Wolfgang Joachim Emil Glänzel (born April 13, 1955) is a German statistician who is a full professor at KU Leuven, where he is also the director of the Centre for R&D Monitoring.
In 1999, he and Henk Moed received the Derek de Solla Price Award from the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI).
Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of Scientometrics, as well as secretary-treasurer of the ISSI.Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Glänzel was educated at Eötvös Loránd University and Leiden University.