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Research Foundation - Flanders

In research, Research Foundation - Flanders stands highest in Social Sciences (#3,779 of 10,521 worldwide), Medicine (#3,980 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,856 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#6,946
of 28,054 · #8,087 all time
Rank in Belgium
#38
of 138
Research works
1.1k
▲ 30% vs 2013–17
Citations
30k
26.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
55%
world 28%

What is Research Foundation - Flanders 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
Social SciencesDomain #3,779 of 10,521 37.2%112 #2637
MedicineField #3,980 of 10,443 32.6%60 #5548
Health SciencesDomain #4,856 of 11,982 33.3%72 #6311

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Research Foundation - Flanders 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. Social Sciences#2,637 #3,779
  2. Medicine#5,548 #3,980
  3. Health Sciences#6,311 #4,856
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.

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: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.65× its world share, 8 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.89× its world share, 3 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.32× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.32× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.21× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.32× its world share, 11 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.46× its world share, 5 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.75× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.86× its world share, 11 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.39× its world share, 60 worksMedicineNursing: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 3.15× its world share, 20 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 7 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.47× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.18× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 2.89× its world share, 20 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 2.02× its world share, 57 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 3.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Research Foundation - Flanders?

Ranked on the composite score, Simon Geiregat lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Research Foundation - Flanders.

  1. 1 Simon Geiregat Belgium · #965,577 worldwide 1 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Research Foundation - Flanders

Which keywords describe research at Research Foundation - Flanders?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cardiovascular Disease, Well-being, Social Media, Online Communication, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Psychological Factors and Chronic Pain.

▲ 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. Epidemiology13▲ 1.45×47 topics
  2. Cardiovascular Disease11▲ 4.6×27 topics
  3. Social Media10▲ 3.2×13 topics
  4. Mental Health9▲ 2.7×27 topics
  5. Public Health8▲ 2.5×22 topics
  6. Well-being8▲ 8.8×10 topics
  7. Globalization7▲ 1.53×25 topics
  8. Treatment7▲ 2.5×20 topics
  9. Human Rights7▲ 2.9×19 topics
  10. Online Communication6▲ 18×2 topics
  11. Global Burden6▲ 4.7×8 topics
  12. Quality of Life6▲ 1.75×21 topics
  13. Gender5▲ 4.4×13 topics
  14. Psychological Factors5▲ 11×3 topics
  15. Physical Activity5▲ 4.7×8 topics
  16. Chronic Pain5▲ 9.7×4 topics
  17. Depression5▲ 2.4×15 topics
  18. Social Support5▲ 3.8×10 topics
  19. Chronic Kidney Disease5▲ 8.6×6 topics
  20. Addiction4▲ 26×1 topic
  21. Digital Natives4▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Diabetes4▲ 3.7×9 topics
  23. Prevalence4▲ 4.4×9 topics
  24. Emotion4▲ 8.3×4 topics
  25. Anxiety4▲ 3.5×7 topics
  26. Adolescents4▲ 4.3×6 topics
  27. Empathy4▲ 14×4 topics
  28. Transportation4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  29. Low Back Pain4▲ 9.0×3 topics
  30. Psychological Impact3▲ 4.5×7 topics
  31. Digital Divide3▲ 5.5×5 topics
  32. Neuropathic Pain3▲ 21×3 topics
  33. Central Sensitization3▲ 22×2 topics
  34. Mortality Risk3▲ 5.8×4 topics
  35. Health Behavior Change3▲ 25×2 topics
  36. Identification3▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Narrative Persuasion3▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Perception3▲ 18×5 topics
  39. Disability2▲ 10×1 topic
  40. Social Relationships2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does Research Foundation - Flanders publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Impact of Technology on Adolescents, Media Influence and Health, Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation and Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes.

Impact of Technology on Adolescents: 4 fractional worksMedia Influence and Health: 3 fractional worksMusculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation: 2 fractional worksChronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes: 2 fractional worksPhysical Activity and Health: 2 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 2 fractional worksChild Development and Di…2Child Development and Digital Technology: 2 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 2 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 2 fractional worksPain Management and Trea…2Pain Management and Treatment: 2 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceLiterature and Literary TheoryPharmacologyNephrology6 others

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

  1. 1 Impact of Technology on Adolescents Sociology and Political Science 4 works
  2. 2 Media Influence and Health Literature and Literary Theory 3 works
  3. 3 Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation Pharmacology 2 works
  4. 4 Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes Nephrology 2 works
  5. 5 Physical Activity and Health Physiology 2 works
  6. 6 Social Media and Politics Communication 2 works
  7. 7 Child Development and Digital Technology Education 2 works
  8. 8 Health disparities and outcomes Health 2 works
  9. 9 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 2 works
  10. 10 Pain Management and Treatment Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine 2 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 available55.1%not open44.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.6%domestic only69.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Research Foundation - Flanders's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 30% 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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