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
	Lawrence, Michael S.	Cross-Field	Harvard Medical School, United States
	Lawson, Tracy	Plant and Animal Science	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States	University of Essex, United Kingdom
	Laxminarayan, Ramanan	Cross-Field	Princeton University, United States	One Health Trust, United States
	Lazarus, Jeffrey V	Cross-Field	City University of New York (CUNY) System, United States	ISGlobal, Spain
	Lazer, David	Social Sciences	Northeastern University, United States
	Le Quéré, Corinne	Cross-Field	University of East Anglia, United Kingdom
	Leach, Andrew R.	Cross-Field	European Bioinformatics Institute, United Kingdom
	Leak, Rehana K.	Cross-Field	University of Pittsburgh, United States
	Leary, Alexandra	Cross-Field	Gustave Roussy, France
	Lebeer, Sarah	Cross-Field	University of Antwerp, Belgium

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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