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
	Luther, Joseph M.	Cross-Field	National Renewable Energy Laboratory - USA, United States
	Lv, Fan	Cross-Field	Peking University, China Mainland
	Lv, Wei	Materials Science	Tsinghua University, China Mainland
	Lwanga, Esperanza Huerta	Environment and Ecology	Wageningen University and Research, Netherlands
	Lyapustin, Alexei	Cross-Field	Goddard Space Flight Center, United States
	Lye, David	Cross-Field	National Centre for Infectious Diseases Singapore, Singapore	Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
	Lyketsos, Constantine G.	Cross-Field	Johns Hopkins University, United States
	Lyman, Gary H.	Clinical Medicine	Duke University, United States	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, United States
	Lyon, Aaron	Cross-Field	University of Washington Seattle, United States
	Lyons, Timothy W.	Geosciences	University of California Riverside, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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