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
	Bivins, Aaron	Environment and Ecology	Louisiana State University And Agricultural and Mechanical College, United States		View Profile
	Björnson, Emil	Computer Science	Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden		View Profile
	Blaak, Ellen E.	Cross-Field	Maastricht University, Netherlands		View Profile
	Black, Robert E.	Clinical Medicine	Johns Hopkins University, United States		Claim profile
	Blackhurst, Jennifer	Cross-Field	University of Iowa, United States		Claim profile
	Blakemore, Sarah-Jayne	Cross-Field	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom		View Profile
	Blanco, Carlos	Psychiatry and Psychology	NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), United States		View Profile
	Blank, Christian U.	Cross-Field	Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands	Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Netherlands	View Profile
	Blanpain, Cedric	Cross-Field	Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium		View Profile
	Blaschke, Thomas	Cross-Field	Salzburg University, Austria		View Profile

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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