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
	Panda, Satchidananda	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Salk Institute, United States
	Pande, Vijay S.	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Pang, Quan	Cross-Field	University of Waterloo, Canada
	Pang, Wei Kong	Cross-Field	University of Wollongong, Australia
	Pang, Zhiqiang	Biology and Biochemistry	McGill University, Canada
	Paoletti, Elena	Environment and Ecology	Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR), Italy
	Papapetropoulos, Andreas	Cross-Field	National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece	Biomedical Research Foundation of the Academy of Athens, Greece
	Papi, Alberto	Clinical Medicine	University of Ferrara, Italy
	Papp, Kim A.	Clinical Medicine	Probity Medical Research Inc., Canada
	Pappu, Rohit V.	Biology and Biochemistry	Washington University (WUSTL), United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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