Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Belgium Highly Cited Researchers Citation History, Philosophy, Theology History, Philosophy, Theology / History in Belgium Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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
geschiedenis onderwijs
opvoeding
psychologie
pedagogiek
etc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,520
1,463
0.324
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Hellenistic Egypt
multicultural society
Greek and Egyptian onomastics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,630
1,230
0.339
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
biodiversity (indicators)
evolutionary biology
ichthyology
parasitology
sustainable development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,600
2,499
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
historical linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,652
1,350
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Ancient history
Classics
Late Antiquity
Christianity
philosophy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,214
1,170
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Ancient History
economic history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,094
1,105
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Ancient Greek
Asia Minor Greek
Cappadocian
Language Contact
Language Death
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
660
0.373
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
history
social theory
urban studies
history of labour
civil society
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,666
914
0.549
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
history education
inquiry-based learning
teacher training
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
1,299
0.881
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
ancient history
egyptology
digital humanities
demotic
papyrology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
574
0.424
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
history of nationalism
history of social-democracy
European history
Belgian history
nationalism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,149
749
0.652
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Greco-Roman history
ancient economy
ancient politics
gift exchange
social conflicts
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,066
579
0.543
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Construction History
Iron and Steel
19th and 20th centuries
post-war construction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,024
554
0.541
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Classics
Ancient History
Late Antiquity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,003
564
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
941
759
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
historical linguistics
language change
corpus linguistics
syntax
dialectology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
507
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
political and economic history
migration history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
259
0.302
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Cultural History of the Low Countries
Urban History
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836
371
0.444
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Cultural history
gender history
history of science and medicine
history of the humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
440
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Medieval history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
390
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
sedimentology
geoarchaeology
tsunami
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
446
0.581
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
erfgoed heritage studies history culture policy ethnology folklore studies UNESCO museum archive intangible
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
741
337
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
History of mathematics
philosophy of mathematical practice
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
669
232
0.347
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Social history
rural history
gender history
oral history
19th and 20th century
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
633
192
0.303
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
historical sociolinguistics
language history
language variation and change
Dutch
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
618
374
0.605
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
219,711
1,972
517
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marc Depaepe
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,520
1,463
0.324
geschiedenis onderwijs
opvoeding
psychologie
pedagogiek
etc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
267,922
2,357
602
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Willy Clarysse
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,630
1,230
0.339
Hellenistic Egypt
multicultural society
Greek and Egyptian onomastics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
269,819
2,369
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Maarten PM Vanhove
Hasselt University
Hasselt, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,600
2,499
0.694
biodiversity (indicators)
evolutionary biology
ichthyology
parasitology
sustainable development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
348,107
2,943
739
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Hendrik De Smet
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,652
1,350
0.509
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
399,629
3,287
623
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Peter Van Nuffelen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,214
1,170
0.528
Ancient history
Classics
Late Antiquity
Christianity
philosophy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
416,348
3,408
651
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Koenraad Verboven
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,094
1,105
0.528
Ancient History
economic history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
469,480
3,796
713
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Mark Janse
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,770
660
0.373
Ancient Greek
Asia Minor Greek
Cappadocian
Language Contact
Language Death
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
488,997
3,919
296
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Bert De Munck
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,666
914
0.549
history
social theory
urban studies
history of labour
civil society
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
530,179
4,199
811
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Michiel Voet
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,474
1,299
0.881
history education
inquiry-based learning
teacher training
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
558,889
4,429
1,037
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Mark Depauw
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
574
0.424
ancient history
egyptology
digital humanities
demotic
papyrology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
616,531
4,832
370
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Maarten Van Ginderachter
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,149
749
0.652
history of nationalism
history of social-democracy
European history
Belgian history
nationalism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
643,519
4,998
962
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Arjan Zuiderhoek
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,066
579
0.543
Greco-Roman history
ancient economy
ancient politics
gift exchange
social conflicts
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
657,883
5,091
129
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Ine Wouters
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,024
554
0.541
Construction History
Iron and Steel
19th and 20th centuries
post-war construction
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
665,235
5,144
985
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Lieve Van Hoof
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,003
564
0.562
Classics
Ancient History
Late Antiquity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
687,902
5,275
1,012
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Pieter Uyttenhove
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
941
759
0.807
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
709,470
5,406
1,033
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Anne Breitbarth
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
887
507
0.572
historical linguistics
language change
corpus linguistics
syntax
dialectology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
720,995
5,468
1,043
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Frank Caestecker
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
859
259
0.302
political and economic history
migration history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,743
5,530
1,053
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Anne Laure Van Bruaene
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
836
371
0.444
Cultural History of the Low Countries
Urban History
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
753,855
5,682
1,292
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kaat Wils
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
783
440
0.562
Cultural history
gender history
history of science and medicine
history of the humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
757,995
5,701
1,074
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Steven Vanderputten
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
774
390
0.504
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
761,122
5,726
42
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Vanessa Heyvaert
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
446
0.581
sedimentology
geoarchaeology
tsunami
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
773,188
5,790
460
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Marc Jacobs
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
741
337
0.455
erfgoed heritage studies history culture policy ethnology folklore studies UNESCO museum archive intangible
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,216
5,982
1,116
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Albrecht Heeffer
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
669
232
0.347
History of mathematics
philosophy of mathematical practice
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
826,743
6,082
1,366
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Leen Van Molle
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
633
192
0.303
Social history
rural history
gender history
oral history
19th and 20th century
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
834,412
6,123
167
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Rik Vosters
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
618
374
0.605
historical sociolinguistics
language history
language variation and change
Dutch