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Social Sciences Highly Cited Researchers 1.024 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
Chronic pain
experimental health psychology
fear conditioning
pain-related fear
cognitiv
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,411
30,348
0.392
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Job Insecurity
temporary work
work stress
work engagement
bullying at wor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,223
26,694
0.502
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
psycholinguistics
bilingualism
cognitive psychology
vocabulary
individual difference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,889
25,079
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
experimental psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,461
15,918
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Social Psychology
Intergroup Relations
Social Cognition
Stereotypes
Research Method
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,722
10,683
0.326
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Persoonlijkheidspsychologie en Assessmen
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,621
10,519
0.368
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
scientometrics
bibliometrics
probability theor
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,784
8,649
0.300
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,897
18,989
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
psychologi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,474
8,543
0.311
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
clinical psychology
experimental psychopathology
depressio
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,008
11,680
0.449
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
political science
political trust
comparative politics
political behavior
election
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,460
10,381
0.408
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Diet
Obesity
Stress
Physiology
Environmental psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,068
20,513
0.818
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Linguistic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,992
7,642
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
visual perception
visual arts
visual cognition
psychophysics
cognitive scienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,222
10,664
0.459
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Experimental Psychopathology
Affective Neuroscience
Affective Disorders
Behavior Therap
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,950
10,759
0.469
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscienc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,461
6,230
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
corpus linguistics
phraseology
lexicography
learner corpus research
applied linguistic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,302
7,364
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Political philosophy
Economic & social ethics
European Unio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,119
5,500
0.260
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
health promotion
public health
evaluation
capacity building
health inequalitie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,744
14,343
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Computational Psycholinguistic
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,676
6,815
0.330
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Work & Organizational Psycholog
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,908
10,955
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Developmental Psychology of Adolescenc
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,098
9,774
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Industrial and Organizational Psycholog
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,268
9,964
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
sciences
information literacy
TIC
pédagogi
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,799
5,086
0.271
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Biological psychology
psychophysiology
behavioral neuroscience
cognitive neuroscienc
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,105
6,266
0.346
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,418
37
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Johan Ws Vlaeyen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
77,411
30,348
0.392
Chronic pain
experimental health psychology
fear conditioning
pain-related fear
cognitiv
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
9,777
73
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hans De Witte
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
53,223
26,694
0.502
Job Insecurity
temporary work
work stress
work engagement
bullying at wor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
11,522
91
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Marc Brysbaert
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47,889
25,079
0.524
psycholinguistics
bilingualism
cognitive psychology
vocabulary
individual difference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,085
95
26
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Jan De Houwer
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46,461
15,918
0.343
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
21,078
170
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Vincent Yzerbyt
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32,722
10,683
0.326
Social Psychology
Intergroup Relations
Social Cognition
Stereotypes
Research Method
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,861
222
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Filip De Fruyt
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,621
10,519
0.368
Persoonlijkheidspsychologie en Assessmen
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
25,875
223
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Wolfgang Glänzel
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,784
8,649
0.300
scientometrics
bibliometrics
probability theor
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
26,255
232
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Kuppens
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
28,897
18,989
0.657
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
27,579
246
33
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Philippot Pierre
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,474
8,543
0.311
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
29,912
268
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Ernst Koster
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,008
11,680
0.449
clinical psychology
experimental psychopathology
depressio
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Rankings
30,892
279
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Marc Hooghe
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,460
10,381
0.408
political science
political trust
comparative politics
political behavior
election
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,571
286
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nathalie Michels
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,068
20,513
0.818
Diet
Obesity
Stress
Physiology
Environmental psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,661
305
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Dirk Geeraerts
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,992
7,642
0.319
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,178
324
106
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Johan Wagemans
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,222
10,664
0.459
visual perception
visual arts
visual cognition
psychophysics
cognitive scienc
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,806
328
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Rudi De Raedt
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,950
10,759
0.469
Experimental Psychopathology
Affective Neuroscience
Affective Disorders
Behavior Therap
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
36,859
340
109
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Ralf Krampe
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,461
6,230
0.277
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,283
346
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Sylviane Granger
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,302
7,364
0.330
corpus linguistics
phraseology
lexicography
learner corpus research
applied linguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
40,690
373
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Philippe Van Parijs
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,119
5,500
0.260
Political philosophy
Economic & social ethics
European Unio
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,318
387
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Stephan Van Den Broucke
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,744
14,343
0.691
health promotion
public health
evaluation
capacity building
health inequalitie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,518
390
31
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Walter Daelemans
University of Antwerp
Antwerp, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,676
6,815
0.330
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Computational Psycholinguistic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,599
391
122
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nele De Cuyper
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,908
10,955
0.524
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,217
430
105
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Wim Beyers
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,098
9,774
0.512
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
46,754
435
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Florence Stinglhamber
Université Catholique de Louvain
Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,268
9,964
0.517
Industrial and Organizational Psycholog
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,253
441
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Sophie Fally
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,799
5,086
0.271
sciences
information literacy
TIC
pédagogi
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
49,729
473
114
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Gilles Pourtois
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,105
6,266
0.346
Biological psychology
psychophysiology
behavioral neuroscience
cognitive neuroscienc