Highly Cited Researchers 2025
The "Highly Cited Researchers 2025", published on 12 November 2025 by Clarivate Analytics, recognise 17 scientists from Université Paris-Saclay among the 7,100 most influential researchers worldwide, particularly those most frequently cited by their peers over the past decade. Université Paris-Saclay ranks as the second French university with the highest number of distinguished scientists.
Fabrice Barlesi is a professor of medicine at Université Paris-Saclay and Director General of Gustave Roussy. He is specialised in lung cancer, precision medicine and cancer immunology. Fabrice Barlesi is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Clinical Medicine" category.
Benjamin Besse is a professor of medical oncology at Université Paris-Saclay and a clinical research director at Gustave Roussy. He specialises in thoracic cancers and is a member of the team specialised in genetic tumour adaptation to kinase inhibitors within the Molecular Predictors and New Targets in Oncology unit (PMNCO - Univ. Paris-Saclay, Institut Gustave Roussy, Inserm). He is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Clinical Medicine" category.
Claire Chenu is a professor in soil science at AgroParisTech, and also head of research at the Functional Ecology and Ecotoxicology of Agroecosystems Laboratory (Ecosys – Univ. Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAE). Claire Chenu is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Agricultural Sciences" category.
Franck Courchamp is an ecologist and CNRS research director at the Ecology, Systematics and Evolution Laboratory (ESE - Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, AgroParisTech). As a specialist in animal population dynamics and conservation biology, he studies the impact of climate change on biodiversity. Franck Courchamp is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Environment and Ecology" category.
Stanislas Dehaene : a neuroscientist specialising in cognitive psychology, Professor at the Collège de France, and Research Director of the Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory (Unicog - Univ. Paris-Saclay/CEA), which he also heads, Stanislas Dehaene is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Cross-Field" category.
Charles-Antoine Dutertre is a researcher at the Tumour Immunology and Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy unit (ITIC - Univ. Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Gustave Roussy). Charles-Antoine Dutertre is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Cross-Field" category.
Albert Fert was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2007 for the discovery of giant magnetoresistance (GMR). He is an Emeritus Professor at Université Paris-Saclay and a researcher at the CNRS/Thales Joint Physics Research Unit (UMPHY – Univ. Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Thales), which he co-founded. Albert Fert is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Cross-Field" category.
Karim Fizazi is a medical oncologist specialised in prostate cancer and a professor of oncology at Université Paris-Saclay. He was head of the medical oncology department at Institut Gustave Roussy and is currently head of the institute’s Genitourinary Committee. He is also a member of the team specialised in adaptative resistance to anticancer-therapies within the Molecular Predictors and New Targets in Oncology unit (PMNCO – Univ. Paris-Saclay, Institut Gustave Roussy, Inserm). Karim Fizazi is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Clinical Medicine" category.
Florent Ginhoux is a member of the Tumour Immunology and Anti-Cancer Immunotherapy unit (ITIC - Univ. Paris-Saclay, Inserm, Gustave Roussy). He is a specialist in macrophage ontogeny and differentiation. Florent Ginhoux is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Immunology" category.
Marc Humbert is a professor of pneumology at Université Paris-Saclay and head of the Pulmonology and Respiratory Intensive Care Department at Bicêtre Hospital, where he is also head of the Reference Centre for Pulmonary Hypertension Reference. He manages the Pulmonary Hypertension: Physiopathology and Therapeutic Innovation Laboratory (HPPIT – Univ. Paris-Saclay, Inserm). Since 2023, he has been dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Université Paris-Saclay. Marc Humbert is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Clinical Medicine" category.
Philippe Langella INRAE Research Director and head of the "Interactions of Commensal and Probiotic Bacteria with the Host" (Probihôte) team within the Food Microbiology for Human Health Laboratory (Micalis - Univ. Paris-Saclay / INRAE / AgroParisTech), Philippe Langella is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Cross-Field" category.
David Makowski : directeur de recherche INRAE au laboratoire Mathématiques et informatiques appliquées – Paris-Saclay (MIA-PS - Univ. Paris-Saclay/INRAE/AgroParisTech), David Makowski fait partie des scientifiques les plus cités au monde dans la catégorie « Transversal ».
Aurélien Marabelle : a medical oncologist and Professor at Université Paris-Saclay, Aurélien Marabelle heads the Translational Research Laboratory in Immunotherapy (LRTI), affiliated with the Tumour Immunology and Cancer Immunotherapy Unit (Itic - Univ. Paris-Saclay / Inserm / Gustave Roussy). He is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Clinical Medicine" category.
David Planchard is a thoracic oncologist and professor at Université Paris-Saclay. He is head of the thoracic pathology committee at Gustave Roussy, where he leads the coordination of treating patients with lung cancer, pleural mesothelioma or thymic tumours. He is a member of the team specialised in genetic tumour adaptation to kinase inhibitors within the Molecular Predictors and New Targets in Oncology unit (PMNCO – Univ. Paris-Saclay, Institut Gustave Roussy, Inserm). He is also chair of the International Thoracic Cancer Centre (CICT).
Caroline Robert is a professor at Université Paris-Saclay and head of dermatology at Gustave Roussy. She also oversees teaching in dermatology at the university’s Faculty of Medicine. She is also head of the team specialised in adaptative resistance to anticancer-therapies within the Molecular Predictors and New Targets in Oncology unit (PMNCO – Univ. Paris-Saclay, Institut Gustave Roussy, Inserm).
Jean-Charles Soria is a medical oncologist and professor of medicine and medical oncology at Université Paris-Saclay. He was Director General at Gustave Roussy, Europe’s leading cancer centre, from January 2020 to July 2021. He is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Clinical Medicine" category.
Robert Vautard, Director of the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL - Univ. Paris-Saclay / École Polytechnique / UVSQ / Sorbonne Univ. / CEA / CNRS / IRD / CNES / ENS Ulm / Univ. Paris-Est Créteil / Univ. Paris-Cité), Co-Chair of Working Group I of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2023, and CNRS Research Director at the Laboratoire des sciences du climat et de l'environnement (LSCE – Univ. Paris-Saclay / UVSQ / CNRS / CEA), is among the world’s most cited scientists in the "Cross-Field" category.
Since 2014, Clarivate Analytics, the organization that manages the Web of Science -a major database of scientific publications- has published an annual list of scientists and researchers in the sciences and social sciences who have demonstrated significant and broad influence in their fields over the past decade. These researchers, known as Highly Cited Researchers, are those whose papers rank among the top 1% most cited publications in their discipline within the Web of Science.