Question 1

What is UCLouvain known for?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 2

How does UCLouvain rank in research?

Accepted Answer

UCLouvain ranks #318 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#393 all time), and #4 of 105 in Belgium.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at UCLouvain?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from UCLouvain?

Accepted Answer

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).

Question 5

Which research topics does UCLouvain publish most on?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at UCLouvain?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 7

Which fields of science does UCLouvain work in?

Accepted Answer

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.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like UCLouvain's?

Accepted Answer

University of Chicago has the research profile closest to UCLouvain's (similarity 0.84 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Arts and Humanities, followed by Vrije Universiteit Brussel and Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Question 9

Is UCLouvain's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

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