In 2025, 24 University of Minnesota Twin Cities researchers are listed in the Clarivate Analytics Highly Cited Researchers list, representing the top one percent of researchers in their field by number of citations. The faculty are listed below by affiliation.

College of Biological Sciences

• Elizabeth Borer: Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
• Jeannine Cavender-Bares: Adjunct Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
• Sarah Hobbie: Regents Professor and Distinguished McKnight Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
• Forest Isbell: Associate Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
• Peter Kennedy: Professor, Plant and Microbial Biology
• Eric Seabloom: Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; Interim Director, Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve
• David Tilman: Regents Professor and McKnight Presidential Chair, Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
• Daniel Voytas: McKnight Presidential Endowed Professor, Genetics, Cell Biology, and Development

College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences

• J.S. Gerber: Research Collaborator, Applied Economics
• Justin Johnson: Associate Professor, Applied Economics
• Stephen Polasky: Regents Professor, Applied Economics (joint appointment in Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior)
• Peter Reich: Research Professor, Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Forest Resources
• Paul West: Research Specialist, Applied Economics

Humphrey School of Public Affairs

• Xinyu Cao: Professor, Humphrey School of Public Affairs; Scholar, Center for Transportation Studies

Institute on the Environment

• Deepak Ray: Senior Research Scientist, Global Landscapes

College of Liberal Arts

• Robert Krueger: Professor, Psychology

Medical School

• Bruce Blazar: Regents Professor, Pediatrics; Director, Clinical and Translational Science Institute
• Fang Li: Professor, Pharmacology; Director, Center for Emerging Viruses
• David Masopust: McKnight University Professor, Microbiology and Immunology
• Paul Robbins: Professor, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics; Co-Director, Masonic Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism
• Julia Steinberger: Professor, Pediatric Cardiology
• Shahnaz Sultan: Professor, Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

College of Science and Engineering

• Lawrence Edwards: Regents and Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Earth and Environmental Sciences
• Dan Knights: Associate Professor, Computer Science and Engineering