Some Characteristics of Nobel Laureates

Jalil, Pasl A.; Boujettif, Mohammed

doi:10.1080/10400419.2005.9651484

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“…Although previous research studied Nobel laureates as a representative group of creative individuals (Jalil & Boujettif, ; Rothenberg, ; Shavinina, ; Zuckerman, ), only a very small percentage of scientists receive a Nobel Prize. Furthermore, not all scientific disciplines fall into the prize areas of physics, chemistry, and medicine, thus, it is difficult to generalize our findings to all scientists, or even to all scientists within physics, chemistry, or medicine.…”

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“…Creativity is a choice, one may choose to be creative or act in a creative manner (Charyton, ) rather than inheritance, in that creative work may be more a result from nurture (Charyton, Elliott, Rahman, Woodard & DeDios, ; Charyton, Woodard, Rahman & Elliott, ; Galton, ). Most of the previous research conducted on eminent creative individuals has focused on the creative person (Charyton et al., ; Jalil & Boujettif, ; Rothenberg, ; Shavinina, ; Zuckerman, ).…”

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“…Since Nobel laureates have been recognized for scientific contributions, they have demonstrated an eminent level of creative ability in science (Shavinina, ; Zuckerman, ). Due to Nobel laureates' eminent abilities, previous research has studied how Nobel laureates achieve at such a highly scientific creative level (Jalil & Boujettif, ; Rothenberg, ; Shavinina, ; Zuckerman, ). By studying highly creative individuals such as Nobel laureates, researchers study how creativity is expressed in these creative individuals (Jalil & Boujettif, ).…”

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Scientific Productivity and Idea Acceptance in Nobel Laureates

Charyton

DeDios

Nygren

2014

Journal of Creative Behavior

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We investigated how new ideas become accepted for Nobel laureates in science. Archival data were collected for 204 Nobel laureates from 1980 to 2009 in physics, chemistry, and medicine or physiology. Acceptance was evaluated for Nobel laureates by Prize area and three key publications in the Nobel laureates' publishing careers: (a) first publication concerning their Nobel idea (FN), (b) highest cited publication concerning their Nobel idea (HN), and (c) last publication concerning their Nobel idea (LN). Acceptance was defined primarily in terms of academic prestige for the journal articles (journal impact factors, article citation counts, Eigenfactor scores [journal impact and journal citations] and journal-cited half-life ratings). We found that acceptance for these publications mostly followed LN < FN < HN for all measures and Prize areas-except for physics on impact factor only, which followed FN < LN < HN, as hypothesized. In sum, recent ideas are least accepted rather than original ideas even for established and eminent Nobel laureates.

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Scientific Productivity and Idea Acceptance in Nobel Laureates

Charyton

DeDios

Nygren

2014

Journal of Creative Behavior

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“…Fathers were more likely to be mentioned than mothers. Jalil and Boujettif (2005) found that Nobel laureates considered activities outside of the laboratory, such as family and recreation, to also be important in addition to their ongoing and overlapping scientific projects.…”

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“…The study of creativity in science will increase understanding about factors that contribute to the Nobel Prize (Charyton, Woodard, Rahman, & Elliott, 2010;Jalil & Boujettif, 2005). The literature suggests that various psychological and developmental factors may influence eminence in science.…”

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Gender and Science: Women Nobel Laureates

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Elliott²,

Rahman

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Women and their creativity are underrepresented in science. To date, few women have been awarded the Nobel Prize in science. Eleven female Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and physiology/medicine between 1901 and 2006 were compared with 37 males who received the Nobel Prize in the same area one year prior and one year after the women. Data analyzed included birth order, marital status, children, awards (Fulbright, Rhodes, and number of honorary awards received), highest education level and Nobel mentor. Results indicated that female Nobel laureates were significantly less likely to marry and have children. When female laureates had children, they had significantly fewer children than male laureates. Female laureates also had fewer publications than their male counterparts. Our findings suggest that eminent women scientists tend to choose the pursuit of scientific discovery over starting families more often than eminent male scientists. More resources are needed in order to nurture and enhance the recruitment and retention of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

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An Epistemology of the Hand: Putting Pragmatism to Work

Brinkmann

Tanggaard

2012

Learning, Work and Practice: New Understandings

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Some Characteristics of Nobel Laureates

Cited by 10 publications

References 13 publications

Scientific Productivity and Idea Acceptance in Nobel Laureates

Scientific Productivity and Idea Acceptance in Nobel Laureates

Gender and Science: Women Nobel Laureates

An Epistemology of the Hand: Putting Pragmatism to Work

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