Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/214537 
Year of Publication: 
2013
Series/Report no.: 
CREMA Working Paper No. 2013-13
Publisher: 
Center for Research in Economics, Management and the Arts (CREMA), Zürich
Abstract: 
Nobel laureates have achieved the highest recognition in academia, reaching the boundaries of human knowledge and understanding. Owing to past research, we have a good understanding of the career patterns behind their performance. Yet, we have only limited understanding of the factors driving their recognition with respect to major institutionalized scientific honours. We therefore look at the award life cycle achievements of the 1901 to 2000 Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology or medicine. The results show that Nobelists with a theoretical orientation are achieving more awards than laureates with an empirical orientation. Moreover, it seems their educational background shapes their future recognition. Researchers educated in Great Britain and the US tend to generate more awards than other Nobelists although there are career pattern differences. Among those, laureates educated at Cambridge or Harvard are more successful in Chemistry, those from Columbia and Cambridge excel in Physics, while Columbia educated laureates dominate in Physiology or Medicine.
Subjects: 
Nobel Prize
Nobel Laureates
Awards
Recognition
Educational Background
Theory
Empirics
Chemistry
Physics
Physiology or Medicine
JEL: 
M52
J33
Z13
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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