Will the 95 year-old Citation Laureate win the Nobel this year?

Clarivate, a Philadelphia and London-based company, yesterday announced 24 new Citation laureates (5 in physiology or medicine). Clarivate Citation laureates are normally considered potential Nobel contenders as 54 Citation Laureates since 2002 to date have gone on further to be the Nobel winners. 

Joel Haspel SVP Strategy, Science, Clarivate said: "This year's Laureates have advanced humanity's understanding of topics as varied as the gender pay gap, nanocrystals and how galaxies are formed. They have pushed the boundaries of clinical care with advances in personalized medicine and vaccine development. We are delighted to recognize and celebrate their immense achievements, demonstrating that their citation tallies reflect their influence on their colleagues, disciplines and the wider world."

Among the influential 2020 Citation Laureates, Dr. Jack Leonard Strominger is one of the most noticeable. He currently serves as a professor of Biochemistry at Harvard University, devoting years to the structure and function study of human histocompatibility proteins and their role in disease. He was the first recipient of the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology in 1968, and have afterwards won a remarkable number of prestigious awards including the Golden Plate Award (1969), Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research (1995) and the Japan Prize (1999). He was born in 1925 and is now 95 years old. Considering his age and public’s attention to immunological achievements, this respected immunologist was believed to have a good chance in the running for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year. Do you agree with that? Come to vote and share your opinions below!

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https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/clarivate-reveals-2020-citation-laureates---annual-list-of-researchers-of-nobel-class-301136248.html
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