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SGS (Belgium)

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Research works
15
▲ 21% vs 2018-21
Citations
517
33.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.4%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
50%
world 40%
International
71%
world 18%
SGS (Belgium)

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

In all years, 53% of research at SGS (Belgium) is in Health Sciences, 24% in Life Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (49%), Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (15%), Economics, Econometrics and Finance (8%). It does 1.7× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 8 fractional works · 53.5% of its workMedicine: 8 fractional works · 49.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 6.8% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 1 fractional works · 5.8% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 0 fractional works · 3.2% of its workHematology: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSurgery: 0 fractional works · 2.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 2.2% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workOncology: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.2% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workRadiological and Ultrasound Technology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLife Sciences: 4 fractional works · 24.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 15.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 1 fractional works · 9.4% of its workCancer Research: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workBiotechnology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workGenetics: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workBiochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 3.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 2.7% of its workPlant Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAnimal Science and Zoology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workNeuroscience: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workEndocrine and Autonomic Systems: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPharmacology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2 fractional works · 11.5% of its workEngineering: 0 fractional works · 2.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workBuilding and Construction: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMathematics: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 0 fractional works · 2.0% of its workComputer Science: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 1.9% of its workChemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAnalytical Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAtmospheric Science: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workMaterials Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 10.7% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 8.0% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 0 fractional works · 3.0% of its workFinance: 0 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 2.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.8% of its workSociology and Political Science: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workALL ITS WORKSGS (Belgium)15fractional works, all years
Life Sciences24%Physical Sciences12%Health Sciences53%Social Sciences11%

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 19 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine849.4%
    2. Nursing02.1%
    3. Health Professions01.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology215.4%
    2. Immunology and Microbiology13.4%
    3. Agricultural and Biological Sciences02.7%
    4. Neuroscience01.6%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics01.1%
    1. Engineering02.6%
    2. Environmental Science02.1%
    3. Mathematics02.0%
    4. Computer Science01.9%
    5. Chemistry01.6%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.7%
    7. Materials Science00.5%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance18.0%
    2. Social Sciences01.8%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting00.5%
    4. Decision Sciences00.5%
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.

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3.06× its world share, 1 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 4.20× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.02× its world share, 0 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 6.20× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Earth and Planetary Sciences: 1.39× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.44× its world share, 0 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.32× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.47× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceHealth Professions: 1.74× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.25× its world share, 2 worksMedicineNursing: 6.69× its world share, 0 worksNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.51× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 2.04× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 6.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 13 fields, with their numbers
  1. Nursing6.69×0 works
  2. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics6.20×0 works
  3. Immunology and Microbiology4.20×0 works
  4. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology3.06×1 works
  5. Medicine2.25×2 works
  6. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2.04×0 works
  7. Neuroscience2.02×0 works
  8. Health Professions1.74×0 works
  9. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.39×0 works
  10. Environmental Science1.32×0 works
  11. Business, Management and Accounting0.51×0 works
  12. Materials Science0.47×0 works
  13. Engineering0.44×0 works

Who are the top researchers at SGS (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, Thijs van Iersel lead among researchers whose main affiliation is SGS (Belgium).

  1. 1 Thijs van Iersel Belgium · #1,806,657 worldwide 817 citations · 28 works
All ranked researchers at SGS (Belgium)

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

The most cited paper from SGS (Belgium) is "A randomised study in healthy volunteers to investigate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of idarucizumab, a specific antidote to dabigatran" (Viktoria Moschetti, Stephen H. Norris, Joachim Stangier et al., 2015), with 245 citations. Next come "Orally Bioavailable Macrocyclic Peptide That Inhibits Binding of PCSK9 to the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor" (168) and "Single-dose bioavailability of levetiracetam intravenous infusion relative to oral tablets and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics and tolerability of levetiracetam intravenous infusion compared with placebo in healthy subjects" (118).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A randomised study in healthy volunteers to investigate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of idarucizumab, a specific antidote to dabigatran Viktoria Moschetti, Stephen H. Norris, Joachim Stangier et al. · Thrombosis and Haemostasis 19 Mar 2015 245
2 Orally Bioavailable Macrocyclic Peptide That Inhibits Binding of PCSK9 to the Low Density Lipoprotein Receptor Douglas G. Johns et al. · Circulation Open access May 2023 168
3 Single-dose bioavailability of levetiracetam intravenous infusion relative to oral tablets and multiple-dose pharmacokinetics and tolerability of levetiracetam intravenous infusion compared with placebo in healthy subjects Steven Ramael, Florence De Smedt, Nathalie Toublanc et al. · Clinical Therapeutics May 2006 118
4 Safety, Tolerability, and Pharmacokinetics of Single Ascending Doses of ELX‐02, a Potential Treatment for Genetic Disorders Caused by Nonsense Mutations, in Healthy Volunteers Andi Leubitz, Anat Frydman‐Marom, Neal Sharpe et al. · Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development Open access 16 Jan 2019 72
5 Bioequivalence, safety and immunogenicity of BI 695501, an adalimumab biosimilar candidate, compared with the reference biologic in a randomized, double-blind, active comparator phase I clinical study (VOLTAIRE®-PK) in healthy subjects Christopher John Wynne, Mario Altendorfer, Ivo Sonderegger et al. · Expert Opinion on Investigational Drugs Open access 4 Nov 2016 59
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Which research topics does SGS (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies, Cell Adhesion Molecules Research, Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling and Regulation of Appetite and Obesity.

Helicobacter pylori-rela…0Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies: 0 fractional worksCell Adhesion Molecules …0Cell Adhesion Molecules Research: 0 fractional worksReceptor Mechanisms and Signaling: 0 fractional worksRegulation of Appetite a…0Regulation of Appetite and Obesity: 0 fractional worksHIV/AIDS drug developmen…0HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment: 0 fractional worksTrypanosoma species rese…0Trypanosoma species research and implications: 0 fractional worksBiochemical Analysis and…0Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques: 0 fractional worksNF-κB Signaling Pathways0NF-κB Signaling Pathways: 0 fractional worksBiochemical and Molecular Research: 0 fractional worksHemophilia Treatment and Research: 0 fractional works
SurgeryImmunology and AllergyMolecular BiologyEndocrine and Autonomic Systems5 others

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

  1. 1 Helicobacter pylori-related gastroenterology studies Surgery 0 works
  2. 2 Cell Adhesion Molecules Research Immunology and Allergy 0 works
  3. 3 Receptor Mechanisms and Signaling Molecular Biology 0 works
  4. 4 Regulation of Appetite and Obesity Endocrine and Autonomic Systems 0 works
  5. 5 HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment Infectious Diseases 0 works
  6. 6 Trypanosoma species research and implications Epidemiology 0 works
  7. 7 Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  8. 8 NF-κB Signaling Pathways Cancer Research 0 works
  9. 9 Biochemical and Molecular Research Molecular Biology 0 works
  10. 10 Hemophilia Treatment and Research Hematology 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 available49.6%not open50.4%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors71.4%domestic only28.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2022-2025 was 21% higher 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 SGS (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000021% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%SGS (Belgium)0.000039% in 202520102020

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

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