Bibliometric analysis of Nobelists' awards and landmark papers in physiology or medicine during 1983–2012. (December 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ye, Siqi; Xing, Rui; Liu, Jing; Xing, Feiyue
• Is Part Of: Annals of medicine. Volume 45:Number 8(2013)
• Page Start: 532
• Page End: 538
• Publication Date: 2013-12
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; 610
• DOI: 10.3109/07853890.2013.850838
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0785-3890

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <p> <italic>Aim</italic>. This study's purpose was to determine if there was a relationship between Nobel Laureates' awards and landmark papers and winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine during 1983–2012.</p> <p> <italic>Methods</italic>. The 66 Nobelists' awards and landmark papers in the period 1983–2012 were analyzed.</p> <p> <italic>Results</italic>. The results showed that the most Nobelists had won Gairdner, Lasker, Howitz or Wolf Award before they won Nobel Prize, indicating that Gairdner Award may be considered as a Nobel Prize's wind vane. A small number of landmark papers were indeed published in low impact factor journals (10.5% below impact factor 5.0) and some of their citation were low (23.2% below 400 times). There were 61 of 76 landmark papers published in the journals of JCR partition 1, reaching 80%, but 2 of 76 landmark papers were even outside of JCR partition, demonstrating that JCR partition acts as a reciprocal supplement with impact factor and citation times. The test period of Nobel Prize was substantially between 10 to 30 years. There were 5 persons whose landmark papers were cited all above 6000 times to get Nobel Prize within the test period of ten years, suggesting that there is a trend of certain inverse ratio between the citation and the test period of Nobel Prize.</p> <p> <italic>Conclusion</italic>. These findings provide a new insight into the relationship among Nobel Laureates' awards, landmark papers and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.</p> </abstract>