Nobel Prize

We’ve looked at over 100 years of data behind who and what wins the Nobel prize

Since 1901, the Nobel foundation has awarded its annual prizes for chemistry, physics and medicine/physiology to up to three scientists. 604 different scientists have won the prize (some of them twice, like Marie Skłodowska Curie, John Bardeen and Fred Sanger). We’ve taken a look at some of the data behind those 604 people and their prize-winning work – how long do laureates wait between publishing their work and winning the prize? How many citations do those papers gather? And where did the laureates live and work?

We’ve even used the data to build the average chemistry Nobel prize winner.

We’ve looked at over 100 years of data behind who and what wins the Nobel prize

Since 1901, the Nobel foundation has awarded its annual prizes for chemistry, physics and medicine/physiology to up to three scientists. 604 different scientists have won the prize (some of them twice, like Marie Skłodowska Curie, John Bardeen and Fred Sanger). We’ve taken a look at some of the data behind those 604 people and their prize-winning work – how long do laureates wait between publishing their work and winning the prize? How many citations do those papers gather? And where did the laureates live and work?

We’ve even used the data to build the average chemistry Nobel prize winner.