The annual list acknowledges the most influential researchers in the world, who have published multiple papers frequently cited by their peers during the last decade.
The full list of names has been taken from papers ranked in the top 1% of most cited works for their field and publication year in the Web of Science Core Collection.
The Bristol academics on the list this year who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields of research are:
- Professor Paul Bates, School of Geographical Sciences
- Professor Innes Cuthill, School of Biological Sciences
- Professor Martin De Kauwe, School of Biological Sciences
Professor Philip Donoghue, School of Earth Sciences - Professor Tom Gaunt, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Honorary Professor David Gunnell, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Professor Gibran Hemani, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Professor Julian Higgins, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Professor Eamonn Kelly, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
- Professor Deborah Lawlor, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Professor Stephan Lewandowsky, School of Psychological Science
- Professor Glyn Lewis, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences (now at UCL)
- Professor Dan Lunt, School of Geographical Sciences
- Professor Neil Marrion, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience (no longer at the university)
- Luke McGuinness, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences (now at Alexion Pharmaceuticals)
- Professor Marcus Munafò, School of Psychological Science (now at the University of Bath)
- Honorary Professor Jerry Nolan, School of Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience and Warwick Medical School
- Dr Eleanor Sanderson, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Professor George Davey Smith, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Dr Jasmeet Soar, Bristol Medical School: Translational Health Sciences and North Bristol NHS Trust
- Professor Jonathan Sterne, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Professor Kate Tilling, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Professor Penny Whiting, Bristol Medical School: Population Health Sciences
- Professor Simon Wood, School of Mathematics (now at the University of Edinburgh)
In total 6,868 researchers from more than 1,300 institutions in 61 countries and regions made the 2025 list.
The full 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers list can be viewed here.