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0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 0.00 0.25 0.50 0.75 1.00 Heterogeneity Score Fig. S1. Frequency distributions for Nobel laureates and non-Nobel laureates for number of ancestors, Nobel laureate ancestors, descendants, Nobel laureate descendants, mentees/grandmentees (M/GM), Nobel laureate M/GM, local academic family, Nobel laureate local academic family, and heterogeneity. The Y axis is on a log scale. 50 300 300 Observed: -0.846 Observed: 0.497 Observed: 0.023 45 Adj. P Value: 0.073 Adj. P Value: 0.003 Adj. P Value: 0.389 250 250 40 l s l s l s r i a r i a 35 r i a T T T

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f f f o o 20 o r r r e e e b b 15 b 100 100 m m m u u u N N 10 N 50 50 5

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- 4 . 3 - 4 . 1 - 3 . 9 - 3 . 7 - 3 . 5 - 3 . - 3 . 1 - 2 . 9 - 2 . 7 - 2 . 5 - 2 . 3 - 2 . 1 - 1 . 9 - 1 . 7 - 1 . 5 - 1 . 3 - 1 . - 0 . 9 - 0 . 7 - 0 . 5 - 0 . 3 - 0 . 1 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 -0.04 -0.03 -0.02 -0.01 0 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.07 Intercept (Nobel Ancestors) Nobel Status Coefficients (Nobel Ancestors) Ancestors Coefficient (Nobel Ancestors)

350 Observed: -1.049 180 Observed: 1.033 250 Observed: 0.002 Adj. P Value: 0.85 Adj. P Value: 0 Adj. P Value: 0.143 160 300 l s

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N N 40 50 20 0 0 0 -2.4-2.3-2.2-2.1 -2 -1.9-1.8-1.7-1.6-1.5-1.4-1.3-1.2-1.1 -1 -0.9-0.8-0.7-0.6-0.5 -1.1 -1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 Intercept (Nobel Descendants) Nobel Status Coefficient (Nobel Descendants) Descendants Coefficients (Nobel Descendants)

45 120 140 Observed: -5.205 Observed: 2.354 Observed: 0.164 40 Adj. P Value: 1 Adj. P Value: 0 Adj. P Value: 0 120

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15 40 b b b 40 m m m u u u 10 N N N 20 20 5 0 0 0 1 - 8 - 5 - 2 0 . 4 - 1 - 9 . 8 - 9 . 2 - 8 . 6 - 7 . 4 - 6 . 8 - 6 . 2 - 5 . 6 - 4 . - 3 . 8 - 3 . 2 - 2 . 6 - 1 . 4 - 0 . 8 - 0 . 2 0 . 3 0 . 4 - 1 2 . 8 - 1 2 . - 1 . 6 - 1 0 . 4 0 . 2 0 . 2 3 0 . 2 4 0 . 2 5 0 . 2 6 0 . 2 7 0 . 2 8 0 . 2 9 0 . 3 1 0 . 3 2 0 . 3 0 . 3 4 0 . 3 5 0 . 3 6 0 . 3 7 0 . 3 8 0 . 3 9 0 . 4 1 - 3 . 5 - 3 . 1 - 3 . 2 7 - 3 . 2 - 3 . 1 9 - 3 . 1 5 - 3 . 1 - 3 . 0 7 - 3 . 0 - 2 . 9 - 2 . 9 5 - 2 . 9 1 - 2 . 8 7 - 2 . 8 3 - 2 . 7 9 - 2 . 7 5 - 2 . 7 1 - 2 . 6 7 - 2 . 6 3 - 2 . 5 9 - 2 . 5 - 2 . 5 1 - 2 . 4 7 Intercept (Nobel Mentees/Grandmentees) Nobel Status Coefficient (Nobel Mentees/Grandmentees) Mentees/Grandmentees Coefficient (Nobel Mentees/Grandmentees)

120 250 400 Observed: -1.714 Observed: 1.86 Observed: 0.014 Adj. P Value: 0 Adj. P Value: 0 350 Adj. P Value: 0.964 100 200 l s l s l s 300 r i a r i a r i a T T T

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f f f o o 100 o r r r 150 e e e b b 40 b m m m u u u 100 N N 50 N 20 50

0 0 0 -2.34 -2.32 -2.3 -2.28 -2.26 -2.24 -2.22 -2.2 -2.18 -2.16 -2.14 -2.12 -2.1 -2.08 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.013 0.014 0.015 0.016 0.017 0.018 0.019 0.02 Intercept (Local Nobel Family) Nobel Status Coefficient (Local Nobel Family) Local Academic Family Coefficient (Local Nobel Family)

450 200 80 Observed: -1.70203 Observed: 0.27328 Observed: 0.07233 Adj. P Value: 1 Adj. P Value: 0.347 180 Adj. P Value: 177 70 400

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30 e e e b b b 150 60 m m m u u u 20 N N N 100 40 10 50 20 0 0 0 -0.8-0.6-0.4-0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 1.4 1.6 1.8 2 2.2 2.4 2.6 2.8 3 3.2 -14 -12 -10 -8 -6 -4 -2 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 -1 -0.9 -0.8 -0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 Intercept (Heterogeneity) Nobel Status Coefficient (Heterogeneity) Local Nobel Laureate Family Coefficient (Heterogeneity) Fig. S2. Frequency distributions for the random intercept, the random Nobel status coeffiecient, and the random family size coefficient generated from 1000 random permutations of Nobel status for number of Nobel ancestors (row 1), number of Nobel descendants (row 2), number of Nobel mentees/grandmentees (M/GM, row 3), and number of local Nobel academic family (row 4). Frequency distributions for random intercept, random Nobel status coefficient, and random local Nobel academic family coefficients generated for 1000 permutations of Nobel status for the heterogenetity measure is displayed in row 5. R. 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Brueckner Scott William Goltz Bethe Nobel Eusebio Oehl Sabatier Miedema Roy Sir Herman van William Leon N Sharpey Hans Postma Cornelis Kempen J Gregor Charles Jacques Loeb Cooper Jack William Henry Henry Newell Jacobus Sutcliffe Greenblatt Scott Gorter Howell Martin John Zachary Sybren Walter Young Sherrington W. Jan Ruurds de Gilbert William Huiskamp Groot William Jan J. M. Thomas Terry Platt Thompson Archibald B. Beenakker Winship Herr Thach Sedgwick Macallum Derek Ernst Denny-Brown R. Steven Wilder David C Lloyd Bram George M. Gordon M Creed Penfield (Abraham) Jeffrey W. Church Shepherd Wander C.S. van Heel Roberts Johannes de Roger W Joost van Haas Gerardus Sperry den Handel Harvey Johannes David Sizoo Tom A Sears Williams Eliza Cornelis Whitteridge Sir John Pieter van H. Robert Cushing Jerry J. Kollros Wiersma der Leeden Carew Hsiang-Tung Jane H. Horvitz Georg W. Marianne Eccles Chang Overton Stephen Donald Kreutzberg Fillenz Hans L. Kuffler George David Curtis Przibram Heike John Marquis Howard Kamerlingh Farquhar Holtzer Paul Weiss Charles G. Rodolfo R. bernice David M Fulton Robert B. Onnes Kurland John I Llinas grafstein Armstrong Hubbard Malmo Joan A. Steitz Walter J Freeman Shlomo Davenport Peter B. Hooker James D Bentin Hermann Moore Watson Morten Birger Kaada James J Muller Ross G. Raastad Edward B Frederick George Marcus Harrison H. Saxton Burr Bonner Per Andersen Per S Enger Lewis Rudkin Singer Mario R. Ole Paulsen Edmund Charles Metz Beecher William Capecchi Guo-Yuan Hu Jan Jansen Dan Lindsley R Hyde Wilson Raymond F. George AlexanderHarold Plough Ballard Johan Jr. Gesteland Streisinger Terje Lomo Weinstein Edgar Frederik Alfred Henry Altenberg R McEwen Edwin G. Storm McKnight Sturtevant M Graubard Conklin Clancy William Keith Salvador Dwight Miller S Safir Edvard I Brooks E Luria C Bliss Claude Hinton Alexander Robert A Moser Edward May-Britt Jack SchultzM Richards Agassiz Abraham L. Weisberg Novitski Thomas Sidney W. Fox Sonenshein Moser William Hunt A Bergner Bateson Donald Robert I Giuseppe Renato Morgan Mary StarkLancefield DeMars Levi Dulbecco Alfred D Warren Edmund Huettner Charles Newton Guido Zeleny Phil Ives Harvey Castelnuovo L Charles QuackenbushM Harnly Plunkett John Gowen Nettie Maria Howard Calvin Stevens Rita Bridges M. Temin J Dexter Albert Tyler Category Levi-Montalcini Clara Lynch Ferid Murad Morris E. Friedkin

Tahir M Rizki Albert L. Eugene Theodore W. Don PoulsonJoseph G. Gall Lehninger Patrick Rall Harold F. Kennedy Deutsch Charles F Kulbir S Gill Edgar John Stevens Martin G Ralph Hillman Albrecht Larrabee Witzemann Ted R.F. Bob King Roger Y. William Lloyd Wright Alice Bull Kossel Philip Pacy Tsien Cohen Evans Harry Detlev W. Frank Brink Steenbock Paul Bronk Jr. Greengard Richard Alfred G. Hume Adrian Eric F. Russell C. Robert Gesell Gilman Mills Edwin B. Hart Wieschaus Economics Physio/Med William Claud S. Alan Lloyd Harold Rupert Peterson Hodgkin Robert P. Conrad Geyer (Arnold) Peace Non-Nobel Elvehjem

Fig. S3. The largest component of The Academic Tree filtered to include individuals at the 99th percentile for number of Nobel laureate descendants and number of local Nobel family along with their first neighbors. Individual names are available on zooming. Eilhard Friedrich Felix Christian A. Mitscherlich B. Wohler C. D. Klein 5 27 WilhelmFriedrich 6 39 Ostwald 5 17 Heinrich Gustav 4 17 William Hopkins Magnus WilhelmHeinrich Georg Andreas EdgarFahs Heinrich Franz C. L. Ferdinand 5 26 Heintz Carl Stadeler Smith Peter Limpricht Lindemann 8 22 7 17 8 17 4 3 5 14 Marston T. W. Lash Frederick G. 9 17 Bogert Miller Arthur A James Robert T.D. Donnan AugustAdolph Emil Noyes Walker Luther EduardEberhard Gabriel Johannes Peter Johannes 4 4 5 1 Carl Georg Wilhelm Rudolph 5 8 8 6 David Arnold Johannes Raymond Kundt Hermann Warburg Muller Wislicenus 4 1 4 1 Runge John William Strutt 6 5 Fittig Hilbert Wilhelm Sommerfeld T. Birge Edward John Quincke 17 Ross Aiken 4 6 Routh (LordRayleigh) 11 18 4 3 5 26 13 Gortner Albert N.K. 8 6 6 1 WilliamHenry 5 14 RoscoeG. Neuberger Adam 16 11 11 22 Rudolf Ludwig Justus 4 1 Dickinson 10 21 Wilhelm Hermann Von Perkin,Jr. Rudolf Percy F. Friedrich Ira 6 4 4 1 Gregor Rontgen Karl Virchow Liebig 13 11 Arthur Frankland 8 8 Max Wentzel von Helmholtz MaxAugust Hantzsch Fichter Remsen L.C.H. 4 2 6 53 John Lionel Siegfried 7 1 Born Werner Hans Edward 4 4 Friedrich 9 4 4 1 Theodor Frederick 9 3 Albrecht Condon Joseph John 16 19 Ernest 819 Simonsen Heisenberg Abram Fedorovich Paschen Julius Friedrich 7 1 Zincke 710 Linus Carl Sanger 8 5 Nicholas Bethe 7 1 Thomson Rutherford Arthur Gordon August Wilhelm EmilR.A.C. 8 2 Ioffe 4 1 Cohnheim Walther Ewart Ray Alfred 4 2 Pauling Kemmer 16 10 Webster von Hofmann Erlenmeyer,Sr. Nernst Herbert Jones 5 3 9 1 8 2 5 4 Knut Johan Otto Richard 4 2 Ian Morris Werner LawrenceO. 7 3 Angstrom 6 9 9 21 4 5 James Flack Elmer P. Brockway 10 8 Reginald William Lummer 4 5 4 2 Robert Heilbron Victor Frederick J.Robert James Pyotr Robinson 5 1 Norris Kohler Theodore William Oppenheimer Edward Victor Kapitsa 4 2 AlbertPotter 5 7 Richard Jacob 6 1 Richards 8 2 Weisskopf 11 1 Ferdinand Volhard 4 2 5 3 5 1 RobertEugene Appleton Wills Abegg Tiemann James Riddick 6 3 Marshak Hugh Longbourne Karl Friedrich 12 7 Walther 5 8 Edgar LeonardS. 9 1 10 9 8 9 5 7 Bonhoeffer Partington Bright Callendar 14 1 David 9 10 Arnold 7 1 Borsche Wilson,Jr. William N. Lerman 7 2 George Ernest 5 1 Eucken 121 Charles Thomas Shoenberg Isidor 6 2 JamesBryant Lipscomb 8 1 David H Murray Isaac Gibson 4 2 Frederick Alexander Robert B. Otto GilbertN. 8 1 Frisch Gell-Mann Charles Glover ReesWilson Rabi HamiltonPerkinsOtto Julius Daniel Johannes Robertus Woodward Conant Lewis William Francis Barkla DouglasR 17 1 12 7 Cady Stieglitz Vorlander E. King Maass 7 2 10 1 Sackur Thiele Harusada Todd 6 2 4 1 Gray Swann Hartree 8 8 5 4 5 4 9 1 Suginome Wilson EdwardPenley 6 1 6 2 4 1 11 1 WilliamFrancis 4 1 5 6 4 3 Klaus 7 1 5 1 10 1 OwenWillans 12 1 Giauque 7 1 Baker Abraham JohnAshworth A. Brian Wendell Mitchell Clusius Colin B Richardson HerbertWakefield Pippard Hermann Irving MartinEdward Hermann Roger John 7 1 6 1 Reese Ratcliffe Banks Skinner Julian 5 1 Latimer Staudinger 4 1 SidneyBeer Carl A. Norman F. Schlesinger Hanke Winkler James Reekie 11 5 10 1 13 1 12 1 Schwinger 7 4 5 1 5 1 Ramsey 5 2 5 2 4 3 Takeshi Matsumoto 4 1 8 1 Karl Taylor HenryDe Wolf 7 3 9 3 Kenneth S. Paul Emil W.David Compton Smyth Albert V. Pitzer WillardFrank Leopold Cherbuliez 4 1 Ollis O. P. Q. R. S. T. U. V. W. 15 3 Crewe 6 2 Norman Ruzicka 12 5 Daniel Libby Davidson 4 1 4 1 Kenneth T. Emile F. Hans 6 1 Kleppner 5 1 4 1 Angelo Edgar John Richard WanderJohannes DetlevW. Bainbridge George C. 4 1 Gusztav Lafayette Benedict James Duclaux Kopfermann de Haas Bronk CharlesThomas 6 2 Battelli Buchbock Mendel Witzemann Chadwick Kuhn John Quincy Zahn 9 3 Pimentel Placidus Andreas Stewart Plattner 5 1 4 3 4 1 4 2 4 1 EdwardMills David 4 1 Harden M. 5 8 4 4 5 5 4 3 6 4 5 1 6 1 Purcell Pritchard McConnell 4 1 Luigi 5 1 5 1 4 2 Robert Wilhelm William Keith Puccianti Albert L. Etienne Ernest Charles Emile Herbert Heinz A. CornelisJacobus Frank Eberhard Bunsen Brooks Michael Robert Eccles Lehninger Brink Jr. J. Polanyi Swain S Bieler Pollard Roux Walther Staab Gorter I. K. 8 8 Charles P. 8 18 6 6 4 3 5 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 4 1 5 2 Slichter 5 4 4 2 5 1 Enrico 4 1 Fermi Theodore Carl Friedrich Thomas Hunt Ross G. William Draper C.J.P.N. Viktor Morgan Harrison 187 Eugene W. Rall WilhelmLudwig Richard Meyer Paul Wigner Harkins Ogden Nicholas Anschutz Frederick Gowland 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 HermannEmil Rood 4 4 2 4 1 5 3 Geoffrey Foucar 4 2 Sir Michael Hopkins Chew E. Foster F. Fischer G. H. 6 8 6 5 Jack H. 9 2 Steinberger Walter Polykarp Carl Theodor Edwin Giulio Otto Robert RichardHume 6 11 5 7 Ludolf Eric Keightley Paul Gilbert Liebermann B. Hart Bizzozero Frisch Adrian AlfredHenry David Kusch George RobertA von Krehl Rideal Don Weiss B. Sturtevant Poulson Gross 7 1 4 3 4 3 4 1 4 2 4 1 Friedrich Pegram Millikan Howard 1 5 1 4 1 JohnNewport Oskar Ernest Malcolm David 4 1 4 2 4 1 5 Henry Newell Goltz Walter Dixon Keilin 4 1 6 1 Martin Langley Piloty 4 2 4 5 Baldwin Florey 7 5 7 1 4 1 4 1 9 10 7 4 6 1 4 1 Archibald Ralph Sir Charles Sawyer Charles Carl D. V Hill Leonard Anderson R. Alan AndresO.M. Wallace Clement Scott Sherrington Wilhelm Paul Marie Sklodowska Christian Beatty Stoppani Sabine Schlenk Langevin Curie 6 1 B Loeb Lauritsen 9 4 4 1 10 3 6 1 5 1 4 1 6 1 4 5 Ralph H. 4 5 1 Fowler 7 5 2 L. M. N. John Rader Percy Williams Nobel Prize Category Derek Ernst R. Steven Herman ErnstDavid Edmond Platt 10 3 Denny-Brown Creed Fritz Bridgman Giuseppe Levi Antoine-Jerome Bergmann Bauer 4 1 John 10 3 F. Mark Feigl 7 4 Balard Lennard-Jones John Farquhar 8 3 4 1 5 1 5 1 6 1 7 7 6 6 6 1 Fulton 4 2 Sir John Michel Martin Edwin Crawford John Clarke Carew Eccles Gouterman Kemble Slater Salvador Renato Louis PierreEugene Chemistry Physics Magat 4 1 E Luria Dulbecco Pasteur MarcellinBerthelot Birger 9 2 6 1 153 4 1 Kaada Jack G.Powles 7 3 4 1 7 3 4 3 4 2 5 1 John H. vanVleck James D Jules Economics Physio/Med Violle Per Andersen 6 2 Watson 4 3 4 2 7 2 Robert Serber Peace Non-Nobel 4 1

Fig. S4. The largest component of The Academic Tree network filtered to include only individuals at the 99th percentile for number of Nobel laureate descendants and number of local Nobel family. Individual names, number of local Nobel family (blue), and number of Nobel descendants (red) are available on zooming. Table S1. Model predictors, estimated coefficients, standard errors and significance estimates for each outcome measure evaluated.

Number Adj. P Outcome Predictor Estimate S.E. z value Pr(>|z|) Random>Obs. Value Count model coefficients (negative binomial with log link)* Nobel Intercept -0.846 0.027 -30.850 < 2e-16 73 0.073 Ancestors Nobel Status 0.497 0.072 6.913 4.74E-12 3 0.003 Ancestors 0.023 0.001 38.027 < 2e-16 389 0.389 Log(theta) 1.702 0.126 13.462 < 2e-16 Zero-inflation model coefficients (binomial with logit link) Intercept -0.449 0.071 -6.336 2.36E-10 921 0.921 Ancestors -0.012 0.002 -6.537 6.27E-11 82 0.082 Count model coefficients (negative binomial with log link)** Nobel Intercept -1.049 0.083 -12.680 < 2e-16 850 0.85 Descendants Nobel Status 1.033 0.185 5.588 2.30E-08 0 0 Descendants 0.002 0.000 17.193 < 2e-16 143 0.143 Log(theta) -1.497 0.059 -25.172 < 2e-16 Zero-inflation model coefficients (binomial with logit link) Intercept 4.376 0.097 45.120 < 2e-16 997 0.997 Descendants -0.161 0.011 -14.610 < 2e-16 0 0 Count model coefficients (negative binomial with log link)*** Nobel Intercept -5.205 0.074 -70.656 < 2e-16 1000 1 M/GM Nobel Status 2.354 0.242 9.708 < 2e-16 0 0 M/GM 0.163 0.009 18.877 < 2e-16 0 0 Log(theta) -2.528 0.120 -21.124 < 2e-16 Zero-inflation model coefficients (binomial with logit link) Intercept -2.409 0.465 -5.181 2.21E-07 1000 1 M/GM 0.048 0.008 6.263 3.77E-10 0 0 Count model coefficients (negative binomial with log link)**** - Local Nobel Intercept -1.714 0.016 107.770 < 2e-16 0 0 Academic Nobel Status 1.860 0.098 18.950 < 2e-16 0 0 Family Local Family 0.014 0.000 46.310 < 2e-16 964 0.964 Quasibinomial with logit link Number Adj. P Predictor Estimate S.E. t value Pr(>|t|) Random>Obs. Value Local Nobel Intercept -1.702 0.068 -25.093 < 2e-16 1000 1 Heterogeneity Nobel Status 0.273 0.146 1.867 0.062 347 0.347 Nobel Family 0.072 0.019 3.874 0.0001 177 0.177 *Dispersion = 1.57; z = 32.15; p < 0.0001: ** Dispersion = 7.06; z = 10.45; p < 0.0001 ***Dispersion = 1.54; z = 5.78; p < 0.0001: **** Dispersion = 2.16; z = 25.61; p < 0.0001

Table S2. A description of information available in the Academic Tree Network. Node File Edge File Column 1: Person Id. Column 1: Edge Id. Column 2: First Name Column 2 Student (Target Node) Column 3: Middle Name Column 3: Mentor (Source Node) Column 4: Last Name Column 4: Relationship Column 5: Degree 0 - Research Assistant Column 6: University 1 - Graduate Student Column 7: Research Area 2 - Postdoc Column 8 Major Research Area 3 - Research Scientist Column 9: Award 4 - Collaborator

Table S3. The number of non-Nobel laureates, Nobel Laureates, Nobel laureates in different Prize categories, and number of connections for each data set in the data filtering process. Doctoral Individuals In At Least Individuals In Largest Relationships Only One Tree Connected Subnetwork Category (Filter 1) (Filter 2) (Filter 3) Individuals (Nodes) 91,608 81,000 57,831 Non-Nobel 91,127 80,528 57,429 Nobel 481 472 402 Physics 133 133 116 Chemistry 159 159 146 Physiology or Medicine 172 172 137 Peace 4 2 0 Literature 2 1 0 Economics 9 3 1 Physics/Chemistry 1 1 1 Chemistry/Peace 1 1 1 Connections (Edges) 85,325 80,731 61,849 Number of Major Areas 66 60 57 Advertising,Alzheimers, Advertising,Alzheimers, Advertising,Alzheimers, Anatomy,Animal Science, Anatomy,Anthropology, Anatomy,Anthropology, Anthropology,Applied Physics, Batten Disease,Baylor College of Baylor College of Medicine, Batten Disease,Baylor College of Medicine,Animal Behavior, Animal Behavior, Medicine,Animal Behavior, Biomechanics,Biomedical Biomechanics, Biomechanics,Biomedical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Engineering, Bronchopulmonology, Cell ,Cell & Gene Bronchopulmonology,Cell Cell Biology,Cell & Gene Therapy,Chemistry, Biology,Cell & Gene Therapy, Therapy,Chemistry, Computational Biology, Chemistry,Computational Computational Biology, Computer Science, Biology,Computer Science, Computer Science, Chrystallography, ,Communication Crystallography, Communication and Sciences and Disorders, Communication Sciences and Disorders,Development,Ear, Development,ear,Economics, Disorders,Development,Ear, Economics,Education, Education,Epidemiology, Economics,Education, Epidemiology,Engineering, Engineering,, Epidemiology,Engineering, Evolution,Fluid Dynamics and Fluid Dynamics and Evolution,Fluid Dynamics and Combustion,Fly,Genetics, Combustion,Fly,Genetics, Combustion,Fly,Genetics, Geography,History,Hypnosis, Geography,History,Hypnosis, Geography,History,Hypnosis, Infectious Disease,Law, Infectious Disease,Law, Infectious Disease,Law, Linguistics,Marine Ecology, Major Areas Linguistics,Literature, Linguistics,Marine Ecology, Math,, Marine Ecology,Math, Math,University of Michigan, ,Music,, University of Michigan, Microbiology,Music,Music Neuroscience,Neuro-oncology, Microbiology,Music,Music Therapy,Mycology, Neuropathology,Oceanography, Therapy,Mycology, Neuroscience,Neuro-oncology, Philosophy,Physics,Physiology, Neuroscience,Neuro-oncology, Neuropathology,Oceanography, Plantsys,Fission Yeast Genetics, Neuropathology,Oceanography, Philosophy,Physics,Physiology, Primatology,Experimental Organizational Communication, Plantsys,Fission Yeast Psychology,Sociology, Pediatric Surgery,Philosophy, Genetics,Primatology, Society for the Study of Ingestive Physics,Physiology,Plantsys, Experimental Psychology, Behavior,Science and Technology Political Science,Fission Yeast Sociology,Society for the Study Studies, Genetics,Primatology, of Ingestive Behavior,Science and Telomere and Telomerase Experimental Psychology, Technology Studies, Research,Terrestrial Ecology, Sociology,Society for the Study of Telomere and Telomerase Theoretical Ecology,Theology and Ingestive Behavior,Science and Research,Terrestrial Ecology, Biblical Studies,Writing Studies Technology Studies, Theoretical Ecology,Theology Telomere and Telomerase and Biblical Studies, Research,Terrestrial Ecology, Writing Studies Theoretical Ecology,Theology and Biblical Studies, Writing Studies

Table S4. The number of subnetworks of different sizes identified in the filtered data set along with the number of associated nodes and number of Nobel laureates at each subnetwork size. Subnetwork Number of Number of Number of Size Subnetworks Nodes Nobel laureates 57,831 1 57,831 402 1,441 1 1,441 0 836 1 836 1 51-100 7 416 0 26-50 46 1,451 8 2-25 4,103 18,708 59 1 317 317 2 Total 4,476 81,000 472

Table S5. The number and percentage of all Nobel laureates found in the network and the largest subnetwork. Number (Percentage) Number (Percentage) of of All Nobel All Nobel Laureates in Number of Laureates in Data Set Largest Subnetwork Category Nobel Laureates (Filter 2) (Filter 3) Physics 201 134 (66.7) 117 (58.2) Physiology 210 172 (81.9) 137 (65.2) Chemistry 172 161 (93.6) 148 (86.0) Economics 76 3 (3.9) 1 (1.3) Peace 103 3 (2.9) 1 (1.0) Literature 112 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0)