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Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

In research, Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium stands highest in Physical Sciences (#5,353 of 12,888 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Global and Planetary Change and Earth and Planetary Sciences — Global and Planetary Change is 32.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#9,535
of 28,054 · #7,048 all time
Rank in Belgium
#53
of 138
Research works
742
▼ 7% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
20.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
54%
world 28%

What is Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium 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
Physical SciencesDomain #5,353 of 12,888 21.5%74 #4226

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Meteorological Institute 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).

What does Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Global and Planetary Change takes 32.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Global and Planetary ChangeSubfield · 20.1 works32×
  2. Earth and Planetary SciencesField · 22.1 works17×
← 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: 0.68× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.13× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 17.07× its world share, 22 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.87× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 7 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 7.80× its world share, 32 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.22× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 4.72× its world share, 9 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksMedicineVeterinary: 0.99× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Earth and Planetary Sciences, 17.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium?

Ranked on the composite score, C. Nicolis, Gaston R. Demarée and D. Crommelynck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium.

  1. 1 C. Nicolis Belgium · #150,170 worldwide 191 citations · 27 works
  2. 2 Gaston R. Demarée Belgium · #171,411 worldwide 297 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 D. Crommelynck Belgium · #245,207 worldwide 182 citations · 25 works
  4. 4 C. Bertrand Belgium · #313,590 worldwide 106 citations · 18 works
  5. 5 Michel Journée Belgium · #359,047 worldwide 160 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Nicolas Clerbaux Belgium · #375,838 worldwide 125 citations · 15 works
  7. 7 Rafiq Hamdi Belgium · #448,312 worldwide 215 citations · 42 works
  8. 8 F. De Meyer Belgium · #709,390 worldwide 41 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Bert Van Schaeybroeck Belgium · #729,228 worldwide 75 citations · 27 works
  10. 10 Steven Dewitte Belgium · #758,571 worldwide 88 citations · 30 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium

Which keywords describe research at Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Global Warming, Remote Sensing, Ocean Circulation, Hydrological Cycle, Data Assimilation, Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Extreme Events.

▲ 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. Climate Change29▲ 13×40 topics
  2. Global Warming13▲ 39×9 topics
  3. Remote Sensing12▲ 12×17 topics
  4. Ocean Circulation10▲ 92×3 topics
  5. Hydrological Cycle9▲ 120×2 topics
  6. Data Assimilation9▲ 66×4 topics
  7. Greenhouse Gas Emissions8▲ 37×3 topics
  8. Extreme Events8▲ 116×2 topics
  9. Climate Modeling8▲ 135×1 topic
  10. Precipitation Extremes8▲ 135×1 topic
  11. Boundary Layer7▲ 73×2 topics
  12. Probabilistic Forecasting7▲ 46×3 topics
  13. Ensemble Kalman Filter7▲ 85×2 topics
  14. Convective Parameterization7▲ 152×1 topic
  15. Mesoscale Modeling7▲ 152×1 topic
  16. Hydrological Modeling5▲ 26×5 topics
  17. Satellite Observations5▲ 61×3 topics
  18. Air Quality4▲ 28×5 topics
  19. Ecosystem Resilience4▲ 33×3 topics
  20. Thermal Comfort4▲ 33×2 topics
  21. Public Health3▲ 2.8×5 topics
  22. Urban Heat Island3▲ 41×2 topics
  23. Drought3▲ 41×3 topics
  24. Water Quality3▲ 9.7×2 topics
  25. Evapotranspiration3▲ 48×2 topics
  26. Green Roofs3▲ 72×1 topic
  27. Land Surface Temperature3▲ 72×1 topic
  28. Emissions3▲ 18×2 topics
  29. Methane3▲ 68×1 topic
  30. Mortality3▲ 5.8×3 topics
  31. Natural Gas3▲ 37×2 topics
  32. Shale Gas3▲ 27×1 topic
  33. Solar Wind3▲ 35×2 topics
  34. Sea Level Rise2▲ 23×3 topics
  35. Validation2▲ 35×2 topics
  36. Ionosphere2▲ 51×1 topic
  37. Magnetosphere2▲ 51×1 topic
  38. Vulnerability2▲ 11×2 topics
  39. Ozone Depletion2▲ 81×1 topic
  40. Stratospheric Water Vapor2▲ 81×1 topic

Which research topics does Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Climate variability and models, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Urban Heat Island Mitigation and Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics.

Climate variability and …8Climate variability and models: 8 fractional worksMeteorological Phenomena…7Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations: 7 fractional worksUrban Heat Island Mitigation: 3 fractional worksAtmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics: 3 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric Ozone and Climate: 2 fractional worksAtmospheric chemistry and aerosols: 2 fractional worksPrecipitation Measurement and Analysis: 2 fractional worksClimate Change and Health Impacts: 2 fractional worksHydrology and Drought Analysis: 2 fractional works
Global and Planetary ChangeAtmospheric ScienceEnvironmental EngineeringAstronomy and Astrophysics1 others

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

  1. 1 Climate variability and models Global and Planetary Change 8 works
  2. 2 Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations Atmospheric Science 7 works
  3. 3 Urban Heat Island Mitigation Environmental Engineering 3 works
  4. 4 Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics Global and Planetary Change 3 works
  5. 5 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 works
  6. 6 Atmospheric Ozone and Climate Atmospheric Science 2 works
  7. 7 Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols Atmospheric Science 2 works
  8. 8 Precipitation Measurement and Analysis Atmospheric Science 2 works
  9. 9 Climate Change and Health Impacts Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis 2 works
  10. 10 Hydrology and Drought Analysis Global and Planetary Change 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 available53.8%not open46.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.3%domestic only71.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 7% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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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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