Table 2: Descriptive Statistics at Paper Level by Laureates and Non-Laureates

In terms of numbers of publications, the Nobel Laureates (Phys or Medicine) produced on average significantly fewer papers over the course of their careers than the non-Laureates. Laureates also had fewer coauthors across their career. Further, the Nobel Laureates produced a significantly higher percentage of sole-authored papers than the non-Laureates both before and after winning the Nobel Prize (see also table 3). The two groups exhibited roughly identical percentages of papers where they appear as the first author or last author. To correct for the number of reviews or comments a NL writes as a consequence of winning the prize