Effects of homophily and academic reputation in the nomination and selection of Nobel laureates.

ABSTRACT: In collective decision-making, a group of independent experts propose individual choices to reach a common decision. This is the case of competitive events such as Olympics, international Prizes or grant evaluation, where groups of experts evaluate individual performances to assign resources, e.g. scores, recognitions, or funding. However, there are systems where evaluating individual's performance is difficult: in those cases, other factors play a relevant role, leading to unexpected emergent phenomena from micro-scale interactions. The Nobel assignment procedure, rooted on recommendations, is one of these systems. Here we unveil its network, reconstructed from official data and metadata about nominators, nominees and awardees between 1901 and 1965, consisting of almost 12,000 individuals

SUBMITTER: Gallotti R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6872660 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature