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
	Frayling, Timothy M.	Cross-Field	University of Exeter, United Kingdom
	Freeman, Daniel	Cross-Field	University of Oxford, United Kingdom	Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
	Frenette, Paul S.	Cross-Field	Yeshiva University, United States
	Frey, Serita D.	Cross-Field	University of New Hampshire, United States
	Frezza, Christian	Cross-Field	University of Cologne, Germany
	Frias, Juan P.	Cross-Field	University of California San Diego, United States
	Fricko, Oliver	Cross-Field	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
	Fridman, Wolf Herman	Cross-Field	Universite Paris Cite, France	Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (Inserm), France
	Friedman, Jonathan	Cross-Field	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
	Friedman, Scott	Cross-Field	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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