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
	Venkatesh, Viswanath	Cross-Field	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, United States
	Venter, Oscar	Environment and Ecology	University of Northern British Columbia, Canada
	Venter, Zander S.	Cross-Field	Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Norway
	Vento-Tormo, R.	Cross-Field	Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, United Kingdom
	Ventura, Marco	Microbiology	University of Parma, Italy
	Verbeke, Kristin	Cross-Field	KU Leuven, Belgium
	Verbeke, Rein	Cross-Field	Ghent University, Belgium
	Verburg, Peter H.	Social Sciences	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands	Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow & Landscape Research, Switzerland
	Vergote, Ignace	Cross-Field	KU Leuven, Belgium
	Vermote, Eric	Geosciences	Goddard Space Flight Center, United States	University of Maryland College Park, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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