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
	Floerke, Martina	Cross-Field	Ruhr University Bochum, Germany	Universitat Kassel, Germany
	Florence, Curtis S.	Social Sciences	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - USA, United States
	Floridi, Luciano	Cross-Field	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Flottorp, Signe	Cross-Field	Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), Norway
	Flouri, Tomas	Cross-Field	University College London, United Kingdom
	Folke, Carl	Environment and Ecology	Stockholm University, Sweden	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
	Folke, Carl	Social Sciences	Stockholm University, Sweden	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sweden
	Fon, Edward A.	Cross-Field	McGill University, Canada	McGill University, Canada
	Fonagy, Peter	Psychiatry and Psychology	University College London, United Kingdom
	Fong, Lawrence	Cross-Field	University of California San Francisco, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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