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Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates
Thomson Reuters Predicts Nobel Laureates
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n Sep. 21, 2010 (Canada NewsWire Group) -- \n\n#ReleaseContent TABLE\n{\n BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse\n}\nTR.cnwUnderlinedCell TD\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\n}\nTR.cnwDoubleUnderlinedCell TD\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double\n}\nTR.cnwBoldUnderlinedCell TD\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px solid\n}\nTD.cnwUnderlinedCell\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 1px solid\n}\nTD.cnwDoubleUnderlinedCell\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px double\n}\nTD.cnwBoldUnderlinedCell\n{\n BORDER-BOTTOM: #000000 3px solid\n}\n#ReleaseContent TABLE.cnwBorderedTable TD\n{\n BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid;\n PADDING-RIGHT: 2px;\n BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid;\n PADDING-LEFT: 2px;\n PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px;\n BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid;\n PADDING-TOP: 2px;\n BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid;\n BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse\n}\n#ReleaseContent TABLE TD\n{\n PADDING-RIGHT: 2px;\n PADDING-LEFT: 2px;\n PADDING-BOTTOM: 2px;\n PADDING-TOP: 2px\n}\n\n\n >\n\nPHILADELPHIA and LONDON, Sept. 21 /CNW/ -- With just two weeks until the recipients of some of the world's most coveted research prizes are named, Thomson Reuters is releasing its picks for 2010 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates - researchers likely to be in contention for Nobel honors.\n\n >\n\nEach year, Thomson Reuters uses data from its research solution, Web of Knowledge(SM), to quantitatively determine the most influential researchers in the Nobel categories of Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, and Economics. Based on citations to their works, the company names these high-impact researchers as Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates and predicts them to be Nobel Prize winners, either this year or in the near future.\n\nThomson Reuters is the only organization to use quantitative data to make annual predictions of Nobel Prize winners. Since 2002, 19 Citation Laureates have gone on to win Nobel Prizes.\n\n"We choose our Citation Laureates by assessing citation counts and the number of high-impact papers while identifying discoveries or themes that may be considered worthy of recognition by the Nobel Committee," said David Pendlebury, Research Services, Thomson Reuters. "A strong correlation exists between citations in literature and peer esteem. Professional awards, like the Nobel Prize, are a reflection of this peer esteem."\n\nThe Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates typically ...