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
	Yang, Hongshun	Agricultural Sciences	Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, China Mainland
	Yang, Huanming	Cross-Field	Beijing Genomics Institute (BGI), China Mainland
	Yang, Huijun	Cross-Field	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Mainland
	Yang, J. Joshua	Cross-Field	University of Southern California, United States	Tetramem Inc. , Singapore
	Yang, Jian	Molecular Biology and Genetics	Westlake University, China Mainland
	Yang, Jianping	Cross-Field	Donghua University, China Mainland
	Yang, Jiawen	Cross-Field	Nanjing University of Science and Technology, China Mainland
	Yang, Jie	Cross-Field	Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Australia
	Yang, Jihui	Cross-Field	University of Washington Seattle, United States
	Yang, Jin-Long	Cross-Field	University of Science and Technology of China (CAS), China Mainland

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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