Nobel Prize announcements begin Monday

by Daniel W. Drezner Reposted by Scott A. Imberman

Scholar power: 31.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Physics 20%, Medicine 20%, Chemistry 20%, Economics 20%, Political science 20%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	15%	45	30.2%
🎓 Scott A. Imberman	3%	23	1.4%
Total			31.6%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index + sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

62.0%

8.6 h

59

31.6%

Ranking score

0.114

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Daniel Drezner

@dandrezner.bsky.social

Ah yes, known in the Drezner household as “The Season When My Wife Reminds Me Yet Again That I Have Not Won a Nobel or a MacArthur Genius Grant.”

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 8h

Every October, committees in Sweden and Norway name Nobel laureates in a variety of prizes related to science, literature and economics, as well as peace work. Here is a quick guide to this year’s prizes, which laureates will receive in Stockholm and Oslo in December.

Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know

Six awards will be announced this week in science, literature, economics and peace work.

nyti.ms

October 4, 2026 at 12:17 PM

Reposted by Daniel W. Drezner

10%

Scholar power: 10.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Physics 20%, Medicine 20%, Chemistry 20%, Economics 20%, Political science 20%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Daniel W. Drezner	15%	45	10.1%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

63.0%

8.7 h

0

10.1%

Ranking score

0.037

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

The New York Times

@nytimes.com

Every October, committees in Sweden and Norway name Nobel laureates in a variety of prizes related to science, literature and economics, as well as peace work. Here is a quick guide to this year’s prizes, which laureates will receive in Stockholm and Oslo in December.

Nobel Prizes 2026: What to Know

Six awards will be announced this week in science, literature, economics and peace work.

nyti.ms

October 4, 2026 at 12:15 PM

Reposted by Graham Brownlow

4%

Scholar power: 4.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Physics 20%, Medicine 20%, Chemistry 20%, Economics 20%, Political science 20%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Graham Brownlow	16%	9	4.8%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

58.0%

14.2 h

168

4.8%

Ranking score

0.025

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Nobel Prize

@nobelprize.org

Which Nobel Prize laureate inspires you most?

Discover the names and discoveries of this year's laureates as we announce the 2026 Nobel Prizes starting Monday 5 October. Follow along, every day on our social channels, YouTube and nobelprize.org

Find more information here: https://bit.ly/2QRp4Jp

This image is a collage of Nobel Prize laureates. Row one from left to right: Toni Morrison, Maria Goeppert Mayer, Katalin Karikó and Martin Luther King Jr. Row two: Albert Einstein, Elinor Ostrom, Shirin Ebadi and Gabriel García Márquez. Row 3: Amartya Sen, Alexander Fleming, Rabindranath Tagore and Mary Brunkow. Row 4: Marie Skłodowska Curie, Jennifer Doudna, Omar Yaghi and Malala Yousafzai.

October 4, 2026 at 6:45 AM

by Graham Brownlow

14%

Scholar power: 14.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Physics 20%, Medicine 20%, Chemistry 20%, Economics 20%, Political science 20%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Graham Brownlow	16%	9	14.4%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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Scholar power

49.0%

11.2 h

0

14.4%

Ranking score

0.018

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Graham Brownlow, FREcon

@grahambrownlow.bsky.social

Alas Anne Krueger, like Baumol, Tullock or Olson, oddly seems fated to never win. Likewise, some of the pioneers of health econ are still with us; my imaginary tenner this year goes to a shared prize for Autor & Katz (with Bloom or Van Reneen in the mix). It won't be another economic historian!

Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 1d

Save the date for the announcement of this year's prize in economic sciences. Watch the breaking news live at nobelprize.org.

Quick facts about the economic sciences prize:
- Number of economic sciences prizes: 57
- Economic sciences laureates: 99
- Youngest laureate: 46
- Oldest laureate: 90