Flanders Make (Belgium)
In research, Flanders Make (Belgium) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#1,428 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#850 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,303 of 4,417 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Automotive Engineering (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering is 11.8× its share of world research).
- World rank, 2022-now
- #3,323 of 22,385 · #3,977 all time
- Rank in Belgium
- #15 of 105
- Research works
- 1.7k ▲ 43% vs 2018-21
- Citations
- 23k 13.9 per fractional work
- Top-10% rate
- 10.8% all institutions 10.0%
- vs its own fields
- 0.93× 1.00× is exactly expected
- Open access
- 64% world 40%
- International
- 31% world 18%
What is Flanders Make (Belgium) known for in research?
The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.
| Field | World rank | Where that sits | Top-10% rate | Works | All time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical SciencesDomain | #1,428 of 10,670 | 10.6% | 652 | #1942 | |
| EngineeringField | #850 of 5,901 | 11.3% | 472 | #1128 | |
| Computer ScienceField | #1,303 of 4,417 | 10.2% | 111 | #2090 | |
| Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield | #712 of 2,176 | 13.5% | 79 | #1113 | |
| Mechanical EngineeringSubfield | #520 of 1,319 | 12.6% | 85 | #727 | |
| Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield | #496 of 804 | 6.4% | 84 | #811 | |
| Social SciencesDomain | #6,918 of 9,585 | 14.1% | 93 | #8986 |
Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Flanders Make (Belgium) 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 of those standings moved
The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.
- Physical Sciences#1,942 #1,428
- Engineering#1,128 #850
- Computer Science#2,090 #1,303
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering#1,113 #712
- Mechanical Engineering#727 #520
- Control and Systems Engineering#811 #496
- Social Sciences#8,986 #6,918
A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.
Which fields of science does Flanders Make (Belgium) work in?
In 2022-now, 79% of research at Flanders Make (Belgium) is in Physical Sciences, 14% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (56%), Computer Science (14%), Social Sciences (5%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.
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
- Physical Sciences73278.8%
- Engineering52456.4%
- Computer Science12813.8%
- Physics and Astronomy212.3%
- Environmental Science202.1%
- Materials Science182.0%
- Earth and Planetary Sciences60.6%
- Energy50.6%
- Mathematics40.4%
- Chemistry40.4%
- Chemical Engineering30.3%
- Social Sciences13014.0%
- Social Sciences475.0%
- Business, Management and Accounting232.5%
- Decision Sciences192.1%
- Psychology192.0%
- Arts and Humanities121.2%
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance111.1%
- Health Sciences404.3%
- Medicine283.0%
- Health Professions111.2%
- Dentistry10.1%
- Nursing00.0%
- Life Sciences272.9%
What does Flanders Make (Belgium) specialise in?
Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 11.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.
- Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 56.4 works12×
- Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 91.7 works9.1×
- Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 35.1 works7.0×
- Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 92.1 works5.4×
- EngineeringField · 523.9 works3.8×
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.
Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.8×. Every wedge is a field page.
All 25 fields, with their numbers
- Engineering3.76×524 works
- Decision Sciences2.13×19 works
- Computer Science1.77×128 works
- Physics and Astronomy1.02×21 works
- Chemical Engineering0.91×3 works
- Business, Management and Accounting0.78×23 works
- Psychology0.65×18 works
- Energy0.62×5 works
- Materials Science0.57×18 works
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.53×10 works
- Health Professions0.44×11 works
- Environmental Science0.43×20 works
- Arts and Humanities0.43×12 works
- Earth and Planetary Sciences0.40×6 works
- Social Sciences0.40×47 works
- Neuroscience0.35×5 works
- Mathematics0.33×4 works
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.27×12 works
- Chemistry0.25×4 works
- Dentistry0.21×1 works
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.20×1 works
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.18×9 works
- Medicine0.15×28 works
- Nursing0.09×0 works
- Immunology and Microbiology0.01×0 works
- Engineering 3.8×
- Decision Sciences 2.1×
- Computer Science 1.8×
- Physics and Astronomy 1.0×
- Chemical Engineering 0.9×
- Business, Management and Accounting 0.8×
- Psychology 0.7×
- Energy 0.6×
- Materials Science 0.6×
- Economics, Econometrics and Finance 0.5×
- Health Professions 0.4×
- Environmental Science 0.4×
- Arts and Humanities 0.4×
- Earth and Planetary Sciences 0.4×
- Social Sciences 0.4×
- Neuroscience 0.3×
- Mathematics 0.3×
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0.3×
- Chemistry 0.2×
- Dentistry 0.2×
- Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics 0.2×
- Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 0.2×
- Medicine 0.1×
- Nursing 0.1×
- Immunology and Microbiology 0.0×
Who are the top researchers at Flanders Make (Belgium)?
Ranked on the quality score, Mohsen Akbarzadeh, Jasper De Smet and Sebastiaan van Aalst lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Flanders Make (Belgium).
- 1
Mohsen Akbarzadeh
Belgium · #391,066 worldwide 3.1k citations · 45 works
- 2
Jasper De Smet
Belgium · #1,365,899 worldwide 789 citations · 25 works
- 3
Sebastiaan van Aalst
Belgium · #1,984,500 worldwide 323 citations · 20 works
- 4
Agusmian Partogi Ompusunggu
Belgium · #2,067,696 worldwide 904 citations · 73 works
- 5
Klaas Gadeyne
Belgium · #2,233,739 worldwide 416 citations · 34 works
- 6
Hussein Marah
Belgium · #2,270,563 worldwide 134 citations · 16 works
- 7
Ted Ooijevaar
Belgium · #2,279,795 worldwide 380 citations · 40 works
- 8
Isabel Van de Weyenberg
Belgium · #2,373,739 worldwide 971 citations · 15 works
- 9
Roeland De Geest
Belgium · #2,509,203 worldwide 400 citations · 18 works
- 10
Branimir Mrak
Belgium · #2,671,164 worldwide 148 citations · 19 works
Which keywords describe research at Flanders Make (Belgium)?
By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Vibration Analysis, Optimization, Nonlinear Systems, Electric Vehicles, Model Predictive Control, Power Electronics and Machine Learning.
- Empirical Mode Decomposition
- Control Strategies
- Student Competencies
- Teaching Methods
- Thermal Runaway
- Battery Management Systems
- Adaptive Control
- Actuators
- Robotics
- Assembly Planning
- Virtual Prototyping
- Process Parameters
- Control
- Additive Manufacturing
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Power Electronics
- Electric Vehicles
- Optimization
- Neural Networks
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Sustainability
- Vibration Analysis
- Nonlinear Systems
- Model Predictive Control
- Nonlinear Dynamics
- Thermal Management
- Stability Analysis
- Fault Diagnosis
- Lithium-ion Batteries
- Distributed Control
- Design for Manufacture
- Autonomous Vehicles
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Tool Wear
- Real-time Optimization
- Material Characterization
- Digital Education
- Constraint Handling
- Condition Monitoring
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
- Deep Learning74▲ 2.3×61 topics
- Machine Learning53▲ 1.73×58 topics
- Sustainability46▲ 2.0×41 topics
- Neural Networks39▲ 2.7×30 topics
- Vibration Analysis31▲ 12×6 topics
- Optimization30▲ 7.3×20 topics
- Nonlinear Systems26▲ 13×6 topics
- Electric Vehicles26▲ 9.7×4 topics
- Model Predictive Control26▲ 11×5 topics
- Power Electronics26▲ 8.5×8 topics
- Nonlinear Dynamics24▲ 12×5 topics
- Renewable Energy Integration22▲ 7.3×5 topics
- Thermal Management21▲ 7.0×7 topics
- Additive Manufacturing21▲ 7.3×8 topics
- Stability Analysis18▲ 13×5 topics
- Control17▲ 14×4 topics
- Fault Diagnosis17▲ 13×5 topics
- Process Parameters16▲ 16×3 topics
- Lithium-ion Batteries16▲ 4.1×3 topics
- Virtual Prototyping16▲ 20×2 topics
- Distributed Control16▲ 15×3 topics
- Assembly Planning15▲ 24×1 topic
- Design for Manufacture15▲ 24×1 topic
- Robotics15▲ 6.7×5 topics
- Autonomous Vehicles15▲ 7.5×4 topics
- Actuators14▲ 9.6×5 topics
- Multi-Agent Systems13▲ 7.6×6 topics
- Adaptive Control13▲ 10×6 topics
- Tool Wear13▲ 11×3 topics
- Battery Management Systems12▲ 9.0×1 topic
- Real-time Optimization12▲ 26×2 topics
- Thermal Runaway12▲ 9.0×1 topic
- Material Characterization12▲ 11×3 topics
- Teaching Methods12▲ 8.0×2 topics
- Digital Education12▲ 8.7×1 topic
- Student Competencies12▲ 20×1 topic
- Constraint Handling12▲ 16×2 topics
- Control Strategies12▲ 8.8×4 topics
- Condition Monitoring12▲ 22×1 topic
- Empirical Mode Decomposition12▲ 22×1 topic
Which research topics does Flanders Make (Belgium) publish most on?
By volume in 2022-now: Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Education, Innovation and Language Studies and Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques.
Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.
- 1 Manufacturing Process and Optimization Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 15 works
- 2 Advanced Battery Technologies Research Automotive Engineering 12 works
- 3 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 12 works
- 4 Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 12 works
- 5 Robot Manipulation and Learning Control and Systems Engineering 11 works
- 6 Advanced Control Systems Optimization Control and Systems Engineering 11 works
- 7 Structural Health Monitoring Techniques Civil and Structural Engineering 10 works
- 8 Digital Transformation in Industry Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 10 works
- 9 Gear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis Mechanical Engineering 10 works
- 10 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 8 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.
World: 40% of research is openly available.
World: 18% is written across borders.
How has Flanders Make (Belgium)'s research output changed?
Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021.
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 Flanders Make (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0036% in 2024.
Fractional works of Flanders Make (Belgium) 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.
Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.6% in 2016.
Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners have tabs of their own, above.
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