Table 1

Summary of datasets used in the analysis

SourceSizeKey variablesDescriptionSource
Nobel Prize Database963Given Name, familyName- birth_date, birth_country, birth_city- affiliation, residence- prize_category, prize_amount, date_awarded- motivation, latitude/longitude, biography linksStructured data from the Nobel Prize API containing laureate information, affiliations, prizes and geographic detailsLink to the website
20,126Nominee, Nominator – Prize category, Year – Nominator profession, university, genderData on Nobel Prize nominations, including nominators and nominees, available up to 1970 (1950 for Medicine)Link to the website
Wikipedia and Wikidata787Education (institution, degree type) – Occupation, Employer – Affiliations, Doctoral advisors, AwardsSemi-structured data on education, doctoral training and affiliations. Coverage is partial and based on successfully linked profilesLink to the website
Connections between Nobel laureates based on linked Wikipedia pages – edge weights for co-occurrence frequencyDerived from Wikipedia, representing networks of collaboration or influence among laureatesLink to the website
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