Social Sciences research in Belgium

#	Institution	World rank	Score	Top-10% rate	Works
1	KU LeuvenLeuven	#106	46.4	13.6%	1,987
2	Ghent UniversityGhent	#142	43.0	14.9%	1,650
3	University of AntwerpAntwerp	#200	39.1	15.7%	956
4	UCLouvainLouvain-la-Neuve	#263	35.9	11.3%	1,086
5	Vrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels	#317	33.8	15.2%	947
6	European CommissionBrussels	#405	31.0	13.5%	682
7	Université Libre de BruxellesBrussels	#420	30.5	13.4%	950
8	University of LiègeLiège	#900	21.8	9.9%	798
9	European Union of Medical SpecialistsBrussels	#1,124	19.2	5.8%	314
10	Hasselt UniversityHasselt	#1,304	17.5	16.8%	149
11	University of MonsMons	#1,454	16.3	3.3%	612
12	University of NamurNamur	#2,092	12.1	9.1%	209
13	HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and ArtsGhent	#2,306	11.0	15.5%	77
14	European UnionBrussels	#3,030	7.8	10.8%	174
15	Union des Industries Ferroviaires EuropéennesBrussels	#3,522	6.1	7.2%	90
16	École Pratique des Hautes Études CommercialesBrussels	#3,675	5.6	3.0%	105
17	European Corporate Governance InstituteBrussels	#4,197	4.1	11.9%	120
18	College of EuropeBruges	#5,014	2.0	21.0%	61
19	European ParliamentBrussels	#5,031	2.0	5.8%	62

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

Frank Witlox, Jo Tondeur and Ben Derudder rank highest among researchers based in Belgium, on their papers in Social Sciences that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

1. 1Frank Witlox#193,489 worldwide overall83.6 of 342 papers here in the top 10%
2. 2Jo Tondeur#10,685 worldwide overall56.2 of 120 papers here in the top 10%
3. 3Ben Derudder#129,098 worldwide overall67.2 of 246 papers here in the top 10%
4. 4Stefaan Walgrave#58,727 worldwide overall59.7 of 184 papers here in the top 10%
5. 5Bart Soenens#12,940 worldwide overall45.9 of 92 papers here in the top 10%
6. 6Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij#49,753 worldwide overall47.6 of 143 papers here in the top 10%
7. 7Peter Van Aelst#119,550 worldwide overall53.9 of 158 papers here in the top 10%
8. 8Ruben Vanderlinde#87,956 worldwide overall46.7 of 138 papers here in the top 10%
9. 9Alain Van Hiel#81,113 worldwide overall42.8 of 103 papers here in the top 10%
10. 10Colette van Laar#53,240 worldwide overall40.8 of 88 papers here in the top 10%
11. 11Jeroen Huisman#106,224 worldwide overall46.0 of 149 papers here in the top 10%
12. 12Martín Valcke#412,181 worldwide overall60.6 of 305 papers here in the top 10%
13. 13Michel Walrave#153,391 worldwide overall45.6 of 172 papers here in the top 10%
14. 14Maarten Vansteenkiste#17,568 worldwide overall38.6 of 82 papers here in the top 10%
15. 15Hilde Van Keer#271,162 worldwide overall41.4 of 137 papers here in the top 10%

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