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
	Merow, Cory	Environment and Ecology	University of Connecticut, United States
	Merrick, Melissa T.	Social Sciences	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - USA, United States
	Messina, Jane P.	Cross-Field	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Metallo, Christian M.	Cross-Field	Salk Institute, United States	University of California, United States
	Metcalf, Jessica	Cross-Field	University of Colorado Boulder, United States
	Mete, Ozgur	Biology and Biochemistry	University of Toronto, Canada
	Metzger, Brian D.	Space Science	Columbia University, United States
	Meusburger, Katrin	Cross-Field	Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland
	Meyerson, Matthew	Cross-Field	Harvard Medical School, United States
	Meyfroidt, Patrick	Social Sciences	Universite Catholique Louvain, Belgium	Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique - FNRS, Belgium

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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