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Hartcentrum Hasselt

In research, Hartcentrum Hasselt stands highest in Health Sciences (#7,207 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#6,440 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Medicine and Health Sciences (Medicine is 4.4× its share of world research).

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World rank, all time
#32,362
of 34,923
Rank in Belgium
#202
of 220
Research works
150
▲ 5% vs 2018-21
Citations
4.1k
27.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.02×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
37%
world 40%
International
33%
world 18%
Hartcentrum Hasselt

What is Hartcentrum Hasselt known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
Health SciencesDomain #7,207 of 16,688 14.3%130
MedicineField #6,440 of 14,558 14.4%128

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hartcentrum Hasselt 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 Hartcentrum Hasselt work in?

In 2022-now, 87% of research at Hartcentrum Hasselt is in Health Sciences, 5% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (85%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (4%), Engineering (4%). It does 2.9× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 25 fractional works · 86.7% of its workMedicine: 25 fractional works · 84.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 12 fractional works · 40.3% of its workSurgery: 3 fractional works · 11.7% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEpidemiology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Informatics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGastroenterology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVirology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 5.1% of its workEngineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workApplied Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKHartcentrumHasselt29fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences5%Health Sciences87%Social Sciences3%

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 13 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine2584.7%
    2. Health Professions11.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology13.5%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology01.3%
    3. Neuroscience00.4%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.2%
    1. Engineering13.5%
    2. Computer Science01.1%
    3. Chemistry00.3%
    4. Mathematics00.3%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance01.4%
    2. Psychology01.1%
    3. Social Sciences00.3%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Hartcentrum Hasselt specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Medicine takes 4.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. MedicineField · 24.9 works4.4×
  2. Health SciencesDomain · 25.5 works3.8×
← 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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.66× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.28× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMathematics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.41× its world share, 25 worksMedicineEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.65× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.34× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Medicine4.41×25 works
  2. Immunology and Microbiology1.28×0 works
  3. Health Professions0.73×1 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.66×1 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.65×0 works
  6. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.64×0 works
  7. Psychology0.34×0 works
  8. Neuroscience0.26×0 works
  9. Mathematics0.24×0 works
  10. Engineering0.23×1 works
  11. Chemistry0.18×0 works
  12. Computer Science0.14×0 works
  13. Social Sciences0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Hartcentrum Hasselt?

Ranked on the quality score, Paolo Tosi and Wim Laffut lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hartcentrum Hasselt.

  1. 1 Paolo Tosi Belgium · #837,419 worldwide 2.6k citations · 17 works
  2. 2 Wim Laffut Belgium · #3,236,431 worldwide 289 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at Hartcentrum Hasselt

What are the most cited papers from Hartcentrum Hasselt?

The most cited paper from Hartcentrum Hasselt is "Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial" (Marco Valgimigli et al., 2015), with 1,311 citations. Next come "Postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial (EORTC trial 22911)" (1,134) and "Standardized End Point Definitions for Coronary Intervention Trials: The Academic Research Consortium-2 Consensus Document" (982).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Radial versus femoral access in patients with acute coronary syndromes undergoing invasive management: a randomised multicentre trial Marco Valgimigli et al. · The Lancet Open access 18 Mar 2015 1,311
2 Postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy: a randomised controlled trial (EORTC trial 22911) M. Bolla, Hein van Poppel, Laurence Collette et al. · The Lancet Aug 2005 1,134
3 Standardized End Point Definitions for Coronary Intervention Trials: The Academic Research Consortium-2 Consensus Document Héctor M. García‐García, Eugene Patrick McFadden, Andrew A. Farb et al. · Circulation Open access 11 Jun 2018 982
4 Postoperative radiotherapy after radical prostatectomy for high-risk prostate cancer: long-term results of a randomised controlled trial (EORTC trial 22911) M. Bolla, Hein van Poppel, Bertrand F. TOMBAL et al. · The Lancet 18 Oct 2012 873
5 Dual Antiplatelet Therapy after PCI in Patients at High Bleeding Risk Marco Valgimigli et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 28 Aug 2021 589
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Which keywords describe research at Hartcentrum Hasselt?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Heart Failure, Catheter Ablation, Atrial Fibrillation, Guidelines, Echocardiography, Stroke Prevention, Anticoagulant Therapy and Risk Stratification.

▲ 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 35 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 35 words, with their numbers
  1. Heart Failure4▲ 35×7 topics
  2. Catheter Ablation3▲ 95×2 topics
  3. Atrial Fibrillation3▲ 111×2 topics
  4. Guidelines3▲ 23×6 topics
  5. Echocardiography3▲ 37×6 topics
  6. Stroke Prevention2▲ 62×2 topics
  7. Anticoagulant Therapy2▲ 55×1 topic
  8. Arrhythmias2▲ 73×2 topics
  9. Myocardial Infarction2▲ 28×4 topics
  10. Risk Stratification2▲ 95×1 topic
  11. Epidemiology2▲ 1.61×14 topics
  12. Cardiovascular Disease2▲ 5.5×8 topics
  13. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 46×4 topics
  14. Genetic Mutations2▲ 13×5 topics
  15. Cardiomyopathy2▲ 56×2 topics
  16. Obesity2▲ 6.7×3 topics
  17. Quality of Life2▲ 3.4×9 topics
  18. Radiofrequency Ablation1▲ 45×1 topic
  19. Sudden Cardiac Death1▲ 57×2 topics
  20. Treatment1▲ 3.9×7 topics
  21. Ventricular Tachycardia1▲ 96×1 topic
  22. Chamber Quantification1▲ 57×1 topic
  23. Diastolic Function1▲ 57×1 topic
  24. High-Intensity Interval Training1▲ 41×2 topics
  25. Sudden Death1▲ 100×2 topics
  26. Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy1▲ 157×1 topic
  27. Athletes1▲ 157×1 topic
  28. Cardiac Imaging1▲ 34×3 topics
  29. Diagnosis1▲ 4.2×5 topics
  30. Magnetic Resonance Imaging1▲ 16×3 topics
  31. Cardiorespiratory Fitness1▲ 84×1 topic
  32. Exercise Capacity1▲ 84×1 topic
  33. Remote Monitoring1▲ 34×2 topics
  34. Vascular Function1▲ 37×2 topics
  35. Coronary Artery Disease1▲ 30×2 topics

Which research topics does Hartcentrum Hasselt publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors and Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…2Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 2 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …1Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Function …1Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular Effects o…1Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise: 1 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 1 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 1 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diag…1Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 1 fractional worksMechanical Circulatory Support Devices: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineComplementary and alternative medicineRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingSurgery1 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  3. 3 Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  4. 4 Cardiovascular Effects of Exercise Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  5. 5 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 1 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  7. 7 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  8. 8 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 1 works
  10. 10 Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices Biomedical Engineering 1 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 available36.6%not open63.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors32.7%domestic only67.3%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Hartcentrum Hasselt's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 5% 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 Hartcentrum Hasselt as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00014% in 2024.

still counting0.00025%0.00050%0.00075%Hartcentrum Hasselt0.00010% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Hartcentrum Hasselt over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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