Ghent University is a prestigious public university established in 1817 in Belgium. It is represented by 2,659 scientists in the AD Scientific Index. The university’s scientists are particularly concentrated in Social Sciences and Humanities (450 scientists), Engineering & Technology (420 scientists), and Natural Sciences (326 scientists).

* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marc Van Montagu
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
63
0.333
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dirk Inze
Planten biologie
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
82
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wim Verbeke
Agricultural economics
Consumer behaviour
Food marketing
Food science & technology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
78
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Guy Smagghe
insects
agriculture
physiology
biocontrol
RNAi
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
69
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kris Verheyen
Forest ecology
Forest Management
Ecological Restoration
Functional Biodiversity Research
Global Change Research
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
64
0.667
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Els Van Damme
plant lectins
glycobiology
ribosome-inactivating proteins
plant signaling
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
37
0.435
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Bossier
aquaculture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
53
0.663
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vyverman Wim
Aquatic ecology and evolution
protists
biogeography
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
43
0.544
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Patrick Van Damme
tropical agriculture
ethnobotany
agroforestry
value chains
Euphorbia tirucalli
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
46
0.648
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Van Leeuwen
resistance
toxicology
genome
plant adaptation
horizontal gene transfer
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
54
0.783
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pierre Rouzé
Bioinformatics
Genomics
PLant Sciences
Evolution
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
30
0.484
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Danny Geelen
plant biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pieter De Frenne
climate change
plants
global change ecology
biodiversity
seed ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
51
0.850
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Patrick De Clercq
agricultural entomology
biological control
arthropod mass rearing
crop protection
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
31
0.544
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tom Defoirdt
quorum sensing
virulence
virulence factors
Vibrio
aquaculture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marc Van Meirvenne
Soil Science
Soil sensing
Geostatistics
Near surface geophysics
Archaeological prospection
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Geert Haesaert
plantengenetica
plantenveredeling
gewasbescherming
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kim Calders
Remote Sensing
Laser Scanning
Forestry
Ecology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
45
0.957
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bert De Rybel
Plant Developmental Biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
41
0.891
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hans De Steur
Agri-food Marketing & Economics
Research methods
Food for Nutrition
Consumer-Stakeholder-Chain
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
35
0.814
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniël Van Damme
plant cell biology
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
34
0.791
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jan Van Den Bulcke
Forest
tree growth
wood biology
wood technology
non-destructive imaging
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
32
0.780
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frederik Coppens
Bioinformatics
Plant sciences
Data mining
Data visualisation
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marie Christine Van Labeke
crop physiology
horticulture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Marc Van Montagu
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
63
0.333
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Dirk Inze
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
82
0.466
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Wim Verbeke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
78
0.667
Agricultural economics
Consumer behaviour
Food marketing
Food science & technology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Guy Smagghe
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
69
0.719
insects
agriculture
physiology
biocontrol
RNAi
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Kris Verheyen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
64
0.667
Forest ecology
Forest Management
Ecological Restoration
Functional Biodiversity Research
Global Change Research
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Frank Van Breusegem
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
64
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Els Van Damme
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
37
0.435
plant lectins
glycobiology
ribosome-inactivating proteins
plant signaling
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Peter Bossier
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
53
0.663
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Vyverman Wim
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
43
0.544
Aquatic ecology and evolution
protists
biogeography
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Patrick Van Damme
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
46
0.648
tropical agriculture
ethnobotany
agroforestry
value chains
Euphorbia tirucalli
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Thomas Van Leeuwen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
54
0.783
resistance
toxicology
genome
plant adaptation
horizontal gene transfer
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Pierre Rouzé
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
30
0.484
Bioinformatics
Genomics
PLant Sciences
Evolution
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Danny Geelen
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Pieter De Frenne
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
51
0.850
climate change
plants
global change ecology
biodiversity
seed ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Patrick De Clercq
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
31
0.544
agricultural entomology
biological control
arthropod mass rearing
crop protection
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Tom Defoirdt
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
quorum sensing
virulence
virulence factors
Vibrio
aquaculture
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Marc Van Meirvenne
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
50
30
0.600
Soil Science
Soil sensing
Geostatistics
Near surface geophysics
Archaeological prospection
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Geert Haesaert
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
plantengenetica
plantenveredeling
gewasbescherming
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kim Calders
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
45
0.957
Remote Sensing
Laser Scanning
Forestry
Ecology
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Bert De Rybel
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
41
0.891
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Hans De Steur
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
35
0.814
Agri-food Marketing & Economics
Research methods
Food for Nutrition
Consumer-Stakeholder-Chain
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Daniël Van Damme
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
34
0.791
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
Jan Van Den Bulcke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
41
32
0.780
Forest
tree growth
wood biology
wood technology
non-destructive imaging
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Frederik Coppens
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
Bioinformatics
Plant sciences
Data mining
Data visualisation
* Total H Index Rankings
Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Marie Christine Van Labeke
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813