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Hasselt University

In research, Hasselt University stands highest in Health Sciences (#1,315 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#1,233 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#1,578 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Statistics and Probability and Transportation — Statistics and Probability is 7.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,890
of 28,054 · #2,136 all time
Rank in Belgium
#10
of 138
Research works
7.4k
▲ 9% vs 2013–17
Citations
182k
24.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
23.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Hasselt University 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 #1,315 of 11,982 24.3%491 #1703
MedicineField #1,233 of 10,443 23.4%417 #1609
Social SciencesDomain #1,578 of 10,521 33.4%369 #2184
Physical SciencesDomain #2,412 of 12,888 16.3%704 #2228
Life SciencesDomain #1,650 of 7,800 25.0%190 #1783
Social SciencesField #1,580 of 6,365 35.2%149 #2367
EngineeringField #1,992 of 6,636 13.7%287 #1916
PsychologyField #931 of 2,181 24.4%61 #1904
Computer ScienceField #2,076 of 4,667 21.6%102 #1358
Environmental ScienceField #1,897 of 3,551 19.6%105 #1459

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Hasselt University 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#1,703 #1,315
  2. Medicine#1,609 #1,233
  3. Social Sciences#2,184 #1,578
  4. Physical Sciences#2,228 #2,412
  5. Life Sciences#1,783 #1,650
  6. Social Sciences#2,367 #1,580
  7. Engineering#1,916 #1,992
  8. Psychology#1,904 #931
  9. Computer Science#1,358 #2,076
  10. Environmental Science#1,459 #1,897
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 Hasselt University specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Statistics and Probability takes 7.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Statistics and ProbabilitySubfield · 26.3 works7.0×
  2. TransportationSubfield · 23.1 works4.0×
← 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: 0.58× its world share, 49 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 77 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.01× its world share, 18 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.50× its world share, 43 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.52× its world share, 3 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.84× its world share, 5 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.66× its world share, 18 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.75× its world share, 102 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.50× its world share, 14 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 1.06× its world share, 17 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.09× its world share, 287 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.21× its world share, 105 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.13× its world share, 69 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.82× its world share, 58 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.72× its world share, 28 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.40× its world share, 65 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.24× its world share, 417 worksMedicineNursing: 0.69× its world share, 6 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.80× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.53× its world share, 27 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.41× its world share, 79 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.61× its world share, 27 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.68× its world share, 26 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.14× its world share, 61 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.67× its world share, 149 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 2.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Hasselt University?

Ranked on the composite score, Paul Dendale, Michel Van den Bergh and Gonzalo Nápoles lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Hasselt University.

  1. 1 Paul Dendale Belgium · #8,950 worldwide 882 citations · 66 works
  2. 2 Michel Van den Bergh Belgium · #36,702 worldwide 683 citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Gonzalo Nápoles Belgium · #72,537 worldwide 477 citations · 40 works
  4. 4 Wim Vanhaverbeke Belgium · #74,772 worldwide 449 citations · 68 works
  5. 5 Philippe Bekaert Belgium · #81,247 worldwide 403 citations · 60 works
  6. 6 Tomasz Burzykowski Belgium · #85,167 worldwide 306 citations · 61 works
  7. 7 Freddy Dumortier Belgium · #92,064 worldwide 224 citations · 45 works
  8. 8 Jaco Vangronsveld Belgium · #118,990 worldwide 604 citations · 118 works
  9. 9 Liesbeth Bruckers Belgium · #199,711 worldwide 88 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Lien Desteghe Belgium · #200,521 worldwide 396 citations · 17 works
All ranked researchers at Hasselt University

Which keywords describe research at Hasselt University?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Physical Activity, Driver Behavior, Heart Failure, Cardiovascular Disease, Spatial Analysis, Public Health and Injury Severity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology94▲ 1.36×101 topics
  2. Inflammation42◆ 1.15×64 topics
  3. Public Health42▲ 1.63×43 topics
  4. Climate Change41▼ 0.86×59 topics
  5. Physical Activity39▲ 4.6×10 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease39▲ 2.0×33 topics
  7. Sustainability39◆ 0.91×58 topics
  8. Quality of Life33▲ 1.31×43 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress32◆ 1.13×46 topics
  10. Biomedical Applications30▲ 1.45×25 topics
  11. Heart Failure30▲ 4.0×14 topics
  12. Risk Factors29▲ 1.50×24 topics
  13. Corporate Governance28▲ 2.1×12 topics
  14. Biodiversity25▲ 1.91×19 topics
  15. Driver Behavior25▲ 18×2 topics
  16. Global Burden24▲ 2.6×11 topics
  17. Social Capital23▲ 2.5×12 topics
  18. Infectious Diseases19▲ 3.3×9 topics
  19. Spatial Analysis19▲ 12×4 topics
  20. Efficiency18▲ 3.4×6 topics
  21. Cognitive Impairment16▲ 3.7×9 topics
  22. Neural Plasticity16▲ 5.2×5 topics
  23. Injury Severity15▲ 11×2 topics
  24. Functional Recovery15▲ 5.8×4 topics
  25. Road Safety15▲ 22×1 topic
  26. Traffic Accidents15▲ 19×1 topic
  27. Autonomous Vehicles15▲ 4.0×5 topics
  28. Accessibility15▲ 9.4×2 topics
  29. Photovoltaics14▲ 4.8×4 topics
  30. Health Impact Assessment14▲ 9.3×3 topics
  31. Urban Design14▲ 7.2×2 topics
  32. Active Travel13▲ 11×1 topic
  33. Built Environment13▲ 11×1 topic
  34. Muscle Strength13▲ 6.8×5 topics
  35. Physical Performance12▲ 7.7×2 topics
  36. Bayesian Methods12▲ 13×2 topics
  37. Internationalization11▲ 11×2 topics
  38. Public Health Interventions11▲ 8.1×1 topic
  39. transmission dynamics11▲ 8.6×1 topic
  40. Succession Planning11▲ 13×2 topics

Which research topics does Hasselt University publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Traffic and Road Safety, Urban Transport and Accessibility, COVID-19 epidemiological studies and Family Business Performance and Succession.

Traffic and Road Safety15Traffic and Road Safety: 15 fractional worksUrban Transport and Acce…13Urban Transport and Accessibility: 13 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 11 fractional worksFamily Business Performance and Succession: 10 fractional worksStroke Rehabilitation and Recovery: 10 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 10 fractional worksBalance, Gait, and Falls Prevention: 10 fractional worksHuman-Automation Interac…10Human-Automation Interaction and Safety: 10 fractional worksPerovskite Materials and Applications: 9 fractional worksTransportation Planning and Optimization: 8 fractional works
Safety, Risk, Reliability and QualityTransportationModeling and SimulationOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management5 others

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

  1. 1 Traffic and Road Safety Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 15 works
  2. 2 Urban Transport and Accessibility Transportation 13 works
  3. 3 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 11 works
  4. 4 Family Business Performance and Succession Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 10 works
  5. 5 Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery Rehabilitation 10 works
  6. 6 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 10 works
  7. 7 Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation 10 works
  8. 8 Human-Automation Interaction and Safety Social Psychology 10 works
  9. 9 Perovskite Materials and Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering 9 works
  10. 10 Transportation Planning and Optimization Transportation 8 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 available57.1%not open42.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.2%domestic only57.8%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Hasselt University's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 9% higher 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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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.