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
	Alzubaidi, Laith	Cross-Field	Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia
	Amal, Rose	Cross-Field	University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
	Amaravadi, Ravi	Cross-Field	University of Pennsylvania, United States
	Amassian, Aram	Cross-Field	North Carolina State University, United States
	Amitai, Gil	Cross-Field	Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
	An, Zhongfu	Cross-Field	Nanjing Tech University, China Mainland
	Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N.	Cross-Field	Harvard University, United States	Massachusetts General Hospital, United States
	Anders, Hans-Joachim	Cross-Field	University of Munich, Germany
	Andes, David R.	Cross-Field	University of Wisconsin Madison, United States
	Andreassen, Ole A.	Cross-Field	University of Oslo, Norway	Oslo University Hospital, Norway

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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