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Flanders Make (Belgium)

In research, Flanders Make (Belgium) stands highest in Engineering (#1,778 of 6,636 worldwide), Physical Sciences (#5,011 of 12,888 worldwide) and Computer Science (#1,855 of 4,667 worldwide), 2022–2025. 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 12.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,787
of 28,054 · #12,693 all time
Rank in Belgium
#46
of 138
Research works
1.7k
▲ 520% vs 2013–17
Citations
23k
13.9 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
17.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is Flanders Make (Belgium) 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
EngineeringField #1,778 of 6,636 15.1%472 #2880
Physical SciencesDomain #5,011 of 12,888 15.9%652 #8648
Computer ScienceField #1,855 of 4,667 20.6%111 #3053
Mechanical EngineeringSubfield #851 of 1,351 16.0%85 #1404
Social SciencesDomain #6,807 of 10,521 24.8%93 #12946
Electrical and Electronic EngineeringSubfield #1,501 of 2,318 15.7%79 #2603
Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield #616 of 793 9.4%84 #1203

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Engineering#2,880 #1,778
  2. Physical Sciences#8,648 #5,011
  3. Computer Science#3,053 #1,855
  4. Mechanical Engineering#1,404 #851
  5. Social Sciences#12,946 #6,807
  6. Electrical and Electronic Engineering#2,603 #1,501
  7. Control and Systems Engineering#1,203 #616
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Flanders Make (Belgium) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering takes 12.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 51.1 works12×
  2. Control and Systems EngineeringSubfield · 84.0 works9.7×
  3. Automotive EngineeringSubfield · 31.5 works7.3×
  4. Mechanical EngineeringSubfield · 84.8 works5.8×
  5. EngineeringField · 471.9 works3.9×
← 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: 0.27× its world share, 10 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.17× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.36× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.78× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.25× its world share, 3 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.78× its world share, 111 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.39× its world share, 5 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.63× its world share, 5 worksEnergyEngineering: 3.93× its world share, 472 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 17 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.56× its world share, 16 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.37× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.03× its world share, 18 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.24× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 8 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.16× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.18× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.79× its world share, 20 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.23× its world share, 17 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.39× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.67× its world share, 16 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 28 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at Flanders Make (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Deep Learning, Optimization, Vibration Analysis, Model Predictive Control, Electric Vehicles, Nonlinear Systems, Machine Learning and Power Electronics.

▲ 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. Deep Learning63▲ 2.3×56 topics
  2. Machine Learning48▲ 1.82×54 topics
  3. Sustainability37▲ 1.87×37 topics
  4. Neural Networks34▲ 2.8×28 topics
  5. Optimization29▲ 7.7×20 topics
  6. Vibration Analysis26▲ 12×6 topics
  7. Model Predictive Control24▲ 12×5 topics
  8. Electric Vehicles24▲ 10×4 topics
  9. Nonlinear Systems24▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Power Electronics22▲ 8.4×8 topics
  11. Nonlinear Dynamics21▲ 12×5 topics
  12. Renewable Energy Integration20▲ 7.6×5 topics
  13. Thermal Management20▲ 7.6×6 topics
  14. Additive Manufacturing18▲ 7.2×8 topics
  15. Stability Analysis17▲ 13×5 topics
  16. Control16▲ 15×4 topics
  17. Virtual Prototyping15▲ 20×2 topics
  18. Process Parameters15▲ 17×3 topics
  19. Heat Transfer15▲ 3.8×12 topics
  20. Lithium-ion Batteries15▲ 4.4×3 topics
  21. Fault Diagnosis15▲ 13×5 topics
  22. Assembly Planning15▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Design for Manufacture15▲ 24×1 topic
  24. Distributed Control15▲ 16×3 topics
  25. Robotics14▲ 7.3×4 topics
  26. Actuators14▲ 11×5 topics
  27. Autonomous Vehicles13▲ 8.0×4 topics
  28. Tool Wear12▲ 12×3 topics
  29. Multi-Agent Systems12▲ 8.0×5 topics
  30. Real-time Optimization12▲ 27×2 topics
  31. Battery Management Systems12▲ 9.5×1 topic
  32. Sensor Networks12▲ 5.8×4 topics
  33. Thermal Runaway12▲ 9.5×1 topic
  34. Material Characterization11▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Adaptive Control11▲ 10×6 topics
  36. Constraint Handling11▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Robust Control11▲ 18×2 topics
  38. Industrial Applications10▲ 14×3 topics
  39. Nonlinear MPC10▲ 27×1 topic
  40. Path Planning10▲ 9.9×3 topics

Which research topics does Flanders Make (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Manufacturing Process and Optimization, Advanced Battery Technologies Research, Advanced Control Systems Optimization and Machine Fault Diagnosis Techniques.

Manufacturing Process an…15Manufacturing Process and Optimization: 15 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Technol…12Advanced Battery Technologies Research: 12 fractional worksAdvanced Control Systems Optimization: 10 fractional worksMachine Fault Diagnosis Techniques: 10 fractional worksRobot Manipulation and Learning: 10 fractional worksStructural Health Monitoring Techniques: 9 fractional worksGear and Bearing Dynamics Analysis: 8 fractional worksDigital Transformation i…8Digital Transformation in Industry: 8 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 8 fractional worksEducation, Innovation and Language Studies: 8 fractional works
Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringAutomotive EngineeringControl and Systems EngineeringCivil and Structural Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Manufacturing Process and OptimizationIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 15 works
  2. 2 Advanced Battery Technologies ResearchAutomotive Engineering 12 works
  3. 3 Advanced Control Systems OptimizationControl and Systems Engineering 10 works
  4. 4 Machine Fault Diagnosis TechniquesControl and Systems Engineering 10 works
  5. 5 Robot Manipulation and LearningControl and Systems Engineering 10 works
  6. 6 Structural Health Monitoring TechniquesCivil and Structural Engineering 9 works
  7. 7 Gear and Bearing Dynamics AnalysisMechanical Engineering 8 works
  8. 8 Digital Transformation in IndustryIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  9. 9 Additive Manufacturing Materials and ProcessesMechanical Engineering 8 works
  10. 10 Education, Innovation and Language StudiesEducation 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.

openly available63.6%not open36.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.3%domestic only68.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Flanders Make (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 520% 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.

Research measures only: rankings here say nothing about teaching, admissions or student experience. Comparable institutions and collaboration partners are in the interactive view on the map.