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Education research in Belgium

KU Leuven ranks first in Belgium for Education research in 2022-now (#144 worldwide), followed by Ghent University and University of Antwerp.

Belgium's world rank
#20
of 112 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1.3k
Top-10% rate
12.7%
Ranked institutions
8

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

What is the best university for Education in Belgium?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1KU LeuvenLeuven #14434.316.4%237
2Ghent UniversityGhent #23427.918.2%171
3University of AntwerpAntwerp #31224.122.4%95
4Vrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels #53117.114.3%77
5UCLouvainLouvain-la-Neuve #56916.111.3%96
6European Union of Medical SpecialistsBrussels #1,0458.14.3%101
7University of LiègeLiège #1,3744.58.1%63
8University of MonsMons #1,6032.52.1%100

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

Who are the top Education researchers in Belgium?

Jo Tondeur, Ruben Vanderlinde and Martín Valcke rank highest among researchers based in Belgium, on their papers in Education that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Jo Tondeur#10,685 worldwide overall39.1 of 87 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Ruben Vanderlinde#87,956 worldwide overall37.3 of 109 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Martín Valcke#412,181 worldwide overall47.9 of 234 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Hilde Van Keer#271,162 worldwide overall33.2 of 113 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Filip J. R. C. Dochy#224,251 worldwide overall35.1 of 148 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Geert Devos#209,159 worldwide overall28.8 of 91 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Chang Zhu#279,505 worldwide overall31.4 of 119 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Mieke Van Houtte#563,381 worldwide overall45.8 of 262 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Katrien Struyven#261,873 worldwide overall33.6 of 147 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Karine Verschueren#699,486 worldwide overall35.8 of 153 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Johan van Braak#124,718 worldwide overall24.9 of 89 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Bram De Wever#256,114 worldwide overall22.9 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Kristof De Witte#64,949 worldwide overall22.3 of 78 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Lieven Verschaffel#1,472,753 worldwide overall47.1 of 320 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Peter Van Petegem#366,867 worldwide overall36.3 of 228 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Belgium on their work in Education 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 Education