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 :1
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,497
37,920
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Environmental sciences
Geography
Land change science
Land system science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,703
44,720
0.435
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Climate Change
agriculture
mitigation
adaptation
atmospheric chemistry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,543
41,700
0.407
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Mechatronics
Vibration control
Active vibration isolation
vibration damping
Physics instruments
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,908
77,991
0.805
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
computer vision
object recognition
continual learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,345
32,839
0.425
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
nano materials
electron microscopy
materials characterisation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,068
21,616
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
mathematical engineering
signal processing
system theory
circuit theory
cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,994
14,315
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
AI
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
Complex Networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,480
18,378
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Optimization
Computer Science
Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,438
26,094
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
geography
geomorphology
soil erosion
soil carbon
biogeochemical cycles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,503
15,592
0.358
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
chemical kinetics
catalysis
chemical engineering
modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,624
19,196
0.473
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Metamaterials
Electrodynamics
Quantum Optics
Nanophotonics
Multiphysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,323
13,647
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
food science and technology
food science
food engineering
food technology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,037
16,412
0.420
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Structural Equation Modeling
Statistical Software
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,583
29,697
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Reliability
Semiconductor devices
Nanotechnology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,860
9,555
0.259
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Machine learning
Computational Biology
Large scale data mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,975
24,354
0.696
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Artificial intelligence
Cellular automata
Decision making
Fuzzy set theory
Machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,584
14,381
0.416
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
cryptology
information security
privacy
secure embedded systems
blockchain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,995
10,343
0.304
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
hardware security
embedded security
electronics
cryptography
design methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,265
12,823
0.410
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
semiconductor devices
display
OLEDs
thin-film electronics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,079
9,248
0.298
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
onco-genomics/transcriptomics
single-cell sequencing
liquid biopsy biomarkers
bio-informatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,000
11,658
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Sustainable Agricultural Intensification
tropical forests
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,869
18,552
0.601
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
Environmental epidemiology
exposome
telomere length
DOHaD
air pollution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,702
17,996
0.586
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Nanotechnology
Microbiology
Biophysics
Atomic force microscopy
AFM
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,511
11,422
0.387
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
electric vehicles
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,344
20,918
0.713
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,476
13
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marco Dorigo
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
146,497
37,920
0.259
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,940
20
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Lambin Eric F
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,703
44,720
0.435
Environmental sciences
Geography
Land change science
Land system science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,951
21
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Frank Dentener
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
102,543
41,700
0.407
Climate Change
agriculture
mitigation
adaptation
atmospheric chemistry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
3,286
23
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Christophe Collette
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96,908
77,991
0.805
Mechatronics
Vibration control
Active vibration isolation
vibration damping
Physics instruments
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,913
34
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tinne Tuytelaars
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,345
32,839
0.425
computer vision
object recognition
continual learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
6,054
45
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Gustaaf Van Tendeloo
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
68,068
21,616
0.318
nano materials
electron microscopy
materials characterisation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
7,615
56
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Joos Vandewalle
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
58,994
14,315
0.243
mathematical engineering
signal processing
system theory
circuit theory
cryptography
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,432
60
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Johan Suykens
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,480
18,378
0.331
AI
Neural Networks and Deep Learning
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
Complex Networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,202
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Yurii Nesterov
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52,438
26,094
0.498
Optimization
Computer Science
Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,390
96
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Gerard Govers
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43,503
15,592
0.358
geography
geomorphology
soil erosion
soil carbon
biogeochemical cycles
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
13,845
109
30
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Guy B Marin
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
40,624
19,196
0.473
chemical kinetics
catalysis
chemical engineering
modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,574
115
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Christophe Caloz
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,323
13,647
0.347
Metamaterials
Electrodynamics
Quantum Optics
Nanophotonics
Multiphysics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
14,749
119
34
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Hendrickx Marc
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,037
16,412
0.420
food science and technology
food science
food engineering
food technology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
15,026
120
35
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Yves Rosseel
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
38,583
29,697
0.770
Structural Equation Modeling
Statistical Software
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,162
131
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Guido Groeseneken
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,860
9,555
0.259
Reliability
Semiconductor devices
Nanotechnology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,539
142
41
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Yvan Saeys
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,975
24,354
0.696
Machine learning
Computational Biology
Large scale data mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
17,850
143
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
De Baets Bernard
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
34,584
14,381
0.416
Artificial intelligence
Cellular automata
Decision making
Fuzzy set theory
Machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
18,308
149
45
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Bart Preneel
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
33,995
10,343
0.304
cryptology
information security
privacy
secure embedded systems
blockchain
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
20,910
166
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Ingrid Verbauwhede
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,265
12,823
0.410
hardware security
embedded security
electronics
cryptography
design methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,083
168
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Paul Heremans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,079
9,248
0.298
semiconductor devices
display
OLEDs
thin-film electronics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,163
170
48
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Katleen De Preter
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
31,000
11,658
0.376
onco-genomics/transcriptomics
single-cell sequencing
liquid biopsy biomarkers
bio-informatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,280
172
50
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Pascal Boeckx
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,869
18,552
0.601
Stable Isotopes
Climate Change
Sustainable Agricultural Intensification
tropical forests
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,458
174
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Tim Nawrot
Hasselt University
Hasselt, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
30,702
17,996
0.586
Environmental epidemiology
exposome
telomere length
DOHaD
air pollution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,878
185
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yves Dufrene
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,511
11,422
0.387
Nanotechnology
Microbiology
Biophysics
Atomic force microscopy
AFM
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
23,101
187
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Van Mierlo Joeri
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
29,344
20,918
0.713