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Leefmilieu Brussel

In research, Leefmilieu Brussel stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,798 of 16,688 worldwide), Medicine (#4,304 of 14,558 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#4,568 of 14,833 worldwide), over all time. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Political Science and International Relations and Arts and Humanities (Political Science and International Relations is 8.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#14,892
of 22,385 · #5,306 all time
Rank in Belgium
#62
of 105
Research works
1.3k
▼ 4% vs 2018-21
Citations
6k
4.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
6.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.01×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
28%
world 40%
International
15%
world 18%
Leefmilieu Brussel

What is Leefmilieu Brussel 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 #4,798 of 16,688 2.4%452
MedicineField #4,304 of 14,558 2.1%395
Social SciencesDomain #4,568 of 14,833 7.5%541
Physical SciencesDomain #5,963 of 17,446 6.0%173
Social SciencesField #4,324 of 9,330 8.9%273
Arts and HumanitiesField #2,155 of 3,511 7.1%147

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

In 2022-now, 66% of research at Leefmilieu Brussel is in Social Sciences, 17% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Social Sciences (35%), Arts and Humanities (19%), Computer Science (9%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Social Sciences.

Social Sciences: 114 fractional works · 65.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 60 fractional works · 34.6% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 23 fractional works · 13.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 20 fractional works · 11.6% of its workLaw: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEducation: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAnthropology: 2 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety Research: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Administration: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workTransportation: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeneral Social Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArts and Humanities: 32 fractional works · 18.6% of its workHistory: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workPhilosophy: 8 fractional works · 4.8% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 4 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMuseology: 2 fractional works · 1.4% of its workReligious studies: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workMusic: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 7 fractional works · 3.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workFinance: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 2.0% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 6 fractional works · 3.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 4 fractional works · 2.4% of its workSocial Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 4 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.6% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysical Sciences: 29 fractional works · 16.6% of its workComputer Science: 16 fractional works · 8.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 9 fractional works · 5.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSoftware: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEngineering: 5 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 2 fractional works · 1.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEcology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workHealth Sciences: 24 fractional works · 13.7% of its workMedicine: 14 fractional works · 8.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSurgery: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHealth Professions: 9 fractional works · 5.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 5 fractional works · 2.9% of its workHealth Information Management: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 7 fractional works · 4.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPlant Science: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKLeefmilieuBrussel175fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences17%Health Sciences14%Social Sciences66%

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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Social Sciences6034.6%
    2. Arts and Humanities3218.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance73.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting63.2%
    5. Psychology63.2%
    6. Decision Sciences42.2%
    1. Computer Science168.9%
    2. Engineering52.8%
    3. Physics and Astronomy31.8%
    4. Environmental Science21.3%
    5. Chemistry10.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.6%
    7. Materials Science10.3%
    8. Energy00.1%
    9. Chemical Engineering00.0%
    10. Mathematics00.0%
    1. Medicine148.0%
    2. Health Professions95.3%
    3. Dentistry10.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences31.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology21.2%
    3. Neuroscience21.0%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Leefmilieu Brussel specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Political Science and International Relations takes 8.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Political Science and International RelationsSubfield · 22.7 works8.8×
  2. Arts and HumanitiesField · 32.4 works6.4×
← 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: 0.39× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.61× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.14× its world share, 16 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.36× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.18× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.81× its world share, 3 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.63× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.03× its world share, 9 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.42× its world share, 14 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 6.42× its world share, 32 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.33× its world share, 4 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.75× its world share, 7 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.03× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.74× its world share, 60 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 6.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities6.42×32 works
  2. Social Sciences2.74×60 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.33×4 works
  4. Health Professions2.03×9 works
  5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.75×7 works
  6. Computer Science1.14×16 works
  7. Psychology1.03×6 works
  8. Business, Management and Accounting0.99×6 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.81×3 works
  10. Dentistry0.63×0 works
  11. Neuroscience0.61×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.53×1 works
  13. Medicine0.42×14 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.39×3 works
  15. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.36×1 works
  16. Environmental Science0.26×2 works
  17. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.23×2 works
  18. Engineering0.18×5 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.14×0 works
  20. Immunology and Microbiology0.12×0 works
  21. Energy0.12×0 works
  22. Materials Science0.09×1 works
  23. Mathematics0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Leefmilieu Brussel?

Ranked on the quality score, Dávid Pollák, Ivan Kotov and Tibor Müller lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leefmilieu Brussel.

  1. 1 Dávid Pollák Belgium · #1,628,162 worldwide 246 citations · 53 works
  2. 2 Ivan Kotov Belgium · #1,767,612 worldwide 16 citations · 79 works
  3. 3 Tibor Müller Belgium · #1,981,179 worldwide 122 citations · 45 works
  4. 4 F. Delatte Belgium · #2,050,489 worldwide 31 citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Vishal Layka Belgium · #2,174,404 worldwide 26 citations · 57 works
  6. 6 Daniel van Duyse Belgium · #2,259,510 worldwide 0 citations · 47 works
  7. 7 Andres Sacco Belgium · #2,323,225 worldwide 18 citations · 41 works
  8. 8 JM Guérit Belgium · #2,377,102 worldwide 347 citations · 18 works
  9. 9 Marcel Danis Belgium · #2,584,058 worldwide 10 citations · 24 works
  10. 10 Eugène Gustave Dupréel Belgium · #2,589,751 worldwide 113 citations · 83 works
All ranked researchers at Leefmilieu Brussel

What are the most cited papers from Leefmilieu Brussel?

The most cited paper from Leefmilieu Brussel is "An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)" (Juliane Glüge, Martin Scheringer, Ian T. Cousins et al., 2020), with 2,415 citations. Next come "Understanding Policy Coherence: Analytical Framework and Examples of Sector–Environment Policy Interactions in the EU" (553) and "Pathophysiology of microcirculatory dysfunction and the pathogenesis of septic shock" (392).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 An overview of the uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Juliane Glüge, Martin Scheringer, Ian T. Cousins et al. · Environmental Science Processes & Impacts Open access 2020 2,415
2 Understanding Policy Coherence: Analytical Framework and Examples of Sector–Environment Policy Interactions in the EU Måns Nilsson, Tony Zamparutti, Jan Erik Petersen et al. · Environmental Policy and Governance 19 Sep 2012 553
3 Pathophysiology of microcirculatory dysfunction and the pathogenesis of septic shock Daniel De Backer, Diego Orbegozo Cortés, Katia Donadello et al. · Virulence Open access 25 Sep 2013 392
4 The concept of essential use for determining when uses of PFASs can be phased out Ian T. Cousins, Gretta Goldenman, Dorte Herzke et al. · Environmental Science Processes & Impacts Open access 2019 307
5 ESPEN guideline on clinical nutrition in hospitalized patients with acute or chronic kidney disease Enrico Fiaccadori, Alice Sabatino, Rocco Barazzoni et al. · Clinical Nutrition Open access 9 Feb 2021 278
All 58 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Leefmilieu Brussel?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Colonialism, Globalization, Democracy, Human Rights, Political Philosophy, Imperialism, Ethics and Social Justice.

▲ 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 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. Globalization15▲ 4.3×23 topics
  2. Colonialism14▲ 16×9 topics
  3. Human Rights12▲ 6.7×19 topics
  4. Democracy11▲ 18×6 topics
  5. Political Philosophy10▲ 102×3 topics
  6. Imperialism9▲ 67×4 topics
  7. Ethics8▲ 9.4×10 topics
  8. Social Justice8▲ 7.9×10 topics
  9. International Law8▲ 14×6 topics
  10. Community Engagement7▲ 13×6 topics
  11. Social Movements7▲ 14×5 topics
  12. Alexis de Tocqueville7▲ 687×1 topic
  13. John Stuart Mill7▲ 687×1 topic
  14. Public Policy7▲ 8.5×6 topics
  15. History6▲ 5.2×13 topics
  16. Local Development6▲ 34×2 topics
  17. Territorial Governance6▲ 31×2 topics
  18. French Revolution6▲ 233×1 topic
  19. Napoleonic Wars6▲ 233×1 topic
  20. Cosmopolitanism6▲ 30×4 topics
  21. Gender5▲ 5.7×6 topics
  22. Equality5▲ 45×3 topics
  23. Nationalism5▲ 5.8×9 topics
  24. Citizen Participation4▲ 22×1 topic
  25. Environmental Participation4▲ 35×1 topic
  26. Neoliberalism4▲ 7.0×7 topics
  27. Philosophy4▲ 5.6×8 topics
  28. Sovereignty4▲ 27×4 topics
  29. Federalism4▲ 34×2 topics
  30. Model Checking4▲ 43×2 topics
  31. Social Change4▲ 16×4 topics
  32. Enlightenment3▲ 208×2 topics
  33. Public Opinion3▲ 16×2 topics
  34. Formal Verification3▲ 135×1 topic
  35. Social Determinants of Health3▲ 8.5×3 topics
  36. Static Analysis3▲ 88×1 topic
  37. Multiculturalism3▲ 9.5×2 topics
  38. Distributive Justice3▲ 87×1 topic
  39. Global Justice3▲ 87×1 topic
  40. Software Development3▲ 33×3 topics

Which research topics does Leefmilieu Brussel publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Political Theory and Influence, European Political History Analysis, French Urban and Social Studies and Logic, programming, and type systems.

Political Theory and Influence: 7 fractional worksEuropean Political History Analysis: 6 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social …4French Urban and Social Studies: 4 fractional worksLogic, programming, and …3Logic, programming, and type systems: 3 fractional worksPolitical Philosophy and Ethics: 3 fractional worksHistorical Art and Culture Studies: 2 fractional worksAmerican Constitutional …2American Constitutional Law and Politics: 2 fractional worksSeventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought: 2 fractional worksComputational Physics and Python Applications: 2 fractional worksEuropean and International Law Studies: 2 fractional works
Political Science and International RelationsHistorySociology and Political ScienceArtificial Intelligence2 others

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

  1. 1 Political Theory and Influence Political Science and International Relations 7 works
  2. 2 European Political History Analysis History 6 works
  3. 3 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  4. 4 Logic, programming, and type systems Artificial Intelligence 3 works
  5. 5 Political Philosophy and Ethics Political Science and International Relations 3 works
  6. 6 Historical Art and Culture Studies Museology 2 works
  7. 7 American Constitutional Law and Politics Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  8. 8 Seventeenth-Century Political and Philosophical Thought Philosophy 2 works
  9. 9 Computational Physics and Python Applications Artificial Intelligence 2 works
  10. 10 European and International Law Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 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 available27.6%not open72.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors15.2%domestic only84.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Leefmilieu Brussel's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 4% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Leefmilieu Brussel as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00032% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%Leefmilieu Brussel0.00058% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Leefmilieu Brussel over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%all institutions10.0% in 2025Leefmilieu Brussel5.6% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 18.8% in 2020.

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