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
	Besse, Benjamin	Clinical Medicine	Universite Paris Saclay, France	Gustave Roussy, France	View Profile
	Besseling, Ellen	Environment and Ecology	Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands		View Profile
	Best, Robert B.	Cross-Field	National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, United States		View Profile
	Betsholtz, Christer	Cross-Field	Karolinska Institute, Sweden		View Profile
	Betts, Richard A.	Cross-Field	Met Office - UK, United Kingdom		View Profile
	Beusen, A. H. W.	Cross-Field	Utrecht University, Netherlands	Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL), Netherlands	Claim profile
	Beyaert, Rudi	Cross-Field	Ghent University, Belgium	Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium	View Profile
	Beyer, Kirsten	Cross-Field	Berlin Institute Hlth, Germany		View Profile
	Bhaduri, Aparna	Cross-Field	University of California San Francisco, United States		View Profile
	Bhandari, Bhesh R.	Agricultural Sciences	University of Queensland, Australia		View Profile

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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