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Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

In research, Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech stands highest in Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#147 of 3,409 worldwide), Life Sciences (#1,574 of 7,800 worldwide) and Plant Science (#521 of 1,395 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Insect Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Agricultural and Biological Sciences — Insect Science is 19.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,985
of 28,054 · #4,813 all time
Rank in Belgium
#21
of 138
Research works
4.9k
▲ 11% vs 2013–17
Citations
93k
19.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
33.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
51%
world 28%

What is Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech 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
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #147 of 3,409 36.3%223 #320
Life SciencesDomain #1,574 of 7,800 35.1%284 #2208
Plant ScienceSubfield #521 of 1,395 39.9%69 #510
Environmental ScienceField #1,659 of 3,551 32.4%87 #1407
Physical SciencesDomain #7,333 of 12,888 29.1%140 #6825

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech 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. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#320 #147
  2. Life Sciences#2,208 #1,574
  3. Plant Science#510 #521
  4. Environmental Science#1,407 #1,659
  5. Physical Sciences#6,825 #7,333
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 Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Insect Science takes 19.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Insect ScienceSubfield · 27.5 works20×
  2. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 28.0 works12×
  3. Agricultural and Biological SciencesField · 223.4 works9.5×
  4. Food ScienceSubfield · 32.8 works8.8×
← 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: 9.50× its world share, 223 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.00× its world share, 53 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.27× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.10× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.61× its world share, 1 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 1.76× its world share, 14 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.12× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.52× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.34× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.27× its world share, 20 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.54× its world share, 87 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 7 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.11× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.28× its world share, 26 worksMedicineNursing: 4.32× its world share, 10 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.75× its world share, 4 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.37× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.33× its world share, 4 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.30× its world share, 5 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.17× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 9.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech?

Ranked on the composite score, Ετιεννε François, Jean‐Marie Jacquemin and Marcelle Grenson lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech.

  1. 1 Ετιεννε François · #154,287 worldwide 49 citations · 89 works
  2. 2 Jean‐Marie Jacquemin · #261,661 worldwide 73 citations · 21 works
  3. 3 Marcelle Grenson · #273,371 worldwide 146 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Brigitte Duquesne · #300,969 worldwide 4 citations · 45 works
  5. 5 François Hilger · #312,492 worldwide 71 citations · 21 works
  6. 6 A. Buldgen · #312,778 worldwide 46 citations · 38 works
  7. 7 Pascal Leterme · #370,297 worldwide 123 citations · 36 works
  8. 8 Y. Cleuter · #572,641 worldwide 27 citations · 23 works
  9. 9 A. Burny · #602,161 worldwide 24 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 G. Marbaix · #611,265 worldwide 42 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech

Which keywords describe research at Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Biodiversity Conservation, Sustainability, Biodiversity, Smallholder Farmers, Ecosystem Services, Invasive Species and Sustainable Agriculture.

▲ 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 Change69▲ 5.2×63 topics
  2. Sustainability42▲ 3.5×43 topics
  3. Biodiversity Conservation30▲ 16×11 topics
  4. Biodiversity24▲ 6.6×21 topics
  5. Environmental Impact23▲ 2.8×30 topics
  6. Smallholder Farmers22▲ 20×5 topics
  7. Ecosystem Services20▲ 10×10 topics
  8. Invasive Species19▲ 9.0×17 topics
  9. Sustainable Agriculture19▲ 12×10 topics
  10. Antioxidant Activity17▲ 5.5×24 topics
  11. Adaptation17▲ 12×8 topics
  12. Biological Control17▲ 22×10 topics
  13. Food Security16▲ 5.9×12 topics
  14. Gut Microbiota16▲ 9.2×6 topics
  15. Antioxidants15▲ 6.6×11 topics
  16. Global Change15▲ 11×6 topics
  17. Microbial Communities14▲ 6.8×10 topics
  18. Land Use Change14▲ 8.9×7 topics
  19. Antioxidant13▲ 3.8×29 topics
  20. Conservation13▲ 6.0×17 topics
  21. Lipid Oxidation13▲ 25×2 topics
  22. Health Benefits12▲ 7.7×13 topics
  23. Agroforestry12▲ 37×3 topics
  24. Consumer Perception11▲ 10×6 topics
  25. Diversity11▲ 13×3 topics
  26. Microbiota11▲ 10×6 topics
  27. Polyphenols11▲ 13×6 topics
  28. Genetic Diversity11▲ 5.0×17 topics
  29. Nutritional Value11▲ 20×4 topics
  30. Ecosystem Functioning10▲ 11×4 topics
  31. Habitat Fragmentation10▲ 9.2×4 topics
  32. Climate Resilience10▲ 33×2 topics
  33. Agroecology10▲ 14×2 topics
  34. Livestock Farming10▲ 31×3 topics
  35. Agricultural Development9▲ 11×4 topics
  36. Biomass Estimation9▲ 12×3 topics
  37. Indigenous Fruits9▲ 79×1 topic
  38. Tree Domestication9▲ 79×1 topic
  39. Heat Stress9▲ 23×2 topics
  40. Multifunctionality9▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: African Botany and Ecology Studies, Agriculture and Rural Development Research, Meat and Animal Product Quality and Insect-Plant Interactions and Control.

African Botany and Ecolo…9African Botany and Ecology Studies: 9 fractional worksAgriculture and Rural De…8Agriculture and Rural Development Research: 8 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product …8Meat and Animal Product Quality: 8 fractional worksInsect-Plant Interaction…6Insect-Plant Interactions and Control: 6 fractional worksLand Use and Ecosystem Services: 6 fractional worksSoil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics: 6 fractional worksEcology and Vegetation D…5Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies: 5 fractional worksProteins in Food Systems: 5 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 5 fractional worksAnimal Nutrition and Phy…4Animal Nutrition and Physiology: 4 fractional works
ForestryEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsAnimal Science and ZoologyInsect Science4 others

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

  1. 1 African Botany and Ecology Studies Forestry 9 works
  2. 2 Agriculture and Rural Development Research Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 8 works
  3. 3 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 8 works
  4. 4 Insect-Plant Interactions and Control Insect Science 6 works
  5. 5 Land Use and Ecosystem Services Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  6. 6 Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics Soil Science 6 works
  7. 7 Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies Nature and Landscape Conservation 5 works
  8. 8 Proteins in Food Systems Food Science 5 works
  9. 9 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 5 works
  10. 10 Animal Nutrition and Physiology Animal Science and Zoology 4 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 available51.2%not open48.8%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.4%domestic only71.6%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 11% 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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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.