David Pendlebury reviews “Why I Did Not Choose to Name the Higgs Boson Researchers as 2012 Citation Laureates.” The July 4th announcement of two research groups at CERN claiming identification of a subatomic…

Here it is: this year’s group of Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates—researchers whose landmark discoveries and advances, not to mention their measurable esteem in the scientific community, place them within reach of science’s highest prize. Will their wait be long, or very short?

Hear expert insights into the work of the 2012 Thomson Reuters honorees in Medicine, Physics, and Chemistry from ScienceWatch’s regular columnists. Also hear David A. Pendlebury describe the methodology behind the Citation Laureates selection process.

Thomson Reuters analyst David A. Pendlebury explains the rationale and methodology for selecting Citation Laureates, and offers a retrospective from the earliest days of citation-based prediction of Nobel Prize winners, including the numerous successes.

Methodology Essay Results Essay

Since 2002, Thomson Reuters analysis has identified more than two dozen eminent scientists who went on to win the Nobel Prize. See the full list of correct predictions to date.

A complete listing of more than a decade’s worth of scientists identified annually by Thomson Reuters citation-based analysis as being of Nobel caliber. Will this year’s winners come from these ranks?