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
	Cobden, David H.	Cross-Field	University of Washington Seattle, United States
	Codeluppi, Simone	Cross-Field	Karolinska Institute, Sweden
	Coelho, Luis Pedro	Cross-Field	Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
	Coenye, Tom	Cross-Field	Ghent University, Belgium
	Cohen, A. A.	Cross-Field	Columbia University, United States
	Cohen, Aaron	Cross-Field	Health Effects Institute (HEI), United States	Institute for Health Metrics & Evaluation, United States
	Coker, Olabisi Oluwabukola	Cross-Field	Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
	Colao, Annamaria	Cross-Field	University of Naples Federico II, Italy
	Coleman, Robert L.	Cross-Field	Weston Park Hospital, United Kingdom
	Coleman-Derr, Devin	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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