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
	Poulton, Richie	Cross-Field	University of Otago, New Zealand
	Pouwels, Koen B.	Cross-Field	University of Oxford, United Kingdom
	Powell, Byron J.	Social Sciences	Washington University (WUSTL), United States	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States
	Powrie, Fiona	Cross-Field	Kennedy Institute Pheumatol, United Kingdom
	Pozzer, Andrea	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany	The Cyprus Institute, Cyprus
	Prado, Carla M.	Cross-Field	University of Alberta, Canada
	Prasad, P. V. Vara	Cross-Field	Kansas State University, United States
	Prat, Alexandre	Cross-Field	Universite de Montreal, Canada
	Prata, Joana C.	Environment and Ecology	Instituto Universitario de Ciencias da Saude (CESPU), Portugal	Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit UCIBIO, Portugal
	Pratchett, Morgan S.	Cross-Field	James Cook University, Australia

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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