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 † Ronald W.P. Drever United States 2016 |
Professor of Physics Emeritus, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
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Physics Emmanuel Desurvire France 2006 |
Director, Thales Physics Research Group, Palaiseau |
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Physics Cornelis Dekker Netherlands 2017 |
Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands, Delft |
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Physics Paul B. Corkum Canada 2015 |
National Research Council-Canada Research Chair, Attosecond Photonics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON |
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Physics Marvin L. Cohen United States 2016 |
University Professor, Department of Physics, University of California Berkeley; |
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Physics John F. Clauser United States 2011 |
Research Physicist, J.F. Clauser & Associates, Walnut Creek, CA |
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Physics Leigh T. Canham United Kingdom 2012 |
Chief Scientific Officer, pSiMedica Ltd., Malvern, and Honorary Professor,School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England |
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Physics Gilles Brassard Canada 2012 |
Canada Research Chair in Quantum Information Processing, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec |
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Physics Michael V. Berry United Kingdom 2009 |
FRS, Melville Wills Professor of Physics Emeritus, Department of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol |
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Physics Charles L. Bennett United States 2010 |
Professor of Physics & Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD |
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Physics Charles H. Bennett United States 2012 |
IBM Fellow, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, IBM Corporation, Yorktown Heights, NY, United States |
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Physics David Awschalom United States 2018 |
Liew Family Professor in Molecular Engineering, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL |
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Physics Phaedon Avouris United States 2017 |
IBM Fellow and Group Leader for Nanometer Scale Science and Technology, Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY |
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Physics Alain Aspect France 2011 |
CNRS Distinguished Scientist and Head of the Atom Optics Group, Laboratoire Charles Fabry, Institut d’Optique, Palaiseau |
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Physics Yakir Aharonov Israel, United States 2009 |
Professor, Department of Physics, Computational Science and Engineering, Chapman University, Orange, CA; |
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Economics Robert B. Wilson United States 2007 |
Adams Distinguished Professor of Management Emeritus, Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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Economics † Halbert L. White, Jr. United States 2011 |
Chancellor’s Associates Distinguished Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA |
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Economics † Oliver E. Williamson United States 2006 |
Edgar F. Kaiser Professor Emeritus of Business, Economics, and Law, Haas School of Business and Department of Economics, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA |
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Economics † Martin L. Weitzman United States 2009 |
Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
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Economics † Gordon Tullock United States 2011 |
Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA |
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