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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
218
Country Rank
1
Institution Rank : 1
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Jean Louis Vincent](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/c2/4986348.jpg)
critical care medicine
sepsis
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,252
115,062
0.395
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
386
Country Rank
5
Institution Rank : 2
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Barbara Clerbaux](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Particle physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,295
111,515
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
520
Country Rank
7
Institution Rank : 3
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Pascal Vanlaer](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Particle physics
LHC
instrumentation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,109
109,848
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
937
Country Rank
11
Institution Rank : 4
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Bugra Bilin](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,359
96,315
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
1,453
Country Rank
13
Institution Rank : 5
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Marco Dorigo](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/65/4989073.jpg)
Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,383
36,947
0.254
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
5,591
Country Rank
41
Institution Rank : 6
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Christos Sotiriou](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d0/4989074.jpg)
breast cancer
cancer
oncology
genomics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,188
33,625
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
6,724
Country Rank
51
Institution Rank : 7
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Thomas Stützle](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b8/4989075.jpg)
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
8,200
Country Rank
58
Institution Rank : 8
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Marc Parmentier](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Molecular biology
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,347
9,271
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
11,286
Country Rank
83
Institution Rank : 9
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Deviere Jacques](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/02/4989077.jpg)
médecine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,270
13,207
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
12,772
Country Rank
101
Institution Rank : 10
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![JA Aguilar](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Physics
neutrino astronomy
dark matter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,950
25,002
0.596
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
13,876
Country Rank
111
Institution Rank : 11
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Cedric Blanpain](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/e8/4986772.jpg)
stem cells
cancer
development
biomedical sciences
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,868
19,221
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
26,637
Country Rank
231
Institution Rank : 12
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Mathias Dewatripont](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b9/1399691.jpg)
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
36,047
Country Rank
327
Institution Rank : 13
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Farid Dahdouh-Guebas](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/60/4986774.jpg)
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
45,337
Country Rank
419
Institution Rank : 14
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Sophie Fally](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/08/1398664.jpg)
sciences
information literacy
TIC
pédagogie
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,026
5,657
0.314
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
52,800
Country Rank
502
Institution Rank : 15
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Etienne Meylan](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
lung cancer
neutrophils
immunometabolism
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,107
7,116
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
53,806
Country Rank
511
Institution Rank : 16
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Philippe van de Borne](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
5,655
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
55,350
Country Rank
527
Institution Rank : 17
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Stefano Pironio](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/37/4986777.jpg)
Quantum Information
Quantum Foundations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,554
7,992
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
62,735
Country Rank
595
Institution Rank : 18
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Bruno Van Pottelsberghe](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/6a/1385168.jpg)
Innovation
Innovation Policy
Intellectual property
Economic growth
Intellectual property rights
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,125
3,427
0.243
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
70,290
Country Rank
664
Institution Rank : 19
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Pierre Descouvemont](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b9/4986778.jpg)
nuclear physics
astrophysics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,949
2,906
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
80,459
Country Rank
776
Institution Rank : 20
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Verbanck P](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/7e/4986779.jpg)
neurosciences médecine
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,596
3,711
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
98,337
Country Rank
939
Institution Rank : 21
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Marianne Rooman](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/ee/4986780.jpg)
Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Theoretical Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,787
3,380
0.345
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
99,183
Country Rank
946
Institution Rank : 22
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Georg Kirchsteiger](/user/assets/images/profile/no-profile-photo.png)
Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Industrial Organization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,711
2,133
0.220
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
111,951
Country Rank
1,067
Institution Rank : 23
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Didier Snoeck](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/b5/1397876.jpg)
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
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
113,620
Country Rank
1,086
Institution Rank : 24
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Philippe Weil](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/d3/1383878.jpg)
Macroeconomics
Finance
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,612
1,665
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Rank
113,836
Country Rank
1,090
Institution Rank : 25
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![Belgium](/flags/be.png)
![Martine Labbé](https://cdn.adscientificindex.com/pictures/fb/4986781.jpg)
operations research
mathematical programming
bilevel programming
combinatorial optimization
pricing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,598
2,842
0.331
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
218
Country Ranking
1
Institution Ranking
1
Jean Louis Vincent
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
291,252
115,062
0.395
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critical care medicine
sepsis
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
386
Country Ranking
5
Institution Ranking
2
Barbara Clerbaux
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
253,295
111,515
0.440
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
520
Country Ranking
7
Institution Ranking
3
Pascal Vanlaer
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
233,109
109,848
0.471
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
937
Country Ranking
11
Institution Ranking
4
Bugra Bilin
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
182,359
96,315
0.528
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
1,453
Country Ranking
13
Institution Ranking
5
Marco Dorigo
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
145,383
36,947
0.254
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Swarm Intelligence
Swarm Robotics
Metaheuristics
Computational Intelligence
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
5,591
Country Ranking
41
Institution Ranking
6
Christos Sotiriou
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
70,188
33,625
0.479
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
6,724
Country Ranking
51
Institution Ranking
7
Thomas Stützle
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62,610
21,538
0.344
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Stochastic Local Search
Metaheuristics
Swarm Intelligence
Computational Intelligence
Optimization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
8,200
Country Ranking
58
Institution Ranking
8
Marc Parmentier
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
55,347
9,271
0.168
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
11,286
Country Ranking
83
Institution Ranking
9
Deviere Jacques
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
45,270
13,207
0.292
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
12,772
Country Ranking
101
Institution Ranking
10
JA Aguilar
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41,950
25,002
0.596
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* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
13,876
Country Ranking
111
Institution Ranking
11
Cedric Blanpain
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
39,868
19,221
0.482
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stem cells
cancer
development
biomedical sciences
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
26,637
Country Ranking
231
Institution Ranking
12
Mathias Dewatripont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
26,230
5,692
0.217
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Microeconomics
Contract Theory
Regulation
Banking & Finance
Innovation & Health Economics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
36,047
Country Ranking
327
Institution Ranking
13
Farid Dahdouh-Guebas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,280
10,605
0.498
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mangrove vegetation dynamics & ecology
mangrove ethnobiology
mangrove m'mnt & governance
rem sens
social-ecological systems
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
45,337
Country Ranking
419
Institution Ranking
14
Sophie Fally
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
18,026
5,657
0.314
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sciences
information literacy
TIC
pédagogie
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
52,800
Country Ranking
502
Institution Ranking
15
Etienne Meylan
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,107
7,116
0.442
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
53,806
Country Ranking
511
Institution Ranking
16
Philippe van de Borne
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,884
5,655
0.356
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
55,350
Country Ranking
527
Institution Ranking
17
Stefano Pironio
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,554
7,992
0.514
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
62,735
Country Ranking
595
Institution Ranking
18
Bruno Van Pottelsberghe
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,125
3,427
0.243
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Innovation
Innovation Policy
Intellectual property
Economic growth
Intellectual property rights
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
70,290
Country Ranking
664
Institution Ranking
19
Pierre Descouvemont
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
12,949
2,906
0.224
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
80,459
Country Ranking
776
Institution Ranking
20
Verbanck P
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
11,596
3,711
0.320
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
98,337
Country Ranking
939
Institution Ranking
21
Marianne Rooman
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,787
3,380
0.345
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Bioinformatics
Computational Biology
Theoretical Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
99,183
Country Ranking
946
Institution Ranking
22
Georg Kirchsteiger
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,711
2,133
0.220
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Behavioral Economics
Experimental Economics
Game Theory
Industrial Organization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
111,951
Country Ranking
1,067
Institution Ranking
23
Didier Snoeck
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,722
6,877
0.788
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Sustainable Structural Design
Durability
Sustainability
Superabsorbent polymers
Self-healing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
113,620
Country Ranking
1,086
Institution Ranking
24
Philippe Weil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,612
1,665
0.193
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
World Ranking
113,836
Country Ranking
1,090
Institution Ranking
25
Martine Labbé
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,598
2,842
0.331
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operations research
mathematical programming
bilevel programming
combinatorial optimization
pricing