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Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)

In research, Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) stands highest in Health Sciences (#8,046 of 11,982 worldwide), Medicine (#7,865 of 10,443 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,530 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Physiology — Physiology is 8.7× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#13,235
of 28,054 · #10,057 all time
Rank in Belgium
#68
of 138
Research works
1.8k
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
50k
27.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) 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
Health SciencesDomain #8,046 of 11,982 10.8%175 #4223
MedicineField #7,865 of 10,443 10.8%130 #4479
Life SciencesDomain #6,530 of 7,800 9.3%95 #6530

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 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. Health Sciences#4,223 #8,046
  2. Medicine#4,479 #7,865
  3. Life Sciences#6,530 #6,530
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 Nutrition Sciences (Belgium) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Physiology takes 8.7× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. PhysiologySubfield · 26.3 works8.7×
← 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: 3.37× its world share, 55 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.60× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 2 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.12× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.09× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.75× its world share, 2 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 2 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.09× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.11× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.16× its world share, 20 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.52× its world share, 23 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 130 worksMedicineNursing: 11.48× its world share, 19 worksNursingVeterinary: 6.11× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.64× its world share, 17 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.40× its world share, 18 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 11.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

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

Ranked on the composite score, Mette Olaf Nielsen lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Nutrition Sciences (Belgium).

  1. 1 Mette Olaf Nielsen · #1,367,124 worldwide 15 citations · 29 works
All ranked researchers at Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)

Which keywords describe research at Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, 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 2022–2025 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. Inflammation37▲ 5.1×57 topics
  2. Obesity28▲ 11×24 topics
  3. Metabolic Syndrome28▲ 10×16 topics
  4. Epidemiology23▲ 1.66×63 topics
  5. Public Health22▲ 4.4×31 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease22▲ 5.7×30 topics
  7. Health Effects18▲ 8.8×11 topics
  8. Oxidative Stress18▲ 3.1×43 topics
  9. Physical Activity17▲ 10×11 topics
  10. Environmental Impact16▲ 2.8×20 topics
  11. Climate Change16▲ 1.69×25 topics
  12. Aging14▲ 7.8×14 topics
  13. Microbial Community14▲ 52×3 topics
  14. Milk Composition14▲ 93×2 topics
  15. Chronic Diseases14▲ 15×8 topics
  16. Cancer Prevention13▲ 14×9 topics
  17. Fatty Acid Composition13▲ 33×2 topics
  18. Prevalence12▲ 8.7×8 topics
  19. Methane Production12▲ 117×1 topic
  20. Ruminant Nutrition12▲ 117×1 topic
  21. Adolescents11▲ 8.7×6 topics
  22. Insulin Resistance10▲ 6.7×10 topics
  23. Nutrition10▲ 6.7×12 topics
  24. Exercise10▲ 23×3 topics
  25. Metabolism9▲ 5.3×20 topics
  26. Antioxidant Activity9▲ 4.2×21 topics
  27. Livestock Production9▲ 28×2 topics
  28. Weight Loss9▲ 15×4 topics
  29. Health Benefits8▲ 7.5×12 topics
  30. Childhood8▲ 34×1 topic
  31. Overweight8▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Greenhouse Gas Emissions8▲ 8.5×3 topics
  33. Muscle Mass8▲ 21×2 topics
  34. Food Systems8▲ 48×1 topic
  35. Resistance Training8▲ 24×2 topics
  36. Sustainable Diets8▲ 48×1 topic
  37. Alzheimer's Disease7▲ 7.2×5 topics
  38. Dietary Patterns7▲ 32×1 topic
  39. Mediterranean Diet7▲ 32×1 topic
  40. High-Intensity Interval Training7▲ 18×2 topics

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology, Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology: 12 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 8 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainabili…8Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 8 fractional worksNutritional Studies and …7Nutritional Studies and Diet: 7 fractional worksDiet and metabolism studies: 6 fractional worksNutrition and Health in Aging: 6 fractional worksChild Nutrition and Wate…5Child Nutrition and Water Access: 5 fractional worksMuscle metabolism and nutrition: 4 fractional worksSports Performance and Training: 3 fractional worksCardiovascular and exercise physiology: 3 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 PhysiologyAgronomy and Crop Science 12 works
  2. 2 Obesity, Physical Activity, DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 8 works
  3. 3 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental ImpactEcology 8 works
  4. 4 Nutritional Studies and DietPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  5. 5 Diet and metabolism studiesPhysiology 6 works
  6. 6 Nutrition and Health in AgingPhysiology 6 works
  7. 7 Child Nutrition and Water AccessNutrition and Dietetics 5 works
  8. 8 Muscle metabolism and nutritionCell Biology 4 works
  9. 9 Sports Performance and TrainingOrthopedics and Sports Medicine 3 works
  10. 10 Cardiovascular and exercise physiologyComplementary and alternative medicine 3 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: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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