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Social Sciences and Humanities
Belgium
2026

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
114
Citations
47630
World Ranking
36
National Ranking
1

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

Wim Verbeke is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Food Science, Insect Science, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions, and Ecology. Their research interests span several main topics including Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability, Organic Food and Agriculture, Insect and Pesticide Research, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Plant and animal studies, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Among their recent publications are:

  • Environmentally Sustainable Food Consumption: A Review and Research Agenda From a Goal-Directed Perspective, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Segmentation Based on Consumers' Perceived Importance and Attitude toward Farm Animal Welfare, 2020, International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food
  • The state of the art of discrete choice experiments in food research, 2022, Food Quality and Preference
  • Meat consumption and flexitarianism in the Low Countries, 2022, Meat Science
  • Effects of nutrition and sustainability claims on attention and choice: An eye-tracking study in the context of a choice experiment using granola bar concepts, 2020, Food Quality and Preference

Verbeke has collaborated regularly with several coauthors, including J. Schieck, S. Tavernier, M. Dragicevic, E. Starling, and Yung Hung. These frequent partnerships have supported research output across various topics within their fields of interest.

Frequently publishing venues for Verbeke's work include Food Quality and Preference, DESY Publication Database (PUBDB) (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron), Insects, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Frontiers in Psychology. These platforms have served as important outlets for sharing empirical research relevant to food quality, sustainability, and insect science.

Best Publications

  • Sustainable Food Consumption: Exploring the Consumer “Attitude – Behavioral Intention” Gap

    Iris Vermeir;Wim Verbeke

  • Sustainable food consumption among young adults in Belgium: Theory of planned behaviour and the role of confidence and values

    Iris Vermeir;Wim Verbeke

  • Personal determinants of organic food consumption: a review

    Joris Aertsens;Wim Verbeke;Koen Mondelaers;Guido Van Huylenbroeck

  • Consumer acceptance of functional foods: socio-demographic, cognitive and attitudinal determinants

    Wim Verbeke

  • Profiling consumers who are ready to adopt insects as a meat substitute in a Western society

    Wim Verbeke

  • Individual determinants of fish consumption: application of the theory of planned behaviour.

    Wim Verbeke;Isabelle Vackier

  • Consumer-driven definition of traditional food products and innovation in traditional foods. A qualitative cross-cultural study.

    Luis Guerrero;Maria Dolors Guàrdia;Joan Xicola;Wim Verbeke

  • Functional foods: Consumer willingness to compromise on taste for health?

    Wim Verbeke

  • The influence of subjective and objective knowledge on attitude, motivations and consumption of organic food

    Joris Aertsens;Koen Mondelaers;Wim Verbeke;Jeroen Buysse

  • Agriculture and the food industry in the information age

    Wim Verbeke

  • Determinants of halal meat consumption in France

    Karijn Bonne;Iris Vermeir;Florence Bergeaud‐Blackler;Wim Verbeke

  • European citizen and consumer attitudes and preferences regarding beef and pork.

    Wim Verbeke;Federico J.A. Pérez-Cueto;Marcia D. de Barcellos;Marcia D. de Barcellos;Athanasios Krystallis

  • Consumer perception and choice of minimally processed vegetables and packaged fruits

    Peter Ragaert;Wim Verbeke;Frank Devlieghere;Johan Debevere

  • Consumer interest in information cues denoting quality, traceability and origin: An application of ordered probit models to beef labels

    Wim Verbeke;Ronald W. Ward

  • Association between traditional food consumption and motives for food choice in six European countries.

    Zuzanna Pieniak;Wim Verbeke;Filiep Vanhonacker;Luis Guerrero

  • Perception of traditional food products in six European regions using free word association

    Luis Guerrero;Anna Claret;Wim Verbeke;Geraldine Enderli

  • Profile and effects of consumer involvement in fresh meat

    Wim Verbeke;Isabelle Vackier

  • Determinants of the Willingness of Belgian Farmers to Participate in Agri-environmental Measures

    Isabel Vanslembrouck;Guido Van Huylenbroeck;Wim Verbeke

  • Beliefs, attitude and behaviour towards fresh meat consumption in Belgium: empirical evidence from a consumer survey

    Wim Verbeke;Jacques Viaene

  • Flemish consumer attitudes towards more sustainable food choices

    Filiep Vanhonacker;Ellen J. Van Loo;Xavier Gellynck;Wim Verbeke

Frequent Co-Authors

Joachim Scholderer
Joachim Scholderer Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Svein Ottar Olsen
Svein Ottar Olsen University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Jessica Aschemann-Witzel
Jessica Aschemann-Witzel Aarhus University
John Van Camp
John Van Camp Ghent University
Frank Tuyttens
Frank Tuyttens Ghent University
Patrick Van Damme
Patrick Van Damme Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Julie Barnett
Julie Barnett University of Bath
José L. Domingo
José L. Domingo Rovira i Virgili University
Lynn J. Frewer
Lynn J. Frewer Newcastle University
Damià Barceló
Damià Barceló University of Almería

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