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Economics & Econometrics Highly Cited Researchers 423 Scientists Citation in Belgium Rankings - 2025
Discover the world’s highly cited researchers through the AD Scientific Index 2025 Citation Rankings.
These rankings evaluate scientists based on their total and recent citation counts, capturing the breadth and real-time currency of academic recognition. Citation data reveals how widely a scholar’s work is referenced, applied, and extended across diverse disciplines. The rankings are routinely updated to reflect ongoing citation growth, while eliminating distortions from excessive co-authorship and institutional inflation. Premium tools provide access to detailed citation dynamics, unethical citation behavior detection, and field-normalized benchmarking.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
économie
géographie
recherche opérationnell
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,156
8,684
0.177
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Microeconomics
Contract Theory
Regulation
Banking & Finance
Innovation & Health Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,997
5,437
0.201
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ports
Maritime Economics
transport geography
intermodal transport
maritime logistic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,990
10,974
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
travel behavior analysis and modeling
travel and land use
sustainable mobility issues
business travel
cross-border mobilit
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,867
14,221
0.550
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
health economics
mathematical models
infectious diseases
vaccination
pharmacoeconomic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,754
13,645
0.574
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
social enterprise
social econom
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,876
6,513
0.312
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural policy
rural environmental economics
institutional economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,480
7,384
0.379
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Economics of Innovation
Applied Econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,412
6,263
0.382
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
financialization
urban political economy
gentrification
mortgage markets
housing studie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,956
9,055
0.605
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Industrial Organization
International Trade
Development Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,159
8,568
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
économie sociale
entreprise sociale
social enterpris
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,419
5,075
0.378
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Banking
financial intermediation
market microstructur
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,209
5,109
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,208
1,954
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
International trade
industrial organization
development economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,187
5,703
0.432
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
ecological economics
environmental economics
agricultural economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,710
8,851
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Industrial organization
digital economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,610
6,162
0.489
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis
operational research
welfare economics
environmental studies
decision science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,489
3,000
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Financial Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Bayesian Econometric
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,118
2,517
0.208
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
economic
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,986
2,537
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Actuarial science
risk management
mathematical financ
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,840
2,871
0.242
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Economics of education
Performance analysis
School Dropout
Drinking water
Financial Literac
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,365
6,698
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Industrial Organizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,890
1,967
0.199
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Industrial Organization
Competition Policy
Empirical Industrial Organizatio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,555
2,949
0.309
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Agricultural Economics
Food Value Chain Analysis
Economic Policy Analysis
Crypto-Asset Market
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,388
4,932
0.525
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
financial mathematics
quantitative finance
risk managemen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,359
2,539
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,084
84
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jacques Thisse
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49,156
8,684
0.177
économie
géographie
recherche opérationnell
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
28,406
257
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Mathias Dewatripont
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,997
5,437
0.201
Microeconomics
Contract Theory
Regulation
Banking & Finance
Innovation & Health Economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,047
270
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Theo Notteboom
Antwerp Maritime Academy
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,990
10,974
0.422
Ports
Maritime Economics
transport geography
intermodal transport
maritime logistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
30,258
273
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Frank Witlox
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,867
14,221
0.550
travel behavior analysis and modeling
travel and land use
sustainable mobility issues
business travel
cross-border mobilit
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
34,233
313
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Philippe Beutels
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,754
13,645
0.574
health economics
mathematical models
infectious diseases
vaccination
pharmacoeconomic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,111
387
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Jacques Defourny
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,876
6,513
0.312
social enterprise
social econom
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
45,134
423
101
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Guido Van Huylenbroeck
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,480
7,384
0.379
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural policy
rural environmental economics
institutional economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
56,901
542
170
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Dirk Czarnitzki
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,412
6,263
0.382
Economics of Innovation
Applied Econometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,327
601
182
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Manuel B Aalbers
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,956
9,055
0.605
financialization
urban political economy
gentrification
mortgage markets
housing studie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
69,137
656
208
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Jan De Loecker
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,159
8,568
0.605
Industrial Organization
International Trade
Development Economics
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
73,987
711
118
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marthe Nyssens
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,419
5,075
0.378
économie sociale
entreprise sociale
social enterpris
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,425
729
223
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Hans Degryse
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,209
5,109
0.387
Banking
financial intermediation
market microstructur
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,442
730
120
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Claude D Aspremont
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,208
1,954
0.148
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,592
733
224
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Johannes Van Biesebroeck
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,187
5,703
0.432
International trade
industrial organization
development economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,018
765
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Steven Van Passel
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,710
8,851
0.696
ecological economics
environmental economics
agricultural economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
79,778
771
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Paul Belleflamme
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,610
6,162
0.489
Industrial organization
digital economic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
80,687
785
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Giuseppe Munda
European Comission
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,489
3,000
0.240
Multiple Criteria Decision Analysis
operational research
welfare economics
environmental studies
decision science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
83,823
814
137
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Luc Bauwens
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,118
2,517
0.208
Financial Econometrics
Time Series Econometrics
Bayesian Econometric
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
84,959
821
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Jean Marie Baland
Université de Namur
Namur, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,986
2,537
0.212
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
86,182
833
242
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Dhaene Jan
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,840
2,871
0.242
Actuarial science
risk management
mathematical financ
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
100,827
974
277
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Kristof De Witte
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,365
6,698
0.646
Economics of education
Performance analysis
School Dropout
Drinking water
Financial Literac
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,426
1,028
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Georg Kirchsteiger
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,890
1,967
0.199
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Industrial Organizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,720
1,064
294
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Frank Verboven
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,555
2,949
0.309
Industrial Organization
Competition Policy
Empirical Industrial Organizatio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
112,947
1,081
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Pavel Ciaian
European Comission
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,388
4,932
0.525
Agricultural Economics
Food Value Chain Analysis
Economic Policy Analysis
Crypto-Asset Market
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,353
1,086
300
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Wim Schoutens
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,359
2,539
0.271
financial mathematics
quantitative finance
risk managemen