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Thierry Backeljau, Kevin Ruddick and Mietje Germonpré rank highest among 49 ranked researchers whose main affiliation is Institute of Natural Sciences.

The ranking

  1. 1 Thierry BackeljauBelgium · #103,923 worldwide358 citations · 70 works
  2. 2 Kevin RuddickBelgium · #227,366 worldwide171 citations · 43 works
  3. 3 Mietje GermonpréBelgium · #232,933 worldwide182 citations · 24 works
  4. 4 Anton ErvynckBelgium · #262,745 worldwide90 citations · 76 works
  5. 5 Koen MartensBelgium · #325,699 worldwide236 citations · 76 works
  6. 6 Caroline PoletBelgium · #336,506 worldwide69 citations · 49 works
  7. 7 Erik VerheyenBelgium · #380,002 worldwide118 citations · 53 works
  8. 8 Pascal GodefroitBelgium · #453,053 worldwide84 citations · 25 works
  9. 9 Thierry SmithBelgium · #667,195 worldwide140 citations · 48 works
  10. 10 Dirk NolfBelgium · #682,406 worldwide62 citations · 16 works
  11. 11 Annelise FolieBelgium · #705,497 worldwide43 citations · 15 works
  12. 12 Pierre BultynckBelgium · #730,868 worldwide101 citations · 25 works
  13. 13 Koen DeforceBelgium · #734,468 worldwide53 citations · 51 works
  14. 14 Patrick SemalBelgium · #747,557 worldwide63 citations · 34 works
  15. 15 Alain DrumontBelgium · #808,259 worldwide8 citations · 19 works
  16. 16 Sophie DecréeBelgium · #809,197 worldwide19 citations · 17 works
  17. 17 Olivier LambertBelgium · #820,047 worldwide146 citations · 57 works
  18. 18 D. Van den EyndeBelgium · #820,932 worldwide57 citations · 51 works
  19. 19 Dimitry Van der ZandeBelgium · #896,728 worldwide32 citations · 16 works
  20. 20 Ivan JadinBelgium · #917,871 worldwide33 citations · 18 works
  21. 21 M. FettweisBelgium · #956,129 worldwide85 citations · 41 works
  22. 22 Patrick MartinBelgium · #970,217 worldwide45 citations · 22 works
  23. 23 F. FranckenBelgium · #974,932 worldwide44 citations · 25 works
  24. 24 Patrick GrootaertBelgium · #1,031,698 worldwide44 citations · 58 works
  25. 25 Étienne SteurbautBelgium · #1,059,820 worldwide69 citations · 58 works
  26. 26 Kris PiessensBelgium · #1,065,872 worldwide64 citations · 35 works
  27. 27 Olivier S. G. PauwelsBelgium · #1,068,536 worldwide39 citations · 35 works
  28. 28 F. KerckhofBelgium · #1,104,256 worldwide47 citations · 29 works
  29. 29 Maurice LeponceBelgium · #1,137,949 worldwide64 citations · 28 works
  30. 30 Geneviève LacroixBelgium · #1,166,213 worldwide42 citations · 31 works
  31. 31 Claude De BroyerBelgium · #1,169,071 worldwide46 citations · 27 works
  32. 32 Willy De PrinsBelgium · #1,176,746 worldwide24 citations · 27 works
  33. 33 A. NorroBelgium · #1,210,724 worldwide38 citations · 17 works
  34. 34 Dominique BosquetBelgium · #1,279,707 worldwide13 citations · 18 works
  35. 35 Jean-Georges CasierBelgium · #1,288,203 worldwide38 citations · 28 works
  36. 36 Wilfrida DecraemerBelgium · #1,323,532 worldwide25 citations · 47 works
  37. 37 Wouter DekoninckBelgium · #1,355,413 worldwide23 citations · 42 works
  38. 38 H. De BlauweBelgium · #1,357,359 worldwide8 citations · 15 works
  39. 39 J. WalstraBelgium · #1,427,563 worldwide18 citations · 27 works
  40. 40 Merlijn JocquéBelgium · #1,443,343 worldwide29 citations · 18 works
  41. 41 Isa SchönBelgium · #1,462,107 worldwide8 citations · 17 works
  42. 42 Pierre‐Yves DeclercqBelgium · #1,465,892 worldwide32 citations · 20 works
  43. 43 Zoltán T. NagyBelgium · #1,483,361 worldwide42 citations · 15 works
  44. 44 Cédric d’Udekem d’AcozBelgium · #1,513,563 worldwide16 citations · 27 works
  45. 45 Jérôme ConstantBelgium · #1,569,156 worldwide4 citations · 24 works
  46. 46 M. BaeyeBelgium · #1,598,603 worldwide5 citations · 22 works
  47. 47 Michel DeliensBelgium · #1,600,777 worldwide16 citations · 19 works
  48. 48 Gontran SonetBelgium · #1,602,870 worldwide3 citations · 21 works
  49. 49 Frank FiersBelgium · #1,604,178 worldwide19 citations · 17 works

Output against citations per work

A long record and a heavily-cited one are not the same career, and a list ordered by either buries the other. The upper left is a small body of work that travelled a long way.

0510mean 1.80385works (log) →citations per work →Thierry Backeljau: 70, 5.1Kevin Ruddick: 43, 4.0Mietje Germonpré: 24, 7.6Anton Ervynck: 76, 1.2Koen Martens: 76, 3.1Caroline Polet: 49, 1.4Erik Verheyen: 53, 2.2Pascal Godefroit: 25, 3.4Thierry Smith: 48, 2.9Dirk Nolf: 16, 3.9Annelise Folie: 15, 2.9Pierre Bultynck: 25, 4.0Koen Deforce: 51, 1.0Patrick Semal: 34, 1.9Alain Drumont: 19, 0.4Sophie Decrée: 17, 1.1Olivier Lambert: 57, 2.6D. Van den Eynde: 51, 1.1Dimitry Van der Zande: 16, 2.0Ivan Jadin: 18, 1.8M. Fettweis: 41, 2.1Patrick Martin: 22, 2.0F. Francken: 25, 1.8Patrick Grootaert: 58, 0.8Étienne Steurbaut: 58, 1.2Kris Piessens: 35, 1.8Olivier S. G. Pauwels: 35, 1.1F. Kerckhof: 29, 1.6Maurice Leponce: 28, 2.3Geneviève Lacroix: 31, 1.4Claude De Broyer: 27, 1.7Willy De Prins: 27, 0.9A. Norro: 17, 2.2Dominique Bosquet: 18, 0.7Jean-Georges Casier: 28, 1.4Wilfrida Decraemer: 47, 0.5Wouter Dekoninck: 42, 0.5H. De Blauwe: 15, 0.5J. Walstra: 27, 0.7Merlijn Jocqué: 18, 1.6Isa Schön: 17, 0.5Pierre‐Yves Declercq: 20, 1.6Zoltán T. Nagy: 15, 2.8Cédric d’Udekem d’Acoz: 27, 0.6Jérôme Constant: 24, 0.2M. Baeye: 22, 0.2Michel Deliens: 19, 0.8Gontran Sonet: 21, 0.1Frank Fiers: 17, 1.1Mietje GermonpréThierry BackeljauKevin RuddickAnton Ervynck
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Ranked on the composite of field-normalised excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Affiliation is the institution a researcher publishes from most; identities come from OpenAlex author disambiguation.