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
	Fricko, Oliver	Cross-Field	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
	Fridman, Wolf Herman	Cross-Field	Universite Paris Cite, France	Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale (Inserm), France
	Fried, Eiko I.	Psychiatry and Psychology	Leiden University, Netherlands
	Friedlingstein, Pierre	Environment and Ecology	University of Exeter, United Kingdom	Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France
	Friedlingstein, Pierre	Geosciences	University of Exeter, United Kingdom	Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, France
	Friedman, Jonathan	Cross-Field	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
	Friedman, Scott	Cross-Field	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
	Friedmann Angeli, Pedro	Cross-Field	University of Wurzburg, Germany
	Friedrich, Matthias	Cross-Field	McGill University, Canada
	Frieler, Katja	Cross-Field	Potsdam Institut fur Klimafolgenforschung, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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