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SMB (Belgium)

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Research works
38
▼ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.6k
42.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
31.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
27%
world 28%

Not ranked overall: SMB (Belgium) is under the volume floor below which an excellence rate is noise. Not ranked is not the same as ranked last.

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.

Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 3.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Computer Science: 1.30× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 1.60× its world share, 1 worksEngineeringMedicine: 1.64× its world share, 1 worksMedicineNursing: 5.43× its world share, 0 worksNursingSocial Sciences: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Nursing, 5.4×. Every wedge is a field page.

Which keywords describe research at SMB (Belgium)?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Nanoparticles, Inhaler Devices, Pulmonary Drug Delivery, Pulmonary Infections, Microbiota, Cyclodextrins, Method Validation and Solid Dispersions.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in all years 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 31 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 31 words, with their numbers
  1. Nanoparticles5▲ 9.4×3 topics
  2. Inhaler Devices4▲ 306×1 topic
  3. Pulmonary Drug Delivery4▲ 306×1 topic
  4. Epidemiology3▲ 1.68×11 topics
  5. Inflammation2▲ 2.0×6 topics
  6. Pulmonary Infections2▲ 80×2 topics
  7. Microbiota2▲ 19×2 topics
  8. Cyclodextrins2▲ 170×1 topic
  9. Method Validation2▲ 51×2 topics
  10. Solid Dispersions2▲ 170×1 topic
  11. CFTR1▲ 131×1 topic
  12. Cystic Fibrosis1▲ 44×1 topic
  13. Sustainability1▲ 1.96×2 topics
  14. Antibiotic Resistance1▲ 7.5×3 topics
  15. Green Analytical Chemistry1▲ 33×1 topic
  16. Liquid Chromatography1▲ 21×2 topics
  17. Pharmaceutical Analysis1▲ 99×1 topic
  18. Sepsis1▲ 19×4 topics
  19. Synthesis1▲ 5.2×3 topics
  20. Treatment1▲ 2.4×3 topics
  21. Pharmacokinetics1▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Postoperative Pain1▲ 28×3 topics
  23. Activity Theory1▲ 230×1 topic
  24. Anaesthesia1▲ 134×1 topic
  25. Chitosan1▲ 49×1 topic
  26. Fluid Dynamics1▲ 18×1 topic
  27. Genetics1▲ 3.5×2 topics
  28. Medical Gases1▲ 134×1 topic
  29. Mucosal1▲ 96×1 topic
  30. Renewable Energy1▲ 2.6×1 topic
  31. Workplace Learning1▲ 138×1 topic

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

By volume in 2022–2025: Physics and Engineering Research Articles, Biomedical and Chemical Research, Social Media and Politics and Media Studies and Communication.

Physics and Engineering …1Physics and Engineering Research Articles: 1 fractional worksBiomedical and Chemical …1Biomedical and Chemical Research: 1 fractional worksSocial Media and Politics: 0 fractional worksMedia Studies and Communication: 0 fractional worksDigital Marketing and So…0Digital Marketing and Social Media: 0 fractional worksPrivacy-Preserving Technologies in Data: 0 fractional worksVitamin C and Antioxidants Research: 0 fractional worksLong-Term Effects of COVID-19: 0 fractional worksCybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies: 0 fractional worksPrivacy, Security, and Data Protection: 0 fractional works
Computational MechanicsSurgeryCommunicationSociology and Political Science4 others

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

  1. 1 Physics and Engineering Research Articles Computational Mechanics 1 works
  2. 2 Biomedical and Chemical Research Surgery 1 works
  3. 3 Social Media and Politics Communication 0 works
  4. 4 Media Studies and Communication Communication 0 works
  5. 5 Digital Marketing and Social Media Sociology and Political Science 0 works
  6. 6 Privacy-Preserving Technologies in Data Artificial Intelligence 0 works
  7. 7 Vitamin C and Antioxidants Research Nutrition and Dietetics 0 works
  8. 8 Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Neurology 0 works
  9. 9 Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies Information Systems 0 works
  10. 10 Privacy, Security, and Data Protection Sociology and Political Science 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 available26.8%not open73.2%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.1%domestic only72.9%

World: 19% is written across borders.

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

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% lower 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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