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Life Sciences research in Belgium

Ghent University ranks first in Belgium for Life Sciences research in 2022-now (#74 worldwide), followed by KU Leuven and Institute of Natural Sciences.

Belgium's world rank
#15
of 146 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
15k
Top-10% rate
11.5%
Ranked institutions
24

Research strength only: this says nothing about teaching, admissions or cost.

What is the best university for Life Sciences in Belgium?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1Ghent UniversityGhent #7450.914.3%2,864
2KU LeuvenLeuven #8948.813.5%2,696
3Institute of Natural SciencesBrussels #40931.40.7%982
4Université Libre de BruxellesBrussels #44330.510.6%842
5Vrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels #45230.213.0%623
6UCLouvainLouvain-la-Neuve #48429.510.5%817
7University of AntwerpAntwerp #48829.413.8%901
8University of LiègeLiège #58327.312.0%1,392
9Vlaams Instituut voor BiotechnologieGhent #70525.216.8%99
10European CommissionBrussels #1,00621.119.2%286
11Hasselt UniversityHasselt #1,09620.113.7%190
12de Duve InstituteBrussels #1,27618.411.6%70
13HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and ArtsGhent #1,32518.012.1%85
14Royal Museum for Central AfricaTervuren #1,93313.75.1%95
15University of MonsMons #1,95313.64.9%597
16Sciensano (Belgium)Brussels #1,95613.518.2%99
17University of NamurNamur #2,09712.77.9%126
18Meise Botanic GardenMeise #2,22212.19.4%99
19Instituut voor Tropische GeneeskundeAntwerp #2,25111.913.4%86
20Walloon Agricultural Research CentreGembloux #2,33011.511.9%68
21IMECLeuven #2,7129.811.2%66
22Nutrition Sciences (Belgium)Ghent #3,0248.69.5%95
23Flanders Marine InstituteOstend #3,0558.41.7%63
24European Union of Medical SpecialistsBrussels #4,1654.92.2%109

Institutions in Belgium above the floor of 40 fractional works in Life Sciences, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022-now.

Who are the top Life Sciences researchers in Belgium?

Dirk Inzé, Peter Carmeliet and Yves Van de Peer rank highest among researchers based in Belgium, on their papers in Life Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Dirk Inzé#14,456 worldwide overall242.9 of 692 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Peter Carmeliet#11,059 worldwide overall220.0 of 611 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Yves Van de Peer#7,198 worldwide overall189.4 of 455 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Marc Van Montagu#51,686 worldwide overall192.1 of 705 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Peter Vandenabeele#9,921 worldwide overall144.9 of 380 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Severine A.R.A. Vermeire#39,866 worldwide overall171.7 of 656 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Diether Lambrechts#21,334 worldwide overall129.1 of 383 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Tom Beeckman#9,468 worldwide overall113.5 of 245 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Bart De Strooper#10,413 worldwide overall118.1 of 308 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Jeroen Raes#1,855 worldwide overall90.4 of 174 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Frank Van Breusegem#10,992 worldwide overall93.9 of 212 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Patrice D. Cani#7,383 worldwide overall87.5 of 200 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Bart N. Lambrecht#15,757 worldwide overall94.9 of 289 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Christos P. Sotiriou#21,822 worldwide overall91.3 of 263 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Thomas Van Leeuwen#24,545 worldwide overall84.3 of 231 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Belgium on their work in Life Sciences alone: how many more of their papers here reached the world top 10% for their subfield and year than the 10% expected.

How Belgium compares with other countries in Life Sciences