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
	Lamb, William F.	Cross-Field	University of Leeds, United Kingdom
	Lambert, Christophe	Cross-Field	Universite de Bretagne Occidentale, France
	Lambert, Estelle V.	Cross-Field	University of Cape Town, South Africa
	Lambin, Philippe	Cross-Field	Maastricht University, Netherlands
	Lambrecht, Bart N.	Immunology	Ghent University, Belgium	Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium
	Lamers, Mart M.	Cross-Field	Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
	Lan, Ke	Microbiology	Wuhan University, China Mainland
	Lan, Minhuan	Cross-Field	Central South University, China Mainland
	Lan, Ya-Qian	Chemistry	South China Normal University, China Mainland	Nanjing Normal University, China Mainland
	Lancaster, Madeline A.	Cross-Field	MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, United Kingdom	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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