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
	Vismara, Silvio	Economics and Business	University of Bergamo, Italy	IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy
	Visscher, Peter M.	Molecular Biology and Genetics	University of Queensland, Australia
	Vita, Antonio	Psychiatry and Psychology	University of Brescia, Italy
	Vitasse, Yann	Cross-Field	Swiss Federal Institute for Forest Snow and Landscape Research, Switzerland	University of Bern, Switzerland
	Vivier, Eric	Immunology	Aix-Marseille Universite, France	Innate Pharma, France
	Vizcaino, Juan Antonio	Biology and Biochemistry	European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Germany
	Vlamakis, Hera	Microbiology	Broad Institute, United States
	Vliet, Michelle T. H. van	Cross-Field	Utrecht University, Netherlands
	Voest, Emile E.	Cross-Field	Netherlands Cancer Institute, Netherlands
	Voet, Thierry	Cross-Field	KU Leuven, Belgium

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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