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Rega Institute for Medical Research

In research, Rega Institute for Medical Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,266 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#2,245 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,125 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases, Immunology and Microbiology and Epidemiology — Infectious Diseases is 20.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#3,077
of 28,054 · #1,741 all time
Rank in Belgium
#15
of 138
Research works
3.6k
▲ 14% vs 2013–17
Citations
157k
43.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
27.4%
record average 16.5%
Open access
44%
world 28%

What is Rega Institute for Medical Research 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
Life SciencesDomain #1,266 of 7,800 27.0%120 #593
MedicineField #2,245 of 10,443 29.7%171 #1392
Health SciencesDomain #3,125 of 11,982 29.8%179 #1825
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular BiologyField #2,405 of 3,579 23.3%62 #1544

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Rega Institute for Medical Research 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. Life Sciences#593 #1,266
  2. Medicine#1,392 #2,245
  3. Health Sciences#1,825 #3,125
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology#1,544 #2,405
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 Rega Institute for Medical Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 20.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 50.8 works20×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 34.8 works9.4×
  3. EpidemiologySubfield · 29.6 works5.7×
← 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: 0.89× its world share, 16 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.16× its world share, 62 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 9.43× its world share, 35 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.87× its world share, 5 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.77× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.67× its world share, 21 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.25× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.16× its world share, 9 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.11× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.65× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.42× its world share, 4 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.43× its world share, 171 worksMedicineNursing: 1.08× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.26× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.20× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.58× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.18× its world share, 9 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 9.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Rega Institute for Medical Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Jo Van Damme, Alfons Billiau and P. De Somer lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rega Institute for Medical Research.

  1. 1 Jo Van Damme Belgium · #18,712 worldwide 586 citations · 86 works
  2. 2 Alfons Billiau Belgium · #60,365 worldwide 192 citations · 65 works
  3. 3 P. De Somer Belgium · #72,354 worldwide 182 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Sofie Struyf Belgium · #73,648 worldwide 328 citations · 28 works
  5. 5 Piet Maes Belgium · #99,637 worldwide 239 citations · 39 works
  6. 6 Johan Neyts Belgium · #102,817 worldwide 556 citations · 122 works
  7. 7 Pieter De Moor Belgium · #132,254 worldwide 229 citations · 57 works
  8. 8 H. Eyssen Belgium · #134,994 worldwide 188 citations · 27 works
  9. 9 Hubertine Heremans Belgium · #158,476 worldwide 97 citations · 26 works
  10. 10 Ghislain Opdenakker Belgium · #164,961 worldwide 330 citations · 88 works
All ranked researchers at Rega Institute for Medical Research

Which keywords describe research at Rega Institute for Medical Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Vaccine, Immune Response, Antiretroviral Therapy, Pathogenesis, Vaccine Development, SARS-CoV-2 and Immunity.

▲ 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. Epidemiology72▲ 5.0×88 topics
  2. Vaccine40▲ 27×10 topics
  3. Immune Response31▲ 15×18 topics
  4. Antiretroviral Therapy30▲ 50×5 topics
  5. Pathogenesis25▲ 13×17 topics
  6. Inflammation24▲ 3.1×55 topics
  7. Vaccine Development21▲ 22×8 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-218▲ 15×6 topics
  9. Immunity17▲ 12×9 topics
  10. Pandemic16▲ 4.2×7 topics
  11. HIV15▲ 50×4 topics
  12. Drug Resistance15▲ 15×6 topics
  13. Viral Transmission14▲ 25×4 topics
  14. ACE2 Receptor13▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Coronavirus13▲ 17×2 topics
  16. Antibodies13▲ 63×2 topics
  17. HIV Infection13▲ 34×2 topics
  18. Hepatotoxicity13▲ 72×2 topics
  19. Renal Toxicity13▲ 119×2 topics
  20. Integrase Inhibitors13▲ 164×1 topic
  21. Mutation13▲ 18×4 topics
  22. Nucleoside Analogues13▲ 164×1 topic
  23. Viral Diseases13▲ 52×2 topics
  24. Infection12▲ 13×7 topics
  25. Immune Activation11▲ 36×2 topics
  26. AIDS10▲ 113×1 topic
  27. Medicinal Chemistry10▲ 10×10 topics
  28. neurocognitive disorders10▲ 113×1 topic
  29. Synthesis10▲ 7.4×16 topics
  30. Vector Control10▲ 23×3 topics
  31. Drug Discovery10▲ 12×10 topics
  32. antibody10▲ 25×1 topic
  33. spike protein10▲ 25×1 topic
  34. Immune Responses9▲ 19×3 topics
  35. Angiogenesis9▲ 7.2×11 topics
  36. Therapeutic Targets8▲ 15×6 topics
  37. Anticancer Agents8▲ 14×8 topics
  38. Heterocyclic Compounds7▲ 23×3 topics
  39. Antiviral Therapy7▲ 20×3 topics
  40. Biological Evaluation7▲ 33×5 topics

Which research topics does Rega Institute for Medical Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment, HIV Research and Treatment, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research and Mosquito-borne diseases and control.

HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 13 fractional worksHIV Research and Treatment: 10 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …10SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 10 fractional worksMosquito-borne diseases …7Mosquito-borne diseases and control: 7 fractional worksViral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology: 7 fractional worksRespiratory viral infections research: 5 fractional worksChemokine receptors and …5Chemokine receptors and signaling: 5 fractional worksPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment: 5 fractional worksSARS-CoV-2 detection and testing: 5 fractional worksViral Infections and Vectors: 5 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesVirologyPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthEpidemiology1 others

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

  1. 1 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 13 works
  2. 2 HIV Research and Treatment Virology 10 works
  3. 3 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 10 works
  4. 4 Mosquito-borne diseases and control Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 7 works
  5. 5 Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology Infectious Diseases 7 works
  6. 6 Respiratory viral infections research Epidemiology 5 works
  7. 7 Chemokine receptors and signaling Oncology 5 works
  8. 8 Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatment Epidemiology 5 works
  9. 9 SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing Infectious Diseases 5 works
  10. 10 Viral Infections and Vectors Infectious Diseases 5 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 available44.1%not open55.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors42.7%domestic only57.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Rega Institute for Medical Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 14% higher 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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