citations · 35 works
  6. 6 Wim Mertens Belgium · #1,311,782 worldwide 6 citations · 18 works
  7. 7 F. Mostaert Belgium · #1,343,271 worldwide 7 citations · 91 works
  8. 8 P. Peeters Belgium · #1,469,425 worldwide 18 citations · 24 works
All ranked researchers at Flanders Hydraulics

Which keywords describe research at Flanders Hydraulics?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Sea-Level Rise, Sediment Transport, Remote Sensing, Wave Modeling, Global Carbon Budget, Climate Change Impacts and Coastal 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 2022–2025 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. Climate Change8▲ 8.2×13 topics
  2. Sea-Level Rise6▲ 133×2 topics
  3. Sediment Transport6▲ 95×4 topics
  4. Remote Sensing5▲ 12×8 topics
  5. Global Carbon Budget3▲ 132×2 topics
  6. Wave Modeling3▲ 188×2 topics
  7. Climate Change Impacts3▲ 77×2 topics
  8. Coastal Dynamics3▲ 308×1 topic
  9. Shoreline Change3▲ 308×1 topic
  10. CFD Simulations3▲ 649×1 topic
  11. Ship Maneuvering3▲ 649×1 topic
  12. Maritime Transportation3▲ 155×2 topics
  13. Carbon Sequestration2▲ 96×2 topics
  14. Hydrological Modeling2▲ 29×3 topics
  15. Coastal Protection2▲ 105×2 topics
  16. Ecosystem Services2▲ 17×2 topics
  17. Mangrove Forests2▲ 185×1 topic
  18. Wetland Restoration2▲ 185×1 topic
  19. Collision Avoidance2▲ 31×2 topics
  20. Land Use Change2▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Path Planning2▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Fluid-Structure Interaction2▲ 37×3 topics
  23. Numerical Simulation2▲ 19×3 topics
  24. Flood Risk2▲ 65×2 topics
  25. Free-Surface Flows2▲ 119×2 topics
  26. Risk Assessment2▲ 7.1×1 topic
  27. Unmanned Surface Vehicles2▲ 159×1 topic
  28. Flood Inundation Modeling2▲ 55×1 topic
  29. Surface Water Mapping2▲ 55×1 topic
  30. Water Resources1▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Air Quality1▲ 20×2 topics
  32. Diagnosis1▲ 4.0×2 topics
  33. SPH Method1▲ 122×1 topic
  34. Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics1▲ 122×1 topic
  35. Treatment1▲ 3.1×2 topics
  36. Agricultural Sustainability1▲ 28×1 topic
  37. Emissions1▲ 17×1 topic
  38. Shipping1▲ 67×1 topic
  39. Soil Erosion1▲ 85×1 topic
  40. Vaccine1▲ 8.0×2 topics

Which research topics does Flanders Hydraulics publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Coastal and Marine Dynamics, Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics and Maritime Navigation and Safety.

Coastal and Marine Dynamics: 3 fractional worksShip Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability: 3 fractional worksCoastal wetland ecosystem dynamics: 2 fractional worksMaritime Navigation and Safety: 2 fractional worksFlood Risk Assessment and Management: 2 fractional worksFluid Dynamics Simulatio…1Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions: 1 fractional worksSoil erosion and sediment transport: 1 fractional worksMaritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency: 1 fractional worksHydrology and Watershed Management Studies: 1 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 1 fractional works
Earth-Surface ProcessesOcean EngineeringEcologyGlobal and Planetary Change5 others

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

  1. 1 Coastal and Marine Dynamics Earth-Surface Processes 3 works
  2. 2 Ship Hydrodynamics and Maneuverability Ocean Engineering 3 works
  3. 3 Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics Ecology 2 works
  4. 4 Maritime Navigation and Safety Ocean Engineering 2 works
  5. 5 Flood Risk Assessment and Management Global and Planetary Change 2 works
  6. 6 Fluid Dynamics Simulations and Interactions Computational Mechanics 1 works
  7. 7 Soil erosion and sediment transport Soil Science 1 works
  8. 8 Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency Environmental Engineering 1 works
  9. 9 Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies Water Science and Technology 1 works
  10. 10 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 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 available55.8%not open44.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.9%domestic only59.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Flanders Hydraulics's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 18% higher 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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