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
	Nielsen, Jens	Cross-Field	Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden	BioInnovation Institute, Denmark
	Nielsen, Per H.	Cross-Field	Aalborg University, Denmark
	Ning, Boda	Cross-Field	Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
	Ning, Zhijun	Cross-Field	University of Toronto, Canada
	Nishikawa, Hiroyoshi	Cross-Field	Nagoya University, Japan	National Cancer Center Japan, Japan
	Nishimasu, Hiroshi	Cross-Field	University of Tokyo, Japan
	Niu, Guangda	Cross-Field	Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Mainland
	Niu, Shuli	Cross-Field	Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China Mainland
	Niu, Simiao	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Noe, Frank	Cross-Field	Microsoft Inc., United States	Free University of Berlin, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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