Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Belgium Highly Cited Researchers Citation Medical and Health Sciences / Veterinary Sciences 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
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,759
22,147
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Behavioral Endocrinology
Ecotoxicology
Sexual selection
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,048
7,297
0.364
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
veterinaire parasitologie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,952
4,699
0.429
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
fish physiology
ecophysiology
environment
ecotoxicology
aquatic toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,680
4,676
0.539
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Quantitative genetics
Genomics
Animal breeding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,200
2,980
0.414
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
Animal Molecular and Cellular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,303
1,500
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
sciences vétérinaires
biologie du développement
reproduction assistée
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,141
1,006
0.196
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
médecine vétérinaire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,504
1,861
0.413
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
Veterinary Pharmacology
Pharmacotherapeutics and Toxicology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,998
2,875
0.719
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
Animal Health
Host Pathogen Interactions in Livestock
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
939
0.274
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
equine reproduction
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,304
910
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Quality
food safety
veterinary antimicrobial usage
veterinary public health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,348
1,683
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,225
1,286
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
Veterinary Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
1,648
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Veterinary Epidemiology
Animal Health Management
Poultry
Pigs
Bacteriology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,448
1,186
0.819
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Long read sequencing
Cancer
Virology
Animal Genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,423
983
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Poultry nutrition
Heat stress
Meat quality
Gene expression
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
976
0.720
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Veterinary cardiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,274
691
0.542
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Behavioral Endocrinology
Light pollution
Anthropogenic noise
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,231
973
0.790
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Animal Behavior
Behavioural Ecology
Evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
777
0.682
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
animal science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
572
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Animal Ecology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
314
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
médecine vétérinaire
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
119
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
Neuroscience
Veterinary Medicine
Pharmaceutical Science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
176
0.863
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Veterinary epidemiology
Infectious diseases
Biosecurity
GIS analysis
One Health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
138
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,339
58
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Freddy Haesebrouck
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,759
22,147
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,263
373
27
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Marcel Eens
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,048
7,297
0.364
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Behavioral Endocrinology
Ecotoxicology
Sexual selection
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,239
843
199
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Edwin Claerebout
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,952
4,699
0.429
veterinaire parasitologie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,265
1,099
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Gudrun De Boeck
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,680
4,676
0.539
fish physiology
ecophysiology
environment
ecotoxicology
aquatic toxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
141,483
1,330
49
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Tom Druet
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,200
2,980
0.414
Quantitative genetics
Genomics
Animal breeding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
192,749
1,730
275
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Bernard Knoops
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,303
1,500
0.283
Animal Molecular and Cellular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
198,700
1,790
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Isabelle Donnay
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,141
1,006
0.196
sciences vétérinaires
biologie du développement
reproduction assistée
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
225,483
2,010
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Linden
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,504
1,861
0.413
médecine vétérinaire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
251,710
2,225
454
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Mathias Devreese
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,998
2,875
0.719
Veterinary Pharmacology
Pharmacotherapeutics and Toxicology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
287,832
2,503
634
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Paeshuyse
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,426
939
0.274
Animal Health
Host Pathogen Interactions in Livestock
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,023
2,575
505
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Peter Daels
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,304
910
0.275
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
390,544
3,215
605
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Merel Postma
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,348
1,683
0.717
Quality
food safety
veterinary antimicrobial usage
veterinary public health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
406,522
3,329
630
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Mark Blooi
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,225
1,286
0.578
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
474,742
3,821
712
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Osvaldo Bogado Pascottini
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,791
1,648
0.920
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
546,200
4,292
829
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Ilias Chantziaras
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,448
1,186
0.819
Veterinary Epidemiology
Animal Health Management
Poultry
Pigs
Bacteriology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
552,329
4,340
163
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Keith Durkin
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,423
983
0.691
Long read sequencing
Cancer
Virology
Animal Genomics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
569,311
4,484
866
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pooya Abdollah Akbarian
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,355
976
0.720
Poultry nutrition
Heat stress
Meat quality
Gene expression
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
591,046
4,639
174
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Merveille Anne Christine
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,274
691
0.542
Veterinary cardiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
602,875
4,724
361
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Thomas Raap
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,231
973
0.790
Animal Behaviour
Behavioural Ecology
Behavioral Endocrinology
Light pollution
Anthropogenic noise
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
630,809
4,917
1,139
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Ricardo Caliari Oliveira
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,139
777
0.682
Animal Behavior
Behavioural Ecology
Evolution
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,781
5,610
1,277
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Marina Gabriela Monteiro Carvalho Mori Da Cunha
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
830
572
0.689
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
864,352
6,281
47
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Jan Kennis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
584
314
0.538
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,170,249
8,496
363
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Stéphanie Noël
Université de Liège
Liège, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
266
119
0.447
médecine vétérinaire
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,280,041
9,336
1,705
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Yangfeng Xu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
204
176
0.863
Neuroscience
Veterinary Medicine
Pharmaceutical Science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,444,145
10,529
1,928
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Iryna Makovska|Makovska I., Makovska I.F.
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
138
138
1.000
Veterinary epidemiology
Infectious diseases
Biosecurity
GIS analysis
One Health