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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Chemistry Barry Halliwell Singapore 2021 “Ask yourself big questions” |
Senior Advisor (Academic Appointments and Research Excellence), Office of the Senior Deputy President and Provost, National University of Singapore (NUS); Chair of the Biomedical Advisory Council, Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR); Distinguished Professor, Department of Biochemistry, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, NUS Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine † Ho Wang Lee South Korea 2021 "To a scientist, fortune is a gift that comes from hard work" |
Professor Emeritus, Korea University, Seoul; Former President & Member, The National Academy of Sciences, Seoul Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine † Karl M. Johnson United States 2021 |
Formerly with Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Adjunct Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico, NM |
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Physiology or Medicine Tadamitsu Kishimoto Japan 2021 “Continue your research on a theme you feel important for basic science” |
Professor, Laboratory of Immune Regulation, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Osaka Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine Toshio Hirano Japan 2021 “Dreams are meant to be achieved” |
President, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Chiba and Professor Emeritus, Osaka University, Osaka Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine Jean-Pierre Changeux France, United States 2021 |
Professor Emeritus, Collège de France & Institut Pasteur, Paris; International Faculty, Kavli Institute for Brain & Mind, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA |
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Economics Ariel Pakes United States 2020 "Policy should be grounded in reality" |
Thomas Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Watch interview |
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Economics James A. Levinsohn United States 2020 |
Director of the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Charles W. Goodyear Professor in Global Affairs, and Professor of Economics and Management, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
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Economics Pierre Perron United States 2020 |
Professor of Economics, Boston University, Boston, MA |
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Economics Wayne A. Fuller United States 2020 |
Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Iowa State University, Ames, IA |
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Economics David A. Dickey United States 2020 "You've to look at a problem from different points of view" |
William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Watch interview |
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Economics Claudia Goldin United States 2020 |
Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
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Physics Simon D.M. White Germany 2020 "Don't be afraid to take risks." |
Former Director, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching Watch interview |
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Physics Julio F. Navarro Canada 2020 "A successful researcher needs to have a broader perspective." |
Lansdowne Science Professor, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC Watch interview |
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Physics Carlos S. Frenk United Kingdom 2020 |
Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics, Institute for Computational Cosmology, Durham University, Durham Watch interview |
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Physics Alex Zettl United States 2020 |
Professor of Physics at the University of California at Berkeley, and Senior Faculty Scientist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA |
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Physics Hongjie Dai United States 2020 |
J.G. Jackson & C.J. Wood Professor of Chemistry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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Physics Louis M. Pecora United States 2020 “It makes the success so much more rewarding” |
Research Physicist, Magnetic Materials and Nonlinear Dynamics, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC |
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Physics Thomas Caroll United States 2020 |
Research Physicist, Center for Computational Materials Science, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC |
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Chemistry Makoto Fujita Japan 2020 |
Distinguished Professor, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo and Institute for Molecular Science, Okazaki |
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