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Research funding and citations in papers of Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine, 2019-2020 Cover

Research funding and citations in papers of Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine, 2019-2020

By: Mario Coccia and  Saeed Roshani  
Open Access
|May 2024

Figures & Tables

Fields, Nobel laureates, and publications (until the year 2018)_

Research FieldsNobel LaureatesYear of Nobel PrizeNumber of papers
PhysicsAndrea M. Ghez2020364
Reinhard Genzel
Roger Penrose
Jim Peebles2019673
Didier Queloz
Michel Mayor
ChemistryJennifer Doudna2020290
Emmanuelle Charpentier
Akira Yoshino2019527
John B. Goodenough
M. Stanley Whittingham
MedicineMichael Houghton2020836
Harvey J. Alter
Charles M. Rice
William G. Kaelin2019849
Gregg L. Semenza
Peter J. Ratcliffe

Estimated power-law relation between citations and articles of Nobel Laureates per research field and funding status_

Research field of Nobel Laureates and yearFunding statusα, scaling factorR2tN2α
Chemistry 2020Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.65**0.612.85883.13
Funded1.56**0.622.70652.94
Unfunded1.37***0.243.72452.58
Chemistry 2019Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.22***0.423.822102.32
Funded1.34**0.463.011362.53
Unfunded1.04***0.233.841262.05
Chemistry 2019 +2020Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.36***0.494.211922.56
Funded1.45***0.523.671312.73
Unfunded1.17***0.264.811072.25
Medicine 2020Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.45***0.563.661712.73
Funded1.44***0.583.381032.71
Unfunded1.62**0.493.081103.07
Medicine 2019Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.52***0.495.282782.86
Funded1.42***0.544.871682.67
Unfunded1.71***0.345.041683.27
Medicine 2019 + 2020Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.45***0.515.204102.73
Funded1.38***0.535.032452.60
Unfunded1.60***0.414.372543.03
Physics 2020Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.340.451.83532.53
Funded1.140.681.47162.20
Unfunded1.37*0.332.13512.58
Physics 2019Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.42*0.512.17502.67
Funded1.34*0.872.03152.53
Unfunded1.44*0.422.11462.71
Physics 2019 + 2020Total (Funded + Unfunded)1.26**0.402.35852.39
Funded1.27*0.832.16232.41
Unfunded1.35*0.362.20782.54

Estimated power-law relation between citations and articles in Chemistry, Medicine and Physics per funding status_

Research FieldsFunding statusα, scaling factorR2tN2α
ChemistryTotal (Funded + Unfunded)1.22***0.778.775332.34
Funded1.25***0.848.415272.38
Unfunded0.94***0.5710.25261.92
MedicineTotal (Funded + Unfunded)1.11***0.576.453752.16
Funded1.25***0.835.613642.37
Unfunded0.71***0.59.283731.64
PhysicsTotal (Funded + Unfunded)1.16***0.787.353852.24
Funded1.17***0.826.873822.25
Unfunded1.02***0.669.563822.03

Number of documents and citations concerning articles published by the Nobel laureates in chemistry, medicine and physics per funding status over 2019-2020_

FieldYearSourcesPapers%Citations%Names of Nobel Laureates
Chemistry2020Funded + Unfunded290100.060,772100.0
Funded21373.4551,26684.35Jennifer Doudna
Unfunded7726.559,50615.65Emmanuelle Charpentier
2019Funded + Unfunded527100.066,120100.0Akira Yoshino
Funded31760.1544,56367.40John B. Goodenough
Unfunded21039.8521,55732.60M. Stanley Whittingham
2019 +2020Funded + Unfunded817100.0125,892100.0All scholars awarded in 2019 and 2020 in chemistry
Funded53064.995,82976.12
Unfunded28735.131,06324.68
Medicine2020Funded + Unfunded836100.0132,520100.0Michael Houghton
Funded52262.4470,83153.45Harvey J. Alter
Unfunded31437.5661,68946.55Charles M. Rice
2019Funded + Unfunded849100.0213,368100.0William G. Kaelin
Funded52261.48130,75261.28Gregg L. Semenza
Unfunded32738.5282,61638.72Peter J. Ratcliffe
2019+2020Funded + Unfunded1,685100.0345,888100.0All scholars awarded in 2019 and 2020 in medicine or physiology
Funded1,04461.96201,58358.28
Unfunded64138.04144,30541.72
Physics2020Funded + Unfunded364100.038,168100.0Andrea M. Ghez
Funded14239.0113,82136.21Roger Penrose
Unfunded22260.9924,34763.78Reinhard Genzel
2019Funded + Unfunded673100.071,635100.0Jim Peebles
Funded28842.7918,91926.41Didier Queloz
Unfunded38557.2152,71673.59Michel Mayor
2019 +2020Funded + Unfunded1037100.0109,803100.0All scholars awarded in 2019 and 2020 in physics
Funded43041.4632,74029.82
Unfunded60758.5477,06370.18

Research fields, status of funding, papers and citations with related percent value_

Research fieldsStatus of fundingNumber of Papers%Citations%
ChemistryFunded + unfunded183,027100.004,421,249100.00
Funded155,50184.963,993,61890.32
Unfunded27,52615.04427,6319.68
MedicineFunded + unfunded55,419100.001,124,936100.00
Funded33,49460904,98080
Unfunded21,92540219,95620
PhysicsFunded + unfunded127,409100.002,414,447100.00
Funded104,04181.652,144,54088.82
Unfunded23,36818.35269,90711.18

Comparative analysis between publications, citations and scaling factors per funding status of articles in journals by Nobel Laureates and overall data in research fields of Chemistry, Medicine and Physics_

Nobel LaureatesArticles in journals based on funded researchers (%)Articles in journals based on unfunded researchers (%)Citations of articles based on funded researchers (%)Citations of articles based on unfunded researchers (%)
Nobel Laureates in Physics 2019+202041.4658.5429.8270.18
Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2019+202064.9035.1076.1224.68
Nobel Laureates in Medicine 2019+202061.9638.0458.2841.72
α – scaling factor of Power–law relationshipα - Fundedα - Unfunded
Nobel Laureates in Physics 2019+20201.271.35
Nobel Laureates in Chemistry 2019+20201.451.17
Nobel Laureates in Medicine 2019+20201.381.60
Research FieldsArticles in journals based on funded researchers (%)Articles in journals based on unfunded researchers (%)Citations of articles based on funded researchers (%)Citations of articles based on unfunded researchers (%)
Physics81.6518.3588.8211.18
Chemistry84.9615.0490.329.68
Medicine60.0040.0080.0020.00
α – scaling factor of Power–law relationshipα - Fundedα - Unfunded
Physics overall research field1.171.02
Chemistry1.250.94
Medicine1.250.71
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2024-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
Language: English
Page range: 56 - 80
Submitted on: Jul 24, 2023
Accepted on: Oct 10, 2023
Published on: May 27, 2024
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2024 Mario Coccia, Saeed Roshani, published by Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
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