World's Best Scientists 2026 revealed!
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
601 Rank H-index 35 Citations 10,692 126
602 Rank H-index 35 Citations 6,087 283
603 Rank H-index 34 Citations 5,971 79
604 Rank H-index 34 Citations 15,015 126
605 Rank H-index 34 Citations 8,232 178
606 Rank H-index 34 Citations 4,950 131
607 Rank H-index 34 Citations 5,131 268
608 Rank H-index 34 Citations 3,231 147
609 Rank H-index 34 Citations 5,909 388
610 Rank H-index 34 Citations 3,378 175
611 Rank H-index 34 Citations 4,622 71
612 Rank H-index 34 Citations 5,245 82
613 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,213 388
614 Rank H-index 33 Citations 3,656 93
615 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,477 157
616 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,581 255
617 Rank H-index 33 Citations 6,028 84
618 Rank H-index 33 Citations 7,597 258
619 Rank H-index 33 Citations 19,959 106
620 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,246 235
621 Rank H-index 33 Citations 4,494 233
622 Rank H-index 33 Citations 4,303 206
623 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,872 215
624 Rank H-index 33 Citations 5,401 640
625 Rank H-index 33 Citations 3,925 186
626 Rank H-index 33 Citations 3,626 183
627 Rank H-index 33 Citations 4,842 144
628 Rank H-index 32 Citations 5,030 121
629 Rank H-index 32 Citations 3,937 74
630 Rank H-index 32 Citations 6,684 235
631 Rank H-index 32 Citations 7,485 213
632 Rank H-index 32 Citations 12,047 87
633 Rank H-index 32 Citations 3,454 94
634 Rank H-index 32 Citations 4,659 263
635 Rank H-index 32 Citations 3,810 165
636 Rank H-index 32 Citations 4,143 251
637 Rank H-index 32 Citations 6,303 145
638 Rank H-index 32 Citations 10,963 87
639 Rank H-index 31 Citations 4,644 85
640 Rank H-index 31 Citations 3,557 46
641 Rank H-index 30 Citations 4,830 148
642 Rank H-index 30 Citations 4,256 194
643 Rank H-index 30 Citations 3,136 152
644 Rank H-index 30 Citations 4,144 119
645 Rank H-index 29 Citations 5,083 135
646 Rank H-index 28 Citations 3,443 188
647 Rank H-index 27 Citations 3,975 100
648 Rank H-index 24 Citations 6,292 63