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Oystershell (Belgium)

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Research works
10
▼ 88% vs 2018-21
Citations
217
22.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.1%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
63%
world 40%
International
44%
world 18%
Oystershell (Belgium)

Not ranked overall: Oystershell (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 Oystershell (Belgium) work in?

In all years, 60% of research at Oystershell (Belgium) is in Health Sciences, 29% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (50%), Agricultural and Biological Sciences (11%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (10%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 6 fractional works · 59.6% of its workMedicine: 5 fractional works · 50.3% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 12.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 9.5% of its workSurgery: 1 fractional works · 8.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 7.4% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workOphthalmology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workRehabilitation: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workPeriodontics: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 4.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 28.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 10.8% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 9.1% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 10.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 0 fractional works · 3.3% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workParasitology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.7% of its workPhysical Sciences: 1 fractional works · 11.8% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGeology: 0 fractional works · 4.5% of its workPaleontology: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 5.1% of its workALL ITS WORKOystershell(Belgium)10fractional works, all years
Life Sciences29%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences60%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in all years. 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 3 domains and 10 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine550.3%
    2. Dentistry05.1%
    3. Health Professions04.3%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences110.8%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology110.1%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology03.3%
    4. Neuroscience02.5%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.7%
    1. Earth and Planetary Sciences16.8%
    2. Environmental Science05.1%
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.

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

The most cited paper from Oystershell (Belgium) is "Eradication of Propionibacterium acnes biofilms by plant extracts and putative identification of icariin, resveratrol and salidroside as active compounds" (Tom Coenye, Gilles Brackman, Petra Rigole et al., 2012), with 102 citations. Next come "In Vitro Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Formation on Hydroxyapatite by Subinhibitory Concentrations of Anthraquinones" (53) and "Systematic palaeontology and biostratigraphy of two Early Cretaceous condensed sections from the Barents Sea" (52).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Eradication of Propionibacterium acnes biofilms by plant extracts and putative identification of icariin, resveratrol and salidroside as active compounds Tom Coenye, Gilles Brackman, Petra Rigole et al. · Phytomedicine 2 Feb 2012 102
2 In Vitro Inhibition of Streptococcus mutans Biofilm Formation on Hydroxyapatite by Subinhibitory Concentrations of Anthraquinones Tom Coenye, Kris Honraet, Petra Rigole et al. · Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy Open access 13 Jan 2007 53
3 Systematic palaeontology and biostratigraphy of two Early Cretaceous condensed sections from the Barents Sea Nils Århus, Simon R. A. Kelly, Joe S.H. Collins et al. · Polar Research Open access Dec 1990 52
4 Biofilms in Skin Infections: Propionibacterium acnes and Acne Vulgaris Tom Coenye, Kris Honraet, Bart Rossel et al. · Infectious Disorders - Drug Targets Sep 2008 43
5 Efficacy and Safety of Three Cryotherapy Devices for Wart Treatment: A Randomized, Controlled, Investigator-Blinded, Comparative Study Imko Walczuk, Frank Eertmans, Bart Rossel et al. · Dermatology and Therapy Open access 6 Dec 2017 26
All 17 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

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

By volume in 2022-now: Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies and Retinal and Optic Conditions.

  1. 1 Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies Epidemiology 0 works
  2. 2 Retinal and Optic Conditions Ophthalmology 0 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 available62.8%not open37.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors44.3%domestic only55.7%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 88% lower than in 2018-2021.

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Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Oystershell (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000019% in 2021.

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

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