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
	Eriksen, Marcus	Environment and Ecology	5 Gyres Institute, United States
	Erritzoe, David	Cross-Field	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
	Erskine, H. E.	Cross-Field	University of Queensland, Australia
	Eskes, Henk	Geosciences	Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands
	Espin, Juan Carlos	Cross-Field	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Spain	CSIC - Centro de Edafologia y Biologia Aplicada del Segura (CEBAS), Spain
	Essl, Franz	Cross-Field	University of Vienna, Austria
	Etkin, Amit	Cross-Field	Alto Neuroscience, United States	Stanford University, United States
	Evans, Jason P.	Cross-Field	University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
	Evans, Ronald M.	Cross-Field	Salk Institute, United States
	Even, Jacky	Cross-Field	Universite de Rennes, France	Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Rennes, France

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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