Over 3 dozen UCLA faculty ranked among the world’s most influential researchers

In a testament to UCLA research that transforms lives across the globe, 39 faculty members have been named among the world's most influential scholars in the sciences and social sciences - a distinction reserved for only one out of every thousand researchers.

The annual Highly Cited Researchers list, compiled by international data and analytics firm Clarivate, identifies scholars whose work has been cited most often in papers published by other researchers in their fields over the past 11 years; those selected have authored multiple studies that rank in the top 1% of scholarly citations worldwide. The list provides a snapshot of top research talent, using quantitative metrics and qualitative analysis to highlight scholars whose work has had a genuine, global influence on their fields.

"We celebrate the Highly Cited Researchers 2025 for advancing innovation and inspiring the global research community to tackle society's greatest challenges with creativity and ingenuity," said Bar Veinstein, president of academia and government at Clarivate.

Overall, 6,868 researchers from more than 1,300 institutions in 60 countries and regions were recognized this year, representing 0.1% of the global research community. As was the case last year, the U.S. had the most scholars on the list, followed by mainland China, the U.K., Germany and Australia.

Current UCLA researchers named to the 2025 list, along with their primary field or fields of study, are:

Nasim Annabi, chemical and biomolecular engineering

Aditya Bardia, medicine

Timothy Cloughesy, neurology

Giovanni Coppola, psychiatry and biobehavioral sciences

Michelle Craske, psychology

Xiangfeng Duan, inorganic chemistry*

Bruce Dunn, materials science and engineering

David Eisenberg, biochemistry

Richard Finn, medicine

Edward Garon, medicine

Daniel Geschwind, neurology*

Jonathan Goldman, medicine

Sander Greenland, statistics and epidemiology

Alex Hall,atmospheric and oceanic sciences

Ron Hays, health policy and management

Steve Horvath, biostatistics and human genetics

Kendall Houk,organic chemistry

Elaine Hsiao, integrative biology

Yu Huang, materials science and engineering*

Richard Kaner,materials science and engineering

Riki Kawaguchi, neuroscience

Baljit Khakh, physiology and neurobiology

Yuzhang Li, chemical and biomolecular engineering

Aldons Lusis, medicine

Aydogan Ozcan, electrical engineering

Mason Porter, mathematics

Antoni Ribas, medicine

Beate Ritz,environmental health sciences and epidemiology

Yair Rivenson, electrical and computer engineering

Lawren Sack, ecology and evolutionary biology

Jeffrey Saver,neurology

Dennis Slamon,hematology and oncology

Michael Sofroniew, neurobiology

Michael Storper,urban planning

Marc Suchard, human genetics

Christopher Tang,business administration

Tommaso Treu, physics and astronomy

Zev Wainberg, medicine

Kang Wang,electrical and computer engineering and materials science

* Researchers recognized in multiple fields.