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GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium)

In research, GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium) stands highest in Medicine (#3,608 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,917 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Epidemiology and Immunology and Microbiology — Epidemiology is 23.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,743
of 28,054 · #5,517 all time
Rank in Belgium
#36
of 138
Research works
922
▼ 3% vs 2013–17
Citations
35k
38.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
66%
world 28%

What is GlaxoSmithKline (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
MedicineField #3,608 of 10,443 25.5%106 #3255
Health SciencesDomain #4,917 of 11,982 25.0%110 #4455

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where GlaxoSmithKline (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).

What does GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Epidemiology takes 23.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. EpidemiologySubfield · 58.1 works24×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 24.5 works14×
← 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: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.14× its world share, 10 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 14.06× its world share, 24 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 4.50× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEnergy: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.12× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.14× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsDentistry: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.77× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.18× its world share, 106 worksMedicineNursing: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.04× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.69× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 11 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 14.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium)?

Ranked on the composite score, William P. Hausdorff, Frank Struyf and Nathalie Garçon lead among researchers whose main affiliation is GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium).

  1. 1 William P. Hausdorff · #144,064 worldwide 201 citations · 25 works
  2. 2 Frank Struyf · #148,064 worldwide 204 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Nathalie Garçon · #166,102 worldwide 146 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Arnaud M. Didierlaurent · #262,423 worldwide 151 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Johan Vekemans · #370,019 worldwide 164 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Thomas C. Heineman · #487,782 worldwide 102 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Thomas Breuer · #527,965 worldwide 82 citations · 19 works
  8. 8 Vincent Brichard · #576,295 worldwide 76 citations · 16 works
  9. 9 Pilar Rubio · #746,116 worldwide 3 citations · 19 works
  10. 10 Marta Moreira · #805,601 worldwide 7 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium)

Which keywords describe research at GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Pathogenesis, Immune Response, Vaccine Development, Disease Burden, Human Metapneumovirus and Respiratory Syncytial Virus.

▲ 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. Epidemiology87▲ 13×45 topics
  2. Vaccine39▲ 56×11 topics
  3. Pathogenesis28▲ 32×15 topics
  4. Immune Response25▲ 26×13 topics
  5. Vaccine Development25▲ 57×7 topics
  6. Disease Burden18▲ 146×2 topics
  7. Human Metapneumovirus18▲ 229×1 topic
  8. Respiratory Syncytial Virus18▲ 229×1 topic
  9. Immunity16▲ 22×4 topics
  10. Herpes Zoster13▲ 262×1 topic
  11. Herpesviruses13▲ 262×1 topic
  12. Pandemic13▲ 6.9×5 topics
  13. Treatment13▲ 6.0×14 topics
  14. Social Media10▲ 4.1×3 topics
  15. Clinical Management10▲ 33×4 topics
  16. COVID-19 Vaccine10▲ 78×2 topics
  17. Health Behavior10▲ 55×1 topic
  18. Vaccine Hesitancy10▲ 84×1 topic
  19. Bacterial Meningitis10▲ 281×1 topic
  20. Neisseria meningitidis10▲ 281×1 topic
  21. Infection9▲ 21×4 topics
  22. Antimicrobial Resistance9▲ 26×5 topics
  23. Clinical Practice Guidelines9▲ 9.5×4 topics
  24. Vaccination8▲ 65×3 topics
  25. Respiratory Infections8▲ 41×2 topics
  26. Community-Acquired Pneumonia8▲ 136×1 topic
  27. Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine8▲ 136×1 topic
  28. SARS-CoV-28▲ 14×5 topics
  29. Antiviral Therapy8▲ 44×3 topics
  30. Respiratory7▲ 41×2 topics
  31. Antibodies6▲ 67×2 topics
  32. Virus6▲ 39×3 topics
  33. Genomics6▲ 12×2 topics
  34. H1N16▲ 119×1 topic
  35. Influenza6▲ 88×1 topic
  36. ACE2 Receptor6▲ 15×2 topics
  37. Coronavirus6▲ 17×3 topics
  38. Hearing Loss6▲ 30×2 topics
  39. Transplant Recipients6▲ 56×2 topics
  40. Immune Evasion6▲ 70×2 topics

Which research topics does GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Respiratory viral infections research, Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments, Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy and Bacterial Infections and Vaccines.

Respiratory viral infect…18Respiratory viral infections research: 18 fractional worksHerpesvirus Infections and Treatments: 13 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 10 fractional worksBacterial Infections and Vaccines: 10 fractional worksPneumonia and Respiratory Infections: 8 fractional worksInfluenza Virus Research…6Influenza Virus Research Studies: 6 fractional worksCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 4 fractional worksFacial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and Research: 4 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 3 fractional works
EpidemiologyHealthMicrobiologyInfectious Diseases1 others

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

  1. 1 Respiratory viral infections researchEpidemiology 18 works
  2. 2 Herpesvirus Infections and TreatmentsEpidemiology 13 works
  3. 3 Vaccine Coverage and HesitancyHealth 10 works
  4. 4 Bacterial Infections and VaccinesMicrobiology 10 works
  5. 5 Pneumonia and Respiratory InfectionsEpidemiology 8 works
  6. 6 Influenza Virus Research StudiesEpidemiology 6 works
  7. 7 Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus researchEpidemiology 5 works
  8. 8 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 ResearchInfectious Diseases 4 works
  9. 9 Facial Nerve Paralysis Treatment and ResearchNeurology 4 works
  10. 10 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiologyInfectious Diseases 3 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 available66.0%not open34.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors66.9%domestic only33.1%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has GlaxoSmithKline (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 3% lower 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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