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
	Cheng, Yifan	Biology and Biochemistry	University of California San Francisco, United States
	Cheng, Zhonghua	Cross-Field	Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China Mainland
	Chenu, Claire	Agricultural Sciences	Universite Paris Saclay, France	INRAE, France
	Cherezov, Vadim	Cross-Field	University of Southern California, United States
	Cherkasov, Artem	Cross-Field	University of British Columbia, Canada
	Cherney, David Z. I.	Clinical Medicine	University of Toronto, Canada
	Chernikov, Alexey	Physics	Technische Universitat Dresden, Germany
	Chernozhukov, Victor	Economics and Business	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), United States
	Chesbrough, Henry	Economics and Business	Luiss Guido Carli University, Italy
	Chetty, Raj	Economics and Business	Harvard University, United States	Stanford University, United States

2025 Analysis

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Highly Cited Researchers: Key trends 2014-2024

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