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Provincial Institute for Hygiene

In research, Provincial Institute for Hygiene stands highest in Life Sciences (#8,657 of 11,023 worldwide), Health Sciences (#13,364 of 16,688 worldwide) and Medicine (#12,184 of 14,558 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#20,907
of 34,923
Rank in Belgium
#128
of 220
Research works
528
▲ 67% vs 2018-21
Citations
10k
19.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
13.6%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.79×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
17%
world 40%
International
14%
world 18%
Provincial Institute for Hygiene

What is Provincial Institute for Hygiene 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
Life SciencesDomain #8,657 of 11,023 6.7%169
Health SciencesDomain #13,364 of 16,688 6.8%185
MedicineField #12,184 of 14,558 5.9%143
Physical SciencesDomain #15,718 of 17,446 7.0%145

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Provincial Institute for Hygiene 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 Provincial Institute for Hygiene work in?

In all years, 35% of research at Provincial Institute for Hygiene is in Health Sciences, 32% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (27%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (17%), Environmental Science (16%). It does 2.1× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Health Sciences: 185 fractional works · 35.1% of its workMedicine: 143 fractional works · 27.0% of its workEpidemiology: 26 fractional works · 5.0% of its workInfectious Diseases: 18 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 14 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPhysiology: 11 fractional works · 2.0% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSurgery: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHepatology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOphthalmology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRheumatology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOncology: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEmergency Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workVeterinary: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workSmall Animals: 19 fractional works · 3.5% of its workHealth Professions: 16 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workDentistry: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 169 fractional works · 32.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 91 fractional works · 17.3% of its workMolecular Biology: 42 fractional works · 7.9% of its workEndocrinology: 14 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCancer Research: 8 fractional works · 1.5% of its workGenetics: 8 fractional works · 1.4% of its workBiotechnology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workMolecular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCell Biology: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiochemistry: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 40 fractional works · 7.6% of its workFood Science: 20 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPlant Science: 9 fractional works · 1.8% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workInsect Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 21 fractional works · 4.0% of its workImmunology: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMicrobiology: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workParasitology: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVirology: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 13 fractional works · 2.5% of its workPharmacology: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 145 fractional works · 27.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 83 fractional works · 15.8% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 49 fractional works · 9.3% of its workPollution: 9 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 1.2% of its workEcology: 6 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 28 fractional works · 5.3% of its workSpectroscopy: 15 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 7 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEngineering: 19 fractional works · 3.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 10 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 5 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemical Engineering: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workProcess Chemistry and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBioengineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 2 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 29 fractional works · 5.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 11 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSociology and Political Science: 4 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEducation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 4 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 5 fractional works · 1.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKProvincialInstitute for…528fractional works, all years
Life Sciences32%Physical Sciences27%Health Sciences35%Social Sciences5%

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 4 domains and 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine14327.0%
    2. Veterinary193.5%
    3. Health Professions163.1%
    4. Nursing71.3%
    5. Dentistry10.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology9117.3%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences407.6%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology214.0%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics132.5%
    5. Neuroscience30.6%
    1. Environmental Science8315.8%
    2. Chemistry285.3%
    3. Engineering193.6%
    4. Chemical Engineering40.7%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences30.6%
    6. Mathematics20.4%
    7. Physics and Astronomy20.4%
    8. Computer Science20.3%
    9. Materials Science10.2%
    10. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences112.1%
    2. Decision Sciences61.1%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance51.0%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting30.5%
    5. Psychology30.5%
    6. Arts and Humanities10.2%
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: 0.84× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.92× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.61× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 1.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.51× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.09× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.01× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsDentistry: 3.25× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.46× its world share, 4 worksMedicineVeterinary: 11.62× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryDecision Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 11.6×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 20 fields, with their numbers
  1. Veterinary11.62×0 works
  2. Environmental Science7.09×5 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology4.61×1 works
  4. Dentistry3.25×0 works
  5. Decision Sciences1.55×0 works
  6. Medicine1.46×4 works
  7. Chemistry1.13×0 works
  8. Mathematics1.01×0 works
  9. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.92×1 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.84×1 works
  11. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.76×0 works
  12. Health Professions0.75×0 works
  13. Engineering0.51×1 works
  14. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.28×0 works
  15. Social Sciences0.28×0 works
  16. Materials Science0.11×0 works
  17. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.11×0 works
  18. Psychology0.09×0 works
  19. Neuroscience0.07×0 works
  20. Computer Science0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Provincial Institute for Hygiene?

Ranked on the quality score, Vera J. Nelen, S. L. Brúg and R. Mathur-De Vré lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Provincial Institute for Hygiene.

  1. 1 Vera J. Nelen Belgium · #91,633 worldwide 20k citations · 255 works
  2. 2 S. L. Brúg Belgium · #2,615,751 worldwide 188 citations · 88 works
  3. 3 R. Mathur-De Vré Belgium · #2,641,548 worldwide 724 citations · 23 works
  4. 4 Els Van de Mieroop Belgium · #2,707,348 worldwide 1.4k citations · 46 works
  5. 5 G Thiers Belgium · #3,114,131 worldwide 761 citations · 23 works
  6. 6 Denise Walckiers Belgium · #3,323,197 worldwide 627 citations · 63 works
  7. 7 F Claeys-Thoreau Belgium · #3,472,298 worldwide 436 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Geert Verduyn Belgium · #3,747,163 worldwide 444 citations · 29 works
  9. 9 P. Bruaux Belgium · #3,776,968 worldwide 1k citations · 45 works
  10. 10 A. Stroobant Belgium · #3,836,960 worldwide 608 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at Provincial Institute for Hygiene

What are the most cited papers from Provincial Institute for Hygiene?

The most cited paper from Provincial Institute for Hygiene is "Screening and Prostate-Cancer Mortality in a Randomized European Study" (Fritz H. Schröder et al., 2009), with 4,042 citations. Next come "Screening and prostate cancer mortality: results of the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) at 13 years of follow-up" (1,590) and "Prostate-Cancer Mortality at 11 Years of Follow-up" (1,251).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Screening and Prostate-Cancer Mortality in a Randomized European Study Fritz H. Schröder et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 18 Mar 2009 4,042
2 Screening and prostate cancer mortality: results of the European Randomised Study of Screening for Prostate Cancer (ERSPC) at 13 years of follow-up Fritz H. Schröder et al. · The Lancet Open access 6 Aug 2014 1,590
3 Prostate-Cancer Mortality at 11 Years of Follow-up Fritz H. Schröder et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 14 Mar 2012 1,251
4 A 16-yr Follow-up of the European Randomized study of Screening for Prostate Cancer Jonas Hugosson et al. · European Urology Open access 26 Feb 2019 716
5 YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA INFECTIONS AND PORK: THE MISSING LINK Robert V. Tauxe, G. Wauters, Valère J. Goossens et al. · The Lancet May 1987 651
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Provincial Institute for Hygiene?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Oxidative Stress, Health Effects, Pathogenesis, Infection, Biomonitoring, Toxicity and Vaccine.

▲ more of its work than of the world's◆ about the world's share▼ less than the world's

Size is fractional works in all years 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. Epidemiology80▲ 3.8×72 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress47▲ 4.8×28 topics
  3. Health Effects35▲ 11×16 topics
  4. Pathogenesis24▲ 8.2×14 topics
  5. Public Health23▲ 3.2×31 topics
  6. Diagnosis22▲ 4.1×19 topics
  7. Treatment22▲ 3.2×17 topics
  8. Infection20▲ 13×7 topics
  9. Biomonitoring19▲ 29×4 topics
  10. Toxicity19▲ 8.2×13 topics
  11. Vaccine19▲ 8.8×10 topics
  12. Publication Bias18▲ 64×2 topics
  13. Immune Response18▲ 5.4×11 topics
  14. Food Safety17▲ 12×11 topics
  15. Ethical Considerations17▲ 9.9×4 topics
  16. ARRIVE Guidelines17▲ 190×1 topic
  17. Animal Research Reporting17▲ 190×1 topic
  18. Liquid Chromatography15▲ 19×2 topics
  19. Metal Toxicity15▲ 34×2 topics
  20. Environmental Exposure14▲ 27×3 topics
  21. Volatile Organic Compounds14▲ 24×3 topics
  22. Drug Metabolism14▲ 49×2 topics
  23. Toxicology14▲ 12×7 topics
  24. Virulence Factors14▲ 14×5 topics
  25. Risk Assessment13▲ 4.2×12 topics
  26. Antibiotic Resistance13▲ 6.0×10 topics
  27. Cell Signaling12▲ 6.7×4 topics
  28. Antimicrobial Resistance12▲ 8.7×8 topics
  29. Chiral Separation12▲ 18×1 topic
  30. Gas Chromatography12▲ 18×1 topic
  31. Genomic Analysis12▲ 7.4×7 topics
  32. Cadmium Carcinogenesis11▲ 56×1 topic
  33. Lead Exposure11▲ 56×1 topic
  34. Bioaccumulation10▲ 16×3 topics
  35. Lung Cancer10▲ 12×3 topics
  36. Genetic Polymorphisms10▲ 23×2 topics
  37. Glutathione Transferases10▲ 120×1 topic
  38. Superoxide Dismutase10▲ 120×1 topic
  39. Global Burden of Disease9▲ 8.8×3 topics
  40. Zoonotic Transmission9▲ 17×4 topics

Which research topics does Provincial Institute for Hygiene publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research, Nuclear and radioactivity studies, Air Quality and Health Impacts and Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl…1Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research: 1 fractional worksNuclear and radioactivity studies: 1 fractional worksAir Quality and Health Impacts: 1 fractional worksEffects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals: 1 fractional worksToxic Organic Pollutants Impact: 1 fractional worksFolate and B Vitamins Re…0Folate and B Vitamins Research: 0 fractional worksPregnancy and preeclampsia studies: 0 fractional worksEsophageal and GI Pathology: 0 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 0 fractional worksFluoride Effects and Removal: 0 fractional works
Environmental ChemistrySafety, Risk, Reliability and QualityHealth, Toxicology and MutagenesisRheumatology4 others

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

  1. 1 Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances research Environmental Chemistry 1 works
  2. 2 Nuclear and radioactivity studies Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality 1 works
  3. 3 Air Quality and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  4. 4 Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  5. 5 Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 1 works
  6. 6 Folate and B Vitamins Research Rheumatology 0 works
  7. 7 Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies Obstetrics and Gynecology 0 works
  8. 8 Esophageal and GI Pathology Surgery 0 works
  9. 9 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 0 works
  10. 10 Fluoride Effects and Removal Water Science and Technology 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 available17.1%not open82.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors14.2%domestic only85.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Provincial Institute for Hygiene's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 67% 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 Provincial Institute for Hygiene as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000048% in 2024.

still counting0.0025%0.0050%0.0075%Provincial Institute for Hygiene0.000053% in 202519801990200020102020

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