Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Belgium 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 :26
Philosophie et éthique des sciences et technologies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,010
576
0.570
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :27
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,003
870
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :28
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
796
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :29
social
political
economic philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
578
0.590
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :30
philosophy of lanugage
social ontology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
967
277
0.286
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :31
historical linguistics
language change
corpus linguistics
syntax
dialectology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
897
516
0.575
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :32
political and economic history
migration history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
261
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :33
Cultural History of the Low Countries
Urban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
854
385
0.451
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :34
Medieval history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
417
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :35
Cultural history
gender history
history of science and medicine
history of the humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
793
447
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :36
sedimentology
geoarchaeology
tsunami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
781
457
0.585
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :37
erfgoed heritage studies history culture policy ethnology folklore studies UNESCO museum archive intangible
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
756
347
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :38
History of mathematics
philosophy of mathematical practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
241
0.353
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :39
Islamic Studies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
329
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :40
technology
complexity
networks
agent-based modeling
institutions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
665
291
0.438
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :41
Rural history
poverty
gender
oral history
19th and 20th century
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
640
192
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :42
Philosophie ancienne et moderne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
332
0.520
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :43
Philosophy of Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
397
0.626
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :44
historical sociolinguistics
language history
language variation and change
Dutch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
386
0.613
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :45
History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600
295
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :46
early modern political history
early modern political culture
House of Habsburg
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
563
230
0.409
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :47
Roman history
Roman economy
Roman archaeology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
553
331
0.599
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :48
Foresight
Prospective
Society
Institutions
Transition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
261
0.477
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :49
causality
mechanisms
experiments
evidence
policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
249
0.457
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :50
History and Theory of Literature and Culture (18th -21st century) Intersections of Literature
Art
Media and Knowledge (Psychoanalysis
Psychiatry
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
199
0.390
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
674,131
5,191
689
Ranking Based On Selection: 26
Mathieu Guillermin
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,010
576
0.570
Philosophie et éthique des sciences et technologies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
676,539
5,209
407
Ranking Based On Selection: 27
Ludger Van Dijk
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,003
870
0.867
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
684,525
5,249
1,004
Ranking Based On Selection: 28
Pieter Uyttenhove
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
981
796
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
685,377
5,256
1,211
Ranking Based On Selection: 29
Matthias Lievens
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
979
578
0.590
social
political
economic philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
689,909
5,282
1,219
Ranking Based On Selection: 30
Filip Buekens
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
967
277
0.286
philosophy of lanugage
social ontology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
716,913
5,434
1,033
Ranking Based On Selection: 31
Anne Breitbarth
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
897
516
0.575
historical linguistics
language change
corpus linguistics
syntax
dialectology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
731,017
5,521
1,048
Ranking Based On Selection: 32
Frank Caestecker
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
863
261
0.302
political and economic history
migration history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
734,778
5,547
1,052
Ranking Based On Selection: 33
Anne Laure Van Bruaene
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
854
385
0.451
Cultural History of the Low Countries
Urban History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
756,252
5,682
1,066
Ranking Based On Selection: 34
Steven Vanderputten
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
804
417
0.519
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
761,147
5,714
1,294
Ranking Based On Selection: 35
Kaat Wils
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
793
447
0.564
Cultural history
gender history
history of science and medicine
history of the humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
766,434
5,746
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 36
Vanessa Heyvaert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
781
457
0.585
sedimentology
geoarchaeology
tsunami
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
777,714
5,810
461
Ranking Based On Selection: 37
Marc Jacobs
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
756
347
0.459
erfgoed heritage studies history culture policy ethnology folklore studies UNESCO museum archive intangible
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
813,366
6,004
1,118
Ranking Based On Selection: 38
Albrecht Heeffer
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
682
241
0.353
History of mathematics
philosophy of mathematical practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
820,839
6,041
770
Ranking Based On Selection: 39
Godefroid De CallataÞ¿
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
667
329
0.493
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
821,977
6,048
1,124
Ranking Based On Selection: 40
Rogier De Langhe
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
665
291
0.438
technology
complexity
networks
agent-based modeling
institutions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
834,738
6,115
1,376
Ranking Based On Selection: 41
Leen Van Molle
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
640
192
0.300
Rural history
poverty
gender
oral history
19th and 20th century
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
835,136
6,118
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 42
Sylvain Delcomminette
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
639
332
0.520
Philosophie ancienne et moderne
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
837,670
6,132
777
Ranking Based On Selection: 43
Alexandre Guay
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
634
397
0.626
Philosophy of Science
Metaphysics
Philosophy of Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
839,750
6,144
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 44
Rik Vosters
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
630
386
0.613
historical sociolinguistics
language history
language variation and change
Dutch
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
855,777
6,226
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 45
Anne Winter
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
600
295
0.492
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
876,079
6,327
503
Ranking Based On Selection: 46
Luc Duerloo
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
563
230
0.409
early modern political history
early modern political culture
House of Habsburg
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
881,567
6,355
1,161
Ranking Based On Selection: 47
Wim Broekaert
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
553
331
0.599
Roman history
Roman economy
Roman archaeology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
885,071
6,373
150
Ranking Based On Selection: 48
Philippe Destatte
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
547
261
0.477
Foresight
Prospective
Society
Institutions
Transition
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
886,274
6,375
507
Ranking Based On Selection: 49
Bert Leuridan
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
545
249
0.457
causality
mechanisms
experiments
evidence
policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
908,136
6,498
1,183
Ranking Based On Selection: 50
Christine Kanz
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
510
199
0.390
History and Theory of Literature and Culture (18th -21st century) Intersections of Literature
Art
Media and Knowledge (Psychoanalysis
Psychiatry
Psychology