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Social Psychology research in Belgium

KU Leuven ranks first in Belgium for Social Psychology research in 2022-now (#75 worldwide), followed by Ghent University and University of Antwerp.

Belgium's world rank
#20
of 73 countries, 2022-now
Works, 2022-now
1k
Top-10% rate
12.3%
Ranked institutions
4

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

What is the best university for Social Psychology in Belgium?

#InstitutionWorld rankScoreTop-10% rateWorks
1KU LeuvenLeuven #7534.114.7%217
2Ghent UniversityGhent #9830.113.8%224
3University of AntwerpAntwerp #33711.29.9%82
4UCLouvainLouvain-la-Neuve #34410.910.0%73

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

Who are the top Social Psychology researchers in Belgium?

Maarten Vansteenkiste, Bart Soenens and Ronny Bruffaerts rank highest among researchers based in Belgium, on their papers in Social Psychology that reached the world top 10%, beyond the 10% expected.

  1. 1Maarten Vansteenkiste#17,568 worldwide overall53.9 of 129 papers here in the top 10%
  2. 2Bart Soenens#12,940 worldwide overall37.5 of 84 papers here in the top 10%
  3. 3Ronny Bruffaerts#36,978 worldwide overall29.2 of 80 papers here in the top 10%
  4. 4Guy G. T'Sjoen#76,160 worldwide overall24.7 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  5. 5Leen Haerens#72,469 worldwide overall17.9 of 54 papers here in the top 10%
  6. 6Moïra Mikolajczak#144,599 worldwide overall19.6 of 53 papers here in the top 10%
  7. 7Koen Demyttenaere#140,503 worldwide overall15.7 of 55 papers here in the top 10%
  8. 8Peter Kuppens#25,577 worldwide overall14.7 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  9. 9Hans De Witte#237,943 worldwide overall16.2 of 69 papers here in the top 10%
  10. 10Luc Goossens#276,918 worldwide overall15.7 of 50 papers here in the top 10%
  11. 11Willy Lens#430,864 worldwide overall12.5 of 41 papers here in the top 10%
  12. 12Nathalie Aelterman#48,438 worldwide overall10.0 of 22 papers here in the top 10%
  13. 13Koen Luyckx#130,932 worldwide overall10.8 of 34 papers here in the top 10%
  14. 14Wim Beyers#89,518 worldwide overall9.8 of 26 papers here in the top 10%
  15. 15Vincent Y Yzerbyt#220,517 worldwide overall13.7 of 62 papers here in the top 10%

Ranked among researchers based in Belgium on their work in Social Psychology 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 Social Psychology