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Rhea (Belgium)

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Research works
56
▼ 51% vs 2018-21
Citations
475
8.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
29%
world 40%
International
46%
world 18%
Rhea (Belgium)

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

In all years, 81% of research at Rhea (Belgium) is in Physical Sciences, 9% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (44%), Physics and Astronomy (16%), Computer Science (11%). It does 1.9× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 45 fractional works · 81.4% of its workEngineering: 25 fractional works · 44.4% of its workAerospace Engineering: 11 fractional works · 19.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 4 fractional works · 6.9% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 3 fractional works · 4.9% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.6% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 fractional works · 15.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 8 fractional works · 14.0% of its workInstrumentation: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 10.5% of its workInformation Systems: 2 fractional works · 3.9% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 2 fractional works · 3.4% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSoftware: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSignal Processing: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnvironmental Science: 4 fractional works · 6.8% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workWater Science and Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOceanography: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 5 fractional works · 9.0% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 2.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCultural Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeography, Planning and Development: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLaw: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStrategy and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workArts and Humanities: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 3 fractional works · 5.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 3 fractional works · 4.6% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workAgronomy and Crop Science: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workForestry: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSoil Science: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 2 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMedical Laboratory Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workALL ITS WORKRhea (Belgium)56fractional works, all years
Life Sciences5%Physical Sciences81%Health Sciences4%Social Sciences9%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering2544.4%
    2. Physics and Astronomy915.5%
    3. Computer Science610.5%
    4. Environmental Science46.8%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences12.5%
    6. Materials Science11.5%
    7. Mathematics00.2%
    1. Social Sciences22.8%
    2. Decision Sciences11.5%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance11.3%
    4. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    5. Arts and Humanities11.2%
    6. Psychology00.9%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences34.6%
    2. Neuroscience00.3%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.2%
    1. Medicine23.8%
    2. Health Professions00.7%
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: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Neuroscience: 1.86× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceComputer Science: 1.96× its world share, 1 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 3.95× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 3.63× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksMedicineDecision Sciences: 2.68× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.57× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Engineering, 4.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 11 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering3.95×3 works
  2. Physics and Astronomy3.63×0 works
  3. Decision Sciences2.68×0 works
  4. Computer Science1.96×1 works
  5. Neuroscience1.86×0 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.57×0 works
  7. Environmental Science0.47×0 works
  8. Medicine0.31×0 works
  9. Health Professions0.23×0 works
  10. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.14×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.07×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Rhea (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, Alastair McDonald, Tommy Strandberg and Rainer Kresken lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Rhea (Belgium).

  1. 1 Alastair McDonald Belgium · #2,322,055 worldwide 2.4k citations · 22 works
  2. 2 Tommy Strandberg Belgium · #4,198,581 worldwide 54 citations · 17 works
  3. 3 Rainer Kresken Belgium · #4,248,126 worldwide 31 citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Steve Pearson Belgium · #4,358,950 worldwide 30 citations · 16 works
  5. 5 Sam Gerené Belgium · #4,625,547 worldwide 36 citations · 16 works
All ranked researchers at Rhea (Belgium)

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

The most cited paper from Rhea (Belgium) is "Soybean Trade: Balancing Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of an Intercontinental Market" (Annelies Boerema, Alain Peeters, Sanne Swolfs et al., 2016), with 166 citations. Next come "Importance, evolution, environmental impact and future challenges of grasslands and grassland‐based systems in Europe" (108) and "Orbit determination of Sentinel-6A using the Galileo high accuracy service test signal" (84).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Soybean Trade: Balancing Environmental and Socio-Economic Impacts of an Intercontinental Market Annelies Boerema, Alain Peeters, Sanne Swolfs et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 31 May 2016 166
2 Importance, evolution, environmental impact and future challenges of grasslands and grassland‐based systems in Europe Alain Peeters · Grassland Science 16 Aug 2009 108
3 Orbit determination of Sentinel-6A using the Galileo high accuracy service test signal André Hauschild, Oliver Montenbruck, Peter Steigenberger et al. · GPS Solutions Open access 9 Aug 2022 84
4 Sentinel-2 Global Surface Reflectance Level-2a Product Generated with Sen2Cor Jérôme Louis, Bringfried M. Pflug, Magdalena Main-Knorn et al. Conference paper Jul 2019 73
5 Dynamic risk management response system to handle cyber threats Gustavo González-Granadillo, Samuel Dubus, Alexander Motzek et al. · Future Generation Computer Systems 10 Jun 2017 71
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Rhea (Belgium)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Risk Assessment, Thermal Analysis, CubeSat, small satellite, Complex Adaptive Systems, Model-Based Systems Engineering, Value-Driven Design and System Maturity.

▲ 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. Risk Assessment4▲ 13×3 topics
  2. Thermal Analysis4▲ 46×2 topics
  3. CubeSat4▲ 272×1 topic
  4. small satellite4▲ 272×1 topic
  5. Complex Adaptive Systems3▲ 125×2 topics
  6. Climate Change2▲ 1.49×9 topics
  7. Model-Based Systems Engineering2▲ 491×1 topic
  8. System Maturity2▲ 179×1 topic
  9. Technology Readiness Levels2▲ 179×1 topic
  10. Value-Driven Design2▲ 491×1 topic
  11. Game Theory2▲ 26×2 topics
  12. Machine Learning2▲ 1.78×10 topics
  13. Simulation2▲ 11×2 topics
  14. Cybersecurity2▲ 27×2 topics
  15. Extravehicular Activity2▲ 233×1 topic
  16. Space Suit2▲ 233×1 topic
  17. Sustainability2▲ 2.0×8 topics
  18. Land Use Change2▲ 11×5 topics
  19. Orbit Determination2▲ 76×2 topics
  20. Solar System Abundances2▲ 37×1 topic
  21. Solar Wind2▲ 24×2 topics
  22. Terrestrial Planets2▲ 37×1 topic
  23. Information Security2▲ 60×1 topic
  24. Policy Compliance2▲ 127×1 topic
  25. On-Orbit Servicing2▲ 145×1 topic
  26. Space Debris2▲ 145×1 topic
  27. Hybrid Rocket Propulsion2▲ 99×1 topic
  28. Regression Rate Behavior2▲ 99×1 topic
  29. Distributed Systems1▲ 9.8×2 topics
  30. Coronal Mass Ejections1▲ 30×1 topic
  31. Mars1▲ 46×1 topic
  32. Martian Surface1▲ 46×1 topic
  33. Optical 3D Laser Measurement1▲ 107×1 topic
  34. Position-Sensitive Detector1▲ 107×1 topic
  35. Solar Dynamics Observatory1▲ 30×1 topic
  36. Space Policy1▲ 149×1 topic
  37. Space Tourism1▲ 149×1 topic
  38. Hydrological Modeling1▲ 9.8×5 topics
  39. Agricultural Sustainability1▲ 19×2 topics
  40. Smart Grid1▲ 6.3×4 topics

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

By volume in 2022-now: Spacecraft Design and Technology, Information and Cyber Security, Smart Grid Energy Management and Energy Load and Power Forecasting.

Spacecraft Design and Te…0Spacecraft Design and Technology: 0 fractional worksInformation and Cyber Se…0Information and Cyber Security: 0 fractional worksSmart Grid Energy Manage…0Smart Grid Energy Management: 0 fractional worksEnergy Load and Power Fo…0Energy Load and Power Forecasting: 0 fractional worksElectricity Theft Detection Techniques: 0 fractional worksPediatric Pain Management Techniques: 0 fractional worksElectric and Hybrid Vehi…0Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies: 0 fractional worksElectric Vehicles and Infrastructure: 0 fractional worksAdvancements in PLL and VCO Technologies: 0 fractional worksSpace exploration and re…0Space exploration and regulation: 0 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringInformation SystemsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health2 others

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

  1. 1 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 0 works
  2. 2 Information and Cyber Security Information Systems 0 works
  3. 3 Smart Grid Energy Management Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  4. 4 Energy Load and Power Forecasting Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Electricity Theft Detection Techniques Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Pediatric Pain Management Techniques Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  7. 7 Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Technologies Automotive Engineering 0 works
  8. 8 Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  9. 9 Advancements in PLL and VCO Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Space exploration and regulation Astronomy and Astrophysics 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 available29.1%not open70.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.0%domestic only54.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 51% lower 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 Rhea (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000018% in 2024.

still counting0.00010%0.00020%0.00030%Rhea (Belgium)0.000012% in 2025200020102020

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

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