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
	Song, Zhida	Physics	Peking University, China Mainland
	Sonnenburg, Erica D.	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Sonnenburg, Justin L.	Biology and Biochemistry	Stanford University, United States
	Sonnenburg, Justin L.	Microbiology	Stanford University, United States
	Sonnentag, Sabine	Cross-Field	University of Mannheim, Germany
	Sorek, Rotem	Cross-Field	Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
	Sorensen, Henrik Toft	Cross-Field	Aarhus University, Denmark
	Sorensen, Soren J.	Cross-Field	University of Copenhagen, Denmark
	Sorger, Peter K.	Cross-Field	Harvard University, United States
	Soria, Jean-Charles	Clinical Medicine	Universite Paris Saclay, France	Gustave Roussy, France

2025 Analysis

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