Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Université Libre de Bruxelles Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings 2025
Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) and the list of the most cited and influential researchers cover a wide range of scientific fields, spanning 197 main and sub-disciplines, as well as the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings, offering a unique service. Additionally, the list without CERN, Statistical Data, etc., provided exclusively by “AD Scientific Index”, is part of our effort to balance the situation created by CERN and researchers with statistical data, who have an advantage over others, especially those in the social and humanities fields. There should be new regulations for multi-author and CERN papers. Citation lists also reveal many rule violations and unethical practices. See also for more specific citation analyses: 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 :76
Epigenetics
Immunology
Cancer research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
542
448
0.827
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :77
Biodiversity
Human Rights
Nature Conservation
Data management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
347
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :78
CISS
Spintronics
Crystal Engineering
Mechanical Properties
Plastic Crystals
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517
516
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :79
African diaspora studies
race studies
afrofeminism
decolonial methodologies
blackness
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
286
0.572
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :80
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Information Extraction
Digital Humanities
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
281
0.562
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :81
Public administration
Transparency
Government communication
Social media
Place branding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
465
0.945
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :82
stadsstudies
sociale ongelijkheid in het onderwijs
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
229
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :83
Remote Sensing
Geomatics
Land resource
Hydrogeomorphology
Climate variability
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
428
0.879
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :84
Functional Foods
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
485
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :85
Littératures et cinéma hispaniques
littérature comparée
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
173
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :86
Political Science Comparative Politics Elections Political Parties
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
386
0.811
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :87
Clinical microbiology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459
436
0.950
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :88
entrepreneurship
innovation management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458
334
0.729
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :89
ADHD
optimal stimulation
neurodevelopmental disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
375
0.826
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :90
public policy
public administration
public management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
446
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :91
Plant Biology
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
290
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :92
Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Optical fibres
Interferometry
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
244
0.546
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :93
Urology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
446
446
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :94
Economics
Networks
Microeconomic Theory
Applied Microeconomics
Labor Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
311
0.717
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :95
Political parties
intraparty democracy
elections and electoral systems
political elites
gender and politics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
328
0.759
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :96
Marine ecology
Ecosystem services
Coastal vegetation
Carbon cycling
Global change
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
409
0.951
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :97
Health Economics
Health Services Research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
403
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :98
Quantum and Nonlinear Optics
Statistical Mechanics
2D materials
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
408
0.960
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :99
Political Science
Citizen Participation
Social Movements
European Union
Democracy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
408
0.969
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :100
Performance-based financing
health sector
causal loop diagramming
realist evaluation
systems thinking
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
309
0.734
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
875,981
6,318
76
Ranking Based On Selection: 76
Abdulkader Azouz
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
542
448
0.827
Epigenetics
Immunology
Cancer research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
878,918
6,337
77
Ranking Based On Selection: 77
Stéphane De Greef
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
537
347
0.646
Biodiversity
Human Rights
Nature Conservation
Data management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
890,215
6,394
78
Ranking Based On Selection: 78
Susobhan Das
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
517
516
0.998
CISS
Spintronics
Crystal Engineering
Mechanical Properties
Plastic Crystals
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,534
6,460
79
Ranking Based On Selection: 79
Sarah Demart
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
286
0.572
African diaspora studies
race studies
afrofeminism
decolonial methodologies
blackness
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
901,547
6,461
80
Ranking Based On Selection: 80
Max De Wilde
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
500
281
0.562
Computational Linguistics
Natural Language Processing
Information Extraction
Digital Humanities
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
907,672
6,503
81
Ranking Based On Selection: 81
Vincent Mabillard
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
492
465
0.945
Public administration
Transparency
Government communication
Social media
Place branding
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
909,850
6,514
82
Ranking Based On Selection: 82
Anneloes Vandenbroucke|Loes Vandenbroucke
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
490
229
0.467
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
911,868
6,531
83
Ranking Based On Selection: 83
Biadgilgn Demissie
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
487
428
0.879
Remote Sensing
Geomatics
Land resource
Hydrogeomorphology
Climate variability
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
912,529
6,539
84
Ranking Based On Selection: 84
Olga Rojo Poveda
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
486
485
0.998
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
920,897
6,593
85
Ranking Based On Selection: 85
Robin Lefere
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
477
173
0.363
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
921,283
6,598
86
Ranking Based On Selection: 86
Elie Michel
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
476
386
0.811
Political Science Comparative Politics Elections Political Parties
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
935,797
6,694
87
Ranking Based On Selection: 87
Yin Nicolas
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
459
436
0.950
Clinical microbiology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
936,919
6,701
88
Ranking Based On Selection: 88
Judith Behrens
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
458
334
0.729
entrepreneurship
innovation management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
940,397
6,726
89
Ranking Based On Selection: 89
Simon Baijot
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
454
375
0.826
ADHD
optimal stimulation
neurodevelopmental disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
941,947
6,739
90
Ranking Based On Selection: 90
Giovanni Esposito
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
452
446
0.987
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
946,775
6,776
91
Ranking Based On Selection: 91
Taraka Ramji Moturu
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
290
0.649
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
946,874
6,777
92
Ranking Based On Selection: 92
Francesco De Lucia
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
447
244
0.546
Photonics
Nonlinear Optics
Optical fibres
Interferometry
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
947,155
6,781
93
Ranking Based On Selection: 93
Georges Mjaess
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
446
446
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
958,462
6,864
94
Ranking Based On Selection: 94
Luca Paolo Merlino
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
434
311
0.717
Economics
Networks
Microeconomic Theory
Applied Microeconomics
Labor Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
960,267
6,880
95
Ranking Based On Selection: 95
Audrey Vandeleene
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
432
328
0.759
Political parties
intraparty democracy
elections and electoral systems
political elites
gender and politics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
961,883
6,891
96
Ranking Based On Selection: 96
Rebecca James
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
430
409
0.951
Marine ecology
Ecosystem services
Coastal vegetation
Carbon cycling
Global change
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
965,563
6,920
97
Ranking Based On Selection: 97
Anna Zaytseva
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
426
403
0.946
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
966,450
6,925
98
Ranking Based On Selection: 98
Ivan Amelio
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
425
408
0.960
Quantum and Nonlinear Optics
Statistical Mechanics
2D materials
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970,290
6,958
99
Ranking Based On Selection: 99
Alvaro Oleart
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
408
0.969
Political Science
Citizen Participation
Social Movements
European Union
Democracy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
970,608
6,961
100
Ranking Based On Selection: 100
Dimitri Renmans
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
421
309
0.734
Performance-based financing
health sector
causal loop diagramming
realist evaluation
systems thinking