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KU Leuven

KU Leuven

Belgium
Established: 1425
Scholars: 657
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What Are The Ranking Positions & Metrics for KU Leuven in 2026?

Below you will find a detailed overview of KU Leuven position across all scientific rankings where that institution is listed. The details include specific positions of the institution in both worldwide and country-based rankings as well as figures for the total number of scientists affiliated with KU Leuven included in each ranking. It also features totals for numbers of scientific publications authored by scientists currently affiliated with that institution as well as their total D-index value.

Medicine

World Ranking
33
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
100
Total D-index
10215

Biology and Biochemistry

World Ranking
19
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
97
Total D-index
7019

Chemistry

World Ranking
27
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
49
Total D-index
3802

Psychology

World Ranking
46
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
60
Total D-index
3033

Materials Science

World Ranking
49
Country Ranking
1
No. of Scientists
45
Total D-index
2901
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In which disciplines do the best scientists from KU Leuven work?

The chart below shows the number of scientists affiliated with KU Leuven across different disciplines. For scientists ranking in multiple disciplines the one where they rank the highest is considered to be their main.

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How was the ranking of KU Leuven scientists created?

The data for h-index, citations, awards, and publications featured in this ranking were last updated on 2026-01-12.

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Rank
Scholar
H-Index H-index value (measuring the impact of scientific work of a scholar)
Citations Total number of citations received by scientist's publications
Publications Total number of publications by a scientist indexed in our database
1 Rank H-index 207 Citations 189,695 1,030
2 Rank H-index 192 Citations 204,174 1,742
3 Rank H-index 183 Citations 153,968 1,702
4 Rank H-index 180 Citations 208,823 583
5 Rank H-index 176 Citations 125,365 1,522
6 Rank H-index 162 Citations 110,206 1,135
7 Rank H-index 162 Citations 151,334 1,581
8 Rank H-index 155 Citations 101,307 982
9 Rank H-index 151 Citations 75,429 1,387
10 Rank H-index 150 Citations 89,134 1,746
11 Rank H-index 149 Citations 83,220 517
12 Rank H-index 147 Citations 101,658 1,551
13 Rank H-index 142 Citations 66,229 735
14 Rank H-index 141 Citations 197,868 1,099
15 Rank H-index 138 Citations 66,291 638
16 Rank H-index 138 Citations 85,423 1,302
17 Rank H-index 133 Citations 76,433 1,791
18 Rank H-index 132 Citations 101,727 1,127
19 Rank H-index 131 Citations 62,710 726
20 Rank H-index 130 Citations 73,731 1,036
21 Rank H-index 130 Citations 76,101 826
22 Rank H-index 128 Citations 115,273 1,062
23 Rank H-index 126 Citations 58,186 1,698
24 Rank H-index 124 Citations 110,613 401
25 Rank H-index 123 Citations 53,626 775
26 Rank H-index 123 Citations 55,041 1,002
27 Rank H-index 123 Citations 51,719 504
28 Rank H-index 123 Citations 67,417 553
29 Rank H-index 120 Citations 46,029 742
30 Rank H-index 116 Citations 64,336 671
31 Rank H-index 115 Citations 62,751 547
32 Rank H-index 114 Citations 40,785 717
33 Rank H-index 114 Citations 49,030 714
34 Rank H-index 113 Citations 47,922 573
35 Rank H-index 113 Citations 42,666 914
36 Rank H-index 113 Citations 49,349 456
37 Rank H-index 113 Citations 92,642 725
38 Rank H-index 113 Citations 63,749 765
39 Rank H-index 112 Citations 54,019 808
40 Rank H-index 112 Citations 35,739 441
41 Rank H-index 112 Citations 40,691 482
42 Rank H-index 112 Citations 39,866 879
43 Rank H-index 111 Citations 73,237 999
44 Rank H-index 110 Citations 42,543 682
45 Rank H-index 110 Citations 84,656 356
46 Rank H-index 109 Citations 39,678 856
47 Rank H-index 109 Citations 54,384 737
48 Rank H-index 108 Citations 54,233 580
49 Rank H-index 107 Citations 58,840 574
50 Rank H-index 107 Citations 59,744 685
51 Rank H-index 107 Citations 63,104 571
52 Rank H-index 107 Citations 42,325 594
53 Rank H-index 107 Citations 85,821 656
54 Rank H-index 107 Citations 46,080 1,048
55 Rank H-index 107 Citations 62,618 765
56 Rank H-index 106 Citations 44,771 1,537
57 Rank H-index 105 Citations 38,134 600
58 Rank H-index 105 Citations 40,297 918
59 Rank H-index 103 Citations 49,136 492
60 Rank H-index 102 Citations 35,845 774
61 Rank H-index 102 Citations 36,871 330
62 Rank H-index 102 Citations 44,560 1,030
63 Rank H-index 101 Citations 45,467 910
64 Rank H-index 101 Citations 37,945 729
65 Rank H-index 101 Citations 34,460 381
66 Rank H-index 101 Citations 49,767 852
67 Rank H-index 100 Citations 38,324 672
68 Rank H-index 100 Citations 36,092 965
69 Rank H-index 100 Citations 53,221 419
70 Rank H-index 99 Citations 33,709 518
71 Rank H-index 99 Citations 52,451 494
72 Rank H-index 98 Citations 48,256 605
73 Rank H-index 98 Citations 29,564 427
74 Rank H-index 98 Citations 32,037 540
75 Rank H-index 98 Citations 34,872 529
76 Rank H-index 98 Citations 36,241 369
77 Rank H-index 97 Citations 35,048 519
78 Rank H-index 97 Citations 34,622 518
79 Rank H-index 97 Citations 29,812 321
80 Rank H-index 96 Citations 33,220 896
81 Rank H-index 96 Citations 31,564 546
82 Rank H-index 95 Citations 32,409 810
83 Rank H-index 95 Citations 46,943 413
84 Rank H-index 95 Citations 36,945 341
85 Rank H-index 95 Citations 35,210 726
86 Rank H-index 94 Citations 43,083 276
87 Rank H-index 94 Citations 26,785 536
88 Rank H-index 93 Citations 53,705 736
89 Rank H-index 93 Citations 38,559 535
90 Rank H-index 93 Citations 52,724 421
91 Rank H-index 93 Citations 26,302 475
92 Rank H-index 93 Citations 35,723 676
93 Rank H-index 93 Citations 32,664 802
94 Rank H-index 92 Citations 29,045 582
95 Rank H-index 92 Citations 31,801 501
96 Rank H-index 92 Citations 32,930 676
97 Rank H-index 91 Citations 26,211 509
98 Rank H-index 91 Citations 37,149 549
99 Rank H-index 91 Citations 41,324 538
100 Rank H-index 90 Citations 34,811 938