Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list: US still tops the ranking, reversing its prior decline
The United States leads the list of highly cited researchers globally in 2025 with 2,670 awards (37.4%), according to the list published by Clarivate plc on 12/11/2025. This marks a 1% increase in world share for the US from 2024 and reverses its prior steady decline since 2018.
Mainland China remains in second place with 1,406 awards (19.7%)...