The age at which Noble Prize research is conducted

Abstract

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The journals in physics that publish Nobel Prize research

“…These documents contains references to the award-winning works of the Laureates, as well as references to background scientific works relevant for the awarded Nobel Prize. These references has previously been analyzed for all Nobel Prize fields to reveal the average age of Nobel Laureates when their Nobel Prize-awarded research was conducted, the number of works cited by the Nobel Foundation for each Laureate and the waiting time between conducting Nobel Prize-awarded research and receiving the Nobel Prize [18].…”

“…To explore this, we consider the years 1995-1999 as this is the five-year period with the highest number of cited works from both Nobel Laureates and background scientific publications in the Scientific Background material. The time between conducting the Nobel Prize-awarded research and being awarded the Nobel Prize is on average 23.5 ± 14.0 years in physics [18], which means that publications after this period have not fully had time to be cited in the Nobel Prize Scientific Background material, i.e. future Nobel Prizes will likely be awarded for scientific discoveries conducted after this period.…”

How Does the Chinese Government Select and Funding High-Level Talents? An Empirical Study Based on the Resumes of Talents

“…At present, there are two explanations for the relationship between age and scientific research output of talents: First, some scholars reckon that the best creative age for the scientific elites presents the unimodal shape. Taking the age distribution of Nobel laureates as an example, physics laureates are younger than scientists in the field of economics (Bjork, 2019). Studies have found that the age of the highest professional achievement of top scientists gradually shifts back, and the peak age of scientific research is also moving backward (Jones and Weinberg, 2011).…”

The gender gap in highly prestigious international research awards, 2001–2020

“…The average age of men and women when receiving the Nobel Prize is 71 for chemistry, 67 for economics, 68 for physics, and 68 for physiology or medicine during 2010-2019(Bjørk, 2019).Downloaded from http://direct.mit.edu/qss/article-pdf/doi/10.1162/qss_a_00148/1930834/qss_a_00148.pdf by guest on 09 August 2021…”