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Wolfgang Glänzel

Wolfgang Glänzel

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Social Sciences and Humanities
Belgium
2026
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Computer Science
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Computer Science

D-Index
83
Citations
23451
World Ranking
910
National Ranking
11

Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
87
Citations
24926
World Ranking
241
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

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

Overview

Wolfgang Glänzel is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the field of scientometrics and bibliometrics research. Their work spans multiple subfields such as Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty; Information Systems and Management; Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; and Sociology and Political Science.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Wolfgang Glänzel include:

  • How scientific research reacts to international public health emergencies: a global analysis of response patterns (2020, Scientometrics)
  • Preprints as accelerator of scholarly communication: An empirical analysis in Mathematics (2020, Journal of Informetrics)
  • Gender differences in the aims and impacts of research (2021, Scientometrics)
  • Various aspects of interdisciplinarity in research and how to quantify and measure those (2021, Scientometrics)
  • The impact of preprints in Library and Information Science: an analysis of citations, usage and social attention indicators (2020, Scientometrics)

The researcher collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Juan Gorraiz
  • Ursula Ulrych
  • Wenceslao Arroyo-Machado
  • Daniel Torres-Salinas
  • Pei-Shan Chi

Wolfgang's work is regularly published in several key academic venues, notably:

  • Scientometrics
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Informetrics
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Lirias (KU Leuven)

Their research focuses on a variety of main topics, including:

  • Scientometrics and bibliometrics research
  • Academic Publishing and Open Access
  • Research Data Management Practices
  • Biomedical and Engineering Education
  • Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health

Best Publications

  • Analysing Scientific Networks Through Co-Authorship

    Wolfgang Glänzel;Wolfgang Glänzel;András Schubert

  • National characteristics in international scientific co-authorship relations

    Wolfgang Glänzel

  • A Hirsch-type index for journals

    Tibor Braun;Wolfgang Glänzel;András Schubert

  • Journal impact measures in bibliometric research

    Wolfgang Glänzel;Henk F. Moed

  • Inflationary bibliometric values: The role of scientific collaboration and the need for relative indicators in evaluative studies

    Olle Persson;Wolfgang Glänzel;Rickard Danell

  • Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research

    Henk F. Moed;Wolfgang Glänzel;Ulrich Schmoch

  • BIBLIOMETRICS AS A RESEARCH FIELD A course on theory and application of bibliometric indicators

    W. Glänzel

  • A new classification scheme of science fields and subfields designed for scientometric evaluation purposes

    Wolfgang Glänzel;András Schubert

  • Handbook of Quantitative Science and Technology Research: The Use of Publication and Patent Statistics in Studies of S&T Systems

    Henk F. Moed;Wolfgang Glänzel;Ulrich Schmoch

  • A bibliometric study of reference literature in the sciences and social sciences

    Wolfgang Glänzel;Urs Schoepflin

  • Double effort = Double impact? A critical view at international co-authorship in chemistry

    Wolfgang Glänzel;András Schubert

  • Coauthorship patterns and trends in the sciences (1980-1998): A bibliometric study with implications for database indexing and search strategies

    Wolfgang Glänzel

  • On the h-index - : A mathematical approach to a new measure of publication activity and citation impact

    Wolfgang Glänzel

  • Scientometric datafiles. A comprehensive set of indicators on 2649 journals and 96 countries in all major science fields and subfields 1981–1985

    András Schubert;Wolfgang Glänzel;Tibor Braun

  • Science in Brazil. Part 1: A macro-level comparative study

    Wolfgang Glänzel;Jacqueline Leta;Bart Thijs

  • A Hirsch-type index for journals [1]

    Tibor Braun;Wolfgang Glänzel;András Schubert

  • A bibliometric analysis of international scientific cooperation of the European Union (1985–1995)

    Wolfgang Glänzel;András Schubert;Hans-Jürgen Czerwon

  • A bibliometric study on ageing and reception processes of scientific literature

    Wolfgang Glänzel;Urs Schoepflin

  • On the Opportunities and Limitations of the H-index

    Wolfgang Glänzel

  • Optimized Data Fusion for Kernel k-Means Clustering

    Shi Yu;Leon-Charles Tranchevent;Xinhai Liu;W. Glanzel

Frequent Co-Authors

András Schubert
András Schubert Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Tibor Braun
Tibor Braun Eötvös Loránd University
Martin Meyer
Martin Meyer University of Kent
Bart De Moor
Bart De Moor KU Leuven
Paula E. Stephan
Paula E. Stephan Georgia State University
Henk F. Moed
Henk F. Moed Sapienza University of Rome
Cinzia Daraio
Cinzia Daraio Sapienza University of Rome
Yves Moreau
Yves Moreau KU Leuven

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