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Materialise (Belgium)

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Research works
119
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
2.2k
18.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.9%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
36%
world 18%
Materialise (Belgium)

Not ranked overall: Materialise (Belgium) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

Which fields of science does Materialise (Belgium) work in?

In 2022-now, 56% of research at Materialise (Belgium) is in Physical Sciences, 33% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (43%), Medicine (28%), Computer Science (7%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 55.7% of its workEngineering: 18 fractional works · 43.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 6 fractional works · 14.0% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 9.9% of its workMechanical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 7.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAerospace Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMedia Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 7.1% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workHardware and Architecture: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCondensed Matter Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 13 fractional works · 32.6% of its workMedicine: 12 fractional works · 28.3% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 9.5% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 2 fractional works · 4.0% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 1.6% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmall Animals: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 7.4% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGenetics: 2 fractional works · 4.2% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCell Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSocial Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKMaterialise(Belgium)41fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences56%Health Sciences33%Social Sciences4%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering1843.0%
    2. Computer Science37.1%
    3. Physics and Astronomy13.4%
    4. Materials Science01.1%
    5. Chemistry00.4%
    6. Environmental Science00.4%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.2%
    8. Energy00.1%
    1. Medicine1228.3%
    2. Dentistry12.4%
    3. Veterinary01.0%
    4. Health Professions00.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology25.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences01.0%
    3. Neuroscience00.8%
    1. Social Sciences11.7%
    2. Psychology11.5%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.7%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting00.4%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.04× its world share, 2 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.49× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.26× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.91× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.15× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 2.87× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 4.87× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.47× its world share, 12 worksMedicineVeterinary: 7.45× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Psychology: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary7.45×0 works
  2. Dentistry4.87×1 works
  3. Engineering2.87×18 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.52×1 works
  5. Medicine1.47×12 works
  6. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.04×2 works
  7. Computer Science0.91×3 works
  8. Neuroscience0.49×0 works
  9. Psychology0.48×1 works
  10. Health Professions0.36×0 works
  11. Materials Science0.31×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.26×0 works
  13. Arts and Humanities0.23×0 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.22×0 works
  15. Energy0.15×0 works
  16. Social Sciences0.14×1 works
  17. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.13×0 works
  18. Business, Management and Accounting0.13×0 works
  19. Environmental Science0.08×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Materialise (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, Jean-Luc Wertz, Valentine Vanheule and M. Janssens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Materialise (Belgium).

  1. 1 Jean-Luc Wertz Belgium · #2,436,389 worldwide 346 citations · 61 works
  2. 2 Valentine Vanheule Belgium · #3,406,244 worldwide 333 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 M. Janssens Belgium · #3,493,614 worldwide 34 citations · 121 works
  4. 4 B Swaelens Belgium · #4,594,835 worldwide 100 citations · 20 works
  5. 5 Lee Ann Jarousse Belgium · #5,507,242 worldwide 56 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Materialise (Belgium)

What are the most cited papers from Materialise (Belgium)?

The most cited paper from Materialise (Belgium) is "In situ quality control of the selective laser melting process using a high-speed, real-time melt pool monitoring system" (Stijn Clijsters, Tom Craeghs, Sam Buls et al., 2014), with 447 citations. Next come "Improving the fatigue performance of porous metallic biomaterials produced by Selective Laser Melting" (323) and "A Subject-Specific Musculoskeletal Modeling Framework to Predict In Vivo Mechanics of Total Knee Arthroplasty" (285).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 In situ quality control of the selective laser melting process using a high-speed, real-time melt pool monitoring system Stijn Clijsters, Tom Craeghs, Sam Buls et al. · The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology Open access 9 Aug 2014 447
2 Improving the fatigue performance of porous metallic biomaterials produced by Selective Laser Melting Brecht Van Hooreweder, Yanni Apers, Karel Lietaert et al. · Acta Biomaterialia Open access 8 Oct 2016 323
3 A Subject-Specific Musculoskeletal Modeling Framework to Predict In Vivo Mechanics of Total Knee Arthroplasty Marco A. Marra, Valentine Vanheule, René Fluit et al. · Journal of Biomechanical Engineering Open access 28 Nov 2014 285
4 TLEM 2.0 – A comprehensive musculoskeletal geometry dataset for subject-specific modeling of lower extremity Vincenzo Carbone, René Fluit, Pim Pellikaan et al. · Journal of Biomechanics Open access 8 Jan 2015 207
5 Hip Morphological Characteristics and Range of Internal Rotation in Femoroacetabular Impingement Emmanuel A. Audenaert, Ian Peeters, Lara M. Vigneron et al. · The American Journal of Sports Medicine 2 Apr 2012 186
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Materialise (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: CMOS Technology, Revision Surgery, Total Hip Replacement, Additive Manufacturing, Genetic Mutations, Complications, Dual-Energy CT and Material Differentiation.

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

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Epidemiology2▲ 1.35×9 topics
  2. CMOS Technology2▲ 60×4 topics
  3. Deep Learning2▲ 1.41×14 topics
  4. Revision Surgery2▲ 34×2 topics
  5. Total Hip Replacement2▲ 34×2 topics
  6. Additive Manufacturing2▲ 14×4 topics
  7. Genetic Mutations2▲ 9.4×5 topics
  8. Mechanical Properties2▲ 4.3×6 topics
  9. Complications2▲ 8.0×3 topics
  10. Dual-Energy CT1▲ 86×1 topic
  11. Material Differentiation1▲ 86×1 topic
  12. Sustainability1▲ 1.35×6 topics
  13. Thermal Management1▲ 10×4 topics
  14. Arthroplasty1▲ 32×2 topics
  15. Machine Learning1◆ 0.92×9 topics
  16. Energy Efficiency1▲ 3.2×3 topics
  17. Ethical Considerations1▲ 8.5×3 topics
  18. Fault Tolerance1▲ 19×3 topics
  19. Health-related Quality of Life1▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Heat Transfer1▲ 6.1×7 topics
  21. Power Electronics1▲ 9.4×3 topics
  22. Inflammation1▲ 1.21×6 topics
  23. Low-Power1▲ 66×2 topics
  24. Patient Satisfaction1▲ 8.8×1 topic
  25. Polymer Composites1▲ 9.7×3 topics
  26. Radiation Effects1▲ 65×2 topics
  27. Surgical Management1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  28. Total Knee Replacement1▲ 40×1 topic
  29. 3D Printing1▲ 11×2 topics
  30. Clinical Photography1▲ 243×1 topic
  31. Digital Photography1▲ 243×1 topic
  32. Fragile X Syndrome1▲ 89×1 topic
  33. Microstructure1▲ 4.9×2 topics
  34. Rett Syndrome1▲ 89×1 topic

Which research topics does Materialise (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging, Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes, Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders and Digital Imaging in Medicine.

Advanced X-ray and CT Im…1Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging: 1 fractional worksTotal Knee Arthroplasty …1Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes: 1 fractional worksGenetics and Neurodevelo…1Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders: 1 fractional worksDigital Imaging in Medic…1Digital Imaging in Medicine: 1 fractional worksAdditive Manufacturing Materials and Processes: 1 fractional worksLow-power high-performance VLSI design: 1 fractional worksRadiation Effects in Ele…1Radiation Effects in Electronics: 1 fractional worksShoulder Injury and Treatment: 1 fractional worksMedical Imaging Techniques and Applications: 1 fractional worksLower Extremity Biomecha…1Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies: 1 fractional works
Biomedical EngineeringSurgeryGeneticsPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health3 others

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

  1. 1 Advanced X-ray and CT Imaging Biomedical Engineering 1 works
  2. 2 Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Genetics and Neurodevelopmental Disorders Genetics 1 works
  4. 4 Digital Imaging in Medicine Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  5. 5 Additive Manufacturing Materials and Processes Mechanical Engineering 1 works
  6. 6 Low-power high-performance VLSI design Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  7. 7 Radiation Effects in Electronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering 1 works
  8. 8 Shoulder Injury and Treatment Surgery 1 works
  9. 9 Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 1 works
  10. 10 Lower Extremity Biomechanics and Pathologies 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 available49.6%not open50.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors35.9%domestic only64.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Materialise (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher than in 2018-2021.

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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 Materialise (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00015% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Materialise (Belgium)0.00017% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Materialise (Belgium) over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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