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
	Austin, Christopher P.	Pharmacology and Toxicology	NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), United States
	Austin, Peter	Social Sciences	University of Toronto, Canada	University of Toronto, Canada
	Austin, Peter C.	Mathematics	University of Toronto, Canada
	Autio FBA FFASL, Erkko	Cross-Field	Imperial College London, United Kingdom
	Auwerx, Johan	Cross-Field	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
	Avelino, Flor	Cross-Field	Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Avila-Pacheco, Julian	Cross-Field	Broad Institute, United States
	Avio, Carlo G.	Cross-Field	Marche Polytechnic University, Italy
	Awad, Mark M.	Clinical Medicine	Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, United States	Harvard Medical School, United States
	Axhausen, Kay W.	Social Sciences	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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