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
	Donovan, Katherine A.	Cross-Field	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States
	Dotti, Gianpietro	Cross-Field	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States
	Dou, Letian	Cross-Field	Purdue University, United States	Emory University, United States
	Dou, Shuo	Cross-Field	Northeast Forestry University, China Mainland
	Douek, Daniel C.	Cross-Field	National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, United States
	Dougan, Stephanie K.	Cross-Field	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States
	Drake, Charles G.	Cross-Field	Columbia University, United States	Johns Hopkins University, United States
	Dranoff, Glenn	Cross-Field	Novartis, Switzerland
	Dravid, Vinayak P.	Cross-Field	Northwestern University, United States
	Drouet, Laurent	Cross-Field	Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici (CMCC), Italy

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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