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Umicore (Belgium)

In research, Umicore (Belgium) stands highest in Physical Sciences (#6,284 of 10,670 worldwide), 2022-now.

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World rank, 2022-now
#7,954
of 22,385 · #4,632 all time
Rank in Belgium
#33
of 105
Research works
990
▲ 77% vs 2018-21
Citations
12k
12.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
9.9%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.86×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
56%
world 40%
International
58%
world 18%
Umicore (Belgium)

What is Umicore (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
Physical SciencesDomain #6,284 of 10,670 9.6%158 #2583

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Umicore (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 fields of science does Umicore (Belgium) work in?

In 2022-now, 58% of research at Umicore (Belgium) is in Physical Sciences, 19% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (20%), Environmental Science (14%), Social Sciences (10%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 172 fractional works · 58.0% of its workEngineering: 59 fractional works · 19.7% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 22 fractional works · 7.2% of its workMechanical Engineering: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workAerospace Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBuilding and Construction: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workEnvironmental Science: 41 fractional works · 13.8% of its workEcology: 16 fractional works · 5.5% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workNature and Landscape Conservation: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workWater Science and Technology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHealth, Toxicology and Mutagenesis: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEcological Modeling: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workMaterials Science: 27 fractional works · 9.0% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 20 fractional works · 6.6% of its workElectronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workBiomaterials: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workGeneral Materials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemistry: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workInorganic Chemistry: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPhysical and Theoretical Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSpectroscopy: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workPaleontology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workChemical Engineering: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workCatalysis: 5 fractional works · 1.6% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 6 fractional works · 2.2% of its workInformation Systems: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 4 fractional works · 1.3% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workRadiation: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnergy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeometry and Topology: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 55 fractional works · 18.6% of its workSocial Sciences: 30 fractional works · 10.0% of its workEducation: 11 fractional works · 3.7% of its workSociology and Political Science: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workUrban Studies: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLaw: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workAnthropology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArts and Humanities: 14 fractional works · 4.6% of its workLiterature and Literary Theory: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workPhilosophy: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workVisual Arts and Performing Arts: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workArcheology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workHistory: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workLanguage and Linguistics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClassics: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 6 fractional works · 2.1% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 6 fractional works · 1.9% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 0.8% of its workInformation Systems and Management: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workStrategy and Management: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workClinical Psychology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workLife Sciences: 36 fractional works · 12.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 25 fractional works · 8.4% of its workEcology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics: 12 fractional works · 4.1% of its workAquatic Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workInsect Science: 4 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPlant Science: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workForestry: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 fractional works · 2.9% of its workGenetics: 5 fractional works · 1.7% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeuroscience: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workHealth Sciences: 33 fractional works · 11.2% of its workMedicine: 24 fractional works · 7.9% of its workSurgery: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDermatology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workUrology: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 7 fractional works · 2.4% of its workHealth Professions: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workGeneral Health Professions: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workHealth Information Management: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOccupational Therapy: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDentistry: 2 fractional works · 0.7% of its workOrthodontics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workOral Surgery: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workNursing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workALL ITS WORKUmicore (Belgium)297fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences12%Physical Sciences58%Health Sciences11%Social Sciences19%

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 25 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering5919.7%
    2. Environmental Science4113.8%
    3. Materials Science279.0%
    4. Chemistry124.2%
    5. Earth and Planetary Sciences113.8%
    6. Chemical Engineering82.7%
    7. Computer Science62.2%
    8. Physics and Astronomy41.3%
    9. Energy20.8%
    10. Mathematics20.6%
    1. Social Sciences3010.0%
    2. Arts and Humanities144.6%
    3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance62.1%
    4. Decision Sciences30.8%
    5. Business, Management and Accounting20.6%
    6. Psychology10.5%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences258.4%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology92.9%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.4%
    4. Neuroscience10.4%
    5. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.0%
    1. Medicine247.9%
    2. Health Professions72.3%
    3. Dentistry20.7%
    4. Nursing10.3%
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: 1.76× its world share, 25 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.55× its world share, 9 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.26× its world share, 1 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 7.75× its world share, 8 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 2.67× its world share, 12 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.28× its world share, 6 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 2.40× its world share, 11 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.31× its world share, 59 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.77× its world share, 41 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 2.58× its world share, 27 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.49× its world share, 2 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.57× its world share, 4 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 1.43× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.41× its world share, 24 worksMedicineNursing: 0.53× its world share, 1 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 1.60× its world share, 14 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.88× its world share, 2 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.99× its world share, 6 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.79× its world share, 30 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 7.8×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 25 fields, with their numbers
  1. Chemical Engineering7.75×8 works
  2. Environmental Science2.77×41 works
  3. Chemistry2.67×12 works
  4. Materials Science2.58×27 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences2.40×11 works
  6. Agricultural and Biological Sciences1.76×25 works
  7. Arts and Humanities1.60×14 works
  8. Dentistry1.43×2 works
  9. Engineering1.31×59 works
  10. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.99×6 works
  11. Energy0.91×2 works
  12. Health Professions0.89×7 works
  13. Decision Sciences0.88×2 works
  14. Social Sciences0.79×30 works
  15. Physics and Astronomy0.57×4 works
  16. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.55×9 works
  17. Nursing0.53×1 works
  18. Mathematics0.49×2 works
  19. Immunology and Microbiology0.42×1 works
  20. Medicine0.41×24 works
  21. Computer Science0.28×6 works
  22. Neuroscience0.26×1 works
  23. Business, Management and Accounting0.18×2 works
  24. Psychology0.16×1 works
  25. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.02×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Umicore (Belgium)?

Ranked on the quality score, F. Rohr, Pierre‐Etienne Cabelguen and Jérémie Auvergniot lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Umicore (Belgium).

  1. 1 F. Rohr Belgium · #796,394 worldwide 1.1k citations · 24 works
  2. 2 Pierre‐Etienne Cabelguen Belgium · #1,037,883 worldwide 1.3k citations · 53 works
  3. 3 Jérémie Auvergniot Belgium · #1,926,259 worldwide 1.1k citations · 21 works
  4. 4 Amy Van den Bulck Belgium · #2,889,300 worldwide 392 citations · 25 works
  5. 5 G. Raskin Belgium · #3,104,998 worldwide 324 citations · 16 works
  6. 6 Norbert Schuster Belgium · #3,119,047 worldwide 618 citations · 124 works
  7. 7 Tijl Crivits Belgium · #3,321,066 worldwide 186 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 Harald Oosterhof Belgium · #3,336,817 worldwide 444 citations · 33 works
  9. 9 Antoon Theuwis Belgium · #3,572,703 worldwide 552 citations · 40 works
  10. 10 Lennart Scheunis Belgium · #3,784,453 worldwide 347 citations · 22 works
All ranked researchers at Umicore (Belgium)

What are the most cited papers from Umicore (Belgium)?

The most cited paper from Umicore (Belgium) is "Room-temperature single-phase Li insertion/extraction in nanoscale LixFePO4" (Pierre Gibot, Montse Casas‐Cabanas, Lydia Laffont et al., 2008), with 676 citations. Next come "Size Effects on Carbon-Free LiFePO[sub 4] Powders" (628) and "A review of the environmental fate and effects of hazardous substances released from electrical and electronic equipments during recycling: Examples from China and India" (617).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Room-temperature single-phase Li insertion/extraction in nanoscale LixFePO4 Pierre Gibot, Montse Casas‐Cabanas, Lydia Laffont et al. · Nature Materials 27 Jul 2008 676
2 Size Effects on Carbon-Free LiFePO[sub 4] Powders Charles Delacourt, Philippe Poizot, Stéphane Levasseur et al. · Electrochemical and Solid-State Letters Open access 2006 628
3 A review of the environmental fate and effects of hazardous substances released from electrical and electronic equipments during recycling: Examples from China and India Alejandra Sepúlveda, Mathias Schluep, Fabrice G. Renaud et al. · Environmental Impact Assessment Review 10 May 2009 617
4 Raman Spectra of Polycrystalline CeO 2 : A Density Functional Theory Study Christian Schilling, Alexander Hofmann, Christian Walter Hess et al. · The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 25 Aug 2017 512
5 Assessment of Precious Metal Flows During Preprocessing of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Perrine Chancerel, Christina E. M. Meskers, Christian Hagelüken et al. · Journal of Industrial Ecology Open access Oct 2009 386
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Umicore (Belgium)?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Biodiversity, Invasive Species, Lithium-ion Batteries, Catalysis, Conservation, Molecular Phylogeny, Climate Change and Nanoparticles.

▲ 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. Biodiversity27▲ 12×15 topics
  2. Invasive Species20▲ 16×14 topics
  3. Climate Change19▲ 2.4×27 topics
  4. Nanoparticles14▲ 3.8×16 topics
  5. Catalysis14▲ 7.1×13 topics
  6. Lithium-ion Batteries14▲ 11×3 topics
  7. Conservation13▲ 10×14 topics
  8. Molecular Phylogeny11▲ 22×9 topics
  9. Cathode Materials10▲ 8.8×3 topics
  10. Energy Storage10▲ 5.2×10 topics
  11. Phylogeny10▲ 19×10 topics
  12. Biogeography9▲ 11×9 topics
  13. Metal Recovery9▲ 16×3 topics
  14. Ecosystem Functioning9▲ 15×2 topics
  15. Toxins9▲ 30×2 topics
  16. Taxonomy9▲ 21×8 topics
  17. Evolution9▲ 11×7 topics
  18. DNA Barcoding8▲ 16×7 topics
  19. Teacher Training8▲ 4.1×5 topics
  20. Morphology7▲ 14×6 topics
  21. Phylogenetic Analysis7▲ 8.0×6 topics
  22. Ceria7▲ 20×1 topic
  23. Oxidation7▲ 15×1 topic
  24. Rechargeable Batteries6▲ 8.1×2 topics
  25. Stem Cells6▲ 7.9×3 topics
  26. Circular Economy6▲ 7.6×4 topics
  27. Biological Invasions6▲ 23×2 topics
  28. Environmental Impacts6▲ 7.6×4 topics
  29. Wnt Signaling6▲ 19×2 topics
  30. Cnidarian Evolution6▲ 175×1 topic
  31. Jellyfish Blooms6▲ 175×1 topic
  32. Marine Invasions6▲ 125×1 topic
  33. Mediterranean Sea6▲ 125×1 topic
  34. Rare Earth Elements6▲ 14×2 topics
  35. Battery Materials6▲ 12×1 topic
  36. Nanostructured Anodes6▲ 12×1 topic
  37. Battery Recycling5▲ 22×1 topic
  38. Metallurgy5▲ 29×2 topics
  39. Sustainable Technology5▲ 16×1 topic
  40. Freshwater5▲ 35×2 topics

Which research topics does Umicore (Belgium) publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Catalytic Processes in Materials Science, Marine Ecology and Invasive Species, Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology and Advancements in Battery Materials.

Catalytic Processes in M…7Catalytic Processes in Materials Science: 7 fractional worksMarine Ecology and Invas…6Marine Ecology and Invasive Species: 6 fractional worksMarine Invertebrate Phys…6Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology: 6 fractional worksAdvancements in Battery …6Advancements in Battery Materials: 6 fractional worksExtraction and Separation Processes: 5 fractional worksParasite Biology and Host Interactions: 4 fractional worksFish Biology and Ecology…4Fish Biology and Ecology Studies: 4 fractional worksAdvanced Battery Materials and Technologies: 4 fractional worksEducation Pedagogy and Practices: 4 fractional worksLepidoptera: Biology and…4Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy: 4 fractional works
Materials ChemistryGlobal and Planetary ChangePaleontologyElectrical and Electronic Engineering5 others

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

  1. 1 Catalytic Processes in Materials Science Materials Chemistry 7 works
  2. 2 Marine Ecology and Invasive Species Global and Planetary Change 6 works
  3. 3 Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology Paleontology 6 works
  4. 4 Advancements in Battery Materials Electrical and Electronic Engineering 6 works
  5. 5 Extraction and Separation Processes Mechanical Engineering 5 works
  6. 6 Parasite Biology and Host Interactions Ecology 4 works
  7. 7 Fish Biology and Ecology Studies Aquatic Science 4 works
  8. 8 Advanced Battery Materials and Technologies Electrical and Electronic Engineering 4 works
  9. 9 Education Pedagogy and Practices Education 4 works
  10. 10 Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy Genetics 4 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 available56.1%not open43.9%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors58.4%domestic only41.6%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Umicore (Belgium)'s research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 77% 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 Umicore (Belgium) as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00087% in 2024.

still counting0.0010%0.0020%0.0030%Umicore (Belgium)0.0020% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Umicore (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%all institutions10.0% in 2025Umicore (Belgium)9.4% in 202520102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.5% in 2006.

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