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Energy research in Belgium

KU Leuven ranks first in Belgium for Energy research in 2022–2025 (#267 worldwide), followed by Ghent University.

Belgium's world rank
#46
of 73 countries, 2022–2025
Works, 2022–2025
645
Top-10% rate
17.0%
Ranked institutions
2

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

What is the best university for Energy in Belgium?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1KU LeuvenLeuven #26714.619.5%110
2Ghent UniversityGhent #34910.525.7%67

Institutions in Belgium above the floor of 40 fractional works in Energy, ordered by their worldwide rank on research quality, 2022–2025.

Who are the top Energy researchers in Belgium?

Leonardo Meeus, Aviel Verbruggen and Deepak Pant rank highest among researchers based in Belgium.

  1. 1Leonardo Meeus#52,789 worldwide overall318 citations · 10 works
  2. 2Aviel Verbruggen#79,049 worldwide overall268 citations · 10 works
  3. 3Deepak Pant#135,632 worldwide overall637 citations · 13 works
  4. 4Erik Delarue#175,890 worldwide overall457 citations · 11 works
  5. 5Ronnie Belmans#201,657 worldwide overall1k citations · 19 works
  6. 6Johan Driesen#201,702 worldwide overall764 citations · 12 works
  7. 7William D’haeseleer#212,571 worldwide overall407 citations · 19 works
  8. 8Sylvain Quoilin#251,556 worldwide overall351 citations · 14 works
  9. 9Koenraad Muylaert#261,595 worldwide overall298 citations · 14 works
  10. 10Achim Woyte#307,561 worldwide overall160 citations · 16 works
  11. 11Haowei Huang#353,619 worldwide overall320 citations · 11 works
  12. 12Vincent Lemort#376,316 worldwide overall416 citations · 11 works
  13. 13Jan Fransaer#380,670 worldwide overall481 citations · 11 works
  14. 14Johan A. Martens#464,876 worldwide overall945 citations · 15 works
  15. 15Thijs Van de Graaf#526,788 worldwide overall92 citations · 18 works

How Belgium compares with other countries in Energy