Clarivate Reveals Citation Laureates 2024

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:

For research on the genetics of lipid metabolism, which has led to new drugs to treat cardiovascular diseases

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

For the discovery of genomic imprinting, advancing our understanding of epigenetics and mammalian development

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

For revolutionary contributions to quantum algorithms and computing

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

For the Car-Parrinello method for calculating ab-initio molecular dynamics, a revolution in computational chemistry

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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