Universities by Recent Research Citedness in Belgium
Universities and colleges ranked by OpenAlex's mean citedness for works published in the last two years. Recent citation rates vary by field and are not a measure of teaching quality. OpenAlex is an open scholarly index; larger and older institutions tend to have more indexed research.
1ECAM Institut Supérieur Industriel90 works
12.00
2University of Antwerp96,318 works
9.18
3Leuven Stem Cell Institute424 works
6.32
4University College West Flanders275 works
5.70
5Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech12,812 works
5.04
6Haute École Provinciale de Hainaut Condorcet257 works
4.70
7KU Leuven314,095 works
4.68
8Antwerp Maritime Academy291 works
4.67
9Stichting tegen Kanker29 works
4.56
10Université Libre de Bruxelles113,601 works
4.30
11Brussels School of Governance286 works
4.28
12UCLouvain141,779 works
4.26
13Hogeschool PXL295 works
4.25
14Ghent University215,451 works
4.20
15Vrije Universiteit Brussel100,626 works
4.07
16Thomas More Kempen610 works
3.72
17Hasselt University23,066 works
3.56
18ORSI Academy500 works
3.36
19University of Namur18,979 works
3.07
20Royal Conservatory of Brussels267 works
3.04
21Haute École de Bruxelles306 works
3.03
22Vlerick Business School1,627 works
2.95
23Artevelde University College Ghent469 works
2.71
24Haute École Léonard de Vinci254 works
2.62
25Royal Military Academy3,272 works
2.43
26University of Liège281,354 works
2.28
27Katholieke Hogeschool Vives417 works
2.01
28Haute École Galilée45 works
2.00
29Antwerp Management School877 works
2.00
30HOGENT University of Applied Sciences and Arts2,597 works
1.94
31Artesis Plantijn Hogeschool Antwerpen297 works
1.93
32Karel de Grote Hogeschool358 works
1.91
33Haute École Charlemagne66 works
1.80
34PharmaTrain Federation6 works
1.75
35École de Recherche Graphique13 works
1.67
36Transnational University Limburg1,587 works
1.63
37Erasmus Brussels University of Applied Sciences and Arts1,099 works
1.63
38Odisee, University of Applied Sciences671 works
1.58
39University Colleges Leuven-Limburg350 works
1.51
40Brussels Management School206 works
1.39
41College of Europe1,415 works
1.33
42Haute École de la Province de Liège146 works
1.30
43Centre d’Economie rurale167 works
1.25
44Technopolis53 works
1.19
45Vesalius College343 works
1.14
46University of Mons53,733 works
0.98
47LUCA School of Arts295 works
0.95
48Haute École de la Province de Namur18 works
0.91
49Haute École Libre de Bruxelles Ilya Prigogine90 works
0.90
50St John Berchmans University College93 works
0.89
Highlights
Within Belgium, ECAM Institut Supérieur Industriel ranks first in 2026 with 12.00, followed by University of Antwerp (9.18) and Leuven Stem Cell Institute (6.32).
Across 50 entries, values run from 12.00 (ECAM Institut Supérieur Industriel) to 0.89 (St John Berchmans University College), with a median of 2.35.
Source: OpenAlex, institutional Recent citedness, 2026. Unit: mean citations per work.
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