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
	Corman, Victor M.	Cross-Field	Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany
	Corn, Jacob E.	Cross-Field	University of California Berkeley, United States
	Cornell, Sarah E.	Cross-Field	Stockholm University, Sweden
	Cornely, Oliver A.	Cross-Field	University of Cologne, Germany
	Corti, Davide	Cross-Field	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
	Costea, Paul I.	Cross-Field	European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany
	Cotrufo, M. Francesca	Cross-Field	Colorado State University, United States
	Cotter, Paul D.	Cross-Field	Teagasc, Ireland	SeqBiome, Ireland
	Coukos, George	Cross-Field	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Switzerland	University of Lausanne, Switzerland
	Couzin, Iain D.	Cross-Field	University of Konstanz, Germany	Max Planck Society, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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