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
	Chang, Scott X.	Cross-Field	University of Alberta, Canada
	Chang, Tay-Rong	Physics	National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan
	Chang, Xiaojun	Cross-Field	University of Technology Sydney, Australia	Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence MBZUAI, United Arab Emirates
	Chanussot, Jocelyn	Geosciences	INRIA, France	Universite Grenoble Alpes (UGA), France
	Chao, Jie	Cross-Field	Southeast University - China, China Mainland
	Chapman, M. John	Cross-Field	Sorbonne Universite, France
	Chapple, Iain	Cross-Field	University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
	Chaput, Jean-Philippe	Social Sciences	Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Canada
	Charman, Tony	Cross-Field	King's College London, United Kingdom
	Charpentier, Emmanuelle	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany	Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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