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UCLouvain

In research, UCLouvain stands highest in Physical Sciences (#766 of 12,888 worldwide), Medicine (#629 of 10,443 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#745 of 10,521 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in History and Philosophy of Science, Linguistics and Language and Nuclear and High Energy Physics — History and Philosophy of Science is 6.0× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#790
of 28,054 · #322 all time
Rank in Belgium
#6
of 138
Research works
47k
◆ 2% vs 2013–17
Citations
1.4M
29.5 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
42%
world 28%

What is UCLouvain 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
Physical SciencesDomain #766 of 12,888 17.5%1,976 #325
MedicineField #629 of 10,443 18.9%776 #247
Social SciencesDomain #745 of 10,521 20.0%1,737 #351
Health SciencesDomain #860 of 11,982 18.7%935 #277
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #265 of 3,409 30.1%176 #234
Life SciencesDomain #711 of 7,800 23.9%586 #378
Computer ScienceField #437 of 4,667 16.0%399 #203
Social SciencesField #728 of 6,365 21.1%833 #469
EngineeringField #1,051 of 6,636 14.8%654 #397
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #467 of 2,578 17.3%325 #325

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where UCLouvain 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. Physical Sciences#325 #766
  2. Medicine#247 #629
  3. Social Sciences#351 #745
  4. Health Sciences#277 #860
  5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#234 #265
  6. Life Sciences#378 #711
  7. Computer Science#203 #437
  8. Social Sciences#469 #728
  9. Engineering#397 #1,051
  10. Sociology and Political Science#325 #467
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 UCLouvain specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: History and Philosophy of Science takes 6.0× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 48.3 works6.0×
  2. Linguistics and LanguageSubfield · 21.0 works3.5×
  3. Nuclear and High Energy PhysicsSubfield · 57.4 works3.5×
← 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: 0.71× its world share, 176 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.82× its world share, 230 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.64× its world share, 34 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.60× its world share, 136 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.57× its world share, 11 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 1.00× its world share, 18 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.98× its world share, 81 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.98× its world share, 399 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.07× its world share, 88 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.53× its world share, 26 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.83× its world share, 654 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.87× its world share, 225 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.81× its world share, 148 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 2.23× its world share, 137 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.72× its world share, 200 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.17× its world share, 4 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.00× its world share, 138 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.77× its world share, 776 worksMedicineNursing: 0.56× its world share, 14 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.25× its world share, 2 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.26× its world share, 341 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.67× its world share, 113 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.16× its world share, 59 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.52× its world share, 170 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.38× its world share, 221 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.26× its world share, 833 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.3×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at UCLouvain?

Ranked on the composite score, Vincent D. Blondel, Éric F. Lambin and Fabio Maltoni lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UCLouvain.

  1. 1 Vincent D. Blondel · #2,099 worldwide 4.4k citations · 74 works
  2. 2 Éric F. Lambin · #3,846 worldwide 1.5k citations · 80 works
  3. 3 Fabio Maltoni · #5,699 worldwide 2k citations · 60 works
  4. 4 Patrice D. Cani · #8,080 worldwide 983 citations · 74 works
  5. 5 Nathalie M. Delzenne · #15,214 worldwide 751 citations · 84 works
  6. 6 Geoffroy Hautier · #15,382 worldwide 1.6k citations · 102 works
  7. 7 Xavier Gonze · #16,390 worldwide 1.5k citations · 118 works
  8. 8 Laurence A. Wolsey · #16,941 worldwide 953 citations · 72 works
  9. 9 Marie‐France Loutre · #17,369 worldwide 584 citations · 49 works
  10. 10 Philippe Bocquier · #18,841 worldwide 411 citations · 44 works
All ranked researchers at UCLouvain

Which keywords describe research at UCLouvain?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Territorial Governance, Local Development, Globalization, Climate Change, Community Engagement, Gender Studies, Sociological Analysis and Educational Policies.

▲ 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. Climate Change176▲ 1.25×90 topics
  2. Epidemiology155▼ 0.75×127 topics
  3. Globalization155▲ 1.51×108 topics
  4. Machine Learning116▼ 0.68×74 topics
  5. Sustainability99▼ 0.78×74 topics
  6. Mental Health97▲ 1.26×42 topics
  7. Community Engagement80▲ 4.6×14 topics
  8. Social Justice77▲ 2.5×31 topics
  9. Religion77▲ 3.1×32 topics
  10. Territorial Governance72▲ 11×3 topics
  11. Local Development70▲ 12×2 topics
  12. Gender65▲ 2.3×41 topics
  13. Economic Growth64▲ 1.44×21 topics
  14. Gender Studies63▲ 7.8×11 topics
  15. Public Policy63▲ 2.4×16 topics
  16. Ethics60▲ 2.4×44 topics
  17. Colonialism50▲ 2.0×35 topics
  18. Sociological Analysis50▲ 16×2 topics
  19. Educational Policies50▲ 8.2×2 topics
  20. Ethnographic Research49▲ 17×2 topics
  21. Professional Practices49▲ 24×1 topic
  22. Public Action49▲ 24×1 topic
  23. Citizen Participation47▲ 7.3×3 topics
  24. Migration46▲ 2.6×22 topics
  25. Environmental Participation45▲ 11×1 topic
  26. Proximity and Innovation45▲ 11×1 topic
  27. Corpus Linguistics45▲ 4.0×5 topics
  28. Sociolinguistics40▲ 4.1×8 topics
  29. Social Determinants of Health40▲ 3.3×7 topics
  30. Pragmatics37▲ 4.4×6 topics
  31. Institutionalization37▲ 7.6×4 topics
  32. Citizenship36▲ 5.7×10 topics
  33. Dark Matter29▲ 4.9×4 topics
  34. Convex Optimization29▲ 7.0×5 topics
  35. Cooperatives27▲ 6.5×2 topics
  36. Particle Physics26▲ 6.6×2 topics
  37. Participative Evaluation26▲ 14×1 topic
  38. Solidarity Economy26▲ 7.9×1 topic
  39. Argumentation24▲ 15×1 topic
  40. Ethos24▲ 15×1 topic

Which research topics does UCLouvain publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Education, sociology, and vocational training, French Urban and Social Studies, Social Sciences and Governance and Linguistics and Discourse Analysis.

Education, sociology, and vocational training: 49 fractional worksFrench Urban and Social Studies: 45 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 26 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 24 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 19 fractional worksPhilosophy and History of Science: 18 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and P…18Healthcare Systems and Practices: 18 fractional worksNatural Language Processing Techniques: 17 fractional worksParticle physics theoretical and experimental studies: 16 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 16 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesPhilosophyPolitical Science and International Relations4 others

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

  1. 1 Education, sociology, and vocational trainingSociology and Political Science 49 works
  2. 2 French Urban and Social StudiesSociology and Political Science 45 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and GovernanceUrban Studies 26 works
  4. 4 Linguistics and Discourse AnalysisPhilosophy 24 works
  5. 5 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, GenderPolitical Science and International Relations 19 works
  6. 6 Philosophy and History of ScienceHistory and Philosophy of Science 18 works
  7. 7 Healthcare Systems and PracticesGeneral Health Professions 18 works
  8. 8 Natural Language Processing TechniquesArtificial Intelligence 17 works
  9. 9 Particle physics theoretical and experimental studiesNuclear and High Energy Physics 16 works
  10. 10 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural AnalysisHistory and Philosophy of Science 16 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 available42.0%not open58.0%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors28.6%domestic only71.4%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has UCLouvain's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 2% 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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