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Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

In research, Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics stands highest in Physical Sciences (#2,816 of 10,670 worldwide), Engineering (#1,702 of 5,901 worldwide) and Computational Mechanics (#229 of 386 worldwide), 2022-now. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Computational Mechanics and Aerospace Engineering (Computational Mechanics is 44.8× its share of world research).

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World rank, 2022-now
#10,910
of 22,385 · #6,298 all time
Rank in Belgium
#46
of 105
Research works
1.5k
▲ 8% vs 2018-21
Citations
24k
15.4 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.0%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
1.06×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
24%
world 40%
International
30%
world 18%
Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

What is Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics 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 #2,816 of 10,670 7.2%229 #2506
EngineeringField #1,702 of 5,901 6.3%175 #1503
Computational MechanicsSubfield #229 of 386 7.3%62 #330

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics 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 of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022-now. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#2,506 #2,816
  2. Engineering#1,503 #1,702
  3. Computational Mechanics#330 #229
all time2022-now, better2022-now, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

Which fields of science does Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics work in?

In 2022-now, 97% of research at Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics is in Physical Sciences, 2% in Social Sciences. Its largest fields are Engineering (74%), Environmental Science (5%), Physics and Astronomy (4%). It does 2.4× the world's share of Physical Sciences.

Physical Sciences: 272 fractional works · 96.8% of its workEngineering: 210 fractional works · 74.5% of its workComputational Mechanics: 73 fractional works · 25.9% of its workAerospace Engineering: 69 fractional works · 24.6% of its workMechanical Engineering: 22 fractional works · 7.7% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 11 fractional works · 4.0% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 11 fractional works · 3.8% of its workMechanics of Materials: 8 fractional works · 2.7% of its workOcean Engineering: 5 fractional works · 1.9% of its workCivil and Structural Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workAutomotive Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSafety, Risk, Reliability and Quality: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEnvironmental Science: 15 fractional works · 5.5% of its workEnvironmental Engineering: 7 fractional works · 2.6% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 5 fractional works · 1.8% of its workEnvironmental Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workManagement, Monitoring, Policy and Law: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 12 fractional works · 4.2% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 7 fractional works · 2.5% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 3 fractional works · 0.9% of its workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNuclear and High Energy Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMathematics: 11 fractional works · 3.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 8 fractional works · 2.8% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workGeometry and Topology: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 10 fractional works · 3.4% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 3 fractional works · 1.1% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workComputer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSignal Processing: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 7 fractional works · 2.3% of its workAtmospheric Science: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workOceanography: 2 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEarth-Surface Processes: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workMaterials Science: 4 fractional works · 1.4% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemical Engineering: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workFluid Flow and Transfer Processes: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEnergy: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.6% of its workDecision Sciences: 3 fractional works · 1.2% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 3 fractional works · 1.0% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSocial Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPsychology: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workHealth Sciences: 4 fractional works · 1.5% of its workMedicine: 2 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 0.4% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 1 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workHealth Professions: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSpeech and Hearing: 2 fractional works · 0.6% of its workLife Sciences: 1 fractional works · 0.2% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKVon KarmanInstitute for…281fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences0%Physical Sciences97%Health Sciences1%Social Sciences2%

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 20 fields, with their numbers
    1. Engineering21074.5%
    2. Environmental Science155.5%
    3. Physics and Astronomy124.2%
    4. Mathematics113.9%
    5. Computer Science103.4%
    6. Earth and Planetary Sciences72.3%
    7. Materials Science41.4%
    8. Chemical Engineering31.2%
    9. Chemistry10.3%
    10. Energy00.2%
    1. Decision Sciences31.2%
    2. Social Sciences00.1%
    3. Arts and Humanities00.1%
    4. Psychology00.1%
    5. Economics, Econometrics and Finance00.1%
    6. Business, Management and Accounting00.0%
    1. Medicine20.8%
    2. Health Professions20.6%
    1. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.2%
    2. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

What does Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Computational Mechanics takes 44.8× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 73.0 works45×
  2. Aerospace EngineeringSubfield · 69.2 works21×
← 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: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Chemical Engineering: 3.35× its world share, 3 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 0.16× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.44× its world share, 10 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.49× its world share, 7 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.18× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 4.97× its world share, 210 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 1.11× its world share, 16 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.40× its world share, 4 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 3.28× its world share, 11 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 1.90× its world share, 12 worksPhysics and AstronomyHealth Professions: 0.23× its world share, 2 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.04× its world share, 2 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesDecision Sciences: 1.23× its world share, 3 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: Engineering, 5.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 19 fields, with their numbers
  1. Engineering4.97×210 works
  2. Chemical Engineering3.35×3 works
  3. Mathematics3.28×11 works
  4. Physics and Astronomy1.90×12 works
  5. Earth and Planetary Sciences1.49×7 works
  6. Decision Sciences1.23×3 works
  7. Environmental Science1.11×16 works
  8. Computer Science0.44×10 works
  9. Materials Science0.40×4 works
  10. Health Professions0.23×2 works
  11. Energy0.18×0 works
  12. Chemistry0.16×1 works
  13. Medicine0.04×2 works
  14. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.03×0 works
  15. Arts and Humanities0.03×0 works
  16. Economics, Econometrics and Finance0.03×0 works
  17. Psychology0.03×0 works
  18. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.01×0 works
  19. Social Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics?

Ranked on the quality score, Claus H. Sieverding, Michel Léon Riethmuller and Pedro Afonso Duque Morgado Marques lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics.

  1. 1 Claus H. Sieverding Belgium · #951,048 worldwide 1.7k citations · 73 works
  2. 2 Michel Léon Riethmuller Belgium · #1,261,805 worldwide 3.8k citations · 129 works
  3. 3 Pedro Afonso Duque Morgado Marques Belgium · #1,332,648 worldwide 108 citations · 17 works
  4. 4 R. A. Van den Braembussche Belgium · #1,506,055 worldwide 1.2k citations · 63 works
  5. 5 James B. Scoggins Belgium · #1,519,532 worldwide 765 citations · 54 works
  6. 6 Zuheyr Alsalihi Belgium · #1,533,548 worldwide 530 citations · 23 works
  7. 7 J. P. A. J. van Beeck Belgium · #1,660,753 worldwide 1.3k citations · 49 works
  8. 8 Miguel Alfonso Mendez Belgium · #1,711,439 worldwide 995 citations · 136 works
  9. 9 Matilde Fiore Belgium · #1,862,363 worldwide 315 citations · 18 works
  10. 10 Riccardo Zamponi Belgium · #1,866,067 worldwide 534 citations · 85 works
All ranked researchers at Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics

What are the most cited papers from Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics?

The most cited paper from Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics is "High‐order CFD methods: current status and perspective" (Z.J. Wang, Krzysztof J. Fidkowski, Rémi Abgrall et al., 2013), with 1,023 citations. Next come "Advances in iterative multigrid PIV image processing" (611) and "Iterative multigrid approach in PIV image processing with discrete window offset" (539).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 High‐order CFD methods: current status and perspective Z.J. Wang, Krzysztof J. Fidkowski, Rémi Abgrall et al. · International Journal for Numerical Methods in Fluids Open access 24 Jan 2013 1,023
2 Advances in iterative multigrid PIV image processing Fulvio Scarano, Michel Léon Riethmuller · Experiments in Fluids 31 Dec 2000 611
3 Iterative multigrid approach in PIV image processing with discrete window offset Fulvio Scarano, Michel Léon Riethmuller · Experiments in Fluids 4 May 1999 539
4 The 2022 Plasma Roadmap: low temperature plasma science and technology Igor Adamovich et al. · Journal of Physics D Applied Physics Open access 5 Jul 2022 532
5 Pedestrian-level wind conditions around buildings: Review of wind-tunnel and CFD techniques and their accuracy for wind comfort assessment Bert J. E. Blocken, T. Stathopoulos, J. P. A. J. van Beeck · Building and Environment Open access 13 Feb 2016 464
All 59 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Large-Eddy Simulation, Heat Transfer, Boundary Layer, Turbulent Flow, Vortex Dynamics, Separation Control, Turbulent Flows and Adaptive Mesh Refinement.

▲ 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. Large-Eddy Simulation82▲ 155×5 topics
  2. Heat Transfer70▲ 51×14 topics
  3. Boundary Layer31▲ 88×4 topics
  4. Turbulent Flow30▲ 91×4 topics
  5. Vortex Dynamics25▲ 77×3 topics
  6. Separation Control23▲ 286×2 topics
  7. Turbulent Flows22▲ 82×3 topics
  8. Adaptive Mesh Refinement21▲ 120×2 topics
  9. Film Cooling21▲ 487×1 topic
  10. High-Order Schemes21▲ 120×2 topics
  11. Turbine21▲ 487×1 topic
  12. Flow Control21▲ 133×2 topics
  13. Fluid Mechanics20▲ 103×2 topics
  14. Boundary Layer Transition20▲ 110×1 topic
  15. Particle Image Velocimetry20▲ 110×1 topic
  16. Combustion Instabilities20▲ 114×2 topics
  17. Chemical Kinetics19▲ 73×2 topics
  18. Spectral Analysis18▲ 73×2 topics
  19. Acoustic Sources17▲ 296×1 topic
  20. Jet Noise17▲ 296×1 topic
  21. Radial Basis Functions17▲ 86×2 topics
  22. Shock-Wave Interactions16▲ 148×1 topic
  23. Turbulence Modeling16▲ 148×1 topic
  24. CFD Simulation16▲ 49×4 topics
  25. Fluid-Structure Interaction16▲ 38×6 topics
  26. Premixed Combustion16▲ 143×1 topic
  27. Turbulent Flames16▲ 143×1 topic
  28. Aerodynamics12▲ 60×3 topics
  29. Numerical Simulation12▲ 15×9 topics
  30. Kinetic Theory11▲ 84×2 topics
  31. Air Quality10▲ 20×3 topics
  32. Multiphase Flow10▲ 42×4 topics
  33. Numerical Methods9▲ 37×4 topics
  34. Vibration Control9▲ 48×3 topics
  35. Boltzmann Equation8▲ 134×1 topic
  36. Rarefied Flows8▲ 134×1 topic
  37. Thermodynamic Analysis7▲ 40×3 topics
  38. Pedestrian Wind Comfort7▲ 55×1 topic
  39. Urban Microclimate7▲ 55×1 topic
  40. Wave Propagation7▲ 21×2 topics

Which research topics does Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization, Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows, Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows and Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics.

Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization: 21 fractional worksFluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows: 20 fractional worksAerodynamics and Acousti…17Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows: 17 fractional worksComputational Fluid Dyna…16Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics: 16 fractional worksCombustion and flame dyn…16Combustion and flame dynamics: 16 fractional worksGas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory: 8 fractional worksWind and Air Flow Studies: 7 fractional worksAcoustic Wave Phenomena Research: 6 fractional worksRefrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies: 6 fractional worksWind Energy Research and Development: 6 fractional works
Aerospace EngineeringComputational MechanicsApplied MathematicsEnvironmental Engineering2 others

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

  1. 1 Turbomachinery Performance and Optimization Aerospace Engineering 21 works
  2. 2 Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows Computational Mechanics 20 works
  3. 3 Aerodynamics and Acoustics in Jet Flows Aerospace Engineering 17 works
  4. 4 Computational Fluid Dynamics and Aerodynamics Computational Mechanics 16 works
  5. 5 Combustion and flame dynamics Computational Mechanics 16 works
  6. 6 Gas Dynamics and Kinetic Theory Applied Mathematics 8 works
  7. 7 Wind and Air Flow Studies Environmental Engineering 7 works
  8. 8 Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Biomedical Engineering 6 works
  9. 9 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Technologies Mechanical Engineering 6 works
  10. 10 Wind Energy Research and Development Aerospace Engineering 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 available23.9%not open76.1%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors30.2%domestic only69.8%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 8% higher than in 2018-2021.

still counting1990200020102020
grewheldshrank

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 Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00098% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics0.00072% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics 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%30%all institutions10.0% in 2025Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics7.5% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 22.0% in 1999.

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