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
	Rathmell, Jeffrey C.	Immunology	University of Chicago, United States
	Rathmell, W. Kimryn	Cross-Field	Vanderbilt University, United States
	Ratner, Anna	Biology and Biochemistry	Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, United States
	Rattei, Thomas	Biology and Biochemistry	University of Vienna, Austria
	Ratti, Carlo	Social Sciences	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Ratzan, Scott C.	Cross-Field	City University of New York (CUNY) System, United States
	Ratziu, Vlad	Cross-Field	Sorbonne Universite, France	Assistance Publique Hopitaux Paris (APHP), France
	Rauber, Fernanda	Cross-Field	Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil
	Rauschnabel, Philipp A.	Cross-Field	Bundeswehr University Munich, Germany	Otto Friedrich University Bamberg, Germany
	Raven, John A.	Cross-Field	University of Dundee, United Kingdom	University of Western Australia, Australia

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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