10.7910/DVN/6NJ5RNLi, JichaoJichaoLiNorthwestern UniversityYin, YianYianYinNorthwestern UniversityFortunato, SantoSantoFortunatoIndiana UniversityWang DashunWangDashunNorthwestern UniversityA dataset of publication records for Nobel laureatesHarvard Dataverse2018Social SciencesLi, JichaoNorthwestern University2018-12-032018-12-04940815764746044202285119085text/tab-separated-valuestext/tab-separated-valuestext/tab-separated-valuestext/tab-separated-values1.0CC0 1.0We constructed the publication records for almost all Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine from 1900 to 2016 (545 out of 590, 92.4%). We first collected information manually from Nobel Prize official websites, their university websites, and Wikipedia. We then match it algorithmically with big data, tracing publication records from the MAG database.