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
	Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel	Environment and Ecology	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Spain
	Delgado-Baquerizo, Manuel	Microbiology	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Spain
	Delgoffe, Greg M.	Immunology	University of Pittsburgh, United States	UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, United States
	Delord, Jean-Pierre	Cross-Field	Institute Claudius Regaud, France
	Delzenne, Nathalie M.	Cross-Field	Universite Catholique Louvain, Belgium
	Demaria, Sandra	Cross-Field	Cornell University, United States
	Demerouti, Evangelia	Psychiatry and Psychology	Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
	Demichelis, Francesca	Cross-Field	University of Trento, Italy
	Demichev, Vadim	Biology and Biochemistry	Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany
	Demuzere, Matthias	Cross-Field	B-Kode, Belgium	The World Bank, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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