Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
Université Libre de Bruxelles Highly Cited Researchers Citation Rankings (Sort by last 6 years Citation Index) 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
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :1
critical care medicine
sepsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,252
115,062
0.395
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :2
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,295
111,515
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :3
Particle physics
LHC
instrumentation
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,109
109,848
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :4
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,359
96,315
0.528
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :5
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,383
36,947
0.254
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :6
breast cancer
cancer
oncology
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,188
33,625
0.479
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :7
Physics
neutrino astronomy
dark matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,950
25,002
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :8
Stochastic Local Search
Metaheuristics
Swarm Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Optimization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,610
21,538
0.344
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :9
stem cells
cancer
development
biomedical sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,868
19,221
0.482
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :10
médecine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,270
13,207
0.292
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :11
mangrove vegetation dynamics & ecology
mangrove ethnobiology
mangrove m'mnt & governance
rem sens
social-ecological systems
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,280
10,605
0.498
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :12
Molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,347
9,271
0.168
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :13
Quantum Information
Quantum Foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,554
7,992
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :14
lung cancer
neutrophils
immunometabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,107
7,116
0.442
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :15
Sustainable Structural Design
Durability
Sustainability
Superabsorbent polymers
Self-healing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,722
6,877
0.788
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :16
Developmental Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,297
6,607
0.796
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :17
Global Carbon Cycle
Estuaries
Coastal Ocean
Modeling
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,699
6,181
0.803
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :18
Microeconomics
Contract Theory
Regulation
Banking & Finance
Innovation & Health Economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,230
5,692
0.217
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :19
sciences
information literacy
TIC
pédagogie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,026
5,657
0.314
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :20
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
5,655
0.356
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :21
Cosmology
Dark Matter
LSS
Tensions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,078
4,932
0.971
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :22
Social psychology
cultural diversity
collective memory
social identity
social representations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,564
4,780
0.632
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :23
(environmental) health psychology
media psychology
behavior change
digital health interventions
serious games
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,082
4,037
0.794
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :24
neurosciences médecine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,596
3,711
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection :25
Liver cancer
alcohol-related liver disease
genetic epidemiology
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,079
3,551
0.699
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
449
2
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Jean Louis Vincent
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,252
115,062
0.395
critical care medicine
sepsis
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
507
3
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Barbara Clerbaux
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,295
111,515
0.440
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
539
5
3
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Pascal Vanlaer
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,109
109,848
0.471
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
811
8
4
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Bugra Bilin
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,359
96,315
0.528
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,600
29
5
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Marco Dorigo
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,383
36,947
0.254
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
5,312
37
6
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Christos Sotiriou
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,188
33,625
0.479
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
8,446
65
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
JA Aguilar
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,950
25,002
0.596
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
10,639
79
8
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Thomas Stützle
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,610
21,538
0.344
Stochastic Local Search
Metaheuristics
Swarm Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Optimization
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
12,610
100
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Cedric Blanpain
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,868
19,221
0.482
stem cells
cancer
development
biomedical sciences
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
22,306
188
10
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Deviere Jacques
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,270
13,207
0.292
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
31,101
293
11
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,280
10,605
0.498
mangrove vegetation dynamics & ecology
mangrove ethnobiology
mangrove m'mnt & governance
rem sens
social-ecological systems
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,891
356
12
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Marc Parmentier
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,347
9,271
0.168
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,010
442
13
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Stefano Pironio
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,554
7,992
0.514
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
55,335
537
14
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Etienne Meylan
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,107
7,116
0.442
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
58,027
560
15
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Didier Snoeck
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,722
6,877
0.788
Sustainable Structural Design
Durability
Sustainability
Superabsorbent polymers
Self-healing
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
61,412
592
16
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Stijn Van Petegem
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,297
6,607
0.796
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
67,166
651
17
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Goulven G. Laruelle
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,699
6,181
0.803
Global Carbon Cycle
Estuaries
Coastal Ocean
Modeling
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
74,859
737
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Mathias Dewatripont
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,230
5,692
0.217
Microeconomics
Contract Theory
Regulation
Banking & Finance
Innovation & Health Economics
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,452
749
19
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Sophie Fally
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,026
5,657
0.314
sciences
information literacy
TIC
pédagogie
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
75,487
750
20
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Philippe van de Borne
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
5,655
0.356
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
89,960
881
21
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Deanna C Hooper
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,078
4,932
0.971
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
93,623
909
22
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Laurent Licata
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,564
4,780
0.632
Social psychology
cultural diversity
collective memory
social identity
social representations
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
115,335
1,104
23
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Ann Desmet
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,082
4,037
0.794
(environmental) health psychology
media psychology
behavior change
digital health interventions
serious games
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
127,492
1,220
24
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Verbanck P
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,596
3,711
0.320
* Last 6 Years Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
134,281
1,276
25
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Eric Trépo
Université Libre de Bruxelles
Brussels, Belgium
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Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
5,079
3,551
0.699
Liver cancer
alcohol-related liver disease
genetic epidemiology