Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Free University of Brussels 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 :51
bewegingswetenschappen
educatie
sportpedagogiek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,174
2,369
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :52
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,123
1,280
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :53
Today : the commons and the law
law as a 'mode of existence'
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,987
1,474
0.370
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :54
Structural Biology
Enzymology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,750
1,762
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :55
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,530
648
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :56
Electrical Engineering
Energy Studies
Electric Vehicles
Sustainability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,492
3,293
0.943
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :57
youth care
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,511
2,316
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :58
innovation
entrepreneurship
public policy
talent migration
spatial innovation systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,359
995
0.296
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :59
European Integration
Justice and Home Affairs
EU institutions and agencies
Migration Policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,328
1,722
0.517
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :60
Insurance Mathematics
Financial Engineering
Actuarial Science
Operations Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,321
1,330
0.400
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :61
ringtheorie
categorische algebra
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,258
752
0.231
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :62
structural biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,202
1,351
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :63
Biological Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,203
1,676
0.523
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :64
sleep and psychometrics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
2,102
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :65
IS-acceptance
sociale psychologie
onderwijskunde
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,980
2,121
0.712
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :66
energy systems
biomass combustion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,792
1,264
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :67
discourse studies
radical right
populism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,808
2,333
0.831
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :68
biogenic element cycling in aquatic systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,741
844
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :69
food history
labour history
material culture
social history
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
963
0.355
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :70
Polymer science
physical chemistry
reversible networks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,728
2,492
0.913
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :71
GIS/Remote Sensing for (Urban) Hydrological Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,670
2,063
0.773
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :72
Geochemistry
Cosmochemistry
Geosciences
Global Changes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,622
2,108
0.804
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :73
Sport science
Physical performance
Cognitive performance
Psychophysiology
Neurophysiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,532
2,308
0.912
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :74
chromatography
separation science
supercritical fluids
chemical engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,531
1,351
0.534
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :75
Thermal management
Lithium-ion batteries
Energy storage systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,460
2,230
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
244,041
2,161
51
Ranking Based On Selection: 51
Kristine De Martelaer
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,174
2,369
0.568
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
246,816
2,182
52
Ranking Based On Selection: 52
Ben Craps
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,123
1,280
0.310
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
254,535
2,258
53
Ranking Based On Selection: 53
Serge Gutwirth
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,987
1,474
0.370
Today : the commons and the law
law as a 'mode of existence'
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
268,587
2,357
54
Ranking Based On Selection: 54
Wim Versées
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,750
1,762
0.470
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
282,929
2,463
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 55
Jean Claude Burgelman
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,530
648
0.184
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
285,530
2,485
57
Ranking Based On Selection: 56
Yuvaraja Teekaraman|T Yuvaraja, Yuvaraja T, Yuvaraja Teekaraman
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,492
3,293
0.943
Electrical Engineering
Energy Studies
Electric Vehicles
Sustainability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
284,217
2,474
56
Ranking Based On Selection: 57
Johan Vanderfaeillie
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,511
2,316
0.660
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
295,281
2,566
58
Ranking Based On Selection: 58
Sami Mahroum
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,359
995
0.296
innovation
entrepreneurship
public policy
talent migration
spatial innovation systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
297,632
2,585
59
Ranking Based On Selection: 59
Florian Trauner
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,328
1,722
0.517
European Integration
Justice and Home Affairs
EU institutions and agencies
Migration Policy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
298,166
2,589
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 60
Steven Vanduffel
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,321
1,330
0.400
Insurance Mathematics
Financial Engineering
Actuarial Science
Operations Research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
303,047
2,616
61
Ranking Based On Selection: 61
Stefaan Caenepeel
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,258
752
0.231
ringtheorie
categorische algebra
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,383
2,655
63
Ranking Based On Selection: 62
Alexander V. Shkumatov
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,202
1,351
0.422
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
307,292
2,653
62
Ranking Based On Selection: 63
Kris Baetens
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,203
1,676
0.523
Biological Psychology
Clinical Psychology
Neuroscience
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
320,639
2,742
64
Ranking Based On Selection: 64
Olivier Mairesse
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,043
2,102
0.691
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
326,271
2,783
65
Ranking Based On Selection: 65
Bram Pynoo
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,980
2,121
0.712
IS-acceptance
sociale psychologie
onderwijskunde
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
343,964
2,911
67
Ranking Based On Selection: 66
Svend Bram
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,792
1,264
0.453
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
342,283
2,900
66
Ranking Based On Selection: 67
Benjamin De Cleen
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,808
2,333
0.831
discourse studies
radical right
populism
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
349,207
2,940
68
Ranking Based On Selection: 68
Natacha Brion
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,741
844
0.308
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
352,161
2,965
70
Ranking Based On Selection: 69
Peter Scholliers
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,712
963
0.355
food history
labour history
material culture
social history
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
350,432
2,950
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 70
Joost Brancart
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,728
2,492
0.913
Polymer science
physical chemistry
reversible networks
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
356,459
2,996
71
Ranking Based On Selection: 71
Boud Verbeiren
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,670
2,063
0.773
GIS/Remote Sensing for (Urban) Hydrological Modeling
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
361,649
3,033
72
Ranking Based On Selection: 72
Steven Goderis
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,622
2,108
0.804
Geochemistry
Cosmochemistry
Geosciences
Global Changes
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,630
3,091
73
Ranking Based On Selection: 73
Jeroen Van Cutsem
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,532
2,308
0.912
Sport science
Physical performance
Cognitive performance
Psychophysiology
Neurophysiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
371,800
3,095
74
Ranking Based On Selection: 74
Ken Broeckhoven
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,531
1,351
0.534
chromatography
separation science
supercritical fluids
chemical engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
379,913
3,147
75
Ranking Based On Selection: 75
Mohsen Akbarzadeh
Free University of Brussels
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,460
2,230
0.907
Thermal management
Lithium-ion batteries
Energy storage systems