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
	Petruzzelli, Antonio Messeni	Economics and Business	Politecnico di Bari, Italy
	Petryszak, Robert	Biology and Biochemistry	Oregon Health and Science University, United States
	Pett-Ridge, Jennifer	Cross-Field	Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, United States	University of California Merced, United States
	Petta, Salvatore	Cross-Field	University of Palermo, Italy
	Pettersson, Sven	Cross-Field	Karolinska Institute, Sweden
	Pettersson, Therese	Social Sciences	Uppsala University, Sweden
	Pevsner-Fischer, Meirav	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
	Pevzner, Pavel A.	Biology and Biochemistry	University of California San Diego, United States
	Peyre, Gabriel	Mathematics	Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS), France
	Philip, Mary	Immunology	Vanderbilt University, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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