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
	Oren, Aharon	Microbiology	Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
	Org, Elin	Cross-Field	University of Tartu, Estonia
	Orringer, Carl E.	Cross-Field	University of Miami, United States
	Ort, Donald R.	Plant and Animal Science	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, United States
	Orth, Ulrich	Psychiatry and Psychology	University of Bern, Switzerland
	Ortiz, Brenden R.	Cross-Field	Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States
	Osakabe, Yuriko	Plant and Animal Science	Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
	Osbourn, Anne	Plant and Animal Science	Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), United Kingdom
	Ossenkoppele, Rik	Neuroscience and Behavior	University of Amsterdam, Netherlands	Lund University, Sweden
	Ostell, James M.	Biology and Biochemistry	National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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