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Flemish Institute for Technological Research

In research, Flemish Institute for Technological Research stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,196 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,634 of 5,901 worldwide) and Environmental Science (#1,023 of 3,334 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Environmental Engineering, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis and Building and Construction (Environmental Engineering is 9.5× its share of world research).

World rank, 2022-now
#4,787
of 22,385 · #2,443 all time
Rank in Belgium
#18
of 105
Research works
2.6k
▲ 7% vs 2018-21
Citations
92k
35.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
12.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
41%
world 40%
International
38%
world 18%
Flemish Institute for Technological Research

What is Flemish Institute for Technological Research 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
Physical SciencesDomain #2,196 of 10,670 10.8%380 #1496
EngineeringField #1,634 of 5,901 11.4%168 #1349
Environmental ScienceField #1,023 of 3,334 9.3%102 #834

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Flemish Institute for Technological Research 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.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,496 #2,196
  2. Engineering#1,349 #1,634
  3. Environmental Science#834 #1,023
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

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 Flemish Institute for Technological Research work in?

In 2022-now, 80% of research at Flemish Institute for Technological Research is in Physical Sciences, 8% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (35%), Environmental Science (23%), Materials Science (6%). It does 2.0× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 446 fractional works · 80.1% of its workEngineering: 194 fractional works · 34.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 55 fractional works · 9.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 32 fractional works · 5.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 28 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOcean Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAerospace Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMedia Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 127 fractional works · 22.7% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 29 fractional works · 5.2% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 4.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 17 fractional works · 3.0% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 10 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEcology: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 33 fractional works · 5.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomaterials: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 25 fractional works · 4.6% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 23 fractional works · 4.1% of its workEnergy Engineering and Power Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workAtmospheric Science: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workGeology: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeophysics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 18 fractional works · 3.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 15 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSpectroscopy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrochemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 9 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 0.8% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 43 fractional works · 7.8% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 15 fractional works · 2.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMarketing: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness and International Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 12 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 40 fractional works · 7.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 19 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 2.4% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 17 fractional works · 3.1% of its workPlant Science: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workFood Science: 4 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 27 fractional works · 4.9% of its workMedicine: 21 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 9 fractional works · 1.6% of its workHealth Professions: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKFlemish Institutefor Technologica…556fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences80%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences8%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering19434.9%
    2. Environmental Science12722.7%
    3. Materials Science335.9%
    4. Energy254.6%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences213.8%
    6. Computer Science183.2%
    7. Chemistry152.7%
    8. Chemical Engineering91.5%
    9. Physics and Astronomy40.6%
    10. Mathematics10.2%
    1. Business, Management and Accounting152.6%
    2. Social Sciences122.2%
    3. Decision Sciences71.3%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance61.1%
    5. Psychology20.4%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology193.4%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences173.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology20.3%
    4. Neuroscience10.2%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.1%
    1. Medicine213.8%
    2. Health Professions50.9%
    3. Nursing10.1%
    4. Veterinary00.0%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Flemish Institute for Technological Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Environmental Engineering takes 9.5× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Environmental EngineeringSubfield · 28.7 works9.5×
  2. Health, Toxicology and MutagenesisSubfield · 24.7 works8.4×
  3. Building and ConstructionSubfield · 28.4 works8.2×
  4. Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the EnvironmentSubfield · 23.0 works5.4×
← 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: 0.66× its world share, 17 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 19 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.10× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 4.42× its world share, 9 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.71× its world share, 15 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.41× its world share, 18 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.41× its world share, 21 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 4.96× its world share, 25 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.32× its world share, 194 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 4.58× its world share, 126 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.68× its world share, 33 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.29× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 21 worksMedicineNursing: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.81× its world share, 15 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.34× its world share, 7 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.52× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 12 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Energy, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Energy4.96×25 works
  2. Environmental Science4.58×126 works
  3. Chemical Engineering4.42×9 works
  4. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.41×21 works
  5. Engineering2.32×194 works
  6. Chemistry1.71×15 works
  7. Materials Science1.68×33 works
  8. Decision Sciences1.34×7 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting0.81×15 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.66×17 works
  11. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×19 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.52×6 works
  13. Computer Science0.41×18 works
  14. Health Professions0.35×5 works
  15. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.34×1 works
  16. Immunology and Microbiology0.33×2 works
  17. Nursing0.30×1 works
  18. Physics and Astronomy0.29×4 works
  19. Veterinary0.25×0 works
  20. Medicine0.20×21 works
  21. Mathematics0.19×1 works
  22. Social Sciences0.17×12 works
  23. Psychology0.12×2 works
  24. Neuroscience0.10×1 works
  25. Dentistry0.06×0 works
  26. Arts and Humanities0.06×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Flemish Institute for Technological Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Deepak Pant, Evi Dons and Luc Int Panis lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Flemish Institute for Technological Research.

  1. 1 Deepak Pant Belgium · #23,933 worldwide 27k citations · 381 works
  2. 2 Evi Dons Belgium · #138,246 worldwide 7.5k citations · 128 works
  3. 3 Luc Int Panis Belgium · #218,210 worldwide 11k citations · 284 works
  4. 4 Eva Govarts Belgium · #223,612 worldwide 4.9k citations · 140 works
  5. 5 Bart Degraeuwe Belgium · #254,945 worldwide 4.1k citations · 67 works
  6. 6 Giuseppe Cardellini Belgium · #258,451 worldwide 1.5k citations · 42 works
  7. 7 Suman Bajracharya Belgium · #273,170 worldwide 3.1k citations · 44 works
  8. 8 Bert Claessens Belgium · #274,510 worldwide 3.1k citations · 86 works
  9. 9 Wouter Lefebvre Belgium · #331,164 worldwide 5k citations · 163 works
  10. 10 Kristof Van Tricht Belgium · #347,649 worldwide 2.6k citations · 65 works
All ranked researchers at Flemish Institute for Technological Research

What are the most cited papers from Flemish Institute for Technological Research?

The most cited paper from Flemish Institute for Technological Research is "Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines" (Clotilde Théry et al., 2018), with 11,535 citations. Next come "Chemical Pesticides and Human Health: The Urgent Need for a New Concept in Agriculture" (1,898) and "A review of the substrates used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for sustainable energy production" (1,864).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
2 Chemical Pesticides and Human Health: The Urgent Need for a New Concept in Agriculture P. Nicolopoulou‐Stamati, Sotirios Maipas, Chrysanthi Kotampasi et al. · Frontiers in Public Health Open access 17 Jul 2016 1,898
3 A review of the substrates used in microbial fuel cells (MFCs) for sustainable energy production Deepak Pant, Gilbert Van Bogaert, Ludo Diels et al. · Bioresource Technology 5 Nov 2009 1,864
4 Development of Land Use Regression Models for PM 2.5 , PM 2.5 Absorbance, PM 10 and PM coarse in 20 European Study Areas; Results of the ESCAPE Project Marloes Eeftens et al. · Environmental Science & Technology Open access 10 Sep 2012 1,285
5 The Arabidopsis bHLH Transcription Factors MYC3 and MYC4 Are Targets of JAZ Repressors and Act Additively with MYC2 in the Activation of Jasmonate Responses Patricia Fernández‐Calvo, Andrea Chini, Gemma Fernández‐Barbero et al. · The Plant Cell Open access Feb 2011 1,203
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Flemish Institute for Technological Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Renewable Energy, Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Climate Change, Circular Economy, Lithium-ion Batteries, Metal Recovery and Recycling.

▲ 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. Renewable Energy48▲ 5.9×34 topics
  2. Sustainability42▲ 3.1×45 topics
  3. Environmental Impact41▲ 4.4×36 topics
  4. Climate Change40▲ 2.6×57 topics
  5. Remote Sensing25▲ 3.7×28 topics
  6. Circular Economy22▲ 15×7 topics
  7. Lithium-ion Batteries20▲ 8.8×3 topics
  8. Metal Recovery20▲ 18×3 topics
  9. Recycling20▲ 9.2×8 topics
  10. Energy Efficiency19▲ 3.7×22 topics
  11. Health Effects19▲ 5.7×18 topics
  12. Waste Management18▲ 8.3×7 topics
  13. Thermal Comfort16▲ 22×2 topics
  14. Artificial Neural Networks15▲ 6.0×5 topics
  15. Energy Storage14▲ 4.0×10 topics
  16. Smart Grid14▲ 7.0×9 topics
  17. Environmental Impacts14▲ 9.3×7 topics
  18. Catalysis13▲ 3.6×19 topics
  19. Global Warming12▲ 5.2×10 topics
  20. Environmental Monitoring12▲ 5.5×7 topics
  21. Life Cycle Assessment12▲ 7.6×8 topics
  22. Model Predictive Control12▲ 8.2×4 topics
  23. Cathode Materials11▲ 5.2×3 topics
  24. Energy Consumption11▲ 8.5×5 topics
  25. Climate Change Impact10▲ 8.3×5 topics
  26. Game Theory10▲ 11×2 topics
  27. Energy Management10▲ 11×2 topics
  28. Energy Simulation10▲ 21×2 topics
  29. Demand Response10▲ 21×1 topic
  30. Electricity Markets10▲ 21×1 topic
  31. Electrocatalysis10▲ 6.4×5 topics
  32. Particulate Matter10▲ 12×2 topics
  33. Building Energy Consumption10▲ 23×1 topic
  34. Carbon Dioxide10▲ 11×4 topics
  35. Sustainable Buildings10▲ 23×1 topic
  36. Environmental Exposure10▲ 16×3 topics
  37. Sustainable Technology10▲ 15×2 topics
  38. Catalysts9▲ 8.4×3 topics
  39. Human Health9▲ 10×2 topics
  40. Rare Earth Elements9▲ 11×2 topics

Which research topics does Flemish Institute for Technological Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Smart Grid Energy Management, Building Energy and Comfort Optimization, Extraction and Separation Processes and Recycling and Waste Management Techniques.

  1. 1 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 10 works
  2. 2 Building Energy and Comfort Optimization Building and Construction 10 works
  3. 3 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 9 works
  4. 4 Recycling and Waste Management Techniques Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 8 works
  5. 5 Concrete and Cement Materials Research Civil and Structural Engineering 7 works
  6. 6 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 6 works
  7. 7 Integrated Energy Systems Optimization Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  8. 8 Sustainable Supply Chain Management Strategy and Management 6 works
  9. 9 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Lignin and Wood Chemistry Biomedical Engineering 6 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 available40.7%not open59.3%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.5%domestic only62.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Flemish Institute for Technological Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 7% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting200020102020
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 Flemish Institute for Technological Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0022% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Flemish Institute for Technological Research0.0022% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Flemish Institute for Technological Research 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 counting10%20%Flemish Institute for Technological Research10.5% in 2025all institutions10.0% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 19.0% in 2018.

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