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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
101 Rank H-index 90 Citations 23,866 541
102 Rank H-index 90 Citations 26,436 424
103 Rank H-index 90 Citations 35,920 216
104 Rank H-index 90 Citations 44,278 215
105 Rank H-index 90 Citations 29,531 434
106 Rank H-index 89 Citations 31,103 535
107 Rank H-index 89 Citations 28,638 513
108 Rank H-index 89 Citations 32,026 1,043
109 Rank H-index 89 Citations 25,968 485
110 Rank H-index 89 Citations 40,393 434
111 Rank H-index 89 Citations 36,474 715
112 Rank H-index 88 Citations 23,484 335
113 Rank H-index 88 Citations 27,299 613
114 Rank H-index 88 Citations 26,500 499
115 Rank H-index 88 Citations 39,133 308
116 Rank H-index 88 Citations 22,307 332
117 Rank H-index 88 Citations 39,006 409
118 Rank H-index 88 Citations 45,209 538
119 Rank H-index 88 Citations 28,302 369
120 Rank H-index 88 Citations 24,774 467
121 Rank H-index 87 Citations 24,926 343
122 Rank H-index 87 Citations 27,143 899
123 Rank H-index 87 Citations 25,286 514
124 Rank H-index 87 Citations 25,251 330
125 Rank H-index 87 Citations 28,985 543
126 Rank H-index 87 Citations 29,578 406
127 Rank H-index 87 Citations 25,250 304
128 Rank H-index 86 Citations 22,863 443
129 Rank H-index 86 Citations 24,053 445
130 Rank H-index 86 Citations 24,779 693
131 Rank H-index 86 Citations 23,398 288
132 Rank H-index 86 Citations 25,661 601
133 Rank H-index 86 Citations 37,062 900
134 Rank H-index 86 Citations 26,701 558
135 Rank H-index 86 Citations 40,370 1,008
136 Rank H-index 85 Citations 26,214 355
137 Rank H-index 85 Citations 28,738 505
138 Rank H-index 85 Citations 36,817 702
139 Rank H-index 85 Citations 22,895 340
140 Rank H-index 85 Citations 37,048 204
141 Rank H-index 85 Citations 25,691 416
142 Rank H-index 85 Citations 54,112 322
143 Rank H-index 85 Citations 28,480 846
144 Rank H-index 85 Citations 25,351 272
145 Rank H-index 85 Citations 27,232 627
146 Rank H-index 85 Citations 21,646 388
147 Rank H-index 84 Citations 73,616 456
148 Rank H-index 84 Citations 25,479 742
149 Rank H-index 84 Citations 26,743 555
150 Rank H-index 84 Citations 32,734 169
151 Rank H-index 84 Citations 22,424 496
152 Rank H-index 84 Citations 23,311 674
153 Rank H-index 84 Citations 27,127 285
154 Rank H-index 84 Citations 32,196 900
155 Rank H-index 84 Citations 32,071 593
156 Rank H-index 84 Citations 31,319 496
157 Rank H-index 83 Citations 57,005 780
158 Rank H-index 83 Citations 22,588 315
159 Rank H-index 83 Citations 24,480 493
160 Rank H-index 83 Citations 26,537 689
161 Rank H-index 82 Citations 23,449 575
162 Rank H-index 82 Citations 23,176 478
163 Rank H-index 82 Citations 22,074 704
164 Rank H-index 82 Citations 29,141 314
165 Rank H-index 82 Citations 48,411 326
166 Rank H-index 82 Citations 21,586 290
167 Rank H-index 82 Citations 27,816 352
168 Rank H-index 82 Citations 25,834 894
169 Rank H-index 81 Citations 20,618 394
170 Rank H-index 81 Citations 102,469 269
171 Rank H-index 81 Citations 29,387 506
172 Rank H-index 81 Citations 26,360 363
173 Rank H-index 81 Citations 46,250 377
174 Rank H-index 80 Citations 24,488 298
175 Rank H-index 80 Citations 30,449 705
176 Rank H-index 80 Citations 27,863 843
177 Rank H-index 80 Citations 16,937 453
178 Rank H-index 80 Citations 21,811 233
179 Rank H-index 80 Citations 21,931 261
180 Rank H-index 80 Citations 21,709 200
181 Rank H-index 80 Citations 20,484 400
182 Rank H-index 80 Citations 47,455 574
183 Rank H-index 80 Citations 23,974 577
184 Rank H-index 80 Citations 20,551 567
185 Rank H-index 80 Citations 37,428 623
186 Rank H-index 80 Citations 30,141 1,120
187 Rank H-index 79 Citations 25,235 641
188 Rank H-index 79 Citations 23,957 536
189 Rank H-index 79 Citations 23,197 765
190 Rank H-index 79 Citations 22,221 748
191 Rank H-index 79 Citations 26,509 965
192 Rank H-index 79 Citations 19,762 407
193 Rank H-index 79 Citations 23,538 419
194 Rank H-index 79 Citations 25,906 368
195 Rank H-index 78 Citations 22,495 432
196 Rank H-index 78 Citations 22,288 860
197 Rank H-index 78 Citations 20,218 582
198 Rank H-index 78 Citations 18,950 380
199 Rank H-index 78 Citations 19,193 383
200 Rank H-index 78 Citations 22,960 306