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
	Apte, Joshua S.	Environment and Ecology	University of California Berkeley, United States
	Arafat, Basel	Pharmacology and Toxicology	University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom
	Arai, Hidenori	Cross-Field	National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Japan
	Arbabi, Amir	Physics	California Institute of Technology, United States
	Arbabi, Ehsan	Physics	California Institute of Technology, United States
	Archer, Lynden A.	Engineering	Cornell University, United States
	Archontoulis, Sotirios V.	Cross-Field	Iowa State University, United States
	Ardlie, Kristin G.	Cross-Field	Broad Institute, United States
	Arendrup, Maiken Cavling	Cross-Field	University Copenhagen Hospital, Denmark
	Arita, Ryotaro	Cross-Field	University of Tokyo, Japan	RIKEN, Japan

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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