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
	Crain, Robert A.	Space Science	Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom
	Cramer, Angelique O. J.	Psychiatry and Psychology	Independent
	Cramer, Patrick	Biology and Biochemistry	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Crane, Laura	Psychiatry and Psychology	University College London, United Kingdom
	Craske, Michelle G.	Psychiatry and Psychology	University of California Los Angeles, United States
	Crawford, Jeremy Chase	Cross-Field	St Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States
	Crawford, Katharine H. D.	Microbiology	University of Washington Seattle, United States
	Creutzberg, Carien L.	Clinical Medicine	Leiden University, Netherlands
	Creutzig, Felix	Environment and Ecology	Technical University of Berlin, Germany
	Crews, Craig M.	Biology and Biochemistry	Yale University, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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