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Fund for Scientific Research

In research, Fund for Scientific Research stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,373 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#6,297
of 22,385 · #2,799 all time
Rank in Belgium
#28
of 105
Research works
2.1k
◆ 1% vs 2018-21
Citations
75k
35.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.5%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.08×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
43%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Fund for Scientific Research

What is Fund for Scientific 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,373 of 9,585 23.8%117 #2381

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Fund for Scientific 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 fields of science does Fund for Scientific Research work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Fund for Scientific Research is in Social Sciences, 23% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (26%), Psychology (14%), Arts and Humanities (10%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 126 fractional works · 55.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 59 fractional works · 26.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 24 fractional works · 10.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 14 fractional works · 6.1% of its workAnthropology: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workLaw: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workUrban Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychology: 32 fractional works · 14.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workClinical Psychology: 8 fractional works · 3.4% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workSocial Psychology: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workApplied Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 23 fractional works · 10.4% of its workHistory: 5 fractional works · 2.1% of its workArcheology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhilosophy: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMuseology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workReligious studies: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 4 fractional works · 1.9% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 52 fractional works · 23.0% of its workEngineering: 15 fractional works · 6.4% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workMechanics of Materials: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 13 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 12 fractional works · 5.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPaleontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 29 fractional works · 13.1% of its workNeuroscience: 15 fractional works · 6.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 15 fractional works · 6.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 7 fractional works · 3.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 18 fractional works · 8.1% of its workMedicine: 15 fractional works · 6.6% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKFund forScientific…225fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences13%Physical Sciences23%Health Sciences8%Social Sciences56%

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. Social Sciences5926.1%
    2. Psychology3214.3%
    3. Arts and Humanities2310.4%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.9%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting31.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.6%
    1. Engineering156.4%
    2. Environmental Science135.8%
    3. Computer Science125.3%
    4. Mathematics31.4%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences31.4%
    6. Physics and Astronomy31.3%
    7. Materials Science20.9%
    8. Chemistry10.3%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    1. Neuroscience156.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology73.2%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.9%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    1. Medicine156.6%
    2. Health Professions31.2%
    3. Nursing00.1%
    4. Dentistry00.1%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.62× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 4.16× its world share, 15 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.68× its world share, 12 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 3 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.43× its world share, 14 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.17× its world share, 13 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.21× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.47× its world share, 3 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.34× its world share, 15 worksMedicineNursing: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.54× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.60× its world share, 23 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.35× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 4.70× its world share, 32 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.06× its world share, 59 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Psychology, 4.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Psychology4.70×32 works
  2. Neuroscience4.16×15 works
  3. Arts and Humanities3.60×23 works
  4. Social Sciences2.06×59 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.35×6 works
  6. Mathematics1.21×3 works
  7. Environmental Science1.17×13 works
  8. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.88×3 works
  9. Computer Science0.68×12 works
  10. Decision Sciences0.66×1 works
  11. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.62×7 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.60×7 works
  13. Physics and Astronomy0.57×3 works
  14. Veterinary0.54×0 works
  15. Health Professions0.47×3 works
  16. Business, Management and Accounting0.44×3 works
  17. Engineering0.43×14 works
  18. Medicine0.34×15 works
  19. Materials Science0.27×2 works
  20. Nursing0.24×0 works
  21. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.22×0 works
  22. Chemistry0.21×1 works
  23. Dentistry0.15×0 works
  24. Immunology and Microbiology0.14×0 works
  25. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  26. Energy0.12×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Fund for Scientific Research?

Ranked on the quality score, Christiane Zorbas, Olivier Desmedt and Gaëlle Nicolas lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Fund for Scientific Research.

  1. 1 Christiane Zorbas Belgium · #558,805 worldwide 1.8k citations · 31 works
  2. 2 Olivier Desmedt Belgium · #827,262 worldwide 1.3k citations · 46 works
  3. 3 Gaëlle Nicolas Belgium · #1,645,455 worldwide 2.1k citations · 170 works
  4. 4 J. B. O. S. Martens Belgium · #2,583,714 worldwide 1k citations · 41 works
  5. 5 Frederik Ponjaert Belgium · #2,763,756 worldwide 188 citations · 41 works
  6. 6 Catherine Demoulin Belgium · #3,169,919 worldwide 130 citations · 16 works
  7. 7 Mia Gosselin Belgium · #3,757,367 worldwide 82 citations · 16 works
  8. 8 B. Grassi Belgium · #3,757,698 worldwide 87 citations · 28 works
  9. 9 D.Y. Dubois Belgium · #3,814,675 worldwide 223 citations · 16 works
  10. 10 Rebecca Gebauer Belgium · #3,949,158 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Fund for Scientific Research

What are the most cited papers from Fund for Scientific Research?

The most cited paper from Fund for Scientific Research is "Gaia Data Release 2" (A. G. A. Brown et al., 2018), with 8,734 citations. Next come "The Gaia mission" (7,118) and "A new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia" (5,230).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Gaia Data Release 2 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access453 authors 24 Apr 2018 8,734
2 The Gaia mission T. Prusti et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access625 authors 15 Sep 2016 7,118
3 A new and sensitive method for measuring thermal nociception in cutaneous hyperalgesia Kenneth Hargreaves, Ronald A. Dubner, Frederick J. Brown et al. · Pain 1988 5,230
4 Global trends in antimicrobial use in food animals Thomas P. Van Boeckel, Charles H. Brower, Marius Gilbert et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Open access 19 Mar 2015 4,021
5 Gaia Early Data Release 3 A. G. A. Brown et al. · Astronomy and Astrophysics Open access425 authors 3 Dec 2020 3,978
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Fund for Scientific Research?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Emotion Regulation, Globalization, Psychological Well-being, Climate Change, Human Rights, Neural Correlates, Identity Formation and Cultural Psychology.

▲ 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. Climate Change11▲ 1.84×36 topics
  2. Globalization10▲ 2.4×26 topics
  3. Emotion Regulation8▲ 11×8 topics
  4. Mental Health8▲ 2.5×19 topics
  5. Human Rights8▲ 3.4×14 topics
  6. Social Media7▲ 2.4×17 topics
  7. Anxiety6▲ 5.2×6 topics
  8. Psychological Well-being6▲ 17×5 topics
  9. Neural Correlates5▲ 23×6 topics
  10. Ethics5▲ 4.3×10 topics
  11. Identity Formation5▲ 90×2 topics
  12. Biodiversity Conservation5▲ 5.7×8 topics
  13. Cultural Psychology5▲ 48×2 topics
  14. Depression5▲ 2.4×11 topics
  15. Gender5▲ 4.0×15 topics
  16. Autobiographical Memory5▲ 168×1 topic
  17. Narrative Identity5▲ 168×1 topic
  18. Metacognition4▲ 13×4 topics
  19. Ethnicity4▲ 5.2×8 topics
  20. Land Use Change4▲ 5.8×5 topics
  21. Neuroscience4▲ 5.6×7 topics
  22. Citizenship4▲ 14×4 topics
  23. Psychopathology4▲ 9.3×3 topics
  24. Community Engagement4▲ 4.8×5 topics
  25. Episodic Memory4▲ 165×1 topic
  26. Memory Retrieval4▲ 165×1 topic
  27. Democracy3▲ 4.3×10 topics
  28. Emotion3▲ 7.2×7 topics
  29. Immigration3▲ 14×2 topics
  30. Global Governance3▲ 5.9×7 topics
  31. Social Networks3▲ 5.2×6 topics
  32. Risk Perception3▲ 5.2×5 topics
  33. Language Development3▲ 10×5 topics
  34. Self-Regulation3▲ 7.2×5 topics
  35. Bilingualism3▲ 9.1×5 topics
  36. Security Council3▲ 25×2 topics
  37. Cognitive Control3▲ 19×2 topics
  38. Environmental Services3▲ 34×1 topic
  39. Tropical Deforestation3▲ 34×1 topic
  40. Neural Mechanisms2▲ 11×4 topics

Which research topics does Fund for Scientific Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Identity, Memory, and Therapy, Memory Processes and Influences, Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management and Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments.

Identity, Memory, and Therapy: 5 fractional worksMemory Processes and Influences: 4 fractional worksConservation, Biodiversi…3Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management: 3 fractional worksPsychosomatic Disorders …2Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments: 2 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 2 fractional worksMental Health Research Topics: 2 fractional worksMisinformation and Its I…2Misinformation and Its Impacts: 2 fractional worksPsychology of Moral and …2Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment: 2 fractional worksInternational Law and Hu…2International Law and Human Rights: 2 fractional worksBehavioral Health and In…2Behavioral Health and Interventions: 2 fractional works
Developmental and Educational PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceGlobal and Planetary ChangePsychiatry and Mental health5 others

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

  1. 1 Identity, Memory, and Therapy Developmental and Educational Psychology 5 works
  2. 2 Memory Processes and Influences Cognitive Neuroscience 4 works
  3. 3 Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  4. 4 Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments Psychiatry and Mental health 2 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 2 works
  6. 6 Mental Health Research Topics Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 2 works
  7. 7 Misinformation and Its Impacts Sociology and Political Science 2 works
  8. 8 Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment Cognitive Neuroscience 2 works
  9. 9 International Law and Human Rights Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  10. 10 Behavioral Health and Interventions Applied Psychology 2 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 available42.6%not open57.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors33.0%domestic only67.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Fund for Scientific Research's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 1% higher than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Fund for Scientific Research as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00095% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Fund for Scientific Research0.00069% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Fund for Scientific 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%30%Fund for Scientific Research17.4% 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 24.2% in 2022.

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