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
	Giebel, Bernd	Cross-Field	University of Duisburg Essen, Germany
	Giesel, Frederik	Clinical Medicine	Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany	Osaka University, Japan
	Glorius, Frank	Chemistry	University of Munster, Germany
	Göker, Markus	Microbiology	Leibniz Association, Germany
	Greten, Florian R.	Cross-Field	Georg-Speyer-Haus Institute for Tumor Biology and Experimental Therapy, Germany	Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
	Grimme, Stefan	Chemistry	University of Bonn, Germany
	Grosse, Guido	Geosciences	Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Germany
	Grun, Dominic	Cross-Field	University of Wurzburg, Germany
	Grüning, Björn	Biology and Biochemistry	University of Freiburg, Germany
	Guck, Jochen	Cross-Field	University of Erlangen Nuremberg, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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