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
	Ye, Yu	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Yeager, David S.	Psychiatry and Psychology	University of Texas Austin, United States
	Yin, Hao	Cross-Field	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Yin, Wotao	Mathematics	University of California Los Angeles, United States
	Yin, Yadong	Cross-Field	University of California Riverside, United States
	Yin, Yanhai	Plant and Animal Science	Iowa State University, United States
	Yokoe, Deborah S.	Social Sciences	Harvard University, United States
	Yosef, Nir	Biology and Biochemistry	University of California Berkeley, United States
	You, Wei	Cross-Field	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States
	Youle, Richard	Molecular Biology and Genetics	NIH National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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