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
	Feussner, Ivo	Cross-Field	University of Gottingen, Germany
	Feyen, Luc	Cross-Field	European Commission Joint Research Centre, Belgium
	Fichman, Yosef	Cross-Field	University of Missouri Columbia, United States
	Field, Christopher B.	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Filho, Walter Leal	Cross-Field	Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany	Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom
	Finkel, Richard S.	Cross-Field	University of Pennsylvania, United States
	Finkelhor, David	Cross-Field	University of New Hampshire, United States
	Firestone, Mary K.	Cross-Field	University of California Berkeley, United States
	Fischl, Bruce	Cross-Field	Harvard Medical School, United States
	Fisher, Adrian C.	Cross-Field	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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