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Highly Cited Researchers

Highly Cited Researchers have demonstrated significant and broad influence reflected in their publication of multiple highly cited papers over the last decade.

Eight Virginia Tech researchers were named to the 2025 Clarivate™ Highly Cited Researchers list for demonstrating significant influence in their fields or across multiple fields through the publication of multiple highly cited papers during the last decade. This group of highly-cited researchers represents about 1 in 1,000 of the scientists and social scientists in the world, according to Clarivate.

George Allen, Georgia Hodes, Wenjing Lou, Linsey Marr, Lina Quan, Walid Saad, Wujin Sun, and Viswanath Venkatesh were recognized this year.

2025 Clarivate™ Highly Cited Researchers from Virginia Tech

George Allen portrait.

George Allen

Georgia Hodes portrait.

Georgia Hodes

Wenjing Lou portrait.

Wenjing Lou

Linsey Marr portrait.

Linsey Marr

Lina Quan portrait.

Lina Quan

Walid Saad portrait.

Walid Saad

Wujin Sun portrait.

Wujin Sun

Viswanath Venkatesh portrait.

Viswanath Venkatesh

Previous Recognitions