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Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)

In research, Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) stands highest in Health Sciences (#4,242 of 9,902 worldwide), Life Sciences (#3,024 of 6,403 worldwide) and Medicine (#4,875 of 8,541 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nutrition and Dietetics, Nursing and Physiology (Nutrition and Dietetics is 13.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#8,528
of 22,385 · #5,519 all time
Rank in Belgium
#35
of 105
Research works
1.8k
▲ 37% vs 2018-21
Citations
50k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
72%
world 18%
Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)

What is Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Health SciencesDomain #4,242 of 9,902 7.1%175 #2573
Life SciencesDomain #3,024 of 6,403 9.5%95 #2832
MedicineField #4,875 of 8,541 8.0%130 #2841

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Health Sciences#2,573 #4,242
  2. Life Sciences#2,832 #3,024
  3. Medicine#2,841 #4,875
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) is in Health Sciences, 27% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (38%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (15%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (9%). It does 2.2× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 212 fractional works · 51.0% of its workMedicine: 157 fractional works · 38.0% of its workPhysiology: 31 fractional works · 7.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 27 fractional works · 6.5% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 10 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 8 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSurgery: 7 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEpidemiology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workRehabilitation: 5 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workBiochemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workOncology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNephrology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workRheumatology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGastroenterology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHematology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 4 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 27 fractional works · 6.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 13 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHealth Information Management: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPhysical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPharmacy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOccupational Therapy: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 24 fractional works · 5.8% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 24 fractional works · 5.8% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmall Animals: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workLife Sciences: 113 fractional works · 27.3% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 64 fractional works · 15.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 18 fractional works · 4.4% of its workFood Science: 18 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPlant Science: 12 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 7 fractional works · 1.7% of its workInsect Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 36 fractional works · 8.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 15 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 2.0% of its workCell Biology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCancer Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNeuroscience: 9 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 48 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPsychology: 20 fractional works · 4.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSocial Psychology: 6 fractional works · 1.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workApplied Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 19 fractional works · 4.7% of its workEducation: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 42 fractional works · 10.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 22 fractional works · 5.4% of its workEcology: 9 fractional works · 2.3% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 4 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEngineering: 7 fractional works · 1.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiomaterials: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 3 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemistry: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKNutritionSciences…415fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences27%Physical Sciences10%Health Sciences51%Social Sciences11%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine15738.0%
    2. Health Professions276.4%
    3. Nursing245.8%
    4. Veterinary30.7%
    5. Dentistry00.0%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences6415.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology368.8%
    3. Neuroscience92.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology30.7%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.3%
    1. Psychology204.9%
    2. Social Sciences194.7%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting30.7%
    4. Arts and Humanities30.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance20.4%
    6. Decision Sciences10.1%
    1. Environmental Science225.4%
    2. Engineering71.6%
    3. Materials Science30.8%
    4. Computer Science30.8%
    5. Chemical Engineering30.7%
    6. Chemistry20.5%
    7. Mathematics00.1%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    10. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Nutrition and Dietetics takes 13.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Nutrition and DieteticsSubfield · 24.1 works14×
  2. NursingField · 24.2 works12×
  3. PhysiologySubfield · 30.8 works8.5×
← 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: 3.25× its world share, 64 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.64× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.32× its world share, 9 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.93× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.07× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.08× its world share, 22 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.23× its world share, 3 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.44× its world share, 27 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.97× its world share, 158 worksMedicineNursing: 11.93× its world share, 24 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.41× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.21× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.61× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.37× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

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

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing11.93×24 works
  2. Veterinary5.41×3 works
  3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences3.25×64 works
  4. Health Professions2.44×27 works
  5. Chemical Engineering2.07×3 works
  6. Medicine1.97×158 works
  7. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology1.64×36 works
  8. Psychology1.61×20 works
  9. Neuroscience1.32×9 works
  10. Environmental Science1.08×22 works
  11. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.93×1 works
  12. Immunology and Microbiology0.66×3 works
  13. Social Sciences0.37×20 works
  14. Chemistry0.33×2 works
  15. Materials Science0.23×3 works
  16. Arts and Humanities0.21×2 works
  17. Business, Management and Accounting0.21×3 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.20×2 works
  19. Decision Sciences0.13×0 works
  20. Engineering0.11×7 works
  21. Computer Science0.10×3 works
  22. Mathematics0.10×0 works
  23. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  24. Energy0.08×0 works
  25. Physics and Astronomy0.05×0 works
  26. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, Geert Bruggeman, Stefanie Verstringe and C.A. Gottschall lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nutrition Sciences (Belgium).

  1. 1 Geert Bruggeman Belgium · #1,717,448 worldwide 1.9k citations · 62 works
  2. 2 Stefanie Verstringe Belgium · #3,696,837 worldwide 452 citations · 26 works
  3. 3 C.A. Gottschall Belgium · #4,822,466 worldwide 1 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 Alison Jenkinson Belgium · #5,482,403 worldwide 0 citations · 24 works
  5. 5 Vasileios Zampetoulas Belgium · #5,619,234 worldwide 17 citations · 21 works
All ranked researchers at Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)

What are the most cited papers from Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)?

The most cited paper from Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) is "Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants" (Mariachiara Di Cesare, 2016), with 5,317 citations. Next come "Glycemic index of foods: a physiological basis for carbohydrate exchange" (3,872) and "KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD: 2020 Update" (1,939).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants Mariachiara Di Cesare · The Lancet Open access Apr 2016 5,317
2 Glycemic index of foods: a physiological basis for carbohydrate exchange David J.A. Jenkins, Thomas M. S. Wolever, R H Taylor et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Mar 1981 3,872
3 KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Nutrition in CKD: 2020 Update Talat Alp Ikizler, Jerrilynn Denise Burrowes, Laura D. Byham-Gray et al. · American Journal of Kidney Diseases Open access 20 Aug 2020 1,939
4 EV-TRACK: transparent reporting and centralizing knowledge in extracellular vesicle research Jan Van Deun et al. · Nature Methods 28 Feb 2017 1,345
5 Proline Mechanisms of Stress Survival Xinwen Liang, Lu Zhang, Sathish Kumar Natarajan et al. · Antioxidants and Redox Signaling Open access 15 Apr 2013 1,227
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Cardiovascular Disease, Health Effects, Physical Activity, Public Health and Aging.

▲ 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. Inflammation44▲ 5.0×59 topics
  2. Obesity34▲ 11×25 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome34▲ 10×17 topics
  4. Cardiovascular Disease28▲ 5.9×32 topics
  5. Public Health27▲ 4.4×31 topics
  6. Epidemiology26▲ 1.60×64 topics
  7. Health Effects21▲ 8.5×12 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress21▲ 3.0×48 topics
  9. Physical Activity20▲ 10×12 topics
  10. Environmental Impact18▲ 2.6×21 topics
  11. Aging17▲ 7.5×15 topics
  12. Microbial Community16▲ 46×3 topics
  13. Chronic Diseases16▲ 15×8 topics
  14. Cancer Prevention16▲ 14×9 topics
  15. Milk Composition15▲ 81×2 topics
  16. Prevalence15▲ 8.7×10 topics
  17. Fatty Acid Composition14▲ 31×2 topics
  18. Adolescents13▲ 8.8×7 topics
  19. Insulin Resistance13▲ 6.8×10 topics
  20. Methane Production13▲ 105×1 topic
  21. Ruminant Nutrition13▲ 105×1 topic
  22. Nutrition12▲ 6.6×12 topics
  23. Antioxidant12▲ 4.0×33 topics
  24. Antioxidant Activity11▲ 4.4×22 topics
  25. Health Benefits11▲ 8.3×13 topics
  26. Metabolism11▲ 5.1×23 topics
  27. Exercise11▲ 22×3 topics
  28. Weight Loss10▲ 16×4 topics
  29. Livestock Production10▲ 26×2 topics
  30. Childhood10▲ 35×1 topic
  31. Overweight10▲ 37×1 topic
  32. Child Development9▲ 5.5×5 topics
  33. Muscle Mass9▲ 20×2 topics
  34. Greenhouse Gas Emissions9▲ 8.0×3 topics
  35. Resistance Training8▲ 22×2 topics
  36. Alzheimer's Disease8▲ 7.3×6 topics
  37. Food Systems8▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Sustainable Diets8▲ 43×1 topic
  39. Dietary Patterns8▲ 32×1 topic
  40. Mediterranean Diet8▲ 32×1 topic

Which research topics does Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 13 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 10 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainabili…8Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 8 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …8Nutritional Studies and Diet: 8 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 7 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 7 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…6Child Nutrition and Water Access: 6 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 5 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 4 fractional worksFood Security and Health in Diverse Populations: 4 fractional works
Agronomy and Crop SciencePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEcologyPhysiology4 others

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

  1. 1 Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology Agronomy and Crop Science 13 works
  2. 2 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 10 works
  3. 3 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 8 works
  4. 4 Nutritional Studies and Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  5. 5 Nutrition and Health in Aging Physiology 7 works
  6. 6 Diet and metabolism studies Physiology 7 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water Access Nutrition and Dietetics 6 works
  8. 8 Muscle metabolism and nutrition Cell Biology 5 works
  9. 9 Cardiovascular and exercise physiology Complementary and alternative medicine 4 works
  10. 10 Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations General Health Professions 4 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 available42.5%not open57.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors72.2%domestic only27.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 37% higher 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 Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0016% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) 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 2025Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)7.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.1% in 1992.

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