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
	Duarte, Carlos M.	Plant and Animal Science	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
	Duarte, Rafael F.	Immunology	Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain
	Dubois, Bruno	Neuroscience and Behavior	Sorbonne Universite, France
	Duckworth, Angela L.	Psychiatry and Psychology	University of Pennsylvania, United States
	Dudareva, Natalia	Plant and Animal Science	Purdue University, United States
	Duflo, Esther	Economics and Business	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Duke, Stephen O.	Cross-Field	University of Mississippi, United States
	Dulvy, Nicholas K.	Cross-Field	Simon Fraser University, Canada
	Duman, Ronald S.	Neuroscience and Behavior	Yale University, United States
	Dummer, Reinhard	Cross-Field	University of Zurich, Switzerland

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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