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
	Peters, Solange	Clinical Medicine	Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV), Switzerland	University of Lausanne, Switzerland
	Petersen, Michael Bang	Cross-Field	Aarhus University, Denmark
	Petersen, Ronald C.	Neuroscience and Behavior	Mayo Clinic, United States
	Petersen, Steven E.	Neuroscience and Behavior	Washington University (WUSTL), United States
	Peterson, Garry D.	Cross-Field	Stockholm University, Sweden
	Peto, Richard	Cross-Field	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Petrosino, Joseph F.	Cross-Field	Baylor College of Medicine, United States
	Petrou, Stavros	Cross-Field	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Petrozza, Annamaria	Cross-Field	Center for Nanoscience and Technology IIT, Italy
	Petrucelli, Leonard	Cross-Field	Mayo Clinic, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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