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
	Salman, Muhammad	Cross-Field	Taif University, Saudi Arabia
	Salomaa, Veikko	Cross-Field	Finland National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
	Salzberg, Steven L.	Biology and Biochemistry	Johns Hopkins University, United States
	Samek, Wojciech	Cross-Field	Technical University of Berlin, Germany	Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Germany
	Sampson, Hugh A.	Immunology	Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States
	Sampson, Laura	Social Sciences	Boston University, United States
	Samson, R. A.	Plant and Animal Science	Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, Netherlands
	Sanacora, Gerard	Psychiatry and Psychology	US Department of Veterans Affairs, United States
	Sanchez, Daniel S.	Physics	Princeton University, United States
	Sandberg, Rickard	Cross-Field	Karolinska Institute, Sweden

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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