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
	Konstantinopoulos, Panagiotis A.	Cross-Field	Harvard University, United States
	Kontopantelis, Evangelos	Cross-Field	University of Manchester, United Kingdom	National University of Singapore, Singapore
	Koo, Chulmo	Social Sciences	Kyung Hee University, South Korea
	Koonin, Eugene V.	Biology and Biochemistry	NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM), United States
	Koonin, Eugene V.	Microbiology	NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM), United States
	Koonin, Eugene V.	Molecular Biology and Genetics	NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM), United States
	Koopmans, Marion P. G.	Immunology	Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Koopmans, Marion P. G.	Microbiology	Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Koper, Marc T. M.	Chemistry	Leiden University, Netherlands
	Kopetz, Scott E.	Clinical Medicine	UTMD Anderson Cancer Center, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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