The Intellectual Property and Science business of Thomson Reuters has announced its 2015 Citation Laureates. Having accurately forecast 37 Nobel Prize winners since 2002, the annual study mines scientific research citations within the Web of Science —the premier global search and discovery platform for the sciences, social sciences and arts and humanities—to identify the most influential researchers in chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, and economics who are likely winners of the Nobel Prize now or in the future.
This year's noteworthy nominees include, in chemistry, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna for the development of the CRISPR/cas 9 method for precision genome editing to identify potential treatments for genetic diseases. In physiology or medicine, Kazutoshi Mori and Peter Walter showed that a mechanism, known as the unfolded protein response acts as cellular "quality control system." In physics, Deborah S. Jin created the first fermionic condensate at ultra-low temperatures, which may find application in precision measurement, quantum computing and superconductors. In economics, Sir Richard R. Blundell advanced the understanding of the impact of policy decisions on labor markets and consumer demand, particularly in how families are affected by adverse economic conditions.
Since 1901, only 17 women have been awarded Nobel Prizes in the sciences. However, the analysis signals a narrowing of this gender gap by identifying a significant growth in female authorship of science's most prominent research. Four of the 2015 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates inductees are women while between 2002 and 2014 just six women were named to the list.
Thomson Reuters invites science enthusiasts to weigh-in with their own Nobel Prize predictions by participating in its 'People's Choice' for Nobel Prizes, drawn from the Citation Laureates in contention for the Nobel. Individuals who are interested in taking part can visit StateOfInnovation.com to make their picks.
Interested parties may visit Stateofinnovation.com for detailed information on the methodology of this study, the Citation Laureates, and their fields of research and institutional affiliations.
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