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VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology

In research, VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology stands highest in Life Sciences (#2,720 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#4,021 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#4,837 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#4,099
of 28,054 · #5,137 all time
Rank in Belgium
#22
of 138
Research works
1.1k
▲ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
37k
33.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
21.3%
record average 16.5%
Open access
64%
world 28%

What is VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology 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
Life SciencesDomain #2,720 of 7,800 29.6%68 #2805
MedicineField #4,021 of 10,443 22.6%62 #3521
Health SciencesDomain #4,837 of 11,982 22.0%72 #4192
Physical SciencesDomain #5,249 of 12,888 14.9%140 #9072
EngineeringField #4,724 of 6,636 11.9%65 #7662

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology 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. Life Sciences#2,805 #2,720
  2. Medicine#3,521 #4,021
  3. Health Sciences#4,192 #4,837
  4. Physical Sciences#9,072 #5,249
  5. Engineering#7,662 #4,724
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.

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: 0.57× its world share, 9 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.46× its world share, 44 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.05× its world share, 4 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 1.88× its world share, 10 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.31× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemical Engineering: 2.67× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.88× its world share, 5 worksChemistryComputer Science: 1.09× its world share, 29 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.28× its world share, 2 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.51× its world share, 2 worksEnergyEngineering: 1.28× its world share, 65 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.49× its world share, 8 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.96× its world share, 11 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.66× its world share, 3 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.78× its world share, 13 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.72× its world share, 1 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.81× its world share, 7 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.95× its world share, 62 worksMedicineNursing: 1.13× its world share, 2 worksNursingArts and Humanities: 0.46× its world share, 4 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.85× its world share, 9 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.42× its world share, 5 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.36× its world share, 10 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.93× its world share, 10 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.48× its world share, 20 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Chemical Engineering, 2.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology?

Ranked on the composite score, Christian Fierens lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology.

  1. 1 Christian Fierens Belgium · #937,415 worldwide 0 citations · 40 works
All ranked researchers at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology

Which keywords describe research at VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Synthetic Biology, Metabolic Engineering, Immune Responses, Metagenomic Analysis, Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Metabolic Health.

▲ 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. Machine Learning18▲ 1.64×45 topics
  2. Deep Learning14▲ 1.19×42 topics
  3. Epidemiology10▼ 0.76×53 topics
  4. Inflammation7◆ 1.03×34 topics
  5. Neural Networks7▲ 1.38×21 topics
  6. Biomedical Applications6▲ 1.55×15 topics
  7. Biosensors5▲ 3.0×9 topics
  8. Big Data5▲ 1.62×13 topics
  9. Gene Expression4▲ 2.2×12 topics
  10. Microbial Communities4▲ 3.0×5 topics
  11. Synthetic Biology4▲ 21×2 topics
  12. Gut Microbiota4▲ 3.5×4 topics
  13. Metabolic Engineering4▲ 12×3 topics
  14. Metabolic Health4▲ 5.8×3 topics
  15. Precision Medicine4▲ 2.4×6 topics
  16. Immune Responses4▲ 7.7×2 topics
  17. Antibiotic Resistance4▲ 2.8×7 topics
  18. Inflammatory Diseases4▲ 5.7×3 topics
  19. Metagenomic Analysis3▲ 8.9×1 topic
  20. Short-Chain Fatty Acids3▲ 8.9×1 topic
  21. Constraint-Based Models3▲ 23×1 topic
  22. Genome-Scale Models3▲ 23×1 topic
  23. Integrated Circuits3▲ 6.1×2 topics
  24. Signal Transduction3▲ 6.3×3 topics
  25. Texture Analysis3▲ 4.0×3 topics
  26. Thermal Analysis3▲ 6.9×4 topics
  27. Machine Vision3▲ 3.9×4 topics
  28. Microbiota3▲ 4.0×7 topics
  29. Field-Effect Transistors3▲ 4.8×4 topics
  30. Accountability2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  31. CubeSat2▲ 36×1 topic
  32. Gene Regulation2▲ 7.5×3 topics
  33. Membrane Proteins2▲ 9.4×3 topics
  34. Optical Sensors2▲ 7.2×2 topics
  35. Traffic Flow2▲ 6.4×2 topics
  36. small satellite2▲ 36×1 topic
  37. Fairness2▲ 7.5×2 topics
  38. Nanofabrication2▲ 10×3 topics
  39. Astronomical Instrumentation2▲ 25×1 topic
  40. Spectrograph2▲ 25×1 topic

Which research topics does VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gut microbiota and health, Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction, Spacecraft Design and Technology and Astronomy and Astrophysical Research.

Gut microbiota and health3Gut microbiota and health: 3 fractional worksMicrobial Metabolic Engi…3Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction: 3 fractional worksSpacecraft Design and Technology: 2 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 2 fractional worksAdaptive optics and wave…2Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing: 2 fractional worksBacterial Genetics and Biotechnology: 2 fractional worksEthics and Social Impacts of AI: 2 fractional worksPhotonic and Optical Dev…2Photonic and Optical Devices: 2 fractional worksBiofuel production and bioconversion: 2 fractional worksAnalytical Chemistry and Sensors: 2 fractional works
Molecular BiologyAerospace EngineeringInstrumentationAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics5 others

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

  1. 1 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 3 works
  2. 2 Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Spacecraft Design and Technology Aerospace Engineering 2 works
  4. 4 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 2 works
  5. 5 Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2 works
  6. 6 Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology Genetics 2 works
  7. 7 Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Safety Research 2 works
  8. 8 Photonic and Optical Devices Electrical and Electronic Engineering 2 works
  9. 9 Biofuel production and bioconversion Biomedical Engineering 2 works
  10. 10 Analytical Chemistry and Sensors Bioengineering 2 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 available63.7%not open36.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors46.0%domestic only54.0%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% 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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