Who's suggesting 5000 as the upper limit? That is an outlier. The point is the Laureates have collaborators who they believe contributed equally, and according

Who's suggesting 5000 as the upper limit? That is an outlier. The point is the Laureates have collaborators who they believe contributed equally, and according to internationally agreed-upon scientific standards, acknowledgement should be given to these scientists. The Nobel Prize is contributing to this "Great Man" theory of history, when in reality every "Great Man" has numerous collaborators who only get illuminated in the sub-paragraphs of the plethora of writing about these figures.