Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Catholic University of Leuven Highly Cited Researchers CitationEngineering & Technology / Computer Science 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 :101
Machine learning
Data science
Bioinformatics
Drug Discovery
Recommender Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
965
797
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :102
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
-omics Data Integratio
Philosophy of Technology
Medieval
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
937
691
0.737
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :103
Combinatorial optimization
Algorithms
Personnel scheduling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
628
0.680
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :104
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
920
816
0.887
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :105
High performance computing
heterogeneous catalysis
oxide chemistry
DFT(B)
global optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
667
0.770
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :106
Structural bioinformatics
Machine learning
Protein Disorder
Protein Aggregation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
862
832
0.965
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :107
anonymity
privacy
security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
843
410
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :108
computer security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
586
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :109
Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
833
371
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :110
kernel methods
learning theory
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
832
736
0.885
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :111
System management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
94
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :112
Systematic Computer Aided Ideation
Design Methods
Idea Evaluation
Data Mining
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
324
0.397
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :113
empirical software engineering
machine learning
model-driven software development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
496
0.624
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :114
Natural Language Processing
Temporal analysis of text
Automatic grammar error correction
Motions in Text
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
777
405
0.521
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :115
Ultrasound Image Analysis
Image segmentation
Machine learning
Deep Learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
690
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :116
Software engineering
programming languages
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
46
0.061
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :117
Machine Learning
AI in Healthcare
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
718
604
0.841
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :118
Cryptography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
259
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :119
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Probabilistic Inference
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
325
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :120
Image Processing
Computer Vision
FPGA
Embedded Systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
469
0.663
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :121
Dairy cows
Physiology
Metabolomic
Machine Learning
Carbon emission
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
594
0.860
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :122
Cryptography
Hardware Security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
663
0.993
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :123
Text and Datamining
Machine Learning
Datascience
Fuzzy Front End
Biologically-Inspired Design
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
664
331
0.498
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :124
Software architecture
computer security
scalability of distributed systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
165
0.253
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :125
tensors
polynomials
nonlinear systems
control
machine learning
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
636
329
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
691,149
5,309
1,222
Ranking Based On Selection: 101
Konstantinos Pliakos
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
965
797
0.826
Machine learning
Data science
Bioinformatics
Drug Discovery
Recommender Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
701,638
5,363
1,233
Ranking Based On Selection: 102
Pooya Zakeri
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
937
691
0.737
Machine Learning
Computational Biology
-omics Data Integratio
Philosophy of Technology
Medieval
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
706,789
5,388
1,238
Ranking Based On Selection: 103
Pieter Smet
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
924
628
0.680
Combinatorial optimization
Algorithms
Personnel scheduling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
708,209
5,403
1,239
Ranking Based On Selection: 104
Yevhen Kuznietsov
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
920
816
0.887
Computer Vision
Machine Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
730,153
5,534
1,262
Ranking Based On Selection: 105
Maxime Van Den Bossche
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
866
667
0.770
High performance computing
heterogeneous catalysis
oxide chemistry
DFT(B)
global optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
731,684
5,544
1,263
Ranking Based On Selection: 106
Gabriele Orlando
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
862
832
0.965
Structural bioinformatics
Machine learning
Protein Disorder
Protein Aggregation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
739,906
5,595
1,270
Ranking Based On Selection: 107
Vincent Naessens
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
843
410
0.486
anonymity
privacy
security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
743,213
5,619
1,275
Ranking Based On Selection: 108
Ruan De Clercq
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
835
586
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,246
5,625
1,277
Ranking Based On Selection: 109
Deniz Toz
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
833
371
0.445
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
744,411
5,626
1,278
Ranking Based On Selection: 110
Fanghui Liu
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
832
736
0.885
kernel methods
learning theory
machine learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
745,200
5,632
1,282
Ranking Based On Selection: 111
Bart Vanbrabant
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
831
94
0.113
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
751,162
5,669
1,288
Ranking Based On Selection: 112
Paul Armand Verhaegen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
817
324
0.397
Systematic Computer Aided Ideation
Design Methods
Idea Evaluation
Data Mining
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
760,580
5,722
1,297
Ranking Based On Selection: 113
Aram Hovsepyan
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
795
496
0.624
empirical software engineering
machine learning
model-driven software development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
768,554
5,772
1,309
Ranking Based On Selection: 114
Oleksandr Kolomiyets
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
777
405
0.521
Natural Language Processing
Temporal analysis of text
Automatic grammar error correction
Motions in Text
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
772,824
5,796
1,315
Ranking Based On Selection: 115
Mostafa Ghelich Oghli
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
767
690
0.900
Ultrasound Image Analysis
Image segmentation
Machine learning
Deep Learning
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
779,658
5,833
1,320
Ranking Based On Selection: 116
Eric Steegmans
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
753
46
0.061
Software engineering
programming languages
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
795,716
5,931
1,338
Ranking Based On Selection: 117
T. Sunil Kumar
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
718
604
0.841
Machine Learning
AI in Healthcare
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,429
5,941
1,340
Ranking Based On Selection: 118
Jens Hermans
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
715
259
0.362
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
797,877
5,943
1,341
Ranking Based On Selection: 119
Nima Taghipour
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
714
325
0.455
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Probabilistic Inference
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
801,116
5,952
1,344
Ranking Based On Selection: 120
Kristof Van Beeck
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
707
469
0.663
Image Processing
Computer Vision
FPGA
Embedded Systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
808,747
5,989
1,351
Ranking Based On Selection: 121
Wei Xu
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
691
594
0.860
Dairy cows
Physiology
Metabolomic
Machine Learning
Carbon emission
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
820,192
6,041
1,358
Ranking Based On Selection: 122
Michiel Van Beirendonck
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
668
663
0.993
Cryptography
Hardware Security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
822,585
6,064
1,363
Ranking Based On Selection: 123
Dennis Vandevenne
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
664
331
0.498
Text and Datamining
Machine Learning
Datascience
Fuzzy Front End
Biologically-Inspired Design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
829,151
6,092
1,372
Ranking Based On Selection: 124
Thomas Heyman
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
651
165
0.253
Software architecture
computer security
scalability of distributed systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
836,777
6,136
1,380
Ranking Based On Selection: 125
Philippe Dreesen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
636
329
0.517
tensors
polynomials
nonlinear systems
control
machine learning