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Hospital / health system · Bonheiden · Belgium

Imelda Hospital

In research, Imelda Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#7,761 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#9,539 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Surgery — Surgery is 10.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#19,886
of 28,054 · #22,981 all time
Rank in Belgium
#106
of 138
Research works
565
▲ 72% vs 2013–17
Citations
9.9k
17.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Imelda 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
MedicineField #7,761 of 10,443 19.8%78 #7209
Health SciencesDomain #9,539 of 11,982 19.1%82 #9316

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

What does Imelda Hospital specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Surgery takes 10.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. SurgerySubfield · 23.4 works10.0×
← 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: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.58× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 2.58× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.08× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.34× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.04× its world share, 78 worksMedicineNursing: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.80× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.25× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Imelda Hospital?

Ranked on the composite score, Peter Bossuyt, Patrick Peeters and Jan Baekelandt lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Imelda Hospital.

  1. 1 Peter Bossuyt Belgium · #145,520 worldwide 181 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Patrick Peeters Belgium · #381,284 worldwide 68 citations · 37 works
  3. 3 Jan Baekelandt Belgium · #969,560 worldwide 21 citations · 16 works
  4. 4 Tim Tollens Belgium · #1,115,007 worldwide 13 citations · 15 works
  5. 5 Otto C. Buchel Belgium · #1,136,770 worldwide 1 citations · 24 works
  6. 6 Lisa Heiden Belgium · #1,633,001 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Imelda Hospital

Which keywords describe research at Imelda Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Genetics, Pathogenesis, Surgical Management, Robotic Surgery, Clinical Practice Guidelines and Crohn's Disease.

▲ 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. Epidemiology19▲ 4.8×55 topics
  2. Inflammatory Bowel Disease7▲ 64×4 topics
  3. Genetics6▲ 8.0×8 topics
  4. Pathogenesis6▲ 11×9 topics
  5. Surgical Management5▲ 13×11 topics
  6. Clinical Practice Guidelines5▲ 9.0×12 topics
  7. Robotic Surgery5▲ 34×3 topics
  8. Crohn's Disease5▲ 61×2 topics
  9. Immunology5▲ 44×2 topics
  10. Guidelines5▲ 9.8×9 topics
  11. Therapies5▲ 104×1 topic
  12. Ulcerative Colitis5▲ 104×1 topic
  13. Inflammation4▲ 2.1×26 topics
  14. Complications4▲ 8.3×12 topics
  15. Quality of Life4▲ 2.7×15 topics
  16. Diagnosis4▲ 4.0×17 topics
  17. Mortality4▲ 6.0×9 topics
  18. Single-Incision Laparoscopy3▲ 190×1 topic
  19. Transgastric Surgery3▲ 190×1 topic
  20. Treatment3▲ 2.7×16 topics
  21. Chemotherapy3▲ 4.4×8 topics
  22. Palliative Treatment3▲ 47×2 topics
  23. Endoscopic Stenting3▲ 65×1 topic
  24. Esophageal Perforation3▲ 65×1 topic
  25. Health-related Quality of Life3▲ 13×4 topics
  26. Management3▲ 3.8×15 topics
  27. Postoperative Complications3▲ 22×2 topics
  28. Survival Analysis3▲ 9.4×4 topics
  29. Uterine Fibroids2▲ 85×1 topic
  30. Uterine Leiomyoma2▲ 85×1 topic
  31. Proton Pump Inhibitors2▲ 36×2 topics
  32. Endovascular Repair2▲ 28×3 topics
  33. Perioperative Care2▲ 18×3 topics
  34. Atherosclerosis2▲ 6.9×5 topics
  35. Cholangiocarcinoma2▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention2▲ 15×4 topics
  37. Cardiac Risk2▲ 23×1 topic
  38. Chronic Pain2▲ 8.5×3 topics
  39. Laparoscopic Surgery2▲ 16×4 topics
  40. Perioperative2▲ 23×1 topic

Which research topics does Imelda Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques, Esophageal and GI Pathology and Uterine Myomas and Treatments.

Inflammatory Bowel Disease: 5 fractional worksMinimally Invasive Surgical Techniques: 3 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathol…3Esophageal and GI Pathology: 3 fractional worksUterine Myomas and Treat…2Uterine Myomas and Treatments: 2 fractional worksCardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes: 2 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 2 fractional worksMicroscopic Colitis2Microscopic Colitis: 2 fractional worksGynecological conditions and treatments: 2 fractional worksBone health and osteoporosis research: 2 fractional worksCoronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 1 fractional works
GeneticsSurgeryObstetrics and GynecologyCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine3 others

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

  1. 1 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetics 5 works
  2. 2 Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques Surgery 3 works
  3. 3 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 3 works
  4. 4 Uterine Myomas and Treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  5. 5 Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 2 works
  6. 6 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  7. 7 Microscopic Colitis Epidemiology 2 works
  8. 8 Gynecological conditions and treatments Obstetrics and Gynecology 2 works
  9. 9 Bone health and osteoporosis research Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 2 works
  10. 10 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 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 available43.5%not open56.5%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.1%domestic only77.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Imelda Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 72% 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.

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.