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
	Maleski, Kathleen	Materials Science	Drexel University, United States
	Malhi, Yadvinder	Environment and Ecology	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Malhotra, Neil	Social Sciences	Stanford University, United States
	Malik, Arunima	Cross-Field	University of Sydney, Australia
	Malik, Vasanti S.	Cross-Field	University of Toronto, Canada	Harvard University, United States
	Malireddi, R. K. Subbarao	Immunology	St Jude Children's Research Hospital, United States
	Malliaras, George G.	Cross-Field	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
	Maloney, David G.	Clinical Medicine	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, United States
	Managi, Shunsuke	Cross-Field	Kyushu University, Japan
	Mancarella, Pierluigi	Engineering	University of Melbourne, Australia	University of Manchester, United Kingdom

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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