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 Stephen R. Quake United States 2022 |
Head of Science, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Redwood City, California; Lee Otterson Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, California |
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Physics Immanuel Bloch Germany 2022 |
Scientific Director, Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching; Professor for Experimental Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich Watch interview |
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Chemistry Daniel G. Nocera United States 2022 |
Patterson Rockwood Professor of Energy, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Chemistry E. Peter Greenberg United States 2022 |
Professor of Microbiology, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington |
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Chemistry Bonnie L. Bassler United States 2022 |
Squibb Professor in Molecular Biology and Chair of Molecular Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator |
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Chemistry Zhenan Bao United States 2022 |
K.K. Lee Professor of Chemical Engineering, Director, Stanford Wearable Electronics Initiative (eWEAR), Stanford University, Stanford, California |
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Physiology or Medicine Stuart H. Orkin United States 2022 |
David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine Mary-Claire King United States 2022 |
Professor of Medicine and of Genome Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine Virginia Man-Yee Lee United States 2022 |
John H. Ware 3rd Endowed Professor in Alzheimer’s Research, and Director of Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine Masato Hasegawa Japan 2022 |
Head of Department of Brain and Neurosciences, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Tokyo |
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Economics Kenneth S. Rogoff United States 2021 “Be prepared for people to think it’s wrong” |
Professor of Economics and Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy, Department of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Watch interview |
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Economics Carmen M. Reinhart United States 2021 “Don’t underestimate the rewards from being persistent” |
Minos A. Zombanakis Professor of the International Financial System, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, MA Watch interview |
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Economics Joel Mokyr United States 2021 “There is something called the market for ideas” |
Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Watch interview |
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Economics David J. Teece United States 2021 “Most original research is a little bit about being off the beaten path” |
Director, Tusher Initiative for the Management of Intellectual Capital, Professor of Business Administration, Institute for Business Innovation, Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Watch interview |
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Economics David B. Audretsch United States 2021 “It takes a community to grow and nurture a research field” |
Distinguished Professor, Ameritech Chair of Economic Development, and Director, Institute for Development Strategies, O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Watch interview |
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Physics Giorgio Parisi Italy 2021 |
Emeritus Professor of Theoretical Physics, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome |
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Physics Mark E. J. Newman United States 2021 “Meet as many people as possible” |
Anatol Rapoport Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Watch interview |
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Physics Alexei Y. Kitaev United States 2021 |
Ronald and Maxine Linde Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, California Institute of Technology and Institute of Quantum Information and Matter, Pasadena, CA |
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Chemistry Mitsuo Sawamoto Japan 2021 “Try to see from a different perspective to make failure into success” |
Professor, Frontier Research Institute, Chubu University, Kasugai, Aichi; Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University, Kyoto Watch interview |
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Chemistry William L. Jorgensen United States 2021 “If you’re persistent, things will work out” |
Sterling Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT Watch interview |
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