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
	Sheahan, Timothy P.	Microbiology	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States
	Sheehan, Nuala A.	Social Sciences	University of Leicester, United Kingdom
	Sheffield, Justin	Geosciences	University of Southampton, United Kingdom	Princeton University, United States
	Sheikh, Aziz	Immunology	University of Oxford, United Kingdom	University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom
	Shekhar, Karthik	Cross-Field	University of California Berkeley, United States
	Shelton, Rachel C.	Social Sciences	Columbia University, United States
	Shen, Bin	Cross-Field	Nanjing Medical University, China Mainland
	Shen, Chaopeng	Cross-Field	Pennsylvania State University, United States
	Shen, Chunhua	Cross-Field	Zhejiang University, China Mainland
	Shen, Dinggang	Cross-Field	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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