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
	Alm, Eric J.	Microbiology	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Almarsson, Orn	Cross-Field	University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
	Alonso, Jordi	Cross-Field	Hospital del Mar Research Institute, Spain	Pompeu Fabra University, Spain
	Alseekh, Saleh	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Altan, Aytac	Cross-Field	Zonguldak Bulent Ecevit University, Turkiye
	Alter, Galit	Cross-Field	Harvard University, United States
	Altman, Douglas G.	Clinical Medicine	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Altman, Douglas G.	Social Sciences	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Altman, Ehud	Physics	University of California Berkeley, United States
	Altman, Russ B.	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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