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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
16,330
Country Rank
132
Institution Rank : 12
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Tom Vanden Berghe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/8e/905171.jpg)
Applied cell death research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,040
21,004
0.583
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
40,745
Country Rank
383
Institution Rank : 29
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Wim Vanden Berghe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/96/1399082.jpg)
Epigenetics
Cancer
Inflammation
Cardiovascular
Neuroplasticity
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,540
6,292
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
46,790
Country Rank
435
Institution Rank : 33
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Frank Kooy](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0d/1401161.jpg)
Genetics of Intellectual disabitilty
autism and related cognitive disorders
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,639
7,317
0.415
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
47,577
Country Rank
445
Institution Rank : 34
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Jean Pierre Timmermans](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/1c/1401817.jpg)
autononomic nervous system
neuro-immunology
gastrointestinal
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,430
5,538
0.318
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
93,769
Country Rank
886
Institution Rank : 72
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Geert Baggerman](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Proteomics
peptidomics
insects
neuropeptides
cancer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,215
2,887
0.283
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
104,043
Country Rank
1,003
Institution Rank : 82
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Arvid Suls](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Genetics
Genomics
Molecular Biology
NGS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,322
4,544
0.487
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
114,633
Country Rank
1,098
Institution Rank : 94
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Benedicte De Winter](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/52/1398212.jpg)
geneeskunde
gastroenterologie
medisch onderwijs
fundamenteel onderzoek
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,564
4,159
0.486
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
204,337
Country Rank
1,844
Institution Rank : 149
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Claudina Perez Novo](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Epigenetics
Molecular Biology of Cancer
Kinase signalling in cancer and Inflammation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
2,043
0.417
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
229,419
Country Rank
2,046
Institution Rank : 167
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Geert Vandeweyer](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/0d/1403470.jpg)
Genetics
Human Genetics
Bioinformatics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,329
2,622
0.606
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
287,459
Country Rank
2,502
Institution Rank : 194
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Stijn Wittouck](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/da/1403568.jpg)
bioinformatics
microbiology
evolution
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,358
3,317
0.988
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
329,706
Country Rank
2,800
Institution Rank : 213
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Wouter De Coster](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/98/1387963.jpg)
genetics
sequencing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,848
2,802
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
355,192
Country Rank
2,990
Institution Rank : 226
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Hilde Bastiaens](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
general practice
prevention
NCD
implementation
global health
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,597
1,677
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
386,704
Country Rank
3,190
Institution Rank : 242
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Pieter Meysman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/af/1405531.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Immunoinformatics
Data Mining
Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,326
1,863
0.801
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
443,427
Country Rank
3,611
Institution Rank : 279
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Dorien Schepers](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/31/1389814.jpg)
Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,930
1,246
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
480,661
Country Rank
3,860
Institution Rank : 291
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Kristien Hens](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/dd/1403512.jpg)
Ethics
epigenethics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,719
1,000
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
537,045
Country Rank
4,234
Institution Rank : 319
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Benjamin A Vervaet](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/1422622.jpg)
Cell biology
Kidney pathology
Cell cycle
Nephrocalcinosis
Toxic nephropathies
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,454
1,021
0.702
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
585,801
Country Rank
4,608
Institution Rank : 345
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Christian Johannessen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e9/1387945.jpg)
Optical spectroscopy
Raman
Raman optical activity
vibrational circular dichroism
Structural Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,263
732
0.580
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
758,795
Country Rank
5,699
Institution Rank : 449
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Philip Holmgren](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
genetica
bio-informatica
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
390
0.501
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
818,863
Country Rank
6,035
Institution Rank : 479
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Stijn Huygh](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/78/1403566.jpg)
molecular modeling
reactive force field
reaxff
molecular dynamics
density f
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
447
0.683
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
875,219
Country Rank
6,317
Institution Rank : 503
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Nicolas De Neuter](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/93/4847017.jpg)
Bioinformatics
immunology
data science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
540
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,227,109
Country Rank
8,284
Institution Rank : 675
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Genevieve Diedericks](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/88/5331208.jpg)
phylogenetics
phylogeography
invasion biology
molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
107
0.633
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,345,909
Country Rank
8,870
Institution Rank : 736
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Siamak Ghaffaripour](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
66
0.555
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,905,097
Country Rank
11,235
Institution Rank : 936
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Diala El Masri](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/71/5620655.jpg)
Molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
2,081,668
Country Rank
11,904
Institution Rank : 1,002
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Wilson Sawasawa](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/33/5719235.jpg)
Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Population Genetics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
16,330
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
132
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
12
Tom Vanden Berghe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
36,040
21,004
0.583
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
Applied cell death research
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
40,745
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
383
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
29
Wim Vanden Berghe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,540
6,292
0.322
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Epigenetics
Cancer
Inflammation
Cardiovascular
Neuroplasticity
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
46,790
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
435
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
33
Frank Kooy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,639
7,317
0.415
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
Genetics of Intellectual disabitilty
autism and related cognitive disorders
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
47,577
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
445
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
34
Jean Pierre Timmermans
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,430
5,538
0.318
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
autononomic nervous system
neuro-immunology
gastrointestinal
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
93,769
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
886
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
72
Geert Baggerman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,215
2,887
0.283
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Proteomics
peptidomics
insects
neuropeptides
cancer
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
104,043
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
1,003
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
82
Arvid Suls
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,322
4,544
0.487
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
Genetics
Genomics
Molecular Biology
NGS
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
114,633
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
1,098
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
94
Benedicte De Winter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,564
4,159
0.486
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
geneeskunde
gastroenterologie
medisch onderwijs
fundamenteel onderzoek
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
204,337
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
1,844
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
149
Claudina Perez Novo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,897
2,043
0.417
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
Epigenetics
Molecular Biology of Cancer
Kinase signalling in cancer and Inflammation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
229,419
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
2,046
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
167
Geert Vandeweyer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
4,329
2,622
0.606
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
Genetics
Human Genetics
Bioinformatics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
287,459
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
2,502
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
194
Stijn Wittouck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
3,358
3,317
0.988
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bioinformatics
microbiology
evolution
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
329,706
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
2,800
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
213
Wouter De Coster
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,848
2,802
0.984
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
355,192
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
2,990
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
226
Hilde Bastiaens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,597
1,677
0.646
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general practice
prevention
NCD
implementation
global health
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
386,704
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
3,190
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
242
Pieter Meysman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
2,326
1,863
0.801
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Immunoinformatics
Data Mining
Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
443,427
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
3,611
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
279
Dorien Schepers
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,930
1,246
0.646
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
480,661
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
3,860
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
291
Kristien Hens
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,719
1,000
0.582
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
537,045
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
4,234
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
319
Benjamin A Vervaet
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,454
1,021
0.702
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Cell biology
Kidney pathology
Cell cycle
Nephrocalcinosis
Toxic nephropathies
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
585,801
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
4,608
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
345
Christian Johannessen
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
1,263
732
0.580
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
Optical spectroscopy
Raman
Raman optical activity
vibrational circular dichroism
Structural Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
758,795
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
5,699
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
449
Philip Holmgren
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
779
390
0.501
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
genetica
bio-informatica
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
818,863
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
6,035
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
479
Stijn Huygh
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
654
447
0.683
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molecular modeling
reactive force field
reaxff
molecular dynamics
density f
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
875,219
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
6,317
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
503
Nicolas De Neuter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
549
540
0.984
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
Bioinformatics
immunology
data science
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,227,109
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
8,284
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
675
Genevieve Diedericks
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
169
107
0.633
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phylogenetics
phylogeography
invasion biology
molecular biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,345,909
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
8,870
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
736
Siamak Ghaffaripour
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
119
66
0.555
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Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
1,905,097
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
11,235
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
936
Diala El Masri
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17
17
1.000
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
![](/assets/images/world-icon.png)
2,081,668
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
11,904
![](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/logos/10822.jpg)
1,002
Wilson Sawasawa
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6
5
0.833
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Genomics
Evolutionary Biology
Population Genetics