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
	Beckham, Gregg T.	Biology and Biochemistry	National Renewable Energy Laboratory - USA, United States		View Profile
	Beckmann, Christian F.	Neuroscience and Behavior	Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Netherlands	University of Oxford, United Kingdom	View Profile
	Beeckman, Tom	Cross-Field	Ghent University, Belgium	Flanders Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium	View Profile
	Behnood, Ali	Cross-Field	Purdue University, United States		View Profile
	Bein, Thomas	Cross-Field	University of Munich, Germany		View Profile
	Belaid, Fateh	Cross-Field	King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia		View Profile
	Belanche, Daniel	Economics and Business	University of Zaragoza, Spain		View Profile
	Belkaid, Yasmine	Immunology	Institute Pasteur Paris, France		Claim profile
	Bell, Alexis T.	Chemistry	University of California Berkeley, United States		Claim profile
	Bellis, Mark A.	Social Sciences	Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom	Bangor University, United Kingdom	View Profile

2025 Analysis

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