Research funding and citations in papers of Nobel Laureates in Physics, Chemistry and Medicine, 2019-2020

Abstract

The goal of this study is a comparative analysis of the relation between funding (a main driver for scientific research) and citations in papers of Nobel Laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine over 2019-2020 and the same relation in these research fields as a whole.

Keywords

• research funding
• citations
• science diffusion
• scientific change
• science of science
• power-law distribution
• basic research
• applied research
• matthew effect
• nobel laureates
• nobel prizes