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
	Ralser, Markus	Biology and Biochemistry	Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Rammig, Anja	Cross-Field	Technical University of Munich, Germany
	Rascher, Uwe	Cross-Field	Helmholtz Association, Germany
	Rauschnabel, Philipp A.	Cross-Field	Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany	Otto Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany
	Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike	Cross-Field	University of Hamburg, Germany
	Reck, Martin	Clinical Medicine	Grosshansdorf Hospital, Germany	German Center for Lunge Research (DZL), Germany
	Reich, Kristian	Clinical Medicine	University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany
	Reichstein, Markus	Environment and Ecology	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Reichstein, Markus	Geosciences	Max Planck Society, Germany	German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Germany
	Reuter, Uwe	Cross-Field	Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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