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are the number of publications (of publication type article, letter, note or
review) in the WoS as well as the number of citations in the WoS.
Publications in the VABB-SHW are assigned to one of seven disci-
plines in the social sciences and/or one of nine in the humanities,
namely:

Social Sciences
• Criminology
• Economics, business and management (including library & informa-
tion science)
• Educational sciences
• Political science
• Psychology
• Sociology
• Social health sciences

Humanities
• Archaeology
• Art history (including architecture and arts)
• Communication studies
• History
• Law
• Linguistics
• Literature
• Philosophy, ethics (including the history of ideas)
• Theology, religion
In addition, there are the general categories Social sciences general
and Humanities general. The publication and updates of the VABB-SHW
turned out to be a treasure trove for informetric research (Engels et al.,
2012; Ossenblok et al., 2012, 2014; Verleysen & Engels, 2014a,b;
Verleysen et al., 2014; Ossenblok & Engels, 2015; Ossenblok, 2016).
Engels, Ossenblok, Verleysen, and colleagues were able, for the first time,
to study the Flemish social sciences and humanities in more detail than
had ever been possible. They documented the relative increase in the use
of English and the corresponding decrease in the use of Dutch (the local
language) and especially French and German (the other official national
languages), with large differences between fields, see Engels et al. (2012)
for more details. They also found that Flemish colleagues in the social
sciences and humanities show a relatively high degree of research