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Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

In research, Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde stands highest in Medicine (#2,919 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,477 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,490 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Microbiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health — Infectious Diseases is 19.1× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,268
of 28,054 · #4,504 all time
Rank in Belgium
#27
of 138
Research works
3.3k
◆ 1% vs 2013–17
Citations
111k
33.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
26.6%
record average 16.5%
Open access
53%
world 28%

What is Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde 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 #2,919 of 10,443 26.5%194 #2129
Health SciencesDomain #3,477 of 11,982 26.7%224 #2377
Life SciencesDomain #2,490 of 7,800 25.4%86 #2076

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde 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. Medicine#2,129 #2,919
  2. Health Sciences#2,377 #3,477
  3. Life Sciences#2,076 #2,490
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 Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 19.1× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 49.6 works19×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 45.7 works12×
  3. Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthSubfield · 47.2 works9.4×
← 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: 0.73× its world share, 13 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.17× its world share, 24 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 11.90× its world share, 46 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.06× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.03× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.43× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 4 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.44× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.30× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.64× its world share, 194 worksMedicineNursing: 2.36× its world share, 4 worksNursingVeterinary: 3.90× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.35× its world share, 4 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.53× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.34× its world share, 11 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.10× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.49× its world share, 24 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 11.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde?

Ranked on the composite score, Wim Van Damme, Wim Van Bortel and Peter Piot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde.

  1. 1 Wim Van Damme Belgium · #81,125 worldwide 181 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Wim Van Bortel Belgium · #101,193 worldwide 249 citations · 25 works
  3. 3 Peter Piot Belgium · #108,403 worldwide 313 citations · 89 works
  4. 4 Marleen Boelaert Belgium · #108,481 worldwide 162 citations · 65 works
  5. 5 S. Geerts Belgium · #166,303 worldwide 95 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Armand Van Deun Belgium · #167,232 worldwide 115 citations · 30 works
  7. 7 Erika Vlieghe Belgium · #167,287 worldwide 529 citations · 18 works
  8. 8 Fred R. Opperdoes Belgium · #170,602 worldwide 193 citations · 51 works
  9. 9 Jan Jacobs Belgium · #194,282 worldwide 91 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 S. R. Pattyn Belgium · #203,559 worldwide 100 citations · 33 works
All ranked researchers at Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde

Which keywords describe research at Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, Public Health, Drug Resistance, Treatment, Immune Response, Vaccine and Vaccine Development.

▲ 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. Epidemiology113▲ 7.5×78 topics
  2. Public Health37▲ 6.7×42 topics
  3. Diagnosis35▲ 9.8×21 topics
  4. Treatment33▲ 7.2×18 topics
  5. Drug Resistance33▲ 30×7 topics
  6. Immune Response31▲ 14×19 topics
  7. Vaccine29▲ 19×11 topics
  8. Vaccine Development29▲ 30×11 topics
  9. Antiretroviral Therapy24▲ 39×6 topics
  10. Pathogenesis24▲ 12×19 topics
  11. HIV Transmission22▲ 80×2 topics
  12. Maternal Mortality19▲ 22×4 topics
  13. Vector Control18▲ 41×4 topics
  14. Immunity18▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Antibiotic Resistance17▲ 12×11 topics
  16. Health Inequalities16▲ 34×4 topics
  17. Community Health Workers15▲ 46×2 topics
  18. Genetic Diversity15▲ 8.8×6 topics
  19. Child Mortality15▲ 55×1 topic
  20. Health Systems15▲ 55×1 topic
  21. Genome Sequence14▲ 45×2 topics
  22. Viral Load14▲ 45×2 topics
  23. Mortality Rates13▲ 37×2 topics
  24. Preexposure Prophylaxis13▲ 69×1 topic
  25. Stigma and Discrimination13▲ 69×1 topic
  26. Infectious Diseases13▲ 10×7 topics
  27. Global Epidemiology12▲ 72×2 topics
  28. Global Burden11▲ 5.2×8 topics
  29. Helminth Infections10▲ 71×2 topics
  30. Leishmaniasis10▲ 137×1 topic
  31. Parasite10▲ 120×1 topic
  32. HIV10▲ 32×4 topics
  33. Insecticide Resistance10▲ 34×4 topics
  34. Sexually Transmitted Infections10▲ 53×2 topics
  35. Bacterial Vaginosis10▲ 100×1 topic
  36. Vaginal Microbiome10▲ 100×1 topic
  37. Mycobacterium tuberculosis9▲ 43×2 topics
  38. Host-Pathogen Interaction9▲ 33×1 topic
  39. Tuberculosis9▲ 46×1 topic
  40. Disease Burden9▲ 31×2 topics

Which research topics does Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Global Maternal and Child Health, HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, Research on Leishmaniasis Studies and Reproductive tract infections research.

Global Maternal and Chil…15Global Maternal and Child Health: 15 fractional worksHIV/AIDS Research and In…13HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions: 13 fractional worksResearch on Leishmaniasi…10Research on Leishmaniasis Studies: 10 fractional worksReproductive tract infec…10Reproductive tract infections research: 10 fractional worksTuberculosis Research and Epidemiology: 9 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases and control: 8 fractional worksMalaria Research and Con…8Malaria Research and Control: 8 fractional worksParasites and Host Inter…8Parasites and Host Interactions: 8 fractional worksTrypanosoma species rese…7Trypanosoma species research and implications: 7 fractional worksViral Infections and Out…6Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research: 6 fractional works
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child HealthInfectious DiseasesPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthMicrobiology2 others

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

  1. 1 Global Maternal and Child Health Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 15 works
  2. 2 HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions Infectious Diseases 13 works
  3. 3 Research on Leishmaniasis Studies Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  4. 4 Reproductive tract infections research Microbiology 10 works
  5. 5 Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology Infectious Diseases 9 works
  6. 6 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  7. 7 Malaria Research and Control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  8. 8 Parasites and Host Interactions Parasitology 8 works
  9. 9 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 7 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research Infectious Diseases 6 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 available52.6%not open47.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors54.7%domestic only45.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 1% 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.

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