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UCLouvain

In research, UCLouvain stands highest in Social Sciences (#274 of 9,585 worldwide), Health Sciences (#361 of 9,902 worldwide) and Physical Sciences (#397 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Classics, History and Philosophy of Science and History (Classics is 5.6× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#318
of 22,385 · #393 all time
Rank in Belgium
#4
of 105
Research works
62k
▼ 12% vs 2018-21
Citations
1.7M
26.6 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
10.2%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.05×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
42%
world 40%
International
27%
world 18%
UCLouvain

What is UCLouvain 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
Social SciencesDomain #274 of 9,585 10.6%2,241 #405
Health SciencesDomain #361 of 9,902 10.9%2,175 #363
Physical SciencesDomain #397 of 10,670 8.7%2,131 #539
MedicineField #339 of 8,541 10.8%1,906 #347
Social SciencesField #263 of 5,988 11.3%1,086 #377
Life SciencesDomain #484 of 6,403 10.5%817 #416
Computer ScienceField #378 of 4,417 8.6%435 #377
Agricultural and Biological SciencesField #282 of 3,157 14.6%189 #402
Sociology and Political ScienceSubfield #229 of 2,526 11.8%416 #357
EngineeringField #538 of 5,901 7.6%715 #550

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 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. Social Sciences#405 #274
  2. Health Sciences#363 #361
  3. Physical Sciences#539 #397
  4. Medicine#347 #339
  5. Social Sciences#377 #263
  6. Life Sciences#416 #484
  7. Computer Science#377 #378
  8. Agricultural and Biological Sciences#402 #282
  9. Sociology and Political Science#357 #229
  10. Engineering#550 #538
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 UCLouvain work in?

In 2022-now, 30% of research at UCLouvain is in Social Sciences, 29% in Health Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (26%), Social Sciences (14%), Engineering (10%). It does 1.3× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Social Sciences: 2,467 fractional works · 29.8% of its workSocial Sciences: 1,192 fractional works · 14.4% of its workSociology and Political Science: 458 fractional works · 5.5% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 208 fractional works · 2.5% of its workEducation: 105 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAnthropology: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workLaw: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workUrban Studies: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDemography: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGender Studies: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCultural Studies: 35 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCommunication: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSafety Research: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLinguistics and Language: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workArts and Humanities: 497 fractional works · 6.0% of its workPhilosophy: 94 fractional works · 1.1% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 83 fractional works · 1.0% of its workHistory: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workArcheology: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workClassics: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workReligious studies: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPsychology: 323 fractional works · 3.9% of its workClinical Psychology: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 86 fractional works · 1.0% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 64 fractional works · 0.8% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 15 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 223 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 137 fractional works · 1.7% of its workFinance: 61 fractional works · 0.7% of its workGeneral Economics, Econometrics and Finance: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 158 fractional works · 1.9% of its workStrategy and Management: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAccounting: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMarketing: 17 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 37 fractional works · 0.4% of its workDecision Sciences: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 51 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHealth Sciences: 2,438 fractional works · 29.5% of its workMedicine: 2,136 fractional works · 25.8% of its workSurgery: 281 fractional works · 3.4% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 226 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEpidemiology: 132 fractional works · 1.6% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 120 fractional works · 1.4% of its workOncology: 117 fractional works · 1.4% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 112 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPhysiology: 110 fractional works · 1.3% of its workRheumatology: 75 fractional works · 0.9% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workNeurology: 65 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 62 fractional works · 0.8% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 58 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInfectious Diseases: 54 fractional works · 0.7% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHematology: 52 fractional works · 0.6% of its workReproductive Medicine: 40 fractional works · 0.5% of its workPharmacology: 39 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGenetics: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHepatology: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 28 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNephrology: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workRehabilitation: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 21 fractional works · 0.2% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workOphthalmology: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 126 fractional works · 1.5% of its workHealth Professions: 254 fractional works · 3.1% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 174 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 60 fractional works · 0.7% of its workNursing: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workDentistry: 16 fractional works · 0.2% of its workVeterinary: 3 fractional works · 0.0% of its workPhysical Sciences: 2,438 fractional works · 29.5% of its workEngineering: 802 fractional works · 9.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 220 fractional works · 2.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 133 fractional works · 1.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 83 fractional works · 1.0% of its workMechanical Engineering: 70 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputational Mechanics: 62 fractional works · 0.7% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workBuilding and Construction: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMechanics of Materials: 26 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Science: 489 fractional works · 5.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 179 fractional works · 2.2% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 77 fractional works · 0.9% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 49 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInformation Systems: 41 fractional works · 0.5% of its workHuman-Computer Interaction: 29 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSignal Processing: 18 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 44 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEnvironmental Science: 298 fractional works · 3.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 74 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology: 48 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 72 fractional works · 0.9% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 254 fractional works · 3.1% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 69 fractional works · 0.8% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 63 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 57 fractional works · 0.7% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 32 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiation: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 11 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 172 fractional works · 2.1% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 22 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPolymers and Plastics: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 21 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMathematics: 162 fractional works · 2.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 34 fractional works · 0.4% of its workMathematical Physics: 30 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGeometry and Topology: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workApplied Mathematics: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 53 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 109 fractional works · 1.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workOceanography: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 38 fractional works · 0.5% of its workChemistry: 99 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 46 fractional works · 0.6% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEnergy: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 8 fractional works · 0.1% of its workChemical Engineering: 23 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 928 fractional works · 11.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 400 fractional works · 4.8% of its workMolecular Biology: 210 fractional works · 2.5% of its workGenetics: 71 fractional works · 0.9% of its workCancer Research: 37 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCell Biology: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 216 fractional works · 2.6% of its workPlant Science: 78 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workFood Science: 33 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSoil Science: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 50 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNeuroscience: 213 fractional works · 2.6% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 118 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNeurology: 31 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 27 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 36 fractional works · 0.4% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 80 fractional works · 1.0% of its workImmunology: 55 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 25 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 19 fractional works · 0.2% of its workALL ITS WORKUCLouvain8,271fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences11%Physical Sciences29%Health Sciences29%Social Sciences30%

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. Social Sciences2,46729.8%
    1. Social Sciences1,19214.4%
    2. Arts and Humanities4976.0%
    3. Psychology3233.9%
    4. Economics, Econometrics and Finance2232.7%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting1581.9%
    6. Decision Sciences740.9%
  2. Health Sciences2,43829.5%
    1. Medicine2,13625.8%
    2. Health Professions2543.1%
    3. Nursing300.4%
    4. Dentistry160.2%
    5. Veterinary30.0%
    1. Engineering8029.7%
    2. Computer Science4895.9%
    3. Environmental Science2983.6%
    4. Physics and Astronomy2543.1%
    5. Materials Science1722.1%
    6. Mathematics1622.0%
    7. Earth and Planetary Sciences1091.3%
    8. Chemistry991.2%
    9. Energy310.4%
    10. Chemical Engineering230.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology4004.8%
    2. Agricultural and Biological Sciences2162.6%
    3. Neuroscience2132.6%
    4. Immunology and Microbiology801.0%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics190.2%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does UCLouvain specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Classics takes 5.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ClassicsSubfield · 27.5 works5.6×
  2. History and Philosophy of ScienceSubfield · 64.0 works5.0×
  3. HistorySubfield · 71.8 works2.7×
← 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: 0.55× its world share, 216 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.91× its world share, 400 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.96× its world share, 80 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.58× its world share, 212 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.66× its world share, 19 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 0.80× its world share, 23 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.76× its world share, 99 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.76× its world share, 489 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.84× its world share, 109 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.41× its world share, 31 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.65× its world share, 802 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.73× its world share, 298 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.59× its world share, 172 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 1.67× its world share, 162 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.38× its world share, 254 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.40× its world share, 16 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 1.16× its world share, 254 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 1.34× its world share, 2,136 worksMedicineNursing: 0.74× its world share, 30 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 2.08× its world share, 497 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.59× its world share, 158 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.92× its world share, 74 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.26× its world share, 223 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 1.28× its world share, 323 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 1.14× its world share, 1,192 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Arts and Humanities, 2.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 26 fields, with their numbers
  1. Arts and Humanities2.08×497 works
  2. Mathematics1.67×162 works
  3. Neuroscience1.58×212 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.38×254 works
  5. Medicine1.34×2,136 works
  6. Psychology1.28×323 works
  7. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.26×223 works
  8. Health Professions1.16×254 works
  9. Social Sciences1.14×1,192 works
  10. Immunology and Microbiology0.96×80 works
  11. Decision Sciences0.92×74 works
  12. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.91×400 works
  13. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.84×109 works
  14. Chemical Engineering0.80×23 works
  15. Chemistry0.76×99 works
  16. Computer Science0.76×489 works
  17. Nursing0.74×30 works
  18. Environmental Science0.73×298 works
  19. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.66×19 works
  20. Engineering0.65×802 works
  21. Materials Science0.59×172 works
  22. Business, Management and Accounting0.59×158 works
  23. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.55×216 works
  24. Energy0.41×31 works
  25. Dentistry0.40×16 works
  26. Veterinary0.27×3 works

Who are the top researchers at UCLouvain?

Ranked on the quality score, P. Petrov, R. Volpe and Patrice D. Cani lead among researchers whose main affiliation is UCLouvain.

  1. 1 P. Petrov Belgium · #6,511 worldwide 23k citations · 205 works
  2. 2 R. Volpe Belgium · #6,745 worldwide 59k citations · 715 works
  3. 3 Patrice D. Cani Belgium · #7,383 worldwide 94k citations · 601 works
  4. 4 V. Lemaı̂tre Belgium · #7,447 worldwide 86k citations · 952 works
  5. 5 Fabio Maltoni Belgium · #7,542 worldwide 55k citations · 290 works
  6. 6 Éric F. Lambin Belgium · #9,024 worldwide 79k citations · 391 works
  7. 7 Patrick Meyfroidt Belgium · #13,996 worldwide 22k citations · 291 works
  8. 8 J. Garay Garcia Belgium · #14,872 worldwide 15k citations · 174 works
  9. 9 C. Beluffi Belgium · #20,389 worldwide 23k citations · 335 works
  10. 10 Nathalie M. Delzenne Belgium · #22,894 worldwide 69k citations · 594 works
All ranked researchers at UCLouvain

What are the most cited papers from UCLouvain?

The most cited paper from UCLouvain is "Fast unfolding of communities in large networks" (Vincent D. Blondel, Jean‐Loup Guillaume, Renaud Lambiotte et al., 2008), with 21,858 citations. Next come "A safe operating space for humanity" (13,302) and "Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma" (13,116).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Fast unfolding of communities in large networks Vincent D. Blondel, Jean‐Loup Guillaume, Renaud Lambiotte et al. · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment Open access Oct 2008 21,858
2 A safe operating space for humanity Johan Rockström et al. · Nature Open access 23 Sep 2009 13,302
3 Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma Josep Maria Llovet et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 23 Jul 2008 13,116
4 Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines Clotilde Théry et al. · Journal of Extracellular Vesicles Open access382 authors 23 Nov 2018 11,535
5 Immunochemical quantitation of antigens by single radial immunodiffusion G Mancini, Angelo Oscar Carbonara, Joseph F. Heremans · Immunochemistry Sep 1965 9,209
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at UCLouvain?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Territorial Governance, Local Development, Globalization, Climate Change, Community Engagement, Gender Studies and Religion.

▲ 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. Epidemiology366◆ 1.11×131 topics
  2. Climate Change246◆ 1.09×99 topics
  3. Globalization221▲ 1.36×126 topics
  4. Inflammation191◆ 1.09×82 topics
  5. Machine Learning160▼ 0.58×79 topics
  6. Mental Health155▲ 1.31×46 topics
  7. Quality of Life135◆ 1.13×56 topics
  8. Treatment131▲ 1.31×49 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress130◆ 0.96×61 topics
  10. Public Health122◆ 1.01×57 topics
  11. Diagnosis121▲ 1.57×40 topics
  12. Social Justice112▲ 2.3×43 topics
  13. Religion108▲ 2.8×37 topics
  14. Community Engagement107▲ 4.0×17 topics
  15. Cardiovascular Disease100◆ 1.07×38 topics
  16. Gender98▲ 2.2×47 topics
  17. Management96▲ 1.45×36 topics
  18. Ethics94▲ 2.2×51 topics
  19. Territorial Governance92▲ 9.7×3 topics
  20. History91▲ 1.58×52 topics
  21. Local Development90▲ 11×2 topics
  22. Public Policy86▲ 2.2×17 topics
  23. Gender Studies80▲ 6.4×12 topics
  24. Colonialism78▲ 2.0×41 topics
  25. Social Determinants of Health63▲ 3.5×8 topics
  26. Democracy62▲ 2.1×24 topics
  27. Citizen Participation60▲ 6.3×3 topics
  28. Environmental Participation57▲ 9.7×1 topic
  29. Proximity and Innovation57▲ 9.7×1 topic
  30. Sociological Analysis56▲ 12×2 topics
  31. Educational Policies56▲ 6.3×2 topics
  32. Ethnographic Research56▲ 14×2 topics
  33. Professional Practices56▲ 19×1 topic
  34. Public Action56▲ 19×1 topic
  35. Sociolinguistics53▲ 3.5×8 topics
  36. Corpus Linguistics52▲ 3.0×5 topics
  37. Citizenship48▲ 4.8×11 topics
  38. Institutionalization48▲ 6.2×4 topics
  39. Solidarity Economy34▲ 7.2×2 topics
  40. Participative Evaluation34▲ 12×1 topic

Which research topics does UCLouvain publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Education, sociology, and vocational training, Social Sciences and Governance and Healthcare Systems and Practices.

French Urban and Social Studies: 57 fractional worksEducation, sociology, and vocational training: 56 fractional worksSocial Sciences and Governance: 34 fractional worksHealthcare Systems and Practices: 28 fractional worksLinguistics and Discourse Analysis: 28 fractional worksHistorical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis: 27 fractional worksMulticulturalism, Politi…25Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender: 25 fractional worksHealth, Medicine and Soc…25Health, Medicine and Society: 25 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…24Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 24 fractional worksNatural Language Process…19Natural Language Processing Techniques: 19 fractional works
Sociology and Political ScienceUrban StudiesGeneral Health ProfessionsPhilosophy4 others

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

  1. 1 French Urban and Social Studies Sociology and Political Science 57 works
  2. 2 Education, sociology, and vocational training Sociology and Political Science 56 works
  3. 3 Social Sciences and Governance Urban Studies 34 works
  4. 4 Healthcare Systems and Practices General Health Professions 28 works
  5. 5 Linguistics and Discourse Analysis Philosophy 28 works
  6. 6 Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis History and Philosophy of Science 27 works
  7. 7 Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender Political Science and International Relations 25 works
  8. 8 Health, Medicine and Society General Health Professions 25 works
  9. 9 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 24 works
  10. 10 Natural Language Processing Techniques Artificial Intelligence 19 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 available41.5%not open58.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

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

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has UCLouvain's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 12% lower than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 UCLouvain as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.033% in 2024.

still counting0.050%0.10%0.15%UCLouvain0.032% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of UCLouvain 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 counting5%10%15%all institutions10.0% in 2025UCLouvain9.8% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 14.8% in 2007.

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Which institutions have research most like UCLouvain's?

Among the world's leading institutions, University of Chicago has the research profile closest to UCLouvain's, with both strong in Arts and Humanities.

  1. 1 University of ChicagoUnited States · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Mathematics, Neuroscience 0.84 Compare
  2. 2 Vrije Universiteit BrusselBelgium · Both strong in Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics, Arts and Humanities 0.81 Compare
  3. 3 Université Libre de BruxellesBelgium · Both strong in Neuroscience, Arts and Humanities, Physics and Astronomy 0.81 Compare
  4. 4 Sapienza University of RomeItaly · Both strong in Arts and Humanities, Mathematics, Neuroscience 0.81 Compare
  5. 5 University of VirginiaUnited States · Both strong in Neuroscience, Mathematics, Medicine 0.80 Compare

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