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Technopolis

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Research works
31
▲ 27% vs 2018-21
Citations
382
12.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
4.2%
all institutions 10.0%
Open access
45%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
Technopolis

Not ranked overall: Technopolis 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 Technopolis work in?

In all years, 49% of research at Technopolis is in Physical Sciences, 23% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (30%), Medicine (20%), Social Sciences (12%).

Physical Sciences: 15 fractional works · 49.1% of its workEngineering: 9 fractional works · 30.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 5.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 4.1% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 3.5% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 1.6% of its workMechanics of Materials: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 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 workOcean Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 3 fractional works · 8.6% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 1 fractional works · 4.6% of its workEcology: 1 fractional works · 1.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPollution: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Science: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 4.2% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 2.9% of its workBiomaterials: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSocial Sciences: 7 fractional works · 22.9% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 11.6% of its workDevelopment: 2 fractional works · 4.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workSociology and Political Science: 1 fractional works · 1.8% of its workTransportation: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workCommunication: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 5.7% of its workManagement of Technology and Innovation: 1 fractional works · 3.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 2.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 3.8% of its workDecision Sciences: 0 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 6 fractional works · 20.8% of its workMedicine: 6 fractional works · 19.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 5.6% of its workEpidemiology: 1 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 2.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 1 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRheumatology: 0 fractional works · 0.8% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workReproductive Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPhysiology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Allergy: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 2 fractional works · 7.1% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 2.3% of its workImmunology: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workApplied Microbiology and Biotechnology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 2.0% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 1.3% of its workBiological Psychiatry: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 1.1% of its workMolecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAquatic Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPharmaceutical Science: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workToxicology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workALL ITS WORKTechnopolis31fractional works, all years
Life Sciences7%Physical Sciences49%Health Sciences21%Social Sciences23%

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 18 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering930.5%
    2. Environmental Science38.6%
    3. Computer Science14.2%
    4. Materials Science14.2%
    5. Physics and Astronomy01.1%
    6. Chemical Engineering00.5%
    1. Social Sciences411.6%
    2. Business, Management and Accounting25.7%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance13.8%
    4. Decision Sciences01.5%
    5. Psychology00.4%
    1. Medicine619.5%
    2. Health Professions01.3%
    1. Immunology and Microbiology12.3%
    2. Neuroscience12.0%
    3. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology01.1%
    4. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.9%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.9%
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: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.40× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.19× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.42× its world share, 1 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 3.06× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringComputer Science: 0.42× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 2.32× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.01× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 1.50× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.32× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 0 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.08× its world share, 3 worksMedicineBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1.00× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 2.36× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.58× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.23× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.73× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 3.2×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 17 fields, with their numbers
  1. Immunology and Microbiology3.19×0 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.06×0 works
  3. Neuroscience2.42×1 works
  4. Decision Sciences2.36×0 works
  5. Engineering2.32×5 works
  6. Materials Science1.50×1 works
  7. Medicine1.08×3 works
  8. Environmental Science1.01×1 works
  9. Business, Management and Accounting1.00×0 works
  10. Health Professions0.81×0 works
  11. Social Sciences0.73×1 works
  12. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.58×0 works
  13. Computer Science0.42×0 works
  14. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.40×0 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.32×0 works
  16. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.23×0 works
  17. Psychology0.23×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Technopolis?

Ranked on the quality score, Ya. N. Gusenitsa and Ilya V. Markin lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Technopolis.

  1. 1 Ya. N. Gusenitsa Belgium · #5,061,624 worldwide 19 citations · 18 works
  2. 2 Ilya V. Markin Belgium · #5,207,438 worldwide 22 citations · 19 works
All ranked researchers at Technopolis

What are the most cited papers from Technopolis?

The most cited paper from Technopolis is "Mapping Industrial Symbiosis Development in Europe_ typologies of networks, characteristics, performance and contribution to the Circular Economy" (Teresa Doménech, Raimund Bleischwitz, Asel Doranova et al., 2018), with 365 citations. Next come "An empirical test of the regional innovation paradox: can smart specialisation overcome the paradox in Central and Eastern Europe?" (91) and "Towards a Research Agenda for Promoting Responsible Research Practices" (62).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Mapping Industrial Symbiosis Development in Europe_ typologies of networks, characteristics, performance and contribution to the Circular Economy Teresa Doménech, Raimund Bleischwitz, Asel Doranova et al. · Resources Conservation and Recycling Open access 22 Oct 2018 365
2 An empirical test of the regional innovation paradox: can smart specialisation overcome the paradox in Central and Eastern Europe? Alessandro Muscio, Alasdair Reid, Lorena Rivera León · Journal of Economic Policy Reform 3 Mar 2015 91
3 Towards a Research Agenda for Promoting Responsible Research Practices Joeri K. Tijdink, Serge P. J. M. Horbach, Michèle B. Nuijten et al. · Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics Open access 26 May 2021 62
4 Smart specialisation strategies in south Europe during crisis Nicos Komninos, Bernard Musyck, Alasdair Reid · European Journal of Innovation Management 7 Oct 2014 60
5 The use of behavioural metrics to evaluate fishway efficiency Michaël Ovidio, Damien Sonny, Arnaud Dierckx et al. · River Research and Applications 27 Sep 2017 56
All 80 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Technopolis?

By fractional works in all years, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Cyber-Physical Systems, Knowledge Clusters, Social Capital, CNC Systems, Machine Tools, Metal Nanoparticles, Healthcare Technology and Personalized Medicine.

▲ 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 24 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 24 words, with their numbers
  1. Cyber-Physical Systems3▲ 64×4 topics
  2. Oxidative Stress2▲ 2.8×5 topics
  3. Sustainability2▲ 3.0×6 topics
  4. Knowledge Clusters2▲ 197×2 topics
  5. Social Capital1▲ 11×4 topics
  6. Artificial Intelligence1▲ 5.1×2 topics
  7. Innovation1▲ 4.5×7 topics
  8. CNC Systems1▲ 137×1 topic
  9. Climate Change1▲ 1.43×6 topics
  10. Digital Transformation1▲ 14×4 topics
  11. Health1▲ 10.0×1 topic
  12. Healthcare Technology1▲ 172×1 topic
  13. Machine Tools1▲ 51×1 topic
  14. Metal Nanoparticles1▲ 26×2 topics
  15. Personalized Medicine1▲ 81×1 topic
  16. Rural Development1▲ 13×2 topics
  17. Smart Specialization1▲ 106×2 topics
  18. Urbanization1▲ 12×1 topic
  19. Innovation Policy1▲ 45×2 topics
  20. Public Health1▲ 2.7×3 topics
  21. Territorial Capital1▲ 112×2 topics
  22. Deep Learning1▲ 1.52×4 topics
  23. Risk Factors1▲ 3.2×2 topics
  24. Sustainable Development1▲ 2.8×4 topics

Which research topics does Technopolis publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health, Medical and Agricultural Research Studies, Material Properties and Applications and Heat Transfer and Mathematical Modeling.

Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health: 1 fractional worksMedical and Agricultural Research Studies: 1 fractional worksMaterial Properties and Applications: 1 fractional worksHeat Transfer and Mathematical Modeling: 0 fractional worksAdvanced Data Processing Techniques: 0 fractional worksAerospace Engineering and Applications: 0 fractional worksHuman Health and Disease0Human Health and Disease: 0 fractional worksNeurological Disorders and Treatments: 0 fractional worksEngineering Technology and Methodologies: 0 fractional worksRobotics and Sensor-Based Localization: 0 fractional works
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthDevelopmentGeneral Materials ScienceMechanical Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Technology and Human Factors in Education and Health Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 1 works
  2. 2 Medical and Agricultural Research Studies Development 1 works
  3. 3 Material Properties and Applications General Materials Science 1 works
  4. 4 Heat Transfer and Mathematical Modeling Mechanical Engineering 0 works
  5. 5 Advanced Data Processing Techniques Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  6. 6 Aerospace Engineering and Applications Control and Systems Engineering 0 works
  7. 7 Human Health and Disease Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health 0 works
  8. 8 Neurological Disorders and Treatments Neurology 0 works
  9. 9 Engineering Technology and Methodologies Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering 0 works
  10. 10 Robotics and Sensor-Based Localization Aerospace Engineering 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 available45.1%not open54.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors57.6%domestic only42.4%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Technopolis's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 27% 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 Technopolis as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.000015% in 2024.

still counting0.000050%0.00010%0.00015%Technopolis0.000087% in 2025200020102020

Fractional works of Technopolis over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

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