Belgium

Time frame: 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2023

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Position by research output Share

Global Europe
Overall 19 10

Position by research output Share in subject areas

Global Europe
Biological sciences 17 10
Chemistry 21 11
Earth & environmental sciences 21 12
Health sciences 16 10
Physical sciences 22 11

Research

Overall research output

Count Share
Overall 1576 471.74

Overall Count and Share for '' based on the 12-month time frame mentioned above.

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Research outputs by subject area

Subject Count Share
Biological sciences 513 146.34
Chemistry 565 196.64
Earth & environmental sciences 436 118.42
Health sciences 754 173.66
Physical sciences 729 203.95

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Share output for the past 5 years

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Collaboration

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Collaborations between countries/territories

Collaboration by percentage of Share

Country Share
USA 23.4%
Germany 13.4%
UK 13.4%
France 11.8%
Netherlands 9.1%
China 8.7%
Italy 6.0%
Spain 5.9%
Switzerland 5.1%
Canada 3.2%

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Top 10 collaborators with Belgium by Share

Top 10 institutions from Belgium by Share

country Count Share
1. Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) 491 123.49
2. Ghent University (UGent) 393 87.13
3. Catholic University of Louvain (UCLouvain) 218 41.24
4. Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) 237 37.78
5. Free University of Brussels (VUB) 201 29.38
6. University of Antwerp (UA) 237 28.53
7. University of Liège (ULg) 115 27.02
8. Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) 162 14.61
9. University of Mons (UMONS) 44 13.35
10. European Commission (EC) 68 9.26

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