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
	Balch, Jennifer K.	Cross-Field	University of Colorado Boulder, United States
	Baldocchi, Dennis D.	Cross-Field	University of California Berkeley, United States
	Baldrian, Petr	Microbiology	Czech Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic
	Baldwin, Ian T.	Plant and Animal Science	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Balko, Justin M.	Cross-Field	Vanderbilt University, United States
	Ball, James M.	Cross-Field	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Ballabio, Cristiano	Environment and Ecology	European Commission Joint Research Centre, Belgium
	Balland, Pierre-Alexandre	Social Sciences	Utrecht University, Netherlands
	Ballif, Christophe	Cross-Field	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland	Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM), Switzerland
	Balmford, Andrew	Cross-Field	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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