Is the era of US dominance of the Nobels coming to an end?

A theoretical physicist who has analysed how countries’ Nobel prize success rates have changed over time, says the ‘US era’ of Nobel-winning productivity appears to be coming to an end.

Claudius Gros, from Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany, looked at Nobel winners in physics, chemistry and physiology and medicine from France, Germany, the UK and the US. These countries have been home to a high enough number of laureates over the past century to make an analysis of winning trends meaningful.