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
	Ciaramella, Giuseppe	Cross-Field	Beam Therapeutics, United States
	Cidlowski, John A.	Pharmacology and Toxicology	National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, United States
	Cihlar, Tomas	Microbiology	Gilead Sciences, United States
	Clancy, Cornelius J.	Immunology	University of Pittsburgh, United States
	Clark, Karen	Biology and Biochemistry	National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, United States
	Clarke, Leon E.	Cross-Field	University of Maryland College Park, United States
	Clauser, Karl R.	Cross-Field	Harvard University, United States
	Clauset, Aaron	Cross-Field	University of Colorado Boulder, United States	Santa Fe Institute, United States
	Clawson, Hiram	Biology and Biochemistry	University of California Santa Cruz, United States
	Clemente, Jose C.	Cross-Field	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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