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
	Mort, Matthew	Cross-Field	Cardiff University, United Kingdom
	Mortensen, Preben Bo	Cross-Field	Aarhus University, Denmark
	Morton, Douglas C.	Cross-Field	NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States	University of Maryland College Park, United States
	Morton, James T.	Cross-Field	University of California San Diego, United States
	Mosconi, Edoardo	Cross-Field	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy	King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
	Mousavi, S. Mostafa	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Mu, Tiancheng	Cross-Field	Renmin University of China, China Mainland
	Muecksch, Frauke	Cross-Field	Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, Germany
	Mueller, Carsten W.	Cross-Field	University of Copenhagen, Denmark
	Mueller, Christoph	Cross-Field	Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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