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
	Béné, Christophe	Cross-Field	International Center for Tropical Agriculture - CIAT, Colombia	Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands	View Profile
	Benedetti, Francesco	Cross-Field	Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Italy		View Profile
	Benediktsson, Jon Atli	Geosciences	University of Iceland, Iceland		View Profile
	Bengio, Yoshua	Computer Science	University of Montreal, Canada		Claim profile
	Bengsch, Bertram	Cross-Field	University of Freiburg, Germany		View Profile
	Bengtsson-Palme, Johan	Cross-Field	Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden	University of Gothenburg, Sweden	View Profile
	Benisty, Myriam	Space Science	Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France		Claim profile
	Benitez, Jose	Social Sciences	Universite de Rennes, France		View Profile
	Bennamoun, Mohammed	Cross-Field	University of Western Australia, Australia		View Profile
	Bennett, C. Frank	Cross-Field	Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc., United States		Claim profile

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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