Analysis for Science Librarians of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: Macroscopic Quantum Observations

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In October 2025, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.”

In October 2025, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.” This article includes a brief explanation of the science behind the experiment, an introduction to each laureate, and an analysis of each physicist’s scholarly record using data from Web of Science. This version is the submitted author manuscript prior to peer-review.

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2026-04-09
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Ostler, K. R., & Jaffe, P. A. (2026). Analysis for Science Librarians of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics: Macroscopic Quantum Observations. Science & Technology Libraries, 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1080/0194262X.2026.2655993

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Karalyn R. Ostler and Phillip A. Jaffe
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Keywords
  • Nobel Prize in Physics
  • physics
  • quantum mechanics
  • quantum computing
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  • Arizona
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  • Arizona