Annual recognition highlights researchers with
extraordinary citation records and societal impact, poised for
Nobel recognition
LONDON, Sept. 19,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarivate Plc (NYSE:CLVT), a
leading global provider of transformative intelligence, today
unveiled the Citation Laureates™ 2024 list – used to forecast
future Nobel Prize recipients. These 22 exceptional scientists and
economists spanning six countries have demonstrated such
groundbreaking impact in their fields that their work is considered
of Nobel stature. Experts at the Institute for Scientific
Information (ISI)™ at Clarivate™ have identified 75 Citation
Laureates prior to their Nobel success – often several years before
they received Nobel honors.
This year's Citation Laureates have made significant
contributions to advancing key areas, including clean energy,
nanotechnology, 3D protein structures, the economic impact of
corruption, heart disease, molecular dynamics, quantum computing,
genetic imprinting and condensed matter physics.
The list highlights 22 individuals based at leading academic
institutions and corporate organizations. This year, 11 are based
in the United States, six in
the United Kingdom, two in
Switzerland, and one each in
Germany, Israel and Japan. These individuals have authored
foundational research papers in their fields that are exceptionally
highly cited and have had a broad societal impact.
John M. Jumper, Director at
Google DeepMind and a Citation Laureate 2024, said: "Being named a
Citation Laureate is a recognition of the impact our work has had –
it's not just about our discovery, but about the groundbreaking
science being done on top of our discovery. This award recognizes
that we are the shoulders on which other researchers are standing
to see further. I'm deeply passionate that we're able to make the
work of scientists faster so medicine and science can work better
for society."
Demis Hassabis, CEO and Co-Founder at Google DeepMind and a
Citation Laureate 2024, said: "I'm deeply honored to be named a
Citation Laureate for 2024. I've dedicated my career to AI because
of its potential to advance science and improve billions of lives,
and AlphaFold is the first proof point of this promise. AlphaFold
has been used by over 2 million researchers to advance critical
work, from enzyme design to drug discovery. I believe AI will be
one of the most beneficial technologies ever, enabling cures for
devastating diseases, delivering truly personalized medicine, and
powering 'science at digital speed'."
Emmanuel Thiveaud, Senior Vice President for Research &
Analytics, Academia & Government at Clarivate said: "The
Citation Laureates program is a tribute to the visionary minds
driving innovation and societal impact across diverse fields of
research. Their influence, evidenced by their extensive citation
records, highlights the significant impact of their work on shaping
future discoveries and contributions to societal progress. At
Clarivate, we are proud to spotlight these pioneering individuals
whose work offers transformative potential."
Since 2002, analysts at the Institute for Scientific Information
have drawn on publication and citation data from trusted
journals in the Web of Science™ to identify potential Nobel Prize
recipients in the fields of Physiology or Medicine, Physics,
Chemistry and Economics. Out of nearly 61 million articles and
proceedings indexed in the Web of Science since 1970,
only 0.01% have been cited more than 2,000 times. Citation
Laureates are selected from the authors of this group of
papers.
The Citation Laureates 2024 are:
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Physiology or
Medicine
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Jonathan C.
Cohen, C. Vincent Prothro Distinguished Chair in Human
Nutrition Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical
Center, Dallas, Texas, United States, and
Helen H. Hobbs,
Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Professor of
Internal Medicine and Molecular Genetics at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United
States
For research on the
genetics of lipid metabolism, which has led to new drugs to treat
cardiovascular diseases
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Ann M. Graybiel,
Institute Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences,
and Investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, and
Okihide
Hikosaka, NIH Distinguished Investigator, Laboratory of
Sensorimotor Research, National Eye Institute, National Institutes
of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, and
Wolfram Schultz,
Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Development
& Neuroscience, and Professorial Fellow, Churchill College,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Visiting
Research Associate, Division of Human & Social Sciences,
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, United
States
For physiological
studies of the basal ganglia, central to motor control and behavior
including learning
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Davor Solter,
Emeritus Director and Member, Department of Developmental Biology,
Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, Freiburg,
Germany, and
Azim Surani,
Director of Germline and Epigenetics Research, Gurdon Institute;
and Affiliated Professor, Cambridge Stem Cell Institute, University
of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
For the discovery of
genomic imprinting, advancing our understanding of epigenetics and
mammalian development
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Physics
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Rafi Bistritzer,
Professor, School of Physics and Astronomy, Tel Aviv University,
Tel Aviv, Israel, and
Pablo
Jarillo-Herrero, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics,
Department of Physics, MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United
States, and
Allan H.
MacDonald, Sid W. Richardson Foundation Regents Chair in
Physics, Department of Physics, University of Texas at Austin,
Austin, Texas, United States
For pioneering
theoretical and experimental contributions to the physics of magic
angle twisted bilayer graphene and related moiré quantum
devices
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David Deutsch,
Visiting Professor of Physics, Centre for Quantum Computation,
Clarendon Laboratory, and Honorary Fellow of Wolfson College,
Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom, and
Peter W. Shor,
Henry Adams Morss Professor of Applied Mathematics, MIT, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, United States
For revolutionary
contributions to quantum algorithms and computing
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Christoph
Gerber, Professor, Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI),
Department of Physics, University of Basel, Basel,
Switzerland
For invention and
application of atomic force microscopy
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Chemistry
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David Baker,
Professor of Biochemistry, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Investigator, and Director of the Institute for Protein Design,
University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington,
United States, and
John M. Jumper,
Director, Google DeepMind, London, United Kingdom, and
Demis Hassabis,
CEO and Co-Founder, Google DeepMind, London, United
Kingdom
For contributions to
the prediction and design of three-dimensional protein structures
and functions
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Kazunari Domen,
Special Contract Professor, Institute for Aqua Regeneration,
Shinshu University, Nagano, Japan; University Professor, Office of
University Professors, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
For fundamental
research on photocatalysts for water splitting and the construction
of solar hydrogen production systems
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Roberto Car,
Ralph W. *31 Dornte Professor in Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry
and the Princeton Materials Institute; Director, Chemistry in
Solution and at Interfaces Computational Chemical Science Center;
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, United States,
and
Michele
Parrinello, Professor Emeritus of Computational Science at the
Faculty of Informatics, Università della Svizzera Italiana, Lugano,
Switzerland; Professor Emeritus at the Department of Chemistry and
Applied Biosciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
For the
Car-Parrinello method for calculating ab-initio molecular dynamics,
a revolution in computational chemistry
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Economics
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Janet Currie,
Henry Putnam Professor of Economics and Public Affairs, Princeton
School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University,
Princeton, New Jersey, United States
For pioneering
economic analysis of child development
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Partha Dasgupta,
Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, Faculty of Economics,
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
For integrating
nature and its resources in the human economy
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Paolo Mauro,
Director, Economic and Market Research Department, International
Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C., United States
For empirical
studies of the effects of corruption on investment and economic
growth
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Notes to editors:
To learn more about the list's
methodology and view our full list of Citation Laureates named
since 2002, visit the Hall of Citation Laureates.
David Pendlebury, Head of
Research Analysis at the Institute for Scientific Information at
Clarivate is available for interview.
This year's Nobel Prize announcements will take place 7–14
October. All the announcements will be streamed live at
www.nobelprize.org.
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