Another problem with this data is the rise of team science and huge author lists for papers - something the Nobel prize isn't really able to deal with. Think of

Another problem with this data is the rise of team science and huge author lists for papers - something the Nobel prize isn't really able to deal with. Think of the human genome paper or the Higgs boson paper - both good 21st century science but lacking the easily identifiable "super scientists" the Nobel committee is looking for. Additionally it is hard to fully evaluate the impact of scientific work fully until many years have passed since publication. It's no wonder they prefer to find their winners in the 80s. ..