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Pioneers of modern brain research—Cécile and Oskar Vogt and the Nobel Prize [PDF]
Frontiers in NeuroanatomyThis article explores the complex and ultimately unsuccessful Nobel Prize trajectories of Oskar (1870–1959) and Cécile Vogt (1875–1962), as well as their ongoing scientific legacy. Their legacy sheds light on the background to the decision from different
Nils Hansson +5 more
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Does the Nobel Prize reflect current scientific and academic values?
Filozofia Publiczna i Edukacja Demokratyczna, 2022 This opinion paper puts forward arguments that reflect how science’s most elite prize, the Nobel Prize may be, despite its grand stature, somewhat out of touch with the functionality of grassroots science. There is a disconnect between limited fields of
Jaime Teixeira da Silva
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Nobel Prize Commemoration in Riga: Media Echo and Objects [PDF]
Acta Medico-Historica Rigensia, 2018 This paper is an attempt to investigate the discourses around the Nobel Prize, and it aims at deciphering the commemoration of the award in Riga. The public image of the Nobel Prize in Riga has previously been commented on in a few papers, but has never ...
Juris Salaks, Nils Hansson
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Alfred Bernhard Nobel and the Nobel prize [PDF]
The Ukrainian Biochemical Journal, 2018 The great number of pages has been written about Alfred Nobel and his Prize in various languages all over the world, but in this article we elucidated only two issues: what kind of person was Alfred Nobel – this phenomenon in experimental chemistry ...
V. M. Danilova +2 more
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Matthew effects in science and the serial diffusion of ideas: Testing old ideas with new methods
Quantitative Science Studies, 2021 The Matthew effect has become a standard concept in science studies and beyond to describe processes of cumulative advantage. Despite its wide success, a rigorous quantitative analysis for Merton’s original case for Matthew effects—the Nobel Prize—is ...
Rudolf Farys, Tobias Wolbring
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Multiple correspondence analysis as a tool for examining Nobel Prize data from 1901 to 2018.
PLoS ONE, 2022 The main goal of this paper is to examine Nobel Prize data by studying the association among the laureate's country of birth or residence, discipline, time period in which the Nobel Prize was awarded, and gender of the recipient.
T Alhuzali, E J Beh, E Stojanovski
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 The time lag between the publication of a major scientific discovery and the conferment of a Nobel Prize has been rapidly increasing for the natural science disciplines (chemistry, medicine-physiology, and physics), but has not yet matched the ...
Pandelis Mitsis
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Waiting for the new Nobel laureate(s) in economic sciences [PDF]
Bankarstvo, 2016 Since the start in 1901, with the exception of the war years, the Nobel Prizes have always been awarded on the 10th of December, to mark the day of Alfred Nobel's demise. The exception is the prize for achievements in economic sciences which only started
Pantelić Svetlana
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Controversies in Selecting Nobel Laureates: An Historical Commentary Marshall A. Lichtman
Rambam Maimonides Medical Journal, 2022 There is universal agreement that the Nobel Prizes, given to individuals who have made an extraordinarily notable contribution to humankind in the fields of chemistry, physics, physiology or medicine, literature, and peace, are the most prestigious ...
Marshall A. Lichtman
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