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Royal Library of Belgium

In research, Royal Library of Belgium stands highest in Social Sciences (#7,287 of 16,945 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, all time
#31,760
of 42,892
Rank in Belgium
#209
of 267
Research works
228
▲ 40% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4k
6.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.7%
record average 16.5%
Open access
58%
world 28%

What is Royal Library of Belgium 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
Social SciencesDomain #7,287 of 16,945 12.2%163

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Library of Belgium 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).

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: 0.22× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Neuroscience: 0.12× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.34× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.27× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.28× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.08× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.18× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.30× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMathematics: 0.25× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 2.42× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.30× its world share, 2 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.70× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 13.32× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.68× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.40× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.89× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.96× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.55× its world share, 7 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
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Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 13.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Library of Belgium?

Ranked on the composite score, Johan van Heesch, Marie-Sophie Bercegeay and Hendrik D. L. Vervliet lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Library of Belgium.

  1. 1 Johan van Heesch Belgium · #196,515 worldwide 19 citations · 38 works
  2. 2 Marie-Sophie Bercegeay Belgium · #1,002,301 worldwide 0 citations · 15 works
  3. 3 Hendrik D. L. Vervliet Belgium · #1,250,081 worldwide 4 citations · 135 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Library of Belgium

Which keywords describe research at Royal Library of Belgium?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cultural Studies, Literature, Narrative, Corpus Linguistics, Gender, History, Migration and Art.

▲ 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 34 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 34 words, with their numbers
  1. Cultural Studies3▲ 19×5 topics
  2. Literature2▲ 12×5 topics
  3. Education2▲ 3.6×5 topics
  4. Narrative2▲ 37×3 topics
  5. Globalization2▲ 2.9×6 topics
  6. History2▲ 7.2×6 topics
  7. Art2▲ 55×2 topics
  8. Corpus Linguistics2▲ 23×4 topics
  9. Gender2▲ 9.1×5 topics
  10. Migration2▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Medicine2▲ 54×2 topics
  12. Comics2▲ 368×1 topic
  13. Graphic Novels2▲ 368×1 topic
  14. Sociopolitical2▲ 126×2 topics
  15. Cultural Heritage1▲ 6.8×4 topics
  16. Social Interaction1▲ 9.3×2 topics
  17. French Revolution1▲ 209×1 topic
  18. Innovation1▲ 3.4×2 topics
  19. Literary History1▲ 119×2 topics
  20. Napoleonic Wars1▲ 209×1 topic
  21. Neural Machine Translation1▲ 36×1 topic
  22. Online Gaming1▲ 92×1 topic
  23. Scientific History1▲ 78×1 topic
  24. Statistical Machine Translation1▲ 36×1 topic
  25. Technological Development1▲ 78×1 topic
  26. Video Games1▲ 67×1 topic
  27. European Union1▲ 14×2 topics
  28. Identity1▲ 4.3×4 topics
  29. Machine Learning1◆ 0.99×5 topics
  30. Canon Law1▲ 177×1 topic
  31. Cultural Competence1▲ 23×2 topics
  32. France1▲ 158×1 topic
  33. Occupation1▲ 43×1 topic
  34. Religious Policy1▲ 177×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Library of Belgium publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Comics and Graphic Narratives, Digital Games and Media, Natural Language Processing Techniques and Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis.

Comics and Graphic Narra…2Comics and Graphic Narratives: 2 fractional worksDigital Games and Media1Digital Games and Media: 1 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 1 fractional worksHistorical Studies and S…1Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 1 fractional worksEuropean Political Histo…1European Political History Analysis: 1 fractional worksFrench Historical and Cultural Studies: 1 fractional worksTheology and Canon Law Studies: 1 fractional worksHistorical and Literary …1Historical and Literary Studies: 1 fractional worksCultural Heritage Materials Analysis: 1 fractional worksReformation and Early Modern Christianity: 1 fractional works
Visual Arts and Performing ArtsSociology and Political ScienceArtificial IntelligenceHistory and Philosophy of Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Comics and Graphic Narratives Visual Arts and Performing Arts 2 works
  2. 2 Digital Games and Media Sociology and Political Science 1 works
  3. 3 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 1 works
  4. 4 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 1 works
  5. 5 European Political History Analysis History 1 works
  6. 6 French Historical and Cultural Studies History 1 works
  7. 7 Theology and Canon Law Studies Religious studies 1 works
  8. 8 Historical and Literary Studies Anthropology 1 works
  9. 9 Cultural Heritage Materials Analysis Archeology 1 works
  10. 10 Reformation and Early Modern Christianity History 1 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 available57.8%not open42.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors31.1%domestic only68.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Library of Belgium's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 40% 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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