Question 1

What is Université Libre de Bruxelles known for?

Accepted Answer

In research, Université Libre de Bruxelles stands highest in Health Sciences (#377 of 9,902 worldwide), Medicine (#335 of 8,541 worldwide) and Social Sciences (#402 of 9,585 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Nuclear and High Energy Physics, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine and History and Philosophy of Science (Nuclear and High Energy Physics is 4.4× its share of world research).

Question 2

How does Université Libre de Bruxelles rank in research?

Accepted Answer

Université Libre de Bruxelles ranks #369 of 22,385 institutions worldwide on research quality in 2022-now (#435 all time), and #6 of 105 in Belgium.

Question 3

Who are the top researchers at Université Libre de Bruxelles?

Accepted Answer

Ranked on the quality score, H. Geenen, Cédric Blanpain and J. Wang lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Université Libre de Bruxelles.

Question 4

What are the most cited papers from Université Libre de Bruxelles?

Accepted Answer

The most cited paper from Université Libre de Bruxelles is "The Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3)" (Mervyn Singer, Clifford Scott Deutschman, Christopher W. Seymour et al., 2016), with 29,012 citations. Next come "The European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer QLQ-C30: A Quality-of-Life Instrument for Use in International Clinical Trials in Oncology" (16,252) and "Ant system: optimization by a colony of cooperating agents" (12,083).

Question 5

Which research topics does Université Libre de Bruxelles publish most on?

Accepted Answer

By volume in 2022-now: French Urban and Social Studies, Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender, Education, sociology, and vocational training and European Union Policy and Governance.

Question 6

Which keywords describe research at Université Libre de Bruxelles?

Accepted Answer

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Epidemiology, Globalization, Democracy, Inflammation, Chemotherapy, Diagnosis, Migration and Management.

Question 7

Which fields of science does Université Libre de Bruxelles work in?

Accepted Answer

In 2022-now, 35% of research at Université Libre de Bruxelles is in Health Sciences, 27% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (32%), Social Sciences (15%), Engineering (8%). It does 1.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Question 8

Which institutions have research most like Université Libre de Bruxelles'?

Accepted Answer

Sorbonne Université has the research profile closest to Université Libre de Bruxelles' (similarity 0.86 on a scale to 1), with both strong in Physics and Astronomy, followed by Universität Hamburg and University of California, Los Angeles.

Question 9

Is Université Libre de Bruxelles's research output growing?

Accepted Answer

Output in 2022-2025 was 2% lower than in 2018-2021.