Hall of Citation
Laureates
Discover every Citation Laureate named since 2002 — individuals whose Nobel-class work has shaped disciplines and inspired global progress.
The Hall of Citation Laureates is a searchable archive of every researcher recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) since 2002. Selected through rigorous analysis of Web of Science citation data, Citation Laureates are scientists and economists whose discoveries show exceptional influence and are considered Nobel class. Since the program began, 89 Citation Laureates have later received a Nobel Prize, underscoring its long-standing record of identifying influential researchers whose work advances knowledge and benefits society.
Use the search and filtering tools below to explore Citation Laureates by year, discipline, country, institution, or Nobel Prize recipient status. To learn more, explore the latest Citation Laureates, read about the Citation Laureates methodology, discover Nobel Prize winners who were previously named Citation Laureates, or browse Laureates by category in Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Economics.
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Economics Sidney G. Winter United States 2026 |
Deloitte and Touche Professor Emeritus of Management, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Economics Michael D. Woodford United States 2026 |
John Bates Clark Professor of Political Economy, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States |
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Economics Hal R. Varian United States 2026 |
Formerly Chief Economist, Google, and Professor Emeritus, Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, California, United States |
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Economics Susan C. Athey United States 2026 |
The Economics of Technology Professor at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, California, United States |
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Chemistry David R. Liu United States 2026 |
Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States; Richard Merkin Professor, Broad Institute; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute |
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Chemistry Jay R. Winkler United States 2026 |
Member of the Beckman Institute and Faculty Associate in Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States |
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Chemistry Harry B. Gray United States 2026 |
Arnold O. Beckman Professor of Chemistry, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United States |
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Chemistry Jacob Sagiv Israel 2026 |
Professor, Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science Department, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
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Chemistry Ralph G. Nuzzo United States 2026 |
G. L. Clark Research Professor of Analytical Chemistry, and Research Professor of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, United States |
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Chemistry David L. Allara United States 2026 |
Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Chemistry and Materials and Engineering, Materials Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, United States |
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Physics Qikun Xue China, Mainland 2026 |
Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, President of Southern University of Science and Technology, Professor of Tsinghua University |
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Physics Nicola A. Spaldin Switzerland 2026 |
Professor, Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland |
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Physics Mark E. Thompson United States 2026 |
University Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States |
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Physics Stephen R. Forrest United States 2026 |
Peter A. Franken Distinguished University Professor and Paul G. Goebel Professor of Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States |
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Physics Chihaya Adachi Japan 2026 |
Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (OPERA), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan |
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Physiology or Medicine Timothy A. Springer United States 2026 |
Latham Family Professor, Boston Children’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States |
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Physiology or Medicine Eric A. Swanson United States 2026 |
Affiliate of the Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
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Physiology or Medicine David Huang United States 2026 |
Director of Research & Associate Director, Casey Eye Institute; Wold Family Endowed Chair in Ophthalmic Imaging; Professor of Ophthalmology & Biomedical Engineering, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States; Director, Center for Ophthalmic Optics & Lasers (COOL Lab) |
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Physiology or Medicine James G. Fujimoto United States 2026 |
Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical Engineering, Research Laboratory of Electronics and Department Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
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Physiology or Medicine Svetlana Mojsov United States 2026 |
Lulu Chow Wang and Robin Chemers Neustein Research Professor, Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States |
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