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
	Aerts, Jeroen C. J. H.	Cross-Field	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Agathokleous, Evgenios	Cross-Field	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China Mainland
	Aharonovich, Igor	Cross-Field	University of Technology Sydney, Australia
	Ahluwalia, Amrita	Cross-Field	Queen Mary University London, United Kingdom
	Ai, Xinping	Cross-Field	Wuhan University, China Mainland
	Ai, Zhihui	Cross-Field	Central China Normal University, China Mainland
	Aibar, Sara	Cross-Field	KU Leuven, Belgium
	Aiden, Erez Lieberman	Cross-Field	University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, United States	Rice University, United States
	Aiken, Linda H.	Cross-Field	University of Pennsylvania, United States
	Ainsworth, Elizabeth A.	Cross-Field	United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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