⚡ Science and Research in Belgium

Science and research platforms help scholars find academic papers, share their work, track citations, manage research profiles, and access preprints, patents, and data from a wide range of disciplines.

Belgium is a Western European country with a population of over 12 million people.

According to our data, science and research platforms are used on 0.1% of websites from Belgium.

Statistics based on 27K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top science and research platforms in Belgium in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is ResearchGate with an impressive share of 45.2%, followed by Academia with 29% and Google Scholar with 22.6%.

ResearchGate 45.2%
Academia 29%
Google Scholar 22.6%
ORCID 19.4%
Scribd 6.5%
arXiv 3.2%
OSF 3.2%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top platforms that are more popular in Belgium than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. ResearchGate ^(-1)
2. Academia ^(-2)
4. ORCID ^(-1)
5. Scribd ^(-1)

✨ Best Science and Research Platforms

Below is a more detailed list of 7 science and research platforms used on sites from Belgium, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	ResearchGate Berlin, Germany A social networking platform for scientists and researchers that enables them to share publications, collaborate with peers, and engage in academic discussions online. Free	45.2%
2	Academia San Francisco, California, United States A social networking platform for academics that enables users to share research papers, build professional profiles, and connect with other researchers worldwide. Free$$$	29%
3	Google Scholar Mountain View, California, United States A free scholarly search engine that indexes articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court cases from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, and universities. Free	22.6%
4	ORCID Bethesda, Maryland, United States An open, non-proprietary registry that provides unique persistent identifiers for researchers and scholars, enabling them to distinguish their identity and connect their work across systems. Free	19.4%
5	Scribd San Francisco, California, United States A digital document library and reading subscription service that provides access to millions of e-books, audiobooks, magazines, and user-uploaded documents. Free$9.99/month	6.5%
6	arXiv Ithaca, New York, United States An open-access repository operated by Cornell University that provides free access to scholarly articles across fields such as physics, mathematics, computer science, and economics. Free	3.2%
7	OSF Charlottesville, Virginia, United States An open-source research platform developed by the Center for Open Science that supports project management, collaboration, and data sharing across the research lifecycle. FreeOpen source	3.2%

👉 See Also

🌎 Science And Research in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 27,471 websites from Belgium.
We currently track the presence of 9 science and research platforms across the web.
Of these, 7 were detected on websites from Belgium.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.