Nobel Laureate and Nobelizable

The authors of a recent article titled “The Mutation of the ‘Nobel Prize in Chemistry’ into the ‘Nobel Prize in Chemistry or Life Sciences,’” published in the prestigious journal Angewandte Chemie International Edition, draw attention to the influence of non-scientific factors—specifically gender, ethnicity, and nationality—on the Nobel Prize awarding process [1]. Regarding the issue of gender, it is imperative to note that, up until 2020, in nearly 120 years, only seven women have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Three of these women were awarded it in the last 3 years, marking a significant contrast to the 53-year gap it took for a third woman—the British chemist Dorothy C. Hodgkin—to be honored with the Nobel in 1964.