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![Johan Ws Vlaeyen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/50/1402817.jpg)
Chronic pain
experimental health psychology
fear conditioning
pain-related fear
cognitive
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,977
30,189
0.419
![Hans De Witte](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/2b/1382853.jpg)
Job Insecurity
temporary work
work stress
work engagement
bullying at work
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,238
25,917
0.537
![Wolfgang Glänzel](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/9d/1407491.jpg)
scientometrics
bibliometrics
probability theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,447
9,079
0.331
![Peter Kuppens](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/22/1405682.jpg)
Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,310
17,560
0.694
![Marc Hooghe](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
political science
political trust
comparative politics
political behavior
elections
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,557
10,224
0.434
![Dirk Geeraerts](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d8/1393918.jpg)
Linguistics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,113
7,809
0.353
![Ralf Krampe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6c/1385848.jpg)
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,432
6,605
0.308
![Johan Wagemans](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a8/1398964.jpg)
visual perception
visual arts
visual cognition
psychophysics
cognitive science
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,858
10,214
0.490
![Nele De Cuyper](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Work & Organizational Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,255
11,080
0.575
![Wim Van Oorschot](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/87/1386350.jpg)
Social policy
welfare state
social security
public opinion
welfare attitudes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,397
6,045
0.451
![Bert De Smedt](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/bb/1385896.jpg)
dyscalculia
mathematical development
educational neuroscience
arithmetic
numerical cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,080
7,291
0.557
![Jaak Billiet](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7d/1401760.jpg)
sociology
survey methodology
measurement error
comparative social research
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,105
3,240
0.292
![Colette Van Laar](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/a4/1405899.jpg)
Social Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,937
5,664
0.518
![Ilse Van Diest](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
psychophysiology
stress & health
symptom perception
interoceptive conditioning
tVNS
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,125
6,415
0.634
![Cees Van Leeuwen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d5/1385849.jpg)
Psychology
Perception
Complex Systems
Philosophy of Neuroscience
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,672
3,797
0.393
![Tom Beckers](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6a/1385854.jpg)
Learning and memory
experimental psychopathology
animal cognition
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,617
3,972
0.461
![Filip Boen](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c7/1398995.jpg)
Physical Activity Promotion
Group Processes
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,327
4,744
0.570
![Johan Vanderlinden](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/5b/1400718.jpg)
eetstoornissen
trauma
dissociatie
hypnose
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,115
2,323
0.286
![Stef Proost](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/88/1394705.jpg)
transport
environment
energy economics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
2,501
0.318
![Jeroen Scheerder](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e3/1405934.jpg)
sociology of sport & physical activity
sport governance
sport participation
sport policy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
4,631
0.621
![Gert Storms](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6d/1385909.jpg)
categories & concept
scaling
semantics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,103
3,183
0.448
![Dick Houtman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/52/1385267.jpg)
cultural sociology
cultural change
cultural conflict
sociological theory
sociology of religion
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,093
2,898
0.409
![Patrick Degryse](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ed/1407044.jpg)
archeometrie
geochemie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,664
3,142
0.471
![Guy Bosmans](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/f3/1407194.jpg)
Attachment
Developmental Psychopathology
Cognitive Psychology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,390
3,689
0.577
![Filip De Boeck](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6d/921097.jpg)
Cities
infrastructure
youth
anthropology
photography
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,030
2,031
0.337
Johan Ws Vlaeyen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71,977
30,189
0.419
Chronic pain
experimental health psychology
fear conditioning
pain-related fear
cognitive
Hans De Witte
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
48,238
25,917
0.537
Job Insecurity
temporary work
work stress
work engagement
bullying at work
Wolfgang Glänzel
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
27,447
9,079
0.331
scientometrics
bibliometrics
probability theory
Peter Kuppens
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
25,310
17,560
0.694
Marc Hooghe
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
23,557
10,224
0.434
political science
political trust
comparative politics
political behavior
elections
Dirk Geeraerts
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,113
7,809
0.353
Ralf Krampe
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,432
6,605
0.308
Johan Wagemans
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
20,858
10,214
0.490
visual perception
visual arts
visual cognition
psychophysics
cognitive science
Nele De Cuyper
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,255
11,080
0.575
Wim Van Oorschot
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,397
6,045
0.451
Social policy
welfare state
social security
public opinion
welfare attitudes
Bert De Smedt
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
13,080
7,291
0.557
dyscalculia
mathematical development
educational neuroscience
arithmetic
numerical cognition
Jaak Billiet
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,105
3,240
0.292
sociology
survey methodology
measurement error
comparative social research
Colette Van Laar
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,937
5,664
0.518
Ilse Van Diest
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,125
6,415
0.634
psychophysiology
stress & health
symptom perception
interoceptive conditioning
tVNS
Cees Van Leeuwen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,672
3,797
0.393
Psychology
Perception
Complex Systems
Philosophy of Neuroscience
Tom Beckers
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,617
3,972
0.461
Learning and memory
experimental psychopathology
animal cognition
Filip Boen
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,327
4,744
0.570
Physical Activity Promotion
Group Processes
Johan Vanderlinden
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,115
2,323
0.286
eetstoornissen
trauma
dissociatie
hypnose
Stef Proost
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,863
2,501
0.318
transport
environment
energy economics
Jeroen Scheerder
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,463
4,631
0.621
sociology of sport & physical activity
sport governance
sport participation
sport policy
Gert Storms
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,103
3,183
0.448
Dick Houtman
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
7,093
2,898
0.409
cultural sociology
cultural change
cultural conflict
sociological theory
sociology of religion
Patrick Degryse
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,664
3,142
0.471
Guy Bosmans
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,390
3,689
0.577
Attachment
Developmental Psychopathology
Cognitive Psychology
Filip De Boeck
Catholic University of Leuven
Leuven, Belgium
![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
6,030
2,031
0.337
Cities
infrastructure
youth
anthropology
photography