Citation Rankings
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Catholic University of Leuven Highly Cited Researchers Citation 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 :2,926
international/global history
migration and refugees
postcolonial theory/history
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,927
public management
local government
public sector reforms
education management
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
29
0.558
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,928
family sociology
personality psychology
STEM education
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,929
AdS/CFT
supergravity
conformal field theory
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,930
Structural Biology
Structured based drug design
Cryo-EM
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,931
Agrivoltaics
Agronomy
Plant Physiology
Renewable Energy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,932
Systems Security
Operating Systems
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,933
software verification
concurrent separation logic
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
43
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,934
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
43
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,935
action research
social innovation
sense of place
embodied cooperation
art based methods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
21
0.412
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,936
Machine Learning
Bayesian inference
Hardware design
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,937
urology
mobile health
e-health
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,938
Computational Biology
AI for Drug Discovery
Bioinformatics
Deep Learning
Medical Image Analysis
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,939
Media Psychology
vocational aspirations
mediated role models
gender stereotypes
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
47
0.940
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,940
Combinatorial Optimization
Matheuristics
Integer Programming
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
45
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,941
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
44
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,942
Computer vision
Robotic disassembly
Recycling
Circular economy
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,943
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,944
machine learning
kernel methods
convex optimization
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,945
Citation Metrics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,946
Cement
Concrete
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
34
0.694
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,947
Strong correlations
Multiferroics
Transition metal oxides
Functional materials
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,948
Nonlinear Dynamics
Finite Element Analysis
Non-Local Elasticity
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,949
cryptography
blockchain security
consensus
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2,950
Economics of Innovation
Industrial Organization
Applied Microeconomics
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,811,165
12,704
2,926
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,926
Sara Cosemans
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
international/global history
migration and refugees
postcolonial theory/history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,811,870
12,707
2,927
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,927
Arman Gasparyan
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
29
0.558
public management
local government
public sector reforms
education management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,813,163
12,715
2,928
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,928
Sascha Spikic
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
family sociology
personality psychology
STEM education
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,813,163
12,715
2,928
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,929
Xuao Zhang
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,813,163
12,715
2,928
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,930
Brent De Wijngaert
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,813,512
12,718
2,931
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,931
Thomas Reher
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
Agrivoltaics
Agronomy
Plant Physiology
Renewable Energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,814,477
12,724
2,932
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,932
Jonas Vinck
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
51
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,816,668
12,735
2,933
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,933
Jafar Hamin
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
43
0.843
software verification
concurrent separation logic
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,816,668
12,735
2,933
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,934
Michelle Carmody
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
43
0.843
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,818,530
12,741
2,935
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,935
Ruth Segers
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
51
21
0.412
action research
social innovation
sense of place
embodied cooperation
art based methods
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,819,008
12,742
2,936
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,936
Shirui Zhao
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
Machine Learning
Bayesian inference
Hardware design
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,819,141
12,745
2,937
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,937
Andries Clinckaert
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,820,047
12,747
2,938
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,938
Anwar Khan
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
50
1.000
Computational Biology
AI for Drug Discovery
Bioinformatics
Deep Learning
Medical Image Analysis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,822,127
12,757
2,939
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,939
Ilse Vranken
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
47
0.940
Media Psychology
vocational aspirations
mediated role models
gender stereotypes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,822,447
12,761
2,940
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,940
Reshma Chandrasekharan
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
45
0.900
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,822,635
12,762
2,941
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,941
Lisa Lemmens
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
44
0.880
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,825,278
12,770
2,942
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,942
Chuangchuang Zhou
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
Computer vision
Robotic disassembly
Recycling
Circular economy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,825,505
12,773
2,943
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,943
Renske Hoevers
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,826,017
12,777
2,944
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,944
Alex Lambert
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
machine learning
kernel methods
convex optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,826,017
12,777
2,944
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,945
Kin Ho Chan
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
49
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,830,128
12,792
2,946
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,946
David Ariño Montoya
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
34
0.694
Cement
Concrete
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,831,851
12,794
2,947
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,947
Simon Mellaerts
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
Strong correlations
Multiferroics
Transition metal oxides
Functional materials
2D materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,832,289
12,797
2,948
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,948
Sarthak De
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
Nonlinear Dynamics
Finite Element Analysis
Non-Local Elasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,832,289
12,797
2,948
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,949
Roozbeh Sarenche
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
cryptography
blockchain security
consensus
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,832,638
12,800
2,950
Ranking Based On Selection: 2,950
Jeroen Van Den Bosch
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48
48
1.000
Economics of Innovation
Industrial Organization
Applied Microeconomics