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
	Bonell, Chris	Cross-Field	London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom
	Bonn, Mischa	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany	University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Bonventre, Joseph V.	Cross-Field	Brigham and Women's Hospital, United States
	Bonvin, Alexandre M. J. J.	Cross-Field	Utrecht University, Netherlands
	Börner, Jan	Cross-Field	University of Bonn, Germany
	Borodin, Oleg	Cross-Field	US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), United States
	Botker, Hans Erik	Cross-Field	Aarhus University, Denmark
	Botvinick, Matthew	Cross-Field	Google Incorporated, United States
	Bouillon, Roger	Cross-Field	KU Leuven, Belgium
	Boulesteix, Anne-Laure	Cross-Field	University of Munich, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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