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
	Chen, Daniel S.	Cross-Field	Stanford University, United States
	Chen, Deli	Environment and Ecology	University of Melbourne, Australia
	Chen, Fahu	Geosciences	Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research (CAS), China Mainland
	Chen, Fei	Cross-Field	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Chen, Gang	Physics	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Chen, Guorui	Cross-Field	University of California Los Angeles, United States
	Chen, Han	Cross-Field	Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Mainland
	Chen, Han Y. H.	Cross-Field	Lakehead University, Canada	University of Michigan, United States
	Chen, Han-Yi	Cross-Field	National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
	Chen, Hanping	Cross-Field	Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Mainland

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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