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 Stephen L. Buchwald United States 2020 "Keep looking until you find the answer." |
Camille Dreyfus Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Watch interview |
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Chemistry John F. Hartwig United States 2020 "Try to maximize the creativity and potential of an idea" |
Henry Rapoport Chair in Organic Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA Watch interview |
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Chemistry Christopher B. Murray United States 2020 |
Richard Perry University Professor of Chemistry and Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
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Chemistry Moungi G. Bawendi United States 2020 |
Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
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Chemistry Taeghwan Hyeon South Korea 2020 "Collaborate. You cannot do excellent research all by yourself." |
SNU Distinguished Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul; also, Director of Center for Nanoparticle Research, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine Yusuke Nakamura Japan, United States 2020 "Objective interpretation of data is very important" |
Director, Cancer Precision Medicine Center, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo; Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo, Tokyo; and, Emeritus Professor, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Watch interview |
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Physiology or Medicine Huda Y. Zoghbi United States 2020 |
Professor, Departments of Pediatrics, Molecular and Human Genetics, Neurology and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, and Founding director, Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute, Texas Children’s Hospital, Houston, TX; also, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator |
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Physiology or Medicine Jack L. Strominger United States 2020 |
Higgins Research Professor of Biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA |
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Physiology or Medicine Pamela J. Bjorkman United States 2020 |
David Baltimore Professor of Biology and Biological Engineering, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA |
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Physiology or Medicine Stephen W. Scherer Canada 2014 |
Director, the Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG),The Hospital for Sick Children and Director, McLaughlin Centre, the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine |
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Economics Jerry A. Hausman United States 2011 |
John and Jennie S. MacDonald Professor of Economics, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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Physics Peter Zoller Austria 2009 |
Professor of Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck, and Scientific Director, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innsbruck |
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Physics † Shoucheng Zhang United States 2014 |
J.G. Jackson and C.J. Wood Professor of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA |
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Physics Anton Zeilinger Austria 2011 |
Full Professor of Experimental Physics, University of Vienna, and Scientific Director, Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna |
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Physics James A. Yorke United States 2016 |
Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics and Physics, Institute for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD |
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Physics Eli Yablonovitch United States 2011 |
Professor and James and Katherine Lau Chair in Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA |
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Physics Peidong Yang United States 2014 |
S.K. and Angela Chan Distinguished Chair in Energy, Department of Chemistry, Materials Science and Engineering, University of California Berkeley, Kavli Energy Nanoscience Institute, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA |
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Physics William K. Wootters United States 2012 |
Barclay Jermain Professor of Natural Philosophy, Department of Physics, Williams College, Williamstown, MA |
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Physics Edward Witten United States 2002 |
Charles Simonyi Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ |
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Physics Rainer Weiss United States 2016 |
Professor of Physics Emeritus, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
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