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Walloon Agricultural Research Centre

In research, Walloon Agricultural Research Centre stands highest in Life Sciences (#6,165 of 7,800 worldwide), 2022–2025.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#16,556
of 28,054 · #18,002 all time
Rank in Belgium
#88
of 138
Research works
765
▼ 25% vs 2013–17
Citations
15k
19.8 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.9%
record average 16.5%
Open access
48%
world 28%

What is Walloon Agricultural Research Centre 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 #6,165 of 7,800 24.7%68 #8613

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Walloon Agricultural Research Centre 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).

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: 9.91× its world share, 51 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.97× its world share, 17 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.29× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemical Engineering: 0.76× its world share, 0 worksChemical EngineeringChemistry: 3.64× its world share, 6 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.75× its world share, 1 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.25× its world share, 4 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 2.79× its world share, 15 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.14× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsHealth Professions: 0.41× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 0.20× its world share, 4 worksMedicineNursing: 2.09× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 18.47× its world share, 3 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.19× its world share, 0 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.20× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.09× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Veterinary, 18.5×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Walloon Agricultural Research Centre?

Ranked on the composite score, Vincent Baeten, Pierre Dardenne and Juan Antonio Fernández Pierna lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Walloon Agricultural Research Centre.

  1. 1 Vincent Baeten Belgium · #159,275 worldwide 193 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Pierre Dardenne Belgium · #258,399 worldwide 178 citations · 47 works
  3. 3 Juan Antonio Fernández Pierna Belgium · #325,077 worldwide 165 citations · 49 works
  4. 4 Clément Grelet Belgium · #511,305 worldwide 81 citations · 34 works
  5. 5 Laurent Jamar Belgium · #663,498 worldwide 38 citations · 15 works
  6. 6 Anne Chandelier Belgium · #689,735 worldwide 11 citations · 20 works
  7. 7 Ilkka Hemmilä Belgium · #755,128 worldwide 105 citations · 17 works
  8. 8 Ouissam Abbas Belgium · #777,499 worldwide 67 citations · 15 works
  9. 9 Michel De Proft Belgium · #803,468 worldwide 5 citations · 38 works
  10. 10 B. Huyghebaert Belgium · #979,305 worldwide 14 citations · 38 works
All ranked researchers at Walloon Agricultural Research Centre

Which keywords describe research at Walloon Agricultural Research Centre?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Climate Change, Food Authentication, Phylogenetic Analysis, Environmental Impact, Hyperspectral Imaging, Quality Assessment, Principal Component Analysis and Multivariate Calibration.

▲ 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. Climate Change12▲ 4.2×22 topics
  2. Environmental Impact8▲ 4.3×17 topics
  3. Food Authentication8▲ 66×2 topics
  4. Phylogenetic Analysis6▲ 19×5 topics
  5. Sustainability6▲ 2.2×12 topics
  6. Hyperspectral Imaging6▲ 18×2 topics
  7. Quality Assessment6▲ 28×2 topics
  8. Principal Component Analysis5▲ 33×2 topics
  9. Antioxidants5▲ 10×6 topics
  10. Genetic Diversity5▲ 10×7 topics
  11. Multivariate Calibration5▲ 67×1 topic
  12. Near-Infrared Spectroscopy5▲ 50×1 topic
  13. Genome Sequencing5▲ 28×7 topics
  14. Fungal Pathogens4▲ 31×4 topics
  15. Animal Welfare4▲ 45×3 topics
  16. DNA Barcoding4▲ 24×3 topics
  17. Livestock Production4▲ 39×2 topics
  18. Potato4▲ 101×2 topics
  19. Remote Sensing4▲ 3.0×7 topics
  20. Health Effects4▲ 5.8×7 topics
  21. Toxicity4▲ 7.7×7 topics
  22. Gut Microbiota4▲ 9.3×5 topics
  23. Host Specificity3▲ 28×3 topics
  24. Livestock Farming3▲ 49×2 topics
  25. Traceability3▲ 49×2 topics
  26. Adulteration3▲ 68×2 topics
  27. Milk Composition3▲ 71×2 topics
  28. Plant Pathogens3▲ 98×2 topics
  29. Genomics3▲ 9.6×6 topics
  30. Heat Stress3▲ 36×2 topics
  31. Metabolism3▲ 5.4×6 topics
  32. Diversity3▲ 15×3 topics
  33. Food Safety3▲ 9.0×10 topics
  34. Fraud Detection3▲ 20×1 topic
  35. Species Identification3▲ 65×1 topic
  36. Disease Resistance3▲ 47×3 topics
  37. Consumer Perception2▲ 11×4 topics
  38. Ecosystem Functioning2▲ 12×3 topics
  39. Global Change2▲ 8.9×3 topics
  40. Dairy Cattle2▲ 44×2 topics

Which research topics does Walloon Agricultural Research Centre publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses, Identification and Quantification in Food, Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies and Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases.

Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses: 5 fractional worksIdentification and Quantification in Food: 3 fractional worksAnimal Behavior and Welfare Studies: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases: 2 fractional worksAgriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact: 2 fractional worksSpectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research: 2 fractional worksPotato Plant Research2Potato Plant Research: 2 fractional worksPlant Pathogens and Resistance: 2 fractional worksMeat and Animal Product Quality: 2 fractional worksEffects of Environmental…2Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock: 2 fractional works
Analytical ChemistryMolecular BiologySmall AnimalsCell Biology5 others

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

  1. 1 Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses Analytical Chemistry 5 works
  2. 2 Identification and Quantification in Food Molecular Biology 3 works
  3. 3 Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies Small Animals 2 works
  4. 4 Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases Cell Biology 2 works
  5. 5 Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact Ecology 2 works
  6. 6 Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research Biophysics 2 works
  7. 7 Potato Plant Research Food Science 2 works
  8. 8 Plant Pathogens and Resistance Plant Science 2 works
  9. 9 Meat and Animal Product Quality Animal Science and Zoology 2 works
  10. 10 Effects of Environmental Stressors on Livestock Animal Science and Zoology 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 available47.7%not open52.3%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

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

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Walloon Agricultural Research Centre's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 25% lower 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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