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Sciensano (Belgium)

In research, Sciensano (Belgium) stands highest in Medicine (#3,109 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,929 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,999 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Infectious Diseases — Infectious Diseases is 10.8× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,378
of 28,054 · #10,879 all time
Rank in Belgium
#28
of 138
Research works
775
▲ 21828% vs 2013–17
Citations
12k
16.0 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
24.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
84%
world 28%

What is Sciensano (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
MedicineField #3,109 of 10,443 24.1%149 #6727
Health SciencesDomain #3,929 of 11,982 23.1%179 #7482
Life SciencesDomain #2,999 of 7,800 30.0%99 #5861
Social SciencesDomain #8,168 of 10,521 20.2%61 —

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Sciensano (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).

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. Medicine#6,727 #3,109
  2. Health Sciences#7,482 #3,929
  3. Life Sciences#5,861 #2,999
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.

What does Sciensano (Belgium) specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Infectious Diseases takes 10.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Infectious DiseasesSubfield · 29.3 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: 2.04× its world share, 39 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.70× its world share, 36 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 5.19× its world share, 21 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1.15× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.20× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.16× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.21× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.10× its world share, 6 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.68× its world share, 33 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 2 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.53× its world share, 7 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 2.36× its world share, 25 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.95× its world share, 149 worksMedicineNursing: 1.60× its world share, 3 worksNursingVeterinary: 5.06× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.66× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.21× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.40× its world share, 12 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.05× its world share, 13 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.44× its world share, 22 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 5.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Sciensano (Belgium)?

Ranked on the composite score, Marc Arbyn, Stefanie Vandevijvere and Steven Van Gucht lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Sciensano (Belgium).

  1. 1 Marc Arbyn Belgium · #33,520 worldwide 395 citations · 35 works
  2. 2 Stefanie Vandevijvere Belgium · #205,864 worldwide 170 citations · 67 works
  3. 3 Steven Van Gucht Belgium · #225,033 worldwide 86 citations · 26 works
  4. 4 Nancy H. C. Roosens Belgium · #882,456 worldwide 58 citations · 30 works
  5. 5 Wannes Van Hoof Belgium · #1,084,837 worldwide 6 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Johan Van der Heyden Belgium · #1,305,215 worldwide 43 citations · 25 works
  7. 7 Sarah Denayer Belgium · #1,396,266 worldwide 22 citations · 21 works
  8. 8 Stefaan Demarest Belgium · #1,453,114 worldwide 36 citations · 20 works
  9. 9 Kevin Vanneste Belgium · #1,519,710 worldwide 19 citations · 15 works
  10. 10 Karin De Ridder Belgium · #1,538,406 worldwide 26 citations · 20 works
All ranked researchers at Sciensano (Belgium)

Which keywords describe research at Sciensano (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Public Health, Pathogenesis, Vaccine, Pandemic, Health Effects, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19.

▲ 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. Epidemiology88▲ 5.6×77 topics
  2. Public Health41▲ 7.1×41 topics
  3. Pandemic25▲ 5.8×8 topics
  4. Pathogenesis24▲ 12×19 topics
  5. Vaccine24▲ 15×10 topics
  6. COVID-1922▲ 4.0×15 topics
  7. Health Effects20▲ 8.5×14 topics
  8. SARS-CoV-217▲ 13×5 topics
  9. Immune Response16▲ 6.9×12 topics
  10. Mental Health14▲ 2.4×20 topics
  11. Quality of Life14▲ 2.5×17 topics
  12. Infectious Diseases13▲ 9.9×8 topics
  13. ACE2 Receptor13▲ 13×2 topics
  14. Health Disparities12▲ 12×6 topics
  15. Viral Transmission11▲ 19×3 topics
  16. Antimicrobial Resistance11▲ 14×9 topics
  17. Food Safety11▲ 9.3×11 topics
  18. Obesity10▲ 3.4×14 topics
  19. Coronavirus10▲ 12×2 topics
  20. Immunity10▲ 6.2×6 topics
  21. Mortality10▲ 4.3×7 topics
  22. Primary Care9▲ 6.3×11 topics
  23. Cancer Incidence9▲ 17×4 topics
  24. Vaccine Development9▲ 9.1×8 topics
  25. Physical Activity9▲ 4.7×7 topics
  26. Global Burden9▲ 4.1×8 topics
  27. Infection9▲ 8.9×8 topics
  28. Prevalence8▲ 4.8×8 topics
  29. Health Outcomes8▲ 7.0×7 topics
  30. Mutation8▲ 10×4 topics
  31. Preventive Services8▲ 32×2 topics
  32. antibody7▲ 17×1 topic
  33. spike protein7▲ 17×1 topic
  34. Cost-effectiveness Analysis7▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Global Trade7▲ 8.4×2 topics
  36. Health Inequities7▲ 31×2 topics
  37. Health Utility Measures7▲ 19×1 topic
  38. Vaccines7▲ 30×3 topics
  39. Corporate Political Activity6▲ 47×1 topic
  40. Health In All Policies6▲ 47×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life, Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology and COVID-19 epidemiological studies.

SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 …7SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research: 7 fractional worksHealth Systems, Economic…7Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life: 7 fractional worksGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 epidemiological studies: 6 fractional worksCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies: 5 fractional worksHealth disparities and outcomes: 5 fractional worksObesity, Physical Activity, Diet: 5 fractional worksCervical Cancer and HPV …5Cervical Cancer and HPV Research: 5 fractional worksCOVID-19 and Mental Health: 5 fractional worksVaccine Coverage and Hesitancy: 4 fractional works
Infectious DiseasesEconomics and EconometricsOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource ManagementModeling and Simulation4 others

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

  1. 1 SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Infectious Diseases 7 works
  2. 2 Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life Economics and Econometrics 7 works
  3. 3 Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 6 works
  4. 4 COVID-19 epidemiological studies Modeling and Simulation 6 works
  5. 5 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies Infectious Diseases 5 works
  6. 6 Health disparities and outcomes Health 5 works
  7. 7 Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 5 works
  8. 8 Cervical Cancer and HPV Research Epidemiology 5 works
  9. 9 COVID-19 and Mental Health Clinical Psychology 5 works
  10. 10 Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy Health 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 available83.6%not open16.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors37.0%domestic only63.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 21828% 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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