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
	Butterworth, Adam S.	Cross-Field	University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
	Buysse, Daniel J.	Cross-Field	Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE), United States
	Buzsaki, Gyoergy	Neuroscience and Behavior	New York University, United States
	Byndloss, Mariana X.	Microbiology	Vanderbilt University, United States	Howard Hughes Medical Institute, United States
	Byrd, John C.	Cross-Field	Ohio State University, United States
	Cabanillas, Maria E.	Cross-Field	UTMD Anderson Cancer Center, United States
	Cabot, Andreu	Cross-Field	Institute Invest Recursos Cinegeticos, Spain
	Cahen, David	Cross-Field	Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel	Bar Ilan University, Israel
	Cai, Baoping	Engineering	China University of Petroleum, China Mainland
	Cai, Jian-Piao	Immunology	University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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