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Royal Museum for Central Africa

In research, Royal Museum for Central Africa stands highest in Life Sciences (#1,933 of 6,403 worldwide) and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (#2,073 of 3,157 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Genetics (Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics is 47.2× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,948
of 22,385 · #5,459 all time
Rank in Belgium
#47
of 105
Research works
1.2k
▲ 43% vs 2018-21
Citations
29k
24.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
7.1%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
50%
world 18%
Royal Museum for Central Africa

What is Royal Museum for Central Africa known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022-now, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Life SciencesDomain #1,933 of 6,403 5.0%95 #2257
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #2,073 of 3,157 5.3%64 #1687

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Royal Museum for Central Africa 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 average mark, because the average differs by field (from about 6% in Dentistry to 21% in Economics).

Which fields of science does Royal Museum for Central Africa work in?

In 2022-now, 51% of research at Royal Museum for Central Africa is in Life Sciences, 33% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Agricultural and Biological Sciences (36%), Environmental Science (17%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (13%). It does 3.6× the world's share of Life Sciences.

Life Sciences: 120 fractional works · 51.0% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 84 fractional works · 35.7% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 52 fractional works · 22.1% of its workInsect Science: 19 fractional works · 8.2% of its workPlant Science: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSoil Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 30 fractional works · 13.0% of its workGenetics: 22 fractional works · 9.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiotechnology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workParasitology: 3 fractional works · 1.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysical Sciences: 78 fractional works · 33.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 40 fractional works · 17.1% of its workEcology: 15 fractional works · 6.2% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 10 fractional works · 4.4% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 6 fractional works · 2.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 27 fractional works · 11.5% of its workPaleontology: 14 fractional works · 5.8% of its workGeophysics: 6 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAtmospheric Science: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeochemistry and Petrology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science: 4 fractional works · 1.8% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInformation Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workEngineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 26 fractional works · 11.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 14 fractional works · 5.9% of its workSociology and Political Science: 5 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAnthropology: 5 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArcheology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLinguistics and Language: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workArts and Humanities: 7 fractional works · 2.9% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMusic: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 3 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Sciences: 11 fractional works · 4.7% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 3.3% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmall Animals: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKRoyal Museum forCentral Africa235fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences51%Physical Sciences33%Health Sciences5%Social Sciences11%

Each ring splits the one inside it: the four domains of science, their fields, their subfields. Size is fractional works in 2022-now. 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 23 fields, with their numbers
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences8435.7%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3013.0%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology41.6%
    4. Neuroscience20.7%
    1. Environmental Science4017.1%
    2. Earth and Planetary Sciences2711.5%
    3. Computer Science41.8%
    4. Materials Science20.9%
    5. Engineering20.8%
    6. Chemistry10.6%
    7. Mathematics10.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy00.1%
    9. Energy00.1%
    1. Social Sciences145.9%
    2. Arts and Humanities72.9%
    3. Psychology31.3%
    4. Decision Sciences10.6%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance10.3%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.2%
    1. Medicine83.3%
    2. Health Professions20.9%
    3. Veterinary10.5%
    4. Dentistry00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Royal Museum for Central Africa specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics takes 47.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsSubfield · 52.0 works47×
  2. GeneticsSubfield · 22.2 works11×
← 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: 7.52× its world share, 84 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.43× its world share, 30 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.59× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.43× its world share, 2 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.35× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.23× its world share, 4 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7.31× its world share, 27 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.06× its world share, 2 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 3.44× its world share, 40 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.10× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.33× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.17× its world share, 8 worksMedicineVeterinary: 3.74× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 1.02× its world share, 7 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.59× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.12× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.44× its world share, 3 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.46× its world share, 14 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Agricultural and Biological Sciences, 7.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 23 fields, with their numbers
  1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences7.52×84 works
  2. Earth and Planetary Sciences7.31×27 works
  3. Veterinary3.74×1 works
  4. Environmental Science3.44×40 works
  5. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology2.43×30 works
  6. Immunology and Microbiology1.59×4 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.02×7 works
  8. Decision Sciences0.59×1 works
  9. Social Sciences0.46×14 works
  10. Psychology0.44×3 works
  11. Neuroscience0.43×2 works
  12. Chemistry0.35×1 works
  13. Health Professions0.33×2 works
  14. Materials Science0.25×2 works
  15. Computer Science0.23×4 works
  16. Mathematics0.21×1 works
  17. Medicine0.17×8 works
  18. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.12×1 works
  19. Dentistry0.10×0 works
  20. Energy0.08×0 works
  21. Business, Management and Accounting0.07×0 works
  22. Engineering0.06×2 works
  23. Physics and Astronomy0.06×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Royal Museum for Central Africa?

Ranked on the quality score, Wannes Hubau, Olivier Dewitte and Antoine Jean Dille lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Royal Museum for Central Africa.

  1. 1 Wannes Hubau Belgium · #131,203 worldwide 5.2k citations · 163 works
  2. 2 Olivier Dewitte Belgium · #222,457 worldwide 3.6k citations · 250 works
  3. 3 Antoine Jean Dille Belgium · #584,258 worldwide 714 citations · 63 works
  4. 4 Jan Moeyersons Belgium · #666,832 worldwide 7.7k citations · 209 works
  5. 5 Jean-Paul Liégeois Belgium · #673,123 worldwide 11k citations · 219 works
  6. 6 Hans Beeckman Belgium · #739,122 worldwide 12k citations · 526 works
  7. 7 Els Cornelissen Belgium · #746,397 worldwide 1.3k citations · 54 works
  8. 8 Pierre‐Denis Plisnier Belgium · #796,854 worldwide 9.8k citations · 82 works
  9. 9 Caroline Michellier Belgium · #803,443 worldwide 792 citations · 97 works
  10. 10 Kim Jacobsen Belgium · #896,856 worldwide 1.3k citations · 43 works
All ranked researchers at Royal Museum for Central Africa

What are the most cited papers from Royal Museum for Central Africa?

The most cited paper from Royal Museum for Central Africa is "TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access" (Jens Kattge et al., 2019), with 2,168 citations. Next come "The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates" (1,548) and "Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe" (1,335).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 TRY plant trait database – enhanced coverage and open access Jens Kattge et al. · Global Change Biology Open access729 authors 31 Dec 2019 2,168
2 The Impact of Conservation on the Status of the World’s Vertebrates Michael P. Hoffmann et al. · Science Open access174 authors 26 Oct 2010 1,548
3 Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe Catherine M. O’Reilly et al. · Geophysical Research Letters Open access 16 Dec 2015 1,335
4 Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests Wannes Hubau et al. · Nature Open access106 authors 4 Mar 2020 968
5 An integrated pan‐tropical biomass map using multiple reference datasets Valerio Avitabile et al. · Global Change Biology Open access 26 Oct 2015 742
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Royal Museum for Central Africa?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Phylogeny, Invasive Species, Taxonomy, Evolution, Biogeography, DNA Barcoding and Climate Change.

▲ 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-now 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. Biodiversity54▲ 30×22 topics
  2. Phylogeny50▲ 126×17 topics
  3. Invasive Species48▲ 49×17 topics
  4. Taxonomy40▲ 119×14 topics
  5. Evolution39▲ 62×14 topics
  6. Biogeography38▲ 58×20 topics
  7. Climate Change37▲ 5.8×45 topics
  8. DNA Barcoding35▲ 85×9 topics
  9. Morphology25▲ 59×8 topics
  10. Molecular Phylogeny21▲ 54×10 topics
  11. Biological Control20▲ 56×7 topics
  12. Conservation16▲ 16×15 topics
  13. Habitat Fragmentation16▲ 32×5 topics
  14. Cryptic Species16▲ 268×2 topics
  15. Global Change16▲ 26×6 topics
  16. Population Dynamics15▲ 24×11 topics
  17. Lepidoptera14▲ 304×1 topic
  18. Molecular Phylogenetics14▲ 304×1 topic
  19. Ecology12▲ 29×8 topics
  20. Phylogenetic Analysis12▲ 16×13 topics
  21. Ecosystem Services11▲ 12×9 topics
  22. Adaptation10▲ 14×7 topics
  23. Plant-Animal Interactions10▲ 54×1 topic
  24. Pollinator Decline10▲ 54×1 topic
  25. Speciation10▲ 93×2 topics
  26. Host Specificity9▲ 36×3 topics
  27. Coleoptera8▲ 134×2 topics
  28. Groundwater8▲ 35×3 topics
  29. Diversification8▲ 73×2 topics
  30. Cavefish7▲ 157×1 topic
  31. Subterranean7▲ 157×1 topic
  32. Pest Management7▲ 35×4 topics
  33. Species Delimitation7▲ 63×3 topics
  34. Biodiversity Loss7▲ 51×3 topics
  35. Ecosystem Functioning7▲ 14×7 topics
  36. Systematics7▲ 142×3 topics
  37. Tropical Forests7▲ 82×2 topics
  38. beetles7▲ 168×1 topic
  39. Microbiota6▲ 12×4 topics
  40. Cryptic Diversity6▲ 146×2 topics

Which research topics does Royal Museum for Central Africa publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Plant and animal studies, Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy and Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution.

Lepidoptera: Biology and…14Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 14 fractional worksPlant and animal studies: 10 fractional worksSubterranean biodiversit…7Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy: 7 fractional worksColeoptera Taxonomy and …7Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution: 7 fractional worksHymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny: 6 fractional worksSpider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies: 5 fractional worksParasite Biology and Hos…5Parasite Biology and Host Interactions: 5 fractional worksFossil Insects in Amber4Fossil Insects in Amber: 4 fractional worksDiptera species taxonomy and behavior: 4 fractional worksInsect behavior and control techniques: 4 fractional works
GeneticsEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsPaleontologyEcology1 others

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

  1. 1 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 14 works
  2. 2 Plant and animal studies Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 10 works
  3. 3 Subterranean biodiversity and taxonomy Paleontology 7 works
  4. 4 Coleoptera Taxonomy and Distribution Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 7 works
  5. 5 Hymenoptera taxonomy and phylogeny Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 6 works
  6. 6 Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies Genetics 5 works
  7. 7 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 5 works
  8. 8 Fossil Insects in Amber Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  9. 9 Diptera species taxonomy and behavior Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics 4 works
  10. 10 Insect behavior and control techniques Insect Science 4 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 available49.5%not open50.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors50.0%domestic only50.0%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Royal Museum for Central Africa's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 43% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
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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 Royal Museum for Central Africa as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00050% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Royal Museum for Central Africa0.0013% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Royal Museum for Central Africa over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year, against all institutions in the same year.

still counting10%20%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Royal Museum for Central Africa5.5% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.7% in 2009.

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