V.M. Tyutyunnik, E.A. Silivanets
Scientometric analysis of the procedure for nominating candidates for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1901–1910 in comparison with the nominations in physics and chemistry conducted based on declassified documents of the Nobel Committee in Physiology or Medicine in Stockholm, as well as some data on nominations and winners until 1953. It is shown that for the first 10 year representatives of 26 countries were nominated: Germany – 65 persons, France – 28, Italy – 15, UK – 14, USA – 10, Austria – 9, Switzerland – 9, Sweden – 6, Hungary – 4, Russia – 3, Denmark – 3, Belgium – 3, Poland (Russian Empire) – 2, Norway – 2, Czech Republic – 2, Panama – 2, Netherlands – 1, Spain – 1, Vietnam – 1, Japan – 1, Malaysia – 1, Finland – 1, Rumania – 1, Sri Lanka – 1, Cuba – 1, India – 1 person. Total nominated were 187 persons 1085 times (an average of about six nominations per scientist). The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine received 12 scientists from only eight European countries: Germany – 4, France – 2, Great Britain – 1, Denmark – 1, Russia – 1 (without I.I. Mechnikov), Italy – 1, Spain – 1, Switzerland – 1. 1 835 nominators for the first decade have been established; it is shown detail who was nominated by each of the 12 winners of the first 10 years of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It was proved that in the first decade the Nobel Prize Winners in Physiology or Medicine themselves passively participated in the nomination: less than 10 % of the scientists nominated by them were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. It showed who were nominated by all Russian nominators on 1901–1925.
Keywords: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1901–1910, nominees, nominators, scientometric analysis.
DOI: 10.25791/intstg.04.2020.1172
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