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
	Minx, Jan C.	Cross-Field	University of Leeds, United Kingdom
	Miralles, Diego G.	Geosciences	Ghent University, Belgium
	Mirarab, Siavash	Cross-Field	University of California San Diego, United States
	Mirdita, Milot	Biology and Biochemistry	Seoul National University (SNU), South Korea
	Mirkin, Chad A.	Cross-Field	Northwestern University, United States
	Mirny, Leonid A.	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Miroshnichenko, Andrey E.	Physics	University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
	Misic, Bratislav	Cross-Field	McGill University, Canada
	Misof, Bernhard	Plant and Animal Science	Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (ZFMK), Germany
	Mitchell, Alex L.	Biology and Biochemistry	European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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