Many fields of research aren't even eligible for a Nobel at all. In particular, none of the formal sciences are: mathematics, statistics, computer science, ling

Many fields of research aren't even eligible for a Nobel at all. In particular, none of the formal sciences are: mathematics, statistics, computer science, linguistics, etc. Many fields have their own prizes: the Fields Medal, the Turing Award, etc. Enough so that this Wikipedia page exists: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_known_as_the_Nobel_of_a_field_or_the_highest_honors_of_a_field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_known_as_the_No... So Ioannidis' solution of creating new awards is kind of already in play, they just aren't administered by the Nobel committee.