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
	Moslehi, Javid J.	Clinical Medicine	University of California San Francisco, United States
	Moubarac, Jean Claude	Social Sciences	University of Montreal, Canada	Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Mouratidis, Kostas	Social Sciences	University of Copenhagen, Denmark
	Mousavi, S. Mostafa	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Moustafa, Nour	Computer Science	University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia
	Mowry, James B.	Pharmacology and Toxicology	Indiana University Health, United States
	Mozaffari, Mohammad	Computer Science	Ericsson Research, United States
	Mozaffarian, Dariush	Clinical Medicine	Tufts University, United States	Harvard University, United States
	Mu, Shichun	Materials Science	Wuhan University of Technology, China Mainland
	Mu, Tiancheng	Cross-Field	Renmin University of China, China Mainland

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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