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Statistics Belgium

In research, Statistics Belgium stands highest in Medicine (#3,131 of 8,541 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,631 of 9,902 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#6,800 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now.

World rank, 2022-now
#6,427
of 22,385 · #5,708 all time
Rank in Belgium
#29
of 105
Research works
1.2k
▲ 34% vs 2018-21
Citations
31k
24.7 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.7%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.00×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
46%
world 40%
International
39%
world 18%

What is Statistics Belgium 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
MedicineField #3,131 of 8,541 14.3%76 #3775
Health SciencesDomain #3,631 of 9,902 14.6%87 #4326
Social SciencesDomain #6,800 of 9,585 9.0%82 #5496
Physical SciencesDomain #8,848 of 10,670 6.1%64 #11653

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

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#3,775 #3,131
  2. Health Sciences#4,326 #3,631
  3. Social Sciences#5,496 #6,800
  4. Physical Sciences#11,653 #8,848
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Statistics Belgium work in?

In 2022-now, 34% of research at Statistics Belgium is in Health Sciences, 31% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (29%), Social Sciences (14%), Computer Science (9%). It does 1.4× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 100 fractional works · 33.7% of its workMedicine: 87 fractional works · 29.3% of its workSurgery: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 9 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOncology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEpidemiology: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workPhysiology: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInfectious Diseases: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPharmacology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComplementary and alternative medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workTransplantation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOphthalmology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOtorhinolaryngology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Informatics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workFamily Practice: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workReproductive Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComplementary and Manual Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDentistry: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNursing: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workVeterinary: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 93 fractional works · 31.4% of its workSocial Sciences: 41 fractional works · 14.0% of its workSociology and Political Science: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workEducation: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workAnthropology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCommunication: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workTransportation: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGender Studies: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 20 fractional works · 6.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 14 fractional works · 4.6% of its workFinance: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPsychology: 9 fractional works · 3.0% of its workClinical Psychology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSocial Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workArts and Humanities: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workStrategy and Management: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workManagement Information Systems: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMarketing: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDecision Sciences: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 73 fractional works · 24.8% of its workComputer Science: 27 fractional works · 9.0% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 12 fractional works · 4.0% of its workInformation Systems: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSignal Processing: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Science Applications: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 18 fractional works · 6.2% of its workStatistics and Probability: 15 fractional works · 5.1% of its workModeling and Simulation: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEngineering: 16 fractional works · 5.4% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMechanical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAerospace Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Science: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPollution: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workOceanography: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workLife Sciences: 30 fractional works · 10.0% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 13 fractional works · 4.5% of its workMolecular Biology: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workCancer Research: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workGenetics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workCell Biology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPlant Science: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFood Science: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSensory Systems: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKStatisticsBelgium295fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences10%Physical Sciences25%Health Sciences34%Social Sciences31%

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 26 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine8729.3%
    2. Health Professions72.4%
    3. Dentistry31.1%
    4. Nursing20.7%
    5. Veterinary10.2%
    1. Social Sciences4114.0%
    2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance206.7%
    3. Psychology93.0%
    4. Arts and Humanities82.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting82.8%
    6. Decision Sciences62.2%
    1. Computer Science279.0%
    2. Mathematics186.2%
    3. Engineering165.4%
    4. Environmental Science61.9%
    5. Physics and Astronomy20.8%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences10.5%
    7. Chemistry10.4%
    8. Materials Science10.3%
    9. Energy10.3%
    10. Chemical Engineering00.1%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology134.5%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences72.3%
    3. Neuroscience62.1%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology31.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics10.2%
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.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 7 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.84× its world share, 13 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.95× its world share, 3 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.28× its world share, 6 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.58× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.41× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.23× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.16× its world share, 27 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.30× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.36× its world share, 16 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.39× its world share, 6 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 5.28× its world share, 18 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.36× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 2.26× its world share, 3 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.91× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.52× its world share, 87 worksMedicineNursing: 1.36× its world share, 2 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.71× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.97× its world share, 8 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.86× its world share, 8 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.24× its world share, 6 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3.13× its world share, 20 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.98× its world share, 9 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.11× its world share, 42 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 5.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics5.28×18 works
  2. Economics, Econometrics and Finance3.13×20 works
  3. Dentistry2.26×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.24×6 works
  5. Veterinary1.71×1 works
  6. Medicine1.52×87 works
  7. Nursing1.36×2 works
  8. Neuroscience1.28×6 works
  9. Computer Science1.16×27 works
  10. Social Sciences1.11×42 works
  11. Psychology0.98×9 works
  12. Arts and Humanities0.97×8 works
  13. Immunology and Microbiology0.95×3 works
  14. Health Professions0.91×7 works
  15. Business, Management and Accounting0.86×8 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.84×13 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.58×1 works
  18. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.48×7 works
  19. Chemical Engineering0.41×0 works
  20. Environmental Science0.39×6 works
  21. Engineering0.36×16 works
  22. Physics and Astronomy0.36×2 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.30×1 works
  24. Energy0.29×1 works
  25. Chemistry0.23×1 works
  26. Materials Science0.09×1 works

Who are the top researchers at Statistics Belgium?

Ranked on the quality score, Jean‐François Fils, Patrick Lusyne and Mastane Achab lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Statistics Belgium.

  1. 1 Jean‐François Fils Belgium · #2,362,227 worldwide 1.1k citations · 58 works
  2. 2 Patrick Lusyne Belgium · #3,047,703 worldwide 266 citations · 16 works
  3. 3 Mastane Achab Belgium · #3,229,523 worldwide 70 citations · 36 works
  4. 4 Brigitte Belloc Belgium · #4,179,452 worldwide 28 citations · 33 works
  5. 5 Rachel Platt Belgium · #5,217,523 worldwide 30 citations · 17 works
  6. 6 Pascal Brackman Belgium · #5,285,892 worldwide 4 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at Statistics Belgium

What are the most cited papers from Statistics Belgium?

The most cited paper from Statistics Belgium is "Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 32 (NeurIPS 2019)" (Hanna Wallach, Hugo Larochelle, Alina Beygelzimer et al., 2020), with 2,420 citations. Next come "Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study" (2,245) and "Influence of Immunogenicity on the Long-Term Efficacy of Infliximab in Crohn's Disease" (2,029).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 32 (NeurIPS 2019) Hanna Wallach, Hugo Larochelle, Alina Beygelzimer et al. · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) Conference paper 2020 2,420
2 Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, Luk Bruyneel et al. · The Lancet Open access 26 Feb 2014 2,245
3 Influence of Immunogenicity on the Long-Term Efficacy of Infliximab in Crohn's Disease Filip Baert, Maja Noman, Severine A.R.A. Vermeire et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 12 Feb 2003 2,029
4 A Hirsch-type index for journals Tibor Braun, Wolfgang Glänzel, András P. Schubert · Scientometrics Book chapter 11 Sep 2006 673
5 A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Pembrolizumab Plus Chemotherapy in Patients With Metastatic Squamous NSCLC: Protocol-Specified Final Analysis of KEYNOTE-407 Luis G Paz-Ares, David Vicente, Ali Reza Tafreshi et al. · Journal of Thoracic Oncology Open access 26 Jun 2020 658
All 61 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Statistics Belgium?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Democracy, Epidemiology, Survival Analysis, Model Selection, Bayesian Methods, High-Dimensional Data, Regularization and Variable Selection.

▲ 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. Epidemiology18▲ 1.50×74 topics
  2. Machine Learning11◆ 1.09×40 topics
  3. Deep Learning9◆ 0.92×36 topics
  4. Globalization9▲ 1.49×19 topics
  5. Sustainability8▲ 1.16×29 topics
  6. Democracy8▲ 7.5×11 topics
  7. Economic Growth7▲ 3.0×14 topics
  8. Quality of Life7▲ 1.61×34 topics
  9. Survival Analysis7▲ 8.2×6 topics
  10. Neural Networks7▲ 1.45×18 topics
  11. Artificial Intelligence6▲ 1.54×14 topics
  12. Bayesian Methods6▲ 42×2 topics
  13. Big Data6▲ 2.2×16 topics
  14. Model Selection6▲ 25×5 topics
  15. Economic Development6▲ 2.5×14 topics
  16. Treatment6▲ 1.63×30 topics
  17. High-Dimensional Data5▲ 12×3 topics
  18. Human Rights5▲ 1.79×10 topics
  19. Clinical Trials5▲ 2.6×14 topics
  20. Genetics5▲ 2.5×16 topics
  21. Biomarkers5▲ 2.4×14 topics
  22. Regularization5▲ 53×1 topic
  23. Variable Selection5▲ 16×1 topic
  24. Biopolitics4▲ 17×3 topics
  25. Outlier Detection4▲ 9.6×2 topics
  26. Regional Development4▲ 3.7×3 topics
  27. Fiscal Decentralization4▲ 12×2 topics
  28. Spatial Planning4▲ 7.9×2 topics
  29. Econometrics4▲ 14×1 topic
  30. Principal Component Analysis4▲ 8.6×3 topics
  31. Public Economics4▲ 14×1 topic
  32. Bayesian Inference3▲ 11×4 topics
  33. Regression Analysis3▲ 28×3 topics
  34. Sovereignty3▲ 12×3 topics
  35. Chronic Pain3▲ 4.7×5 topics
  36. Multicollinearity3▲ 50×1 topic
  37. Robust Estimation3▲ 50×1 topic
  38. Teaching Methods3▲ 6.1×4 topics
  39. Approximation Algorithms3▲ 13×5 topics
  40. Sensitivity Analysis2▲ 8.8×3 topics

Which research topics does Statistics Belgium publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Statistical Methods and Inference, Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies, Advanced Statistical Methods and Models and Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference.

  1. 1 Statistical Methods and Inference Statistics and Probability 5 works
  2. 2 Economic Growth and Fiscal Policies Economics and Econometrics 4 works
  3. 3 Advanced Statistical Methods and Models Statistics and Probability 3 works
  4. 4 Statistical Methods and Bayesian Inference Statistics and Probability 2 works
  5. 5 Education, Innovation and Language Studies Education 2 works
  6. 6 Data Mining and Machine Learning Applications Information Systems 2 works
  7. 7 Economic and Industrial Development Economics and Econometrics 2 works
  8. 8 Medical, Sociocultural, and Biopolitical Studies Political Science and International Relations 2 works
  9. 9 Statistical Methods in Clinical Trials Statistics and Probability 2 works
  10. 10 Social Media and Politics Communication 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 available45.8%not open54.2%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors38.9%domestic only61.1%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Statistics Belgium's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 34% 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 Statistics Belgium as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0010% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Statistics Belgium0.0016% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Statistics Belgium 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 2025Statistics Belgium9.4% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 23.8% in 2006.

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