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
	Drosten, Christian	Microbiology	Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany	German Center for Infection Research, Germany
	Dutilh, Bas E.	Microbiology	Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
	Duveiller, Gregory	Cross-Field	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Eiber, Matthias	Clinical Medicine	Technical University of Munich, Germany
	Eichhorst, Barbara	Clinical Medicine	University of Cologne, Germany
	Eickhoff, Simon B.	Neuroscience and Behavior	Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany	Research Center Julich, Germany; Helmholtz Association, Germany
	Eren, A. Murat	Cross-Field	Carl von Ossietzky Universitat Oldenburg, Germany
	Ewert, Frank	Cross-Field	University of Bonn, Germany	Leibniz Zentrum fur Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF), Germany
	Falkai, Peter G.	Psychiatry and Psychology	University of Munich, Germany	Max Planck Society, Germany
	Felser, Claudia	Physics	Max Planck Society, Germany

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2015-2025

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