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
	Guilliams, Martin	Immunology	Ghent University, Belgium	Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium
	Guisan, Antoine	Environment and Ecology	University of Lausanne, Switzerland
	Guiver, Michael D.	Cross-Field	Tianjin University, China Mainland
	Gundlapalli, Adi V.	Cross-Field	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - USA, United States
	Güneralp, Burak	Cross-Field	Texas A and M University At College Station, United States
	Gunnell, David	Cross-Field	University of Bristol, United Kingdom
	Guo, An-Yuan	Cross-Field	Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Mainland
	Guo, Chunxian	Cross-Field	Suzhou University of Science and Technology, China Mainland
	Guo, Hao	Cross-Field	Tsinghua University, China Mainland
	Guo, Hengyu	Materials Science	Chongqing University, China Mainland

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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