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
	Restrepo, Pascual	Economics and Business	Boston University, United States
	Reuter, Uwe	Cross-Field	Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany
	Rey, Federico E.	Cross-Field	University of Wisconsin Madison, United States
	Rey, Felix A.	Cross-Field	Universite Paris Cite, France	Institut Pasteur Paris, France
	Reynolds, Matthew P.	Plant and Animal Science	International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Mexico
	Rhie, Arang	Cross-Field	National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA, United States
	Rhodes, Ryan E.	Cross-Field	University of Victoria, Canada
	Riahi, Keywan	Environment and Ecology	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
	Riahi, Keywan	Social Sciences	International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria
	Ribas, Antoni	Clinical Medicine	University of California Los Angeles, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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