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
	Cervantes, A.	Clinical Medicine	University of Valencia, Spain	CIBERONC, Spain
	Cescatti, Alessandro	Environment and Ecology	European Commission Joint Research Centre, Belgium
	Cesco, Stefano	Cross-Field	Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
	Cha, Young-Jin	Engineering	University of Manitoba, Canada
	Chabon, Jacob J.	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Chaft, Jamie	Cross-Field	Cornell University, United States
	Chai, Jijie	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Chai, Siang-Piao	Cross-Field	Monash University, Australia	Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia
	Chai, Xiuli	Engineering	Henan University, China Mainland
	Chai, Yang	Cross-Field	Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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