Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025

Of the world’s population of scientists and social scientists, Highly Cited Researchers are 1 in 1,000

Highly Cited Researchers demonstrate significant and broad influence in their field(s) of research. Each researcher selected has authored multiple Highly Cited Papers which rank in the top 1% by citations for their field(s) and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection over the past eleven years. However, citation activity is not the sole selection indicator. This list, based on citation data, is then refined using other quantitative metrics, as well as qualitative analysis and expert judgment.

7,131 Highly Cited Researcher awards in 2025

Full Name		Category	Primary Affiliation	Secondary Affiliations
	Burke, Marshall	Economics and Business	Stanford University, United States		Claim profile
	Casalo, Luis	Economics and Business	University of Zaragoza, Spain		View Profile
	Chernozhukov, Victor	Economics and Business	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States		Claim profile
	Chesbrough, Henry	Economics and Business	Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy		View Profile
	Chetty, Raj	Economics and Business	Harvard University, United States	Stanford University, United States	Claim profile
	Coibion, Olivier	Economics and Business	University of Texas Austin, United States		Claim profile
	David Autor, David Autor	Economics and Business	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States	National Bureau of Economic Research, United States	View Profile
	De Massis, Alfredo	Economics and Business	G d'Annunzio University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy	International Institute for Management Development (IMD), Switzerland; Lancaster University, United Kingdom	View Profile
	Dorn, David	Economics and Business	University of Zurich, Switzerland		View Profile
	Duflo, Esther	Economics and Business	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States		Claim profile

2025 Analysis

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