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“Sparking” and “Igniting” Key Publications of 2020 Nobel Prize Laureates

Journal of Data and Information Science
Volume 6 (2021): Issue 2 (April 2021)
By: Fangjie Xi,  Ronald Rousseau and  Xiaojun Hu  
Open Access
|Mar 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1

Different types of influences stemming from two kinds of fundamental work in a citation network.
Different types of influences stemming from two kinds of fundamental work in a citation network.

Figure 2

The top percentile most-cited articles and their significant follow-up researches that stem from Alter’s 1975 paper (Clinical and serological analysis of transfusion-associated hepatitis. Lancet, 2(7940): 838–841.) (shown in part).
The top percentile most-cited articles and their significant follow-up researches that stem from Alter’s 1975 paper (Clinical and serological analysis of transfusion-associated hepatitis. Lancet, 2(7940): 838–841.) (shown in part).

Figure 3

The top percentile most-cited articles and their significant follow-up research that stem from Penrose’s 1971 paper (Extraction of rotational energy from a black hole. Nature Physical Science, 229(6): 177–179) (shown in part).
The top percentile most-cited articles and their significant follow-up research that stem from Penrose’s 1971 paper (Extraction of rotational energy from a black hole. Nature Physical Science, 229(6): 177–179) (shown in part).

Figure 4

The top percentile most-cited articles and their significant follow-up research stemming from Charpentier’s 2015 paper (A Cas9-guide RNA complex preorganized for target DNA recognition. Science, 348(6242): 1477–1481.) (shown in part).
The top percentile most-cited articles and their significant follow-up research stemming from Charpentier’s 2015 paper (A Cas9-guide RNA complex preorganized for target DNA recognition. Science, 348(6242): 1477–1481.) (shown in part).

The top 10% Sparking Indices of the 2020 Nobel Prize winners in physics_

First authorContributing Nobel Prize winnerSourcePYTimes citedλ1λ2S10#Top 10% citations
Abuter, RGenzel, RAstronomy and Astrophysics20183457.514.543.219

The top 10% Sparking Indices of the 2020 Nobel Prize winners in medicine_

First authorContributing Nobel Prize winnerSourcePYTimes citedλ1λ2S10#Top 10% citations
Chalmers, TCAlter, HJNew England Journal of Medicine19719012812312662
Alter, HJAlter, HJAmerican Journal of the Medical Sciences19756911720014553
Feinstone, SMAlter, HJInfection and Immunity198395288249275F1a:79F2a:65
He, LFAlter, HJJournal of Infectious Diseases1987118399260352F1a:81F2:63F3:70
Blight, KJRice, CMJournal of Virology1997145218221219100

Characteristics of the publications by the 2020 Nobel Prize winners in chemistry_

First authorContributing Nobel Prize Winner(s)SourcePYIF belongs to sparking fundamental workIF belongs to igniting fundamental work
Deltcheva, ECharpentier, ENature2011 Yes
Jinek, MCharpentier, E & Doudna, J.ANature2011 Yes
Pattanayak, VDoudna, J.ANature Biotechnology2013 Yes
Jinek, MCharpentier, E & Doudna, J.AScience2014 Yes
Sternberg, SHDoudna, J.ANature2014 Yes
Jiang, FGDoudna, J.AScience2015Yes
Jiang, FGDoudna, J.AAnnual Review of Biophysics2017 Yes
Knott, GJDoudna, J.AScience2018 Yes
Hille, FCharpentier, ECell2018 Yes
Makarova, KSCharpentier, ENature Reviews Microbiology2020 Yes
Percentage of Sparking work: 10%Percentage of Igniting work: 90%

Characteristics of the publications by the 2020 Nobel Prize winners in medicine_

First authorContributing Nobel Prize Winner(s)SourcePYIF belongs to sparking fundamental workIF belongs to igniting fundamental work
Alter, HJAlter, HJAnnals of Internal Medicine1972Yes
Alter, HJAlter, HJLancet1975Yes
Feinstone, SMAlter, HJNew England Journal of Medicine1975Yes
Alter, HJAlter, HJLancet1978Yes
Chalmers, TCAlter, HJNew England Journal of Medicine1971Yes
Alter, HJAlter, HJAmerican Journal of the Medical Sciences1975Yes
Feinstone, SMAlter, HJInfection and Immunity1983Yes
He, LFAlter, HJJournal of Infectious Diseases1987Yes
Blumberg, BSAlter, HJJournal of the American Medical Association1965 Yes
Kuo, GAlter, HJ & Houghton, MScience1989 Yes
Kolykhalov, AARice, CMJournal of Virology1996Yes
Kolykhalov, AARice, CMScience1997Yes
Blight, KJRice, CMJournal of Virology1997Yes
Choo, QLHoughton, MScience1989 Yes
Percentage of Sparking work: 79%Percentage of Igniting work: 21%

The top 1% Sparking Indices of the 2020 Nobel Prize winners in physics_

First authorContributing Nobel Prize winnerSourcePYTimes citedμ1μ2S1#Top 1% citations
Penrose, RPenrose, RPhysical Review Letters19633627111,159860435
Penrose, RPenrose, RPhysical Review Letters19659951,1357441,005312
Penrose, RPenrose, RNature-Physical Science19711862,1748811,743244
Eckart, AGenzel, RNature1996263978943966340
Eckart, AGenzel, RMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society19973001,027675910304
Schodel, RGenzel, RNature20026261,087609928332
Genzel, RGenzel, RNature2003451557391502340
Gillessen, SGenzel, RAstrophysical Journal Letters2009254687278551247
Ghez, A.MGhez, A.MAstrophysical Journal19984541,9805941,518363
Ghez, A.MGhez, A.MAstrophysical Journal2003412924609819340

The top 1% Sparking Indices of the 2020 Nobel Prize winners in medicine_

First authorContributing Nobel Prize winnerSourcePYTimes citedμ1μ2S1#Top 1% citations
Alter, HJAlter, HJAnnals of Internal Medicine19723025241,008685253
Alter, HJAlter, HJLancet1975298904818875256
Feinstone, SMAlter, HJNew England Journal of Medicine19754891,060779966256
Alter, HJAlter, HJLancet1978327621809683211
Kolykhalov, AARice, CMJournal of Virology19963221,034625898256
Kolykhalov, AARice, CMScience19975271,7316951,385241

Characteristics of the publications by the 2020 Nobel Prize winners in physics_

First authorContributing Nobel Prize winnerSourcePYIF belongs to sparking fundamental workIF belongs to igniting fundamental work
Penrose, RPenrose, RPhysical Review Letters1963Yes
Penrose, RPenrose, RPhysical Review Letters1965Yes
Penrose, RPenrose, RNuovo Cimento Rivista Serieb1969//
Hawking, S.WPenrose, RProceedings of the Royal Society of London Series A1970 Yes
Penrose, RPenrose, RNature-Physical Science1971Yes
Eckart, AGenzel, RNature1996Yes
Eckart, AGenzel, RMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society1997Yes
Schodel, RGenzel, RNature2002Yes
Genzel, RGenzel, RNature2003Yes
Gillessen, SGenzel, RAstrophysical Journal2009 Yes
Gillessen, SGenzel, RAstrophysical Journal Letters2009Yes
Genzel, RGenzel, RReviews of Modern Physic2010 Yes
Abuter, RGenzel, RAstronomy and Astrophysics2018Yes
Ghez, A.MGhez, A.MAstrophysical Journal1998Yes
Wizinowich, PGhez, A.MPublications of The Astronomical Society of the Pacific2000NoNo
Ghez, A.MGhez, A.MAstrophysical Journal2003Yes
Ghez, A.MGhez, A.MAstrophysical Journal2008 Yes
Percentage of Sparking work: 68.75%Percentage of Igniting work: 25%

The top 1% Sparking Indices of the 2020 Nobel Prize winners in chemistry_

First authorContributing Nobel Prize winnerSourcePYTimes citedμ1μ2S1#Top 1% citations
Jiang, FGCharpentier, EScience20152241032374812.6667151
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2021-0016 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
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Language: English
Page range: 28 - 40
Submitted on: Jan 19, 2021
Accepted on: Feb 7, 2021
Published on: Mar 2, 2021
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
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Keywords:
Sparking Indices,
Sparking fundamental research,
Igniting fundamental research,
Nobel Prize laureates,
Under-cited influential research
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