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
	Backofen, Rolf	Cross-Field	University of Freiburg, Germany
	Bader, Gary D.	Cross-Field	University of Toronto, Canada
	Bae, Jin-Woo	Cross-Field	Kyung Hee University, South Korea
	Baek, Jong-Beom	Cross-Field	Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea
	Baele, Guy	Cross-Field	KU Leuven, Belgium
	Baernighausen, Till	Cross-Field	Ruprecht Karls University Heidelberg, Germany
	Bahram, Mohammad	Cross-Field	Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden	Aarhus University, Denmark; University of Tartu, Estonia
	Bai, Sai	Cross-Field	University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Mainland
	Bai, Xiang	Engineering	Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Mainland
	Bai, Xiao-chen	Cross-Field	University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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