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
	Kang, Yoon-Koo	Clinical Medicine	Asan Medical Center, South Korea	Eulji University, South Korea
	Kang, Zhenhui	Cross-Field	Soochow University - China, China Mainland	Macau University of Science & Technology, Macau SAR
	Kanis, J. A.	Cross-Field	Australian Catholic University, Australia
	Kanneganti, Thirumala-Devi	Immunology	St Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States
	Kaplan, Gilaad G.	Cross-Field	University of Calgary, Canada
	Kappler, Andreas	Cross-Field	Eberhard Karls University of Tubingen, Germany
	Karatzias, Thanos	Cross-Field	Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom
	Kariko, Katalin	Cross-Field	BioNTech SE, Germany
	Karki, Rajendra	Immunology	Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea
	Karlan, Dean	Economics and Business	Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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