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
	Ludvigsson, Jonas F.	Social Sciences	Karolinska Institute, Sweden	Orebro University, Sweden
	Luedde, Tom	Cross-Field	Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany
	Lugato, Emanuele	Environment and Ecology	European Commission Joint Research Centre, Belgium
	Luhmann, Maike	Psychiatry and Psychology	Ruhr University Bochum, Germany	German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Germany
	Lukatskaya, Maria R.	Cross-Field	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland
	Lukin, Mikhail D.	Physics	Harvard University, United States
	Lund, Crick	Cross-Field	University of Cape Town, South Africa
	Lund, Henrik	Engineering	Aalborg University, Denmark
	Lund, Lars H.	Clinical Medicine	Karolinska Institute, Sweden
	Lund, Ole	Cross-Field	Technical University of Denmark, Denmark

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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