Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers Citation in Belgium Rankings 2025

The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.

* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
Belgium
Jean Louis Vincent
critical care medicine
sepsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,514
119,869
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Belgium
Giacomo Bruno
particle physics
fundamental interactions
particle detectors
statistical data analysis
high-performance computing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295,423
162,860
0.551
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Belgium
Jan Staessen
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,458
98,456
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Belgium
Pierre Van Mechelen
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,640
116,766
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Belgium
Barbara Clerbaux
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259,190
116,824
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Belgium
Steven Lowette
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,125
114,762
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Belgium
Pascal Vanlaer
Particle physics
LHC
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,905
115,042
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Belgium
Vincent Lemaître
particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,613
108,234
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Belgium
Peter Carmeliet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,188
61,175
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Belgium
Nick Van Remortel
Physics of particles and fields
general relativity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,803
94,596
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
Belgium
Bugra Bilin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,587
101,004
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Belgium
Loic Quertenmont
High Energy Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,912
63,698
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Belgium
Marco Dorigo
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,168
38,479
0.261
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Belgium
Marc Van Montagu
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,117
19,808
0.161
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Belgium
Peter Vandenabeele
cell biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,068
54,189
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Belgium
Jeroen Raes
metagenomics
human microbiome
gut microbiota
synthetic ecology
microbiome
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,113
74,894
0.656
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Belgium
Jean Yves Reginster
VIEILLISSEMENT MUSCULOSQUELETTIQUE
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,414
45,599
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Belgium
Claus Bachert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,575
53,764
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Belgium
Dirk Inze
Planten biologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,578
29,074
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Belgium
Lambin Eric F
Environmental sciences
Geography
Land change science
Land system science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,588
45,502
0.439
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Belgium
Frank Dentener
Climate Change
agriculture
mitigation
adaptation
atmospheric chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,225
42,331
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Belgium
Yves Van De Peer
Bioinformatics
Genome biology
Polyploidy
Gene and genome duplications
Systems biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,873
39,015
0.391
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Belgium
Christophe Collette
Mechatronics
Vibration control
Active vibration isolation
vibration damping
Physics instruments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,904
78,963
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Belgium
Maxime Fays
Gravitational Waves
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,666
77,486
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Belgium
Patrice D Cani
Obesity/Diabetes
gut microbiota
endocannabinoids
Akkermansia muciniphila
Dysosmobacter welbionis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,540
58,243
0.616
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
224
Belgium
1
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jean Louis Vincent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
296,514
119,869
0.404
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
227
Belgium
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Giacomo Bruno
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
295,423
162,860
0.551
particle physics
fundamental interactions
particle detectors
statistical data analysis
high-performance computing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326
Belgium
3
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Jan Staessen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
271,458
98,456
0.363
Hypertension and Cardiovascular Epidemiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
381
Belgium
4
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Pierre Van Mechelen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
260,640
116,766
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390
Belgium
5
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Barbara Clerbaux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
259,190
116,824
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
519
Belgium
6
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Steven Lowette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
239,125
114,762
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
522
Belgium
7
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Pascal Vanlaer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
238,905
115,042
0.482
Particle physics
LHC
instrumentation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
613
Belgium
8
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Vincent Lemaître
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
224,613
108,234
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
856
Belgium
9
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Peter Carmeliet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
195,188
61,175
0.313
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
914
Belgium
10
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nick Van Remortel
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
188,803
94,596
0.501
Physics of particles and fields
general relativity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
930
Belgium
11
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Bugra Bilin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
187,587
101,004
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,420
Belgium
12
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Loic Quertenmont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
149,912
63,698
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,484
Belgium
13
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Marco Dorigo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
147,168
38,479
0.261
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,070
Belgium
14
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Marc Van Montagu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
123,117
19,808
0.161
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,136
Belgium
15
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Peter Vandenabeele
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
121,068
54,189
0.448
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,395
Belgium
16
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Jeroen Raes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
114,113
74,894
0.656
metagenomics
human microbiome
gut microbiota
synthetic ecology
microbiome
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,513
Belgium
17
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Jean Yves Reginster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
111,414
45,599
0.409
VIEILLISSEMENT MUSCULOSQUELETTIQUE
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,655
Belgium
18
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Claus Bachert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
108,575
53,764
0.495
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,753
Belgium
19
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Dirk Inze
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
106,578
29,074
0.273
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,923
Belgium
20
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Lambin Eric F
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,588
45,502
0.439
Environmental sciences
Geography
Land change science
Land system science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,939
Belgium
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Frank Dentener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,225
42,331
0.410
Climate Change
agriculture
mitigation
adaptation
atmospheric chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,119
Belgium
22
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Yves Van De Peer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
99,873
39,015
0.391
Bioinformatics
Genome biology
Polyploidy
Gene and genome duplications
Systems biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,248
Belgium
23
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Christophe Collette
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
97,904
78,963
0.807
Mechatronics
Vibration control
Active vibration isolation
vibration damping
Physics instruments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,479
Belgium
24
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Maxime Fays
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,666
77,486
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,489
Belgium
25
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Patrice D Cani
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
94,540
58,243
0.616
Obesity/Diabetes
gut microbiota
endocannabinoids
Akkermansia muciniphila
Dysosmobacter welbionis