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
	Agusti, Alvar	Clinical Medicine	University of Barcelona, Spain	Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Spain
	Ahammed, Golam Jalal	Plant and Animal Science	Henan University of Science and Technology, China Mainland
	Aharoni, Asaph	Plant and Animal Science	Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
	Aharonovich, Igor	Cross-Field	University of Technology Sydney, Australia
	Ahluwalia, Amrita	Cross-Field	Queen Mary University London, United Kingdom
	Ahmed, Rafi	Immunology	Emory University, United States
	Ahmed, Warish	Environment and Ecology	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia
	Ahn, Choon Ki	Engineering	Korea University, South Korea
	Ahn, Myung-Ju	Clinical Medicine	Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), South Korea
	Ai, Xinping	Cross-Field	Wuhan University, China Mainland

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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