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
	Bluher, Matthias	Cross-Field	Leipzig University, Germany	Helmholtz Association, Germany
	Blunt, Martin J.	Cross-Field	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
	Bock, Christoph	Cross-Field	Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria	Medical University of Vienna, Austria
	Bock, Ralph	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Bocken, Nancy M. P.	Cross-Field	Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
	Bodenmiller, Bernd	Cross-Field	University of Zurich, Switzerland	ETH Zurich, Switzerland
	Boeckel, Thomas P. Van	Cross-Field	University of Zurich, Switzerland
	Boeing, Heiner	Cross-Field	Leibniz Association, Germany
	Boerjan, Wout	Cross-Field	Ghent University, Belgium	Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium
	Boffetta, Paolo	Cross-Field	University of Bologna, Italy	State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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