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
	Tiihonen, Jari	Psychiatry and Psychology	Karolinska Institute, Sweden
	Tilg, Herbert	Clinical Medicine	Medical University of Innsbruck, Austria
	Tilling, Kate	Social Sciences	University of Bristol, United Kingdom
	Tilman, David	Environment and Ecology	University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States	University of California Santa Barbara, United States
	Timmermann, Axel	Cross-Field	Pusan National University, South Korea	Institute for Basic Science - Korea (IBS), South Korea
	Timoshenko, Janis	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Timp, Winston	Cross-Field	Johns Hopkins University, United States
	Timperio, Anna	Social Sciences	Deakin University, Australia
	Timsit, Jean-Francois	Cross-Field	Universite Paris Cite, France
	Ting, Alice Y.	Biology and Biochemistry	Stanford University, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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