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
	Yong, V. Wee	Cross-Field	University of Calgary, Canada	Hotchkiss Brain Institute, Canada
	Yoon, Chong Seung	Cross-Field	Hanyang University, South Korea
	Yoon, Seok-Hwan	Microbiology	Geninus Inc, South Korea
	Yosef, Nir	Biology and Biochemistry	University of California Berkeley, United States
	Yoshimura, Akihiko	Cross-Field	Keio University, Japan
	Yoshita, Masahiro	Engineering	National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Japan
	You, Bo	Chemistry	Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Mainland
	You, Changsheng	Computer Science	Southern University of Science and Technology, China Mainland
	You, Jingbi	Materials Science	Institute of Semiconductors (CAS), China Mainland	University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China Mainland
	You, Wei	Cross-Field	University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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