Successful Nobel Predictions

Since the inception of the Citation Laureates in 2002, our analysts have identified 75 eminent scientists and economists who went on to receive the Nobel Prize.

2023 Nobel Prize in Physics “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter”

2015 Citation Laureate, recognized “for contributions to the development of attosecond physics”

Ferenc Krausz

Ferenc Krausz

Chair of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich; Director, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”

2012 Citation Laureate, recognized “for the discovery of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots)”

Louis E. Brus

Louis E. Brus

Samuel Latham Mitchill Professor, Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, NY

2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry “for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots”

2020 Citation Laureate, recognized “for synthesis of nanocrystals with precise attributes for a wide range of applications in physical, biological, and medical systems”

Moungi G. Bawendi

Moungi G. Bawendi

Lester Wolfe Professor of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

2023 Nobel Prize in Economics “having advanced our understanding of women’s labor market outcomes”

2020 Citation Laureate, recognized “for contributions to labor economics, especially her analysis of women and the gender pay gap”

Claudia Goldin

Claudia Goldin

Henry Lee Professor of Economics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
James E. Rothman

James E. Rothman

Wallace Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Professor and Chairman of Cell Biology, Professor of Chemistry, Yale University, New Haven, CT

Yoshinori Ohsumi

Yoshinori Ohsumi

Professor, Frontier Research Center, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama

Mario R. Capecchi

Mario R. Capecchi

Distinguished Professor of Biology and Human Genetics and Co-Chairman, Eccles Institute of Human Genetics, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator

David Julius

David Julius

Morris Herzstein Chair in Molecular Biology and Medicine, Professor and Chair of Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Tasuku Honjo

Tasuku Honjo

Visiting Professor, Kyoto University, Kyoto

Jules A. Hoffmann

Jules A. Hoffmann

President, French Academy of Sciences, Paris

Carol W. Greider

Carol W. Greider

Daniel Nathans Professor and Director, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD

Martin Evans

Martin Evans

Director of the School of Biosciences and Professor of Mammalian Genetics, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales

Elizabeth H. Blackburn

Elizabeth H. Blackburn

Morris Herztein Professor of Biology and Physiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA

Bruce A. Beutler

Bruce A. Beutler

Professor and Chairman, Department of Genetics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

James P. Allison

James P. Allison

Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, TX

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