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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Physics John P. Perdew United States 2019 |
Laura H. Carnell Professor of Physics and Chemistry, Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA |
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Physics Roger Penrose United Kingdom 2008 |
O.M., F.R.S., Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, University of Oxford, Oxford |
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Physics John B. Pendry United Kingdom 2009 |
FRS, Professor of Theoretical Solid State Physics and Head of the Condensed Matter Theory Group, Imperial College of Science and Technology, London |
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Physics David N. Payne United Kingdom 2006 |
Professor and Director, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton |
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Physics Lyman A. Page United States 2010 |
Henry DeWolf Smyth Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ |
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Physics Edward Ott United States 2016 |
Distinguished University Professor, Yuen Sang and Yuen Kit So Professor, Department of Physics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Institute for Research in Electronics and Applied Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
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Physics Hideo Ohno Japan 2011 |
Professor of the Laboratory for Nanoelectronics and Spintronics, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, |
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Physics Kostya Novoselov United Kingdom 2008 |
Royal Society Research Fellow, Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Manchester, Manchester |
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Physics Masataka Nakazawa Japan 2006 |
Professor, Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai |
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Physics Shuji Nakamura 2002 |
Professor, Materials Department, Director of the Center for Solid State Lighting and Displays, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CCA |
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Physics Laurens W. Molenkamp Germany 2014 |
Professor of Physics and Chair of Experimental Physics, University of Wurzburg, Wurzburg |
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Physics Paul McEuen United States 2017 |
John A. Newman Professor of Physical Science, Department of Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
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Physics Arthur B. McDonald Canada 2007 |
Director, Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute; Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics,Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario |
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Physics Michel Mayor Switzerland 2013 |
Emeritus Professor, University of Geneva, Geneva |
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Physics Geoffrey W. Marcy United States 2013 |
Professor of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, CA |
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Physics Andrei Linde United States 2006 |
Professor of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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Physics Ferenc Krausz Germany 2015 |
Chair of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich; |
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Physics Charles L. Kane United States 2014 |
Class of 1965 Endowed Term Chair Professor of Physics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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Physics Sajeev John Canada 2011 |
University Professor of Physics and Canada Research Chair, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario |
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Physics † Deborah S. Jin United States 2015 |
Fellow, JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Adjoint Professor of Physics, |
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