Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie in the Stanford/Elsevier 2026 list
The Stanford/Elsevier list covers the top 2% most-cited scientists in each subfield. These are the people from this institution on at least one of its two rankings: career-long and single-year (citations from 2025).
24
researchers on the list
18
rank in Belgium
2,272
rank worldwide, of 38,384
Ranks by number of people on the list; we calculate them from the same data.
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| Name | Subfield | Career | Single-year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandenabeele, Peter | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 106 / 216,826 | 27 / 216,826 |
| Tompa, Péter S. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 246 / 216,826 | 149 / 216,826 |
| Marine, Jean Christophe W. | Developmental Biology | 1,202 / 167,121 | 458 / 167,121 |
| van Broeckhoven, Christine L. | Neurology & Neurosurgery | 1,770 / 379,830 | 5,043 / 379,830 |
| van Roy, Frans M. | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | 1,162 / 377,791 | 2,101 / 377,791 |
| Libert, Claude R.F. | Immunology | 1,119 / 176,292 | 736 / 176,292 |
| Beyaert, Rudi | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 1,712 / 216,826 | 1,332 / 216,826 |
| Vandenbroucke, Roosmarijn E. | Immunology | 3,160 / 176,292 | 928 / 176,292 |
| Spaepen, Stijn | Microbiology | 3,477 / 232,186 | 1,289 / 232,186 |
| Saelens, Xavier | Virology | 697 / 79,508 | 456 / 79,508 |
| Eelen, Guy | Developmental Biology | — | 1,870 / 167,121 |
| Steyaert, Jan | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | 3,667 / 216,826 | 2,125 / 216,826 |
| van Broeckhoven, Christine V. | Genetics & Heredity | 526 / 42,273 | — |
| Rombauts, Stéphane | Plant Biology & Botany | — | 2,027 / 204,373 |
| de Coster, Wouter | Bioinformatics | — | 393 / 24,357 |
| van Ginderachter, Jo A. | Immunology | — | 2,450 / 176,292 |
| Vanderhaeghen, Pierre | Neurology & Neurosurgery | — | 6,438 / 379,830 |
| Janssens, Sophie | Immunology | — | 2,910 / 176,292 |
| van Gassen, Sofie | Immunology | — | 3,157 / 176,292 |
| Pardon, Els | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 2,918 / 216,826 |
| Laoui, Damya | Oncology & Carcinogenesis | — | 7,218 / 377,791 |
| Michiels, Jan | Microbiology | — | 4,525 / 232,186 |
| Bertrand, Mathieu J.M. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,470 / 216,826 |
| Messens, Joris H. | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | — | 3,673 / 216,826 |
Source: Ioannidis JPA, Elsevier (2026). August 2026 data-update for "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". Mendeley Data, version 9. Licence CC BY-NC 3.0. doi:10.17632/btchxktzyw.9
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