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Ghent University Hospital

In research, Ghent University Hospital stands highest in Health Sciences (#389 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#345 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#526 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Forestry and Reproductive Medicine — Forestry is 6.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#844
of 28,054 · #757 all time
Rank in Belgium
#8
of 138
Research works
25k
◆ 0% vs 2013–17
Citations
711k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
46%
world 28%

What is Ghent University Hospital 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
Health SciencesDomain #389 of 11,982 18.8%1,540 #224
MedicineField #345 of 10,443 18.6%1,381 #186
Social SciencesDomain #526 of 10,521 24.8%1,226 #471
Life SciencesDomain #509 of 7,800 17.7%584 #498
Social SciencesField #579 of 6,365 25.1%562 #559
SurgerySubfield #272 of 1,816 16.7%205 #227
Physical SciencesDomain #2,155 of 12,888 11.9%778 #1750
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #676 of 3,579 22.1%231 #632
Arts and HumanitiesField #379 of 1,998 27.3%240 #379
PsychologyField #415 of 2,181 23.4%253 #332

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Ghent University Hospital 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. Health Sciences#224 #389
  2. Medicine#186 #345
  3. Social Sciences#471 #526
  4. Life Sciences#498 #509
  5. Social Sciences#559 #579
  6. Surgery#227 #272
  7. Physical Sciences#1,750 #2,155
  8. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#632 #676
  9. Arts and Humanities#379 #379
  10. Psychology#332 #415
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 Ghent University Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Forestry takes 6.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ForestrySubfield · 28.7 works6.7×
  2. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 31.8 works3.4×
← 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: 0.77× its world share, 150 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.05× its world share, 231 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.66× its world share, 69 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.88× its world share, 126 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.54× its world share, 8 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.67× its world share, 10 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.28× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.50× its world share, 160 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.68× its world share, 44 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.36× its world share, 14 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.41× its world share, 253 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.71× its world share, 145 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.21× its world share, 31 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.79× its world share, 38 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 66 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.85× its world share, 17 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.07× its world share, 116 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.74× its world share, 1,381 worksMedicineNursing: 0.84× its world share, 17 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.61× its world share, 9 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.02× its world share, 240 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.52× its world share, 70 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 32 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.78× its world share, 69 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.01× its world share, 253 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 562 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Ghent University Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Jo Vandesompele, Katleen De Preter and Nadine Van Roy lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Ghent University Hospital.

  1. 1 Jo Vandesompele · #1,646 worldwide 2k citations · 114 works
  2. 2 Katleen De Preter · #3,153 worldwide 1.9k citations · 68 works
  3. 3 Nadine Van Roy · #4,182 worldwide 2k citations · 64 works
  4. 4 Ernst Rietzschel · #4,221 worldwide 2.1k citations · 62 works
  5. 5 Bruce Poppe · #5,142 worldwide 1.9k citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Romain Pauwels · #7,017 worldwide 1.4k citations · 54 works
  7. 7 Guy Joos · #7,625 worldwide 741 citations · 94 works
  8. 8 Philippe Gevaert · #10,575 worldwide 631 citations · 60 works
  9. 9 Claus Bachert · #18,062 worldwide 1k citations · 224 works
  10. 10 Dominique Benoît · #27,732 worldwide 340 citations · 39 works
All ranked researchers at Ghent University Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Ghent University Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Quality of Life, Treatment, Inflammation, Globalization, Cardiovascular Disease, Mental Health and European Union.

▲ 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. Epidemiology264▲ 1.62×125 topics
  2. Inflammation127▲ 1.48×77 topics
  3. Quality of Life115▲ 1.93×54 topics
  4. Treatment104▲ 2.1×47 topics
  5. Globalization104▲ 1.28×87 topics
  6. Climate Change92▼ 0.83×88 topics
  7. Mental Health86▲ 1.43×39 topics
  8. Sustainability82▼ 0.81×78 topics
  9. Cardiovascular Disease78▲ 1.69×33 topics
  10. Diagnosis67▲ 1.74×39 topics
  11. Genetics62▲ 2.1×26 topics
  12. Risk Factors61▲ 1.35×34 topics
  13. Management60▲ 1.85×32 topics
  14. Gender56▲ 2.5×38 topics
  15. Human Rights55▲ 1.30×49 topics
  16. Immunotherapy55▲ 1.87×19 topics
  17. Biodiversity51▲ 1.66×24 topics
  18. Clinical Practice Guidelines51▲ 2.3×14 topics
  19. Chemotherapy48▲ 1.66×25 topics
  20. Complications47▲ 2.3×17 topics
  21. Colonialism47▲ 2.4×34 topics
  22. Ecosystem Services45▲ 2.8×11 topics
  23. Global Burden44▲ 1.98×12 topics
  24. Rehabilitation44▲ 2.7×12 topics
  25. Literature43▲ 1.91×39 topics
  26. European Union42▲ 4.5×18 topics
  27. Social Interaction40▲ 2.4×10 topics
  28. Genetic Mutations39▲ 2.2×23 topics
  29. Sustainable Agriculture39▲ 3.0×9 topics
  30. Emotion Regulation39▲ 3.0×9 topics
  31. Health Disparities37▲ 3.4×8 topics
  32. Autoantibodies32▲ 3.3×8 topics
  33. Agroforestry31▲ 12×3 topics
  34. Pragmatics31▲ 4.6×6 topics
  35. Corpus Linguistics30▲ 3.4×5 topics
  36. Intersectionality30▲ 4.0×11 topics
  37. Discrimination29▲ 3.6×8 topics
  38. Gender Identity29▲ 6.5×4 topics
  39. Silvoarable Systems27▲ 43×1 topic
  40. Temperate Region27▲ 43×1 topic

Which research topics does Ghent University Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems, Reproductive Biology and Fertility, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy and Asthma and respiratory diseases.

Agroforestry and silvopa…27Agroforestry and silvopastoral systems: 27 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…19Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 19 fractional worksLGBTQ Health, Identity, …17LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy: 17 fractional worksAsthma and respiratory d…16Asthma and respiratory diseases: 16 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 14 fractional worksGeophysics and Gravity Measurements: 14 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Trea…12Shoulder Injury and Treatment: 12 fractional worksCystic Fibrosis Research Advances: 12 fractional worksChronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Research: 11 fractional worksMental Health Research T…11Mental Health Research Topics: 11 fractional works
ForestryPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSocial PsychologyPhysiology5 others

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

  1. 1 Agroforestry and silvopastoral systemsForestry 27 works
  2. 2 Reproductive Biology and FertilityPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 19 works
  3. 3 LGBTQ Health, Identity, and PolicySocial Psychology 17 works
  4. 4 Asthma and respiratory diseasesPhysiology 16 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsAstronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  6. 6 Geophysics and Gravity MeasurementsOceanography 14 works
  7. 7 Shoulder Injury and TreatmentSurgery 12 works
  8. 8 Cystic Fibrosis Research AdvancesPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 12 works
  9. 9 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) ResearchPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  10. 10 Mental Health Research TopicsExperimental and Cognitive Psychology 11 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 available46.3%not open53.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Ghent University Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 0% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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