Nobel Prize winners in the United States
2025 single-year list · 261 laureates, by prize and field
How many Nobel Prize winners in the United States are top-cited scientists?
261 Nobel laureates whose current affiliation is in the United States are in the 2025 list of top-cited scientists, the annual ranking often called the top 2% scientists list: 63 in physics, 73 in chemistry, 63 in physiology or medicine and 62 in economic sciences. 216 rank in the global top 100,000 by composite citation score (c, excluding self-citations). Under each prize are the laureates’ main fields in the list, which can differ from the prize: pick a row to see its laureates ranked in the table of all authors.
261 Nobel laureates in the United States
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