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
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
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
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
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
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: 6
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
64
0.719
* Total H Index Rankings
Ranking Based
On Selection: 7
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
crop physiology
horticulture
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813
Marc Van Montagu
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
189
63
0.333
Plant Biotechnology/Molecular Genetics/Science Outreach
Dirk Inze
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
176
82
0.466
Wim Verbeke
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
117
78
0.667
Agricultural economics
Consumer behaviour
Food marketing
Food science & technology
Guy Smagghe
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
96
69
0.719
insects
agriculture
physiology
biocontrol
RNAi
Kris Verheyen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
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
Frank Van Breusegem
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
89
64
0.719
Els Van Damme
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
85
37
0.435
plant lectins
glycobiology
ribosome-inactivating proteins
plant signaling
Peter Bossier
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80
53
0.663
Vyverman Wim
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
79
43
0.544
Aquatic ecology and evolution
protists
biogeography
Patrick Van Damme
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
71
46
0.648
tropical agriculture
ethnobotany
agroforestry
value chains
Euphorbia tirucalli
Thomas Van Leeuwen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
69
54
0.783
resistance
toxicology
genome
plant adaptation
horizontal gene transfer
Pierre Rouzé
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
62
30
0.484
Bioinformatics
Genomics
PLant Sciences
Evolution
Danny Geelen
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
61
38
0.623
Pieter De Frenne
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
60
51
0.850
climate change
plants
global change ecology
biodiversity
seed ecology
Patrick De Clercq
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
57
31
0.544
agricultural entomology
biological control
arthropod mass rearing
crop protection
Tom Defoirdt
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
52
37
0.712
quorum sensing
virulence
virulence factors
Vibrio
aquaculture
Marc Van Meirvenne
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
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
Geert Haesaert
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
49
35
0.714
plantengenetica
plantenveredeling
gewasbescherming
Kim Calders
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
47
45
0.957
Remote Sensing
Laser Scanning
Forestry
Ecology
Bert De Rybel
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
46
41
0.891
Hans De Steur
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
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
Daniël Van Damme
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
43
34
0.791
Jan Van Den Bulcke
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
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
Frederik Coppens
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
37
32
0.865
Bioinformatics
Plant sciences
Data mining
Data visualisation
Marie Christine Van Labeke
Ghent University
Ghent, Belgium
H-Index Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
32
26
0.813