Twenty-four McGill researchers have been named to the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers™ list, a ranking prepared each year by Clarivate, an analytics company based in the US. The list assesses researchers in a wide range of disciplines, from neuroscience to environmental science. The number of McGill scholars on the list grew from 14 in 2024 to 24 in 2025.

Clarivate produces an annual list of researchers whose publications rank in the top one per cent by citations in their field, refined using “other quantitative metrics, as well as qualitative analysis and expert judgment.” This year, Clarivate designated 7,131 Highly Cited Researcher awards to 6,868 individuals from more than 1,300 institutions in 60 countries and regions. Canada once again ranked 6th place overall in 2025, with 227 Highly Cited Researchers, representing a share of 3.2% of the world total.

The Highly Cited Researchers at McGill referenced on the Clarivate list are:

• Jack Antel, Neuroscience and Behavior

• Douglas Lorne Arnold, Cross-Field

• Amit Bar-Or*, Cross-Field

• Jasmine Chong, Biology and Biochemistry

• Ahmed M. El-Geneidy, Social Sciences

• Edward A. Fon, Cross-Field

• Matthias Friedrich, Cross-Field

• Andrew P. Hendry, Cross-Field

• Bernhard Lehner, Cross-Field

• Graham K. MacDonald, Cross-Field

• Bratislav Misic, Cross-Field

• Jeffrey S. Mogil, Cross-Field

• Zhiqiang Pang, Biology and Biochemistry

• Marc-Andre Parisien*, Cross-Field

• Ronald B. Postuma, Neuroscience and Behavior

• Lijun Sun, Cross-Field

• Jennifer M. Sunday, Cross-Field

• Rhian M. Touyz, Cross-Field

• Jianguo (Jeff) Xia, Biology and Biochemistry

• Guangyan Zhou, Biology and Biochemistry

• Andrew Gonzalez, Environment and Ecology

• Jason W. T. Hessels, Space Science

• Russell G. Jones*, Cross-Field

• Gustavo Turecki, Cross-Field

Editor’s Note:

*Amit Bar-Or, Russell G. Jones, and Marc-Andre Parisien are no longer with McGill, but the window of citations reviewed for this program spans a decade of work. It is also worth noting that that Clarivate adjusted their methodology in 2025, as described in this article: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-03691-4