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
	Shleifer, Andrei	Economics and Business	Harvard University, United States
	Shoemaker, Benjamin A.	Biology and Biochemistry	NIH National Library of Medicine (NLM), United States
	Shoichet, Brian K.	Biology and Biochemistry	University of California San Francisco, United States
	Shokat, Kevan	Cross-Field	Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
	Sholl, Lynette M.	Clinical Medicine	Harvard University, United States
	Shore, Neal D.	Clinical Medicine	Carolina Urologic Research Center, United States
	Shoresh, Noam	Cross-Field	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Shu, Jin-Cheng	Cross-Field	Beijing Institute of Technology, China Mainland
	Shu, Lei	Cross-Field	Nanjing Agricultural University, China Mainland	University of Lincoln, United Kingdom
	Shuck, Christopher E.	Cross-Field	Drexel University, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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