Sciensano (Belgium)
Papers in the tracked journals with an author at Sciensano (Belgium): per year and category, where they are published, the institutions its researchers write with, and its most-cited papers. A paper counts as corporate when at least one of its authors is affiliated with an institution that OpenAlex classifies as a company; it counts once for each company among its authors' affiliations. Universities are the institutions OpenAlex classifies as education. Also as Markdown.
Key findings#
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Sciensano (Belgium) took part in 33 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in health economics and policy (24), statistics (8) and management (1).
- 6 of them were published in 2025, against 0 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were Ghent University (13), Erasmus MC (5) and National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (4).
- The journals publishing most of them were Population Health Metrics (7), BMC Medical Research Methodology (5) and Health Policy (3).
- The most-cited of them is “Standardised reporting of burden of disease studies: the STROBOD statement” (Population Health Metrics, 2024), with 40 citations.
- Since 2023, papers in the tracked journals cited 3 of its papers 3 times; 100% of those links came from papers with a university author and 0% from its own papers.
- Its own papers since 2023 cite archived papers 6 times, 0% of them papers with a company author.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Sciensano (Belgium) has 3,803 works with 148,038 citations (h-index 123).
- The tracked journals hold 28 of its 3,324 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (0.8%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research (228), COVID-19 epidemiological studies (225) and Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology (202).
Papers per year#
20172026 (so far)
| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health Economics and Policy | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
| Statistics | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Management | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| All categories | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
Where the papers come from#
| # | Journal | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Population Health Metrics | 7 |
| 2 | BMC Medical Research Methodology | 5 |
| 3 | Health Policy | 3 |
| 4 | Globalization and Health | 2 |
| 5 | Evaluation and Program Planning | 1 |
| 6 | International Journal for Equity in Health | 1 |
| 7 | Health Research Policy and Systems | 1 |
| 8 | SSM - Population Health | 1 |
| # | Institution | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghent University | 13 |
| 2 | Erasmus MC | 5 |
| 3 | National Institute for Public Health and the Environment | 4 |
| 4 | Vrije Universiteit Brussel | 4 |
| 5 | Centro de Investigação Interdisciplinar Egas Moniz | 3 |
| 6 | Escola Superior de Saúde Egas Moniz | 3 |
| 7 | Istituto Superiore di Sanità | 3 |
| 8 | KU Leuven | 3 |
| 9 | National Institute of Health Dr. Ricardo Jorge | 3 |
| # | Country | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belgium | 21 |
| 2 | Netherlands | 7 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 6 |
| 4 | Portugal | 6 |
| 5 | Germany | 5 |
| 6 | Denmark | 4 |
| 7 | Spain | 3 |
| 8 | Hungary | 3 |
| 9 | Italy | 3 |
| 10 | Norway | 3 |
| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | disability-adjusted life years | 5 |
| 2 | Belgium | 4 |
| 3 | non-communicable diseases | 4 |
| 4 | obesity | 4 |
| 5 | disease burden | 3 |
| 6 | sex differences | 3 |
| 7 | socioeconomic deprivation | 3 |
| 8 | Belgian Health Interview Survey | 2 |
| 9 | Flanders | 2 |
| 10 | cardiovascular disease | 2 |
Most-cited papers#
Who cites its research#
| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of North Texas | University | United States | 1 |
| 2 | Constructor University | University | Germany | 1 |
| 3 | North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University | University | United States | 1 |
| 4 | World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe | Government | Denmark | 1 |
| 5 | Institute of Electronics, Computer and Telecommunication Engineering | Research facility | Italy | 1 |
| 6 | National Research Council | Nonprofit | Italy | 1 |
| 7 | McMaster University | University | Canada | 1 |
| 8 | American University of Beirut | University | Lebanon | 1 |
What its papers cite#
| # | Institution | Kind | Country | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philipps University of Marburg | University | Germany | 1 |
| 2 | Cyprus University of Technology | University | Cyprus | 1 |
| 3 | University of Malta | University | Malta | 1 |
| 4 | Aarhus University | University | Denmark | 1 |
| 5 | Aarhus University Hospital | Healthcare | Denmark | 1 |
| 6 | Harokopio University of Athens | University | Greece | 1 |
| 7 | Office Of Health Economics | Government | United Kingdom | 1 |
| 8 | Luxembourg Institute of Health | Nonprofit | Luxembourg | 1 |
| 9 | Hospital Clínic de Barcelona | Healthcare | Spain | 1 |
| 10 | Central Denmark Region | Government | Denmark | 1 |
In OpenAlex#
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Company |
| Location | Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium |
| Works in OpenAlex | 3,803 |
| Citations | 148,038 |
| h-index | 123 |
| i10-index | 3,268 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.46 |
| Website | www.sciensano.be |
| ROR | ror.org/04ejags36 |
| OpenAlex | openalex.org/I4210145009 |
| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research | Medicine | 228 |
| 2 | COVID-19 epidemiological studies | Mathematics | 225 |
| 3 | Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 202 |
| 4 | Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology | Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 202 |
| 5 | COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies | Medicine | 171 |
| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | 446 | 11,309 | 5 | 1.1% |
| 2025 | 520 | 12,471 | 6 | 1.2% |
| 2024 | 579 | 11,032 | 5 | 0.9% |
| 2023 | 486 | 9,565 | 5 | 1.0% |
| 2022 | 539 | 8,717 | 4 | 0.7% |
| 2021 | 446 | 7,404 | 1 | 0.2% |
| 2020 | 331 | 4,375 | 3 | 0.9% |
| 2019 | 270 | 1,509 | 3 | 1.1% |
| 2018 | 148 | 318 | 1 | 0.7% |
| 2017 | 5 | 79 | 0 | 0.0% |
Cite this page
Scholar4AI. (2026). Sciensano (Belgium). Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/companies/sciensano-belgium
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title = {Sciensano (Belgium)},
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note = {Journal and Conference Research Rankings; data from OpenAlex (CC0); licensed CC BY-NC 4.0}
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