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
	Versalovic, James	Cross-Field	Baylor College of Medicine, United States
	Verweij, Paul	Cross-Field	Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands
	Vespignani, Alessandro	Cross-Field	Northeastern University, United States
	Vethaak, A. Dick	Cross-Field	Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands
	Viale, Giuseppe	Clinical Medicine	University of Milan, Italy
	Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M.	Cross-Field	Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC), Spain
	Victora, Gabriel D.	Immunology	Rockefeller University, United States
	Vidal, Ruben	Neuroscience and Behavior	Indiana University Bloomington, United States
	Viechtbauer, Wolfgang	Cross-Field	KU Leuven, Belgium
	Vieira-Silva, Sara	Cross-Field	Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany	Institute of Molecular Biology (IMB), Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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