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
	Hong, Tao	Cross-Field	University of North Carolina, United States
	Hong, Tianzhen	Engineering	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
	Hooft, Jeanin E. van	Clinical Medicine	Leiden University, Netherlands
	Hooft, Lotty	Cross-Field	Utrecht University, Netherlands
	Hoogland, Sjoerd	Cross-Field	University of Toronto, Canada
	Hopkins, Daniel J.	Social Sciences	University of Pennsylvania, United States
	Horn, Leora	Cross-Field	AstraZeneca, United Kingdom
	Hornung, Veit	Cross-Field	University of Munich, Germany
	Horton, Alice A.	Environment and Ecology	NERC National Oceanography Centre, United Kingdom
	Horton, Radley M.	Cross-Field	Columbia University, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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