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
	Abecasis, Goncalo	Molecular Biology and Genetics	University of Michigan, United States		View Profile
	Abild-Pedersen, Frank	Cross-Field	SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, United States	United States Department of Energy (DOE), United States	View Profile
	Ablasser, Andrea	Cross-Field	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland		View Profile
	Abou-Alfa, Ghassan K.	Clinical Medicine	Cornell University, United States		Claim profile
	Abraham, Brian J.	Molecular Biology and Genetics	St Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States		View Profile
	Abramov, Andrey Y.	Biology and Biochemistry	University College London, United Kingdom		View Profile
	Abrams, David B.	Social Sciences	New York University, United States		View Profile
	Abudayyeh, Omar O.	Biology and Biochemistry	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States		View Profile
	Abudayyeh, Omar O.	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States		View Profile
	Acemoglu, Daron	Economics and Business	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States		View Profile

2025 Analysis

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