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ZNA Middelheim Hospital

In research, ZNA Middelheim Hospital stands highest in Medicine (#3,192 of 14,558 worldwide), Health Sciences (#3,848 of 16,688 worldwide) and Life Sciences (#6,024 of 11,023 worldwide), over all time.

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World rank, 2022-now
#19,639
of 22,385 · #9,671 all time
Rank in Belgium
#98
of 105
Research works
1.3k
▼ 22% vs 2018-21
Citations
36k
28.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
8.4%
all institutions 10.0%
vs its own fields
0.99×
1.00× is exactly expected
Open access
26%
world 40%
International
22%
world 18%
ZNA Middelheim Hospital

What is ZNA Middelheim Hospital known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, over all time, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorks
MedicineField #3,192 of 14,558 8.7%893
Health SciencesDomain #3,848 of 16,688 8.7%918
Life SciencesDomain #6,024 of 11,023 10.6%171
SurgerySubfield #1,822 of 3,248 7.7%149
Physical SciencesDomain #15,613 of 17,446 8.3%137

Each strip is that field's whole ranked pool, with the notch where ZNA Middelheim Hospital 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 fields of science does ZNA Middelheim Hospital work in?

In 2022-now, 62% of research at ZNA Middelheim Hospital is in Health Sciences, 24% in Physical Sciences. Its largest fields are Medicine (60%), Mathematics (9%), Computer Science (7%). It does 2.5× the world's share of Health Sciences.

Health Sciences: 61 fractional works · 62.0% of its workMedicine: 59 fractional works · 60.5% of its workCardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine: 15 fractional works · 15.3% of its workSurgery: 10 fractional works · 10.6% of its workPulmonary and Respiratory Medicine: 6 fractional works · 6.3% of its workRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workOphthalmology: 2 fractional works · 2.6% of its workEpidemiology: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workOncology: 2 fractional works · 2.3% of its workNeurology: 2 fractional works · 2.2% of its workOrthopedics and Sports Medicine: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPublic Health, Environmental and Occupational Health: 1 fractional works · 1.5% of its workPhysiology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workObstetrics and Gynecology: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workPsychiatry and Mental health: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workPediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workAnesthesiology and Pain Medicine: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workRheumatology: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workCritical Care and Intensive Care Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workPharmacology: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workPathology and Forensic Medicine: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workGeriatrics and Gerontology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workDermatology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInternal Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNephrology: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workInfectious Diseases: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEmergency Medicine: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workTransplantation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workHealth Professions: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workEmergency Medical Services: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workNursing: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workNutrition and Dietetics: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDentistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workOral Surgery: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workVeterinary: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workPhysical Sciences: 23 fractional works · 23.6% of its workMathematics: 9 fractional works · 9.3% of its workGeometry and Topology: 3 fractional works · 2.6% of its workMathematical Physics: 2 fractional works · 2.1% of its workAlgebra and Number Theory: 1 fractional works · 1.4% of its workNumerical Analysis: 1 fractional works · 1.0% of its workStatistics and Probability: 1 fractional works · 0.9% of its workApplied Mathematics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workComputational Mathematics: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workComputer Science: 7 fractional works · 6.9% of its workArtificial Intelligence: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workComputational Theory and Mathematics: 2 fractional works · 1.7% of its workComputer Vision and Pattern Recognition: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workInformation Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputer Networks and Communications: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workHardware and Architecture: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workEngineering: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workBiomedical Engineering: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workControl and Systems Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workElectrical and Electronic Engineering: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workComputational Mechanics: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPhysics and Astronomy: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workStatistical and Nonlinear Physics: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workAstronomy and Astrophysics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workChemistry: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workOrganic Chemistry: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSpectroscopy: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workMaterials Science: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workMetals and Alloys: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workMaterials Chemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workEnvironmental Science: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workGlobal and Planetary Change: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workSocial Sciences: 8 fractional works · 8.5% of its workEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 3 fractional works · 3.1% of its workFinance: 2 fractional works · 2.4% of its workEconomics and Econometrics: 1 fractional works · 0.7% of its workSocial Sciences: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workSafety Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workPolitical Science and International Relations: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workEducation: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDemography: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workBusiness, Management and Accounting: 1 fractional works · 1.3% of its workOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workManagement Information Systems: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workAccounting: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workPsychology: 1 fractional works · 1.2% of its workClinical Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental and Educational Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workExperimental and Cognitive Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSocial Psychology: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workDecision Sciences: 1 fractional works · 1.1% of its workManagement Science and Operations Research: 1 fractional works · 0.5% of its workStatistics, Probability and Uncertainty: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workArts and Humanities: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workLife Sciences: 6 fractional works · 5.9% of its workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 3 fractional works · 3.4% of its workMolecular Biology: 2 fractional works · 1.6% of its workGenetics: 1 fractional works · 0.6% of its workCancer Research: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workEndocrinology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workClinical Biochemistry: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workNeuroscience: 2 fractional works · 1.5% of its workCognitive Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workCellular and Molecular Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.4% of its workNeurology: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workDevelopmental Neuroscience: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.2% of its workImmunology and Microbiology: 1 fractional works · 0.8% of its workImmunology: 0 fractional works · 0.5% of its workSmaller subfields together: 0 fractional works · 0.3% of its workPharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0 fractional works · 0.1% of its workAgricultural and Biological Sciences: 0 fractional works · 0.0% of its workALL ITS WORKZNA MiddelheimHospital98fractional works, 2022-now
Life Sciences6%Physical Sciences24%Health Sciences62%Social Sciences8%

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 24 fields, with their numbers
    1. Medicine5960.5%
    2. Health Professions10.9%
    3. Nursing00.3%
    4. Dentistry00.3%
    5. Veterinary00.1%
    1. Mathematics99.3%
    2. Computer Science76.9%
    3. Engineering33.4%
    4. Physics and Astronomy21.6%
    5. Chemistry11.2%
    6. Materials Science10.6%
    7. Environmental Science00.4%
    8. Earth and Planetary Sciences00.1%
    1. Economics, Econometrics and Finance33.1%
    2. Social Sciences21.5%
    3. Business, Management and Accounting11.3%
    4. Psychology11.2%
    5. Decision Sciences11.1%
    6. Arts and Humanities00.3%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology33.4%
    2. Neuroscience21.5%
    3. Immunology and Microbiology10.8%
    4. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics00.1%
    5. Agricultural and Biological Sciences00.0%
All of science, and how each field's share has moved since 1950: the Science domain explorer

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: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.64× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.81× its world share, 1 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.95× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.24× its world share, 0 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.76× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.89× its world share, 7 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksEarth and Planetary …Engineering: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.19× its world share, 1 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 7.95× its world share, 9 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.73× its world share, 2 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.59× its world share, 0 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.34× its world share, 1 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 3.15× its world share, 59 worksMedicineNursing: 0.64× its world share, 0 worksNursingVeterinary: 0.36× its world share, 0 worksVeterinaryArts and Humanities: 0.11× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.40× its world share, 1 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 1.15× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 1.43× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.12× its world share, 2 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Mathematics, 8.0×. Every wedge is a field page.

All 24 fields, with their numbers
  1. Mathematics7.95×9 works
  2. Medicine3.15×59 works
  3. Economics, Econometrics and Finance1.43×3 works
  4. Decision Sciences1.15×1 works
  5. Neuroscience0.95×2 works
  6. Computer Science0.89×7 works
  7. Immunology and Microbiology0.81×1 works
  8. Chemistry0.76×1 works
  9. Physics and Astronomy0.73×2 works
  10. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology0.64×3 works
  11. Nursing0.64×0 works
  12. Dentistry0.59×0 works
  13. Business, Management and Accounting0.40×1 works
  14. Psychology0.38×1 works
  15. Veterinary0.36×0 works
  16. Health Professions0.34×1 works
  17. Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics0.24×0 works
  18. Engineering0.22×3 works
  19. Materials Science0.19×1 works
  20. Social Sciences0.12×2 works
  21. Arts and Humanities0.11×0 works
  22. Environmental Science0.09×0 works
  23. Earth and Planetary Sciences0.04×0 works
  24. Agricultural and Biological Sciences0.01×0 works

Who are the top researchers at ZNA Middelheim Hospital?

Ranked on the quality score, Louis Denis, Michiel Knaapen and Hans Slabbynck lead among researchers whose main affiliation is ZNA Middelheim Hospital.

  1. 1 Louis Denis Belgium · #416,364 worldwide 16k citations · 151 works
  2. 2 Michiel Knaapen Belgium · #646,723 worldwide 4.4k citations · 69 works
  3. 3 Hans Slabbynck Belgium · #832,269 worldwide 3.7k citations · 42 works
  4. 4 Dirk L. A. L. Schrijvers Belgium · #1,119,228 worldwide 6.9k citations · 149 works
  5. 5 Stefan Verheye Belgium · #1,231,002 worldwide 8.4k citations · 340 works
  6. 6 E. Van Royen Belgium · #1,561,650 worldwide 2.4k citations · 36 works
  7. 7 L. Denis Belgium · #1,783,208 worldwide 6.2k citations · 193 works
  8. 8 Peter Mariën Belgium · #1,836,220 worldwide 11k citations · 301 works
  9. 9 Peter Rogiers Belgium · #1,957,087 worldwide 2.3k citations · 65 works
  10. 10 Hans Slabbynck Belgium · #2,154,053 worldwide 1.2k citations · 45 works
All ranked researchers at ZNA Middelheim Hospital

What are the most cited papers from ZNA Middelheim Hospital?

The most cited paper from ZNA Middelheim Hospital is "A Comparison of Balloon-Expandable-Stent Implantation with Balloon Angioplasty in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease" (Patrick W. Serruys, Peter de Jaegere, Ferdinand Kiemeneij et al., 1994), with 4,563 citations. Next come "Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease" (3,422) and "Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria" (3,373).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 A Comparison of Balloon-Expandable-Stent Implantation with Balloon Angioplasty in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Patrick W. Serruys, Peter de Jaegere, Ferdinand Kiemeneij et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 25 Aug 1994 4,563
2 Genome-wide association study identifies variants at CLU and PICALM associated with Alzheimer's disease Denise H. Harold et al. · Nature Genetics Open access 6 Sep 2009 3,422
3 Advancing research diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer's disease: the IWG-2 criteria Bruno Dubois et al. · The Lancet Neurology Open access 18 May 2014 3,373
4 Predicting Recurrence and Progression in Individual Patients with Stage Ta T1 Bladder Cancer Using EORTC Risk Tables: A Combined Analysis of 2596 Patients from Seven EORTC Trials Richard J Sylvester, Adrian P.M. van der Meijden, Willem Oosterlinck et al. · European Urology 18 Jan 2006 3,032
5 Abiraterone in Metastatic Prostate Cancer without Previous Chemotherapy Charles J. Ryan et al. · New England Journal of Medicine Open access 10 Dec 2012 2,827
All 60 most cited papers, with filters and sorting

Which keywords describe research at ZNA Middelheim Hospital?

By fractional works in 2022-now, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Catheter Ablation, Guidelines, Stroke Prevention, Atherosclerosis, Atrial Fibrillation, Epidemiology, Anticoagulant Therapy and Risk Stratification.

▲ 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. Epidemiology8▲ 1.94×40 topics
  2. Catheter Ablation6▲ 54×2 topics
  3. Guidelines5▲ 12×5 topics
  4. Stroke Prevention4▲ 34×2 topics
  5. Atherosclerosis4▲ 14×6 topics
  6. Anticoagulant Therapy4▲ 30×2 topics
  7. Atrial Fibrillation4▲ 38×2 topics
  8. Treatment4▲ 3.1×19 topics
  9. Risk Stratification4▲ 51×1 topic
  10. Thromboembolism4▲ 51×1 topic
  11. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention4▲ 27×4 topics
  12. Echocardiography3▲ 13×6 topics
  13. Myocardial Infarction3▲ 15×4 topics
  14. Arrhythmias3▲ 35×2 topics
  15. Cardiomyopathy3▲ 34×2 topics
  16. Diagnosis3▲ 3.4×15 topics
  17. Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 43×1 topic
  18. Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement3▲ 43×1 topic
  19. Radiofrequency Ablation3▲ 28×1 topic
  20. Ventricular Tachycardia3▲ 60×1 topic
  21. Coronary Stents3▲ 63×1 topic
  22. Myocardial Revascularization3▲ 63×1 topic
  23. Coronary Artery Disease3▲ 22×2 topics
  24. Magnetic Resonance Imaging2▲ 9.5×3 topics
  25. Monte Carlo Simulation2▲ 12×3 topics
  26. Cardiac Imaging2▲ 18×2 topics
  27. Complications2▲ 4.6×6 topics
  28. Endovascular Repair2▲ 25×3 topics
  29. Option Pricing2▲ 92×1 topic
  30. Stochastic Calculus2▲ 92×1 topic
  31. Cardiovascular Risk Assessment2▲ 24×2 topics
  32. Computed Tomography Angiography2▲ 29×1 topic
  33. Myocardial Perfusion2▲ 29×1 topic
  34. Inflammatory Response2▲ 26×3 topics
  35. Symplectic Geometry2▲ 47×2 topics
  36. Minimally Invasive Surgery2▲ 28×2 topics
  37. Neurocognitive Function2▲ 32×2 topics
  38. Aortic Dissection2▲ 37×1 topic
  39. Bicuspid Aortic Valve2▲ 37×1 topic
  40. Prophylaxis2▲ 12×2 topics

Which research topics does ZNA Middelheim Hospital publish most on?

By volume in 2022-now: Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments and Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics.

Atrial Fibrillation Mana…4Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes: 4 fractional worksCardiac Valve Diseases a…3Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCardiac Arrhythmias and …3Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments: 3 fractional worksCoronary Interventions a…3Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics: 3 fractional worksStochastic processes and financial applications: 2 fractional worksCardiac Imaging and Diagnostics: 2 fractional worksAortic Disease and Treat…2Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches: 2 fractional worksCardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques: 2 fractional worksHomotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology: 1 fractional worksOcular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome: 1 fractional works
Cardiology and Cardiovascular MedicineSurgeryFinanceRadiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging3 others

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

  1. 1 Atrial Fibrillation Management and Outcomes Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 4 works
  2. 2 Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  3. 3 Cardiac Arrhythmias and Treatments Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine 3 works
  4. 4 Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Surgery 3 works
  5. 5 Stochastic processes and financial applications Finance 2 works
  6. 6 Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging 2 works
  7. 7 Aortic Disease and Treatment Approaches Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 2 works
  8. 8 Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques Surgery 2 works
  9. 9 Homotopy and Cohomology in Algebraic Topology Mathematical Physics 1 works
  10. 10 Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome Ophthalmology 1 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 available25.5%not open74.5%

World: 40% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors22.5%domestic only77.5%

World: 18% is written across borders.

How has ZNA Middelheim Hospital's research output changed?

Output in 2022-2025 was 22% lower than in 2018-2021.

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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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is ZNA Middelheim Hospital as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.00029% in 2024.

still counting0.0020%0.0040%0.0060%ZNA Middelheim Hospital0.00037% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of ZNA Middelheim Hospital 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%all institutions10.0% in 2025ZNA Middelheim Hospital5.6% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's output, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for its field and year. Peak 17.4% in 2014.

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