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Ben Derudder

Ben Derudder

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Belgium
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
65
Citations
16343
World Ranking
1033
National Ranking
7

Ben Derudder publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ben Derudder sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 506 publications — 98th percentile

98% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

Ben Derudder D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Ben Derudder sits on this spectrum.

30 D-Index: 177 scientists 31 D-Index: 210 scientists 32 D-Index: 222 scientists 33 D-Index: 188 scientists 34 D-Index: 181 scientists 35 D-Index: 243 scientists 36 D-Index: 261 scientists 37 D-Index: 272 scientists 38 D-Index: 278 scientists 39 D-Index: 300 scientists 40 D-Index: 297 scientists 41 D-Index: 308 scientists 42 D-Index: 313 scientists 43 D-Index: 300 scientists 44 D-Index: 269 scientists 45 D-Index: 260 scientists 46 D-Index: 228 scientists 47 D-Index: 251 scientists 48 D-Index: 203 scientists 49 D-Index: 186 scientists 50 D-Index: 187 scientists 51 D-Index: 166 scientists 52 D-Index: 138 scientists 53 D-Index: 141 scientists 54 D-Index: 131 scientists 55 D-Index: 137 scientists 56 D-Index: 109 scientists 57 D-Index: 129 scientists 58 D-Index: 95 scientists 59 D-Index: 105 scientists 60 D-Index: 106 scientists 61 D-Index: 86 scientists 62 D-Index: 94 scientists 63 D-Index: 77 scientists 64 D-Index: 79 scientists 65 D-Index: 59 scientists 66 D-Index: 68 scientists 67 D-Index: 51 scientists 68 D-Index: 49 scientists 69 D-Index: 40 scientists 70 D-Index: 43 scientists 71 D-Index: 40 scientists 72 D-Index: 50 scientists 73 D-Index: 46 scientists 74 D-Index: 43 scientists 75 D-Index: 45 scientists 76 D-Index: 45 scientists 77 D-Index: 30 scientists 78 D-Index: 25 scientists 79 D-Index: 31 scientists 80 D-Index: 29 scientists 81 D-Index: 18 scientists 82 D-Index: 21 scientists 83 D-Index: 26 scientists 84 D-Index: 15 scientists 85 D-Index: 15 scientists 86 D-Index: 19 scientists 87 D-Index: 19 scientists 88 D-Index: 12 scientists 89 D-Index: 7 scientists 90 D-Index: 19 scientists 91 D-Index: 20 scientists 92 D-Index: 13 scientists 93 D-Index: 9 scientists 94 D-Index: 13 scientists 95 D-Index: 8 scientists 96 D-Index: 7 scientists 97 D-Index: 6 scientists 98 D-Index: 6 scientists 99 D-Index: 6 scientists 100+ D-Index: 97 scientists
30 D-Index 100+

This scientist: 65 D-Index — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Ben Derudder is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has an extensive publication record primarily in the social sciences and economics, econometrics, and finance. With 126 publications in the social sciences and 75 in economics-related fields, their work spans interdisciplinary research focused on urban and regional development.

Their research engages deeply with topics such as:

  • Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
  • Global Urban Networks and Dynamics
  • Urban Planning and Governance
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility
  • Transportation Planning and Optimization
  • Land Use and Ecosystem Services
  • Aviation Industry Analysis and Trends

Ben Derudder's subfields of study reflect this diversity, including:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Urban Studies
  • Transportation
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Global and Planetary Change

Their recent notable papers include:

  • "Three Globalizations Shaping the Twenty-first Century: Understanding the New World Geography through Its Cities," 2020, Annals of the American Association of Geographers
  • "Polycentric urban regions: conceptualization, identification and implications," 2021, Regional Studies
  • "Regions in a time of pandemic," 2020, Regional Studies
  • "Modeling the Impact of Urbanization on Land-Use Change in Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia: An Integrated Cellular Automata-Markov Chain Approach," 2020, Land
  • "'Buzz-and-pipeline' dynamics in Chinese science: the impact of interurban collaboration linkages on cities' innovation capacity," 2021, Regional Studies

The primary publication venues where Ben Derudder's work appears are:

  • Regional Studies (12 publications)
  • Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie (5 publications)
  • Journal of Transport Geography (4 publications)
  • Annals of the American Association of Geographers (3 publications)
  • Urban Geography (3 publications)

Collaborative work features frequent co-authors such as:

  • Peter J. Taylor
  • Xingjian Liu
  • Freke Caset
  • Frank Witlox
  • Rui Shao

Ben Derudder has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by the World Bank: A Framework for Enhancing Intra-regional Connectivity in the Horn of Africa (2021).

Best Publications

  • World City Network: A Global Urban Analysis

    Peter J. Taylor;Ben Derudder

  • An Appraisal of the Use of Airline Data in Assessing the World City Network: A Research Note on Data

    Ben Derudder;Frank Witlox

  • Pathways of Change: Shifting Connectivities in the World City Network, 2000—08:

    Ben Derudder;Peter J. Taylor;Pengfei Ni;Anneleen De Vos

  • Global Urban Analysis: A Survey of Cities in Globalization

    Peter J. Taylor;Pengfei Ni;Ben Derudder;Michael Hoyler

  • Hierarchical Tendencies and Regional Patterns in the World City Network: A Global Urban Analysis of 234 Cities

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  • Measuring Polycentric Urban Development in China: An Intercity Transportation Network Perspective

    Xingjian Liu;Ben Derudder;Kang Wu

  • Reducing car use: changing attitudes or relocating? The influence of residential dissonance on travel behavior

    Jonas De Vos;Ben Joseph Romain Derudder;Veronique Van Acker;Frank Witlox

  • Advanced Producer Service Firms as Strategic Networks, Global Cities as Strategic Places

    Peter J. Taylor;Ben Derudder;Ben Derudder;James R. Faulconbridge;Michael Hoyler

  • On Conceptual Confusion in Empirical Analyses of a Transnational Urban Network

    Ben Derudder

  • Cities in globalization : practices, policies and theories

    Peter Taylor;Ben Derudder;Pieter Saey;Frank Witlox

  • World City Networks and Global Commodity Chains: towards a world‐systems' integration

    Ed Brown;Ben Derudder;Christof Parnreiter;Wim Pelupessy

  • Mapping world city networks through airline flows: context, relevance, and problems

    Ben Derudder;Frank Witlox

  • The cliquishness of world cities

    Ben Derudder;Peter Taylor

  • Corporate Ecologies of Business Travel in Professional Service Firms Working Towards a Research Agenda

    James R. Faulconbridge;Jonathan V. Beaverstock;Ben Derudder;Frank Witlox

  • International Handbook of Globalization and World Cities

    Ben Derudder;Michael Hoyler;Peter J. Taylor;Frank Witlox

  • Regions in a time of pandemic

    David Bailey;Jennifer Clark;Alessandra Colombelli;Carlo Corradini

  • International business travel: some explorations

    Jonathan V. Beaverstock;Ben Derudder;James R. Faulconbridge;Frank Witlox

  • Organic agriculture and sustainable food production system: Main potentials

    Hossein Azadi;Sanne Schoonbeek;Hossein Mahmoudi;Ben Derudder

  • FLYING WHERE YOU DON'T WANT TO GO: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF HUBS IN THE GLOBAL AIRLINE NETWORK

    Ben Derudder;Lomme Devriendt;Frank Witlox

  • Ethnic differences in activity spaces as a characteristic of segregation: : A study based on mobile phone usage in Tallinn, Estonia

    Olle Järv;Kerli Müürisepp;Rein Ahas;Ben Derudder

  • Pathways of change: shifting connectivities in the world city network, 2000-08

    Ben Derudder;Peter Taylor;Anneleen De Vos;Michael Hoyler

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank Witlox
Frank Witlox Ghent University
Peter J. Taylor
Peter J. Taylor Northumbria University
Michael Hoyler
Michael Hoyler Loughborough University
James Faulconbridge
James Faulconbridge Lancaster University
Jonathan V. Beaverstock
Jonathan V. Beaverstock University of Bristol
Jan Nyssen
Jan Nyssen Ghent University
David Bailey
David Bailey University of Birmingham
Jonas De Vos
Jonas De Vos University College London
Steven Van Passel
Steven Van Passel University of Antwerp
Yaolin Liu
Yaolin Liu Wuhan University

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