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
	Coumou, Dim	Geosciences	Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands
	Courchamp, Franck	Environment and Ecology	Universite Paris Saclay, France	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
	Cousins, Ian T.	Environment and Ecology	Stockholm University, Sweden
	Coussens, Lisa M.	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Oregon Health and Science University, United States
	Couzin, Iain D.	Cross-Field	University of Konstanz, Germany	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Cowling, Benjamin J.	Immunology	University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
	Cox, David B. T.	Biology and Biochemistry	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Cox, Juergen	Biology and Biochemistry	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Cox, Nancy	Cross-Field	Vanderbilt University, United States
	Cox, Peter	Cross-Field	University of Exeter, United Kingdom

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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