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Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

In research, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel stands highest in Medicine (#1,491 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#1,871 of 11,982 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#2,743 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Reproductive Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Oncology — Reproductive Medicine is 15.9× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#5,153
of 28,054 · #4,353 all time
Rank in Belgium
#26
of 138
Research works
3.7k
▲ 8% vs 2013–17
Citations
83k
22.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
19.2%
record average 16.5%
Open access
37%
world 28%

What is Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel 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
MedicineField #1,491 of 10,443 18.7%448 #1195
Health SciencesDomain #1,871 of 11,982 18.8%470 #1458
Life SciencesDomain #2,743 of 7,800 22.5%91 #2718
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield #326 of 738 24.5%76 #590
SurgerySubfield #1,313 of 1,816 13.1%60 #1342

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel 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. Medicine#1,195 #1,491
  2. Health Sciences#1,458 #1,871
  3. Life Sciences#2,718 #2,743
  4. Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine#590 #326
  5. Surgery#1,342 #1,313
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 Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Reproductive Medicine takes 15.9× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Reproductive MedicineSubfield · 21.5 works16×
  2. Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSubfield · 75.8 works12×
  3. OncologySubfield · 31.9 works4.7×
← 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: 0.05× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 1.55× its world share, 50 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 3.35× its world share, 20 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.85× its world share, 18 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.91× its world share, 2 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.11× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.15× its world share, 13 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.10× its world share, 3 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.87× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.75× its world share, 12 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.87× its world share, 448 worksMedicineNursing: 2.32× its world share, 7 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.52× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.04× its world share, 1 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.18× its world share, 2 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.35× its world share, 6 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.06× its world share, 4 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 3.9×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel?

Ranked on the composite score, Bernard Cosyns, Bart Neyns and Jan Poelaert lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel.

  1. 1 Bernard Cosyns Belgium · #3,282 worldwide 1.8k citations · 67 works
  2. 2 Bart Neyns Belgium · #37,091 worldwide 612 citations · 85 works
  3. 3 Jan Poelaert Belgium · #48,610 worldwide 225 citations · 50 works
  4. 4 Andrea Sarkozy Belgium · #57,747 worldwide 436 citations · 61 works
  5. 5 Pieter Cornu Belgium · #117,075 worldwide 140 citations · 31 works
  6. 6 Filip Cools Belgium · #148,499 worldwide 144 citations · 29 works
  7. 7 Martine De Rycke Belgium · #161,391 worldwide 102 citations · 23 works
  8. 8 Greta Verheyen Belgium · #168,652 worldwide 95 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Michaël Bruneau Belgium · #207,882 worldwide 83 citations · 33 works
  10. 10 Marc Noppen Belgium · #211,347 worldwide 71 citations · 46 works
All ranked researchers at Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel

Which keywords describe research at Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Catheter Ablation, Arrhythmias, Guidelines, Quality of Life, Inflammation, Sudden Cardiac Death and Diagnosis.

▲ 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. Epidemiology66▲ 2.8×106 topics
  2. Inflammation32▲ 2.5×60 topics
  3. Catheter Ablation29▲ 40×2 topics
  4. Quality of Life29▲ 3.3×37 topics
  5. Arrhythmias25▲ 45×2 topics
  6. Cardiovascular Disease23▲ 3.4×29 topics
  7. Diagnosis23▲ 4.1×34 topics
  8. Treatment23▲ 3.1×39 topics
  9. Guidelines22▲ 7.9×11 topics
  10. Immunotherapy21▲ 4.8×19 topics
  11. Sudden Cardiac Death18▲ 35×2 topics
  12. Obesity18▲ 3.8×16 topics
  13. Cardiomyopathy17▲ 31×4 topics
  14. Infertility17▲ 20×3 topics
  15. Heart Failure16▲ 6.2×11 topics
  16. Radiofrequency Ablation16▲ 25×2 topics
  17. Metabolic Syndrome16▲ 3.2×20 topics
  18. Echocardiography16▲ 9.6×8 topics
  19. Electroanatomic Mapping15▲ 52×1 topic
  20. Ventricular Tachycardia15▲ 52×1 topic
  21. Anticoagulant Therapy15▲ 20×4 topics
  22. Myocardial Infarction15▲ 11×6 topics
  23. Stroke Prevention15▲ 21×2 topics
  24. Atrial Fibrillation15▲ 25×2 topics
  25. Risk Stratification14▲ 31×1 topic
  26. Thromboembolism14▲ 31×1 topic
  27. Complications13▲ 4.4×16 topics
  28. Tumor Microenvironment13▲ 4.8×7 topics
  29. Ion Channels13▲ 19×4 topics
  30. Magnetic Resonance Imaging12▲ 8.1×6 topics
  31. Fertility Preservation12▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation12▲ 36×1 topic
  33. Radiotherapy12▲ 5.2×13 topics
  34. Atherosclerosis12▲ 6.9×8 topics
  35. Genetic Testing11▲ 16×3 topics
  36. Coronary Artery Disease11▲ 16×2 topics
  37. Cardiac Imaging11▲ 15×3 topics
  38. Radiation Exposure11▲ 18×2 topics
  39. Calcium Signaling10▲ 24×4 topics
  40. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention10▲ 13×4 topics

Which research topics does Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments, Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Reproductive Biology and Fertility and Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias.

Cardiac Arrhythmias and …15Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 15 fractional worksAtrial Fibrillation Mana…14Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 14 fractional worksReproductive Biology and…12Reproductive Biology and Fertility: 12 fractional worksCardiac electrophysiolog…10Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias: 10 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 8 fractional worksOvarian function and dis…8Ovarian function and disorders: 8 fractional worksCardiac pacing and defib…8Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies: 8 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…7Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 7 fractional worksReproductive Health and …6Reproductive Health and Technologies: 6 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinePublic Health, Environmental and Occupational HealthRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and ImagingOncology2 others

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

  1. 1 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 15 works
  2. 2 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 14 works
  3. 3 Reproductive Biology and Fertility Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health 12 works
  4. 4 Cardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 10 works
  5. 5 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 9 works
  6. 6 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 8 works
  7. 7 Ovarian function and disorders Reproductive Medicine 8 works
  8. 8 Cardiac pacing and defibrillation studies Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 8 works
  9. 9 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 7 works
  10. 10 Reproductive Health and Technologies Reproductive Medicine 6 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 available37.3%not open62.7%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors27.3%domestic only72.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 8% higher 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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