National and organizational patterns of Nobel laureate careers in physiology/medicine, physics, and chemistry

Thomas Heinze () and Joel Emanuel Fuchs ()
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Thomas Heinze: University of Wuppertal
Joel Emanuel Fuchs: University of Wuppertal

Scientometrics, 2022, vol. 127, issue 12, No 24, 7273-7288

Abstract: Abstract This paper examines the distribution of Nobel laureates in Physiology/Medicine, Physics, and Chemistry across countries and research organizations. We provide basic information about where future laureates received their education and/or conducted their research, then present heat maps depicting country and organizational specialization patterns. In addition, we identify the organizational ultra-elite in science: universities and research institutes that show continuously above-average numbers of future laureates, typically in one career phase. Furthermore, we identify those universities and research institutes that have undergone considerable growth (or decline) in their capabilities for highly innovative research. Also, we compare country-specific profiles with those at the organizational level. Our findings are interpreted in the light of findings from comparative-historical studies.

Keywords: Activity Index (AI); Nobel prize; Index of Relative Specialization (RESP); Research competition of countries; Competition of research institutions; Nobel Prize careers; Organizational ultra-elite (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/s11192-021-04250-0

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