Science’s greatest discoverers: a shift towards greater interdisciplinarity, top universities and older age

Abstract What are the unique features and characteristics of the scientists who have made the greatest discoveries in science? To address this question, we assess all major scientific discoverers, defined as all nobel-prize and major non-nobel-prize discoverers, and their demographic, institutional...

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Main Author: Alexander Krauss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2024-02-01
Series:Humanities & Social Sciences Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-024-02781-4