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VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research

In research, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research stands highest in Life Sciences (#698 of 7,800 worldwide), Medicine (#2,819 of 10,443 worldwide) and Health Sciences (#3,819 of 11,982 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Immunology and Immunology and Microbiology — Immunology is 25.2× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#1,993
of 28,054 · #2,155 all time
Rank in Belgium
#12
of 138
Research works
641
▲ 44% vs 2013–17
Citations
46k
72.1 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
35.8%
record average 16.5%
Open access
73%
world 28%

What is VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research 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 #698 of 7,800 39.2%95 #727
MedicineField #2,819 of 10,443 34.2%86 #3487
Health SciencesDomain #3,819 of 11,982 33.7%89 #4586

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research 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#727 #698
  2. Medicine#3,487 #2,819
  3. Health Sciences#4,586 #3,819
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 VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Immunology takes 25.2× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. ImmunologySubfield · 34.1 works25×
  2. Immunology and MicrobiologyField · 35.8 works18×
← 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: 0.32× its world share, 3 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 4.66× its world share, 49 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 18.11× its world share, 36 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 2.16× its world share, 7 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.56× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.29× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.21× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.15× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.13× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksMaterials SciencePhysics and Astronomy: 0.05× its world share, 0 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 2.28× its world share, 86 worksMedicineNursing: 1.52× its world share, 2 worksNursingDecision Sciences: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Immunology and Microbiology, 18.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research?

Ranked on the composite score, Savvas N. Savvides, Sophie Janssens and Lien Van Hoecke lead among researchers whose main affiliation is VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research.

  1. 1 Savvas N. Savvides Belgium · #381,515 worldwide 159 citations · 20 works
  2. 2 Sophie Janssens Belgium · #735,610 worldwide 36 citations · 19 works
  3. 3 Lien Van Hoecke Belgium · #1,256,113 worldwide 57 citations · 15 works
All ranked researchers at VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research

Which keywords describe research at VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Inflammation, Cancer, Immunity, Autoantibodies, Treatment, Innate Immunity, Epidemiology and Cancer Immunotherapy.

▲ 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. Inflammation32▲ 7.8×54 topics
  2. Cancer22▲ 8.3×33 topics
  3. Epidemiology18▲ 2.4×48 topics
  4. Immunity15▲ 19×9 topics
  5. Treatment13▲ 5.6×21 topics
  6. Autoantibodies12▲ 26×7 topics
  7. Innate Immunity11▲ 18×11 topics
  8. Cancer Immunotherapy10▲ 32×3 topics
  9. Oxidative Stress9▲ 2.7×25 topics
  10. Gene Expression9▲ 7.3×15 topics
  11. Cytokines8▲ 14×7 topics
  12. Cell Death7▲ 16×6 topics
  13. Fibrosis7▲ 19×5 topics
  14. Immune Response7▲ 5.9×16 topics
  15. Biomarkers6▲ 4.7×11 topics
  16. Apoptosis6▲ 9.9×10 topics
  17. Inflammatory Diseases6▲ 16×5 topics
  18. Metabolism6▲ 5.7×10 topics
  19. Autoimmunity6▲ 20×5 topics
  20. TGF-ß6▲ 19×3 topics
  21. Antigen Presentation5▲ 31×2 topics
  22. Tumor Microenvironment5▲ 6.1×8 topics
  23. Cardiovascular Risk5▲ 8.5×5 topics
  24. Dendritic Cells5▲ 29×2 topics
  25. Immunosuppressive Therapy5▲ 14×6 topics
  26. Pattern Recognition Receptors5▲ 20×3 topics
  27. Endothelial Dysfunction5▲ 11×5 topics
  28. TGF-ß Signaling5▲ 39×4 topics
  29. Ankylosing Spondylitis5▲ 89×1 topic
  30. Macrophages5▲ 14×7 topics
  31. Spondyloarthritis5▲ 89×1 topic
  32. Tumor Antigen5▲ 39×1 topic
  33. Vaccine Adjuvants5▲ 39×1 topic
  34. NK Cell Recognition5▲ 36×1 topic
  35. Natural Killer Cells5▲ 36×1 topic
  36. Immune Regulation4▲ 21×5 topics
  37. Mitochondria4▲ 17×5 topics
  38. Biological Therapy4▲ 40×2 topics
  39. Pulmonary Involvement4▲ 61×1 topic
  40. Systemic Sclerosis4▲ 61×1 topic

Which research topics does VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments, Immunotherapy and Immune Responses, Immune Cell Function and Interaction and Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases.

Spondyloarthritis Studie…5Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments: 5 fractional worksImmunotherapy and Immune…5Immunotherapy and Immune Responses: 5 fractional worksImmune Cell Function and Interaction: 5 fractional worksSystemic Sclerosis and R…4Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases: 4 fractional worksRheumatoid Arthritis Res…4Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies: 4 fractional worksImmune cells in cancer: 4 fractional worksPhagocytosis and Immune Regulation: 3 fractional worksSingle-cell and spatial …3Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics: 3 fractional worksGut microbiota and health: 3 fractional worksT-cell and B-cell Immunology: 3 fractional works
RheumatologyImmunologyPathology and Forensic MedicineMolecular Biology

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

  1. 1 Spondyloarthritis Studies and Treatments Rheumatology 5 works
  2. 2 Immunotherapy and Immune Responses Immunology 5 works
  3. 3 Immune Cell Function and Interaction Immunology 5 works
  4. 4 Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases Pathology and Forensic Medicine 4 works
  5. 5 Rheumatoid Arthritis Research and Therapies Rheumatology 4 works
  6. 6 Immune cells in cancer Immunology 4 works
  7. 7 Phagocytosis and Immune Regulation Immunology 3 works
  8. 8 Single-cell and spatial transcriptomics Molecular Biology 3 works
  9. 9 Gut microbiota and health Molecular Biology 3 works
  10. 10 T-cell and B-cell Immunology Immunology 3 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 available73.1%not open26.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors49.3%domestic only50.7%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 44% 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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