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
	Poeschl, Uirich	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Pongratz, Julia	Cross-Field	University of Munich, Germany	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Pozzer, Andrea	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany	The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
	Raabe, Dierk	Materials Science	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Reichstein, Markus	Environment and Ecology	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Reichstein, Markus	Geosciences	Max Planck Society, Germany	German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Germany
	Rix, Hans-Walter	Space Science	Max Planck Society, Germany	Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, Germany
	Rubio, Angel	Physics	Max Planck Society, Germany	Flatiron Institute, United States
	Schlogl, Robert	Chemistry	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Scholze, Peter	Mathematics	Max Planck Society, Germany	University of Bonn, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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