Since 1901, Nobel Prizes have been awarded in physics, biology, or medicine every year except during the war years.

Nature analyzed data on 346 Nobel Prizes and 646 winners (up to three Nobel Prizes can be awarded together). Through this it tries to see what qualities are required to win the Nobel Prize.

So far five people have received the Nobel for the second time. They are - Frederick Sanger, John Bardin, K. Barry Sharpless, Linus Pauling (2nd peace) and Marie Curie.

According to Nature, the most suitable age to receive a Nobel Prize is 54. 24 laureates won the Nobel at this age. And the average age of Nobel laureates is 58.

Lawrence Bragg was the youngest Nobel laureate. In 1915, he received this prize in physics at the age of 25. Lawrence won with his father William Bragg. Their work was on crystal structure analysis using X-rays.

In 2019, John B. Goodenough won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the age of 97. A total of three people including him won the Nobel Prize for developing lithium-ion batteries.

According to data, men have the highest chance of winning the Nobel Prize. And if you're a woman, try to win a Nobel in medicine or biology.

However, the chances of women scientists receiving Nobel Prizes have increased in recent years. Throughout the 20th century, only 11 Nobel Prizes were awarded to women. Since 2000, women have won the award a total of 15 times.

After doing work worthy of a Nobel Prize, we have to wait another two decades, says Nature. So it is better to start working on a project like getting a Nobel when the average age is around 40.

As time goes on, the wait between the task and the reward gets longer. Prior to the 1960s, awards were received an average of 14 years after completion. But in the 2010s, awardees had to wait an average of nearly 29 years.

But there is a limit to this waiting. No one is awarded posthumously.

And you have to have the mindset of sharing the rewards with others.

Nobel laureates in biology or medicine often receive the prize jointly. In these two branches, 65 percent of the awards were received by two or three people together. In chemistry, 55 percent of the awards were won by scientists alone.

Space is an important factor for potential future Nobel laureates.

The analysis suggests that being born and raised in North America is a big influence on the chances of winning a Nobel Prize. About 54 percent of the Nobel Prizes have been awarded to North Americans. If born elsewhere, Noble Bagan's best option is to go and live in North America. For residents of Europe, this opportunity is slightly less.

Another great way to increase your chances of winning a Nobel Prize is to work in the labs of people who have already won or are likely to win the Nobel Prize in the future. Or work in the lab of the person whose mentor received the Nobel.

'Nobel pedigree' also plays a role in receiving a Nobel Prize. John W. won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 for his work on the religion of gases. Strat. Since then, his institutional disciples, disciples of disciples, and tasya disciples—a total of 228 Nobel laureates to date.

Only one of Strutt's students, Joseph Thomson, won the Nobel in 1906. But Thomson has pulled the 'Noble pedigree'. Nine of his students won Nobel Prizes in Physics and two in Chemistry. One of the Nobel laureates in physics was his son George Padgett Thomson.

These students in turn mentored others, many of whom later won prizes themselves or produced students who went on to win Nobels.

As of 2023, 702 of the 736 Nobel laureates in science and economics belong to the same academic family. That is, they are institutionally linked to each other in a certain common formula.

Only 32 Nobel laureates have no affiliation with this large institutional lineage.

A possible explanation for this is that knowledge begets knowledge. Again, previous winners may have nominated their students or scientific successors.

Scientists must be nominated to receive the Nobel Prize. And who can nominate them - it is decided by the Nobel Committee.

Along with selecting the right mentor, it is possible to increase the chances of a Nobel Prize by working in certain research disciplines.

Analyzing the data of 69 Nobel Prizes awarded between 1995 and 2017, it has been found that scientists have received more prizes in a few disciplines.

More than half of these awards were given in just five subjects.

When asked about these statistics, the Nobel Committee in Science told Nature that any trend can have multiple explanations.

Members of the Nobel Committee are 'continually working to improve the nomination process with the aim of increasing nominations in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology or medicine by gender, nationality and work'.

Another last resort is to change your name. Of the 642 award winners, 69 nicknames started with 'J' and 62 started with 'A'.