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
	Faubert, Brandon	Cross-Field	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, United States
	Faulkner, Guy	Social Sciences	University of British Columbia, Canada
	Faust, Karoline	Microbiology	KU Leuven, Belgium
	Fava, Maurizio	Cross-Field	Harvard University, United States
	Fawzi, Nicolas L.	Cross-Field	Brown University, United States
	Fazekas, Franz	Cross-Field	Medical University of Graz, Austria
	Feagan, Brian G.	Clinical Medicine	Western University (University of Western Ontario), Canada	Alimentiv Inc., Canada
	Fearon, R. M. Pasco	Psychiatry and Psychology	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
	Fedewa, Stacey A.	Clinical Medicine	American Cancer Society, United States
	Fehlings, Michael	Cross-Field	University of Toronto, Canada

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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