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What is the Academinence prestige score?

The Academinence prestige score weights awards by their significance: Apex tier awards (Nobel, Fields Medal, Turing) receive 10 points, Elite tier awards (Wolf, Lasker, Shaw) receive 3 points, and Prestigious tier awards receive 1 point.

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Academinence tracks over 100 prestigious academic awards across sciences, mathematics, medicine, economics, and engineering, including Nobel Prizes, Fields Medals, Turing Awards, Wolf Prizes, Breakthrough Prizes, Lasker Awards, and many more.

Stephen Hawking(1942–2018)

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Physics

Stephen Hawking is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009) from United Kingdom. They have received 14 major awards in total. Their primary field is Physics. They were educated at Trinity Hall and University College, Oxford. They have been affiliated with California Institute of Technology.

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Presidential Medal of Freedom (2009)Copley Medal (2006)Princess of Asturias Award (1989)Wolf Prize in Physics (1988)Dirac Medal (1987)Lorentz Medal (1987)Royal Medal (1985)RAS Gold Medal (1985)Franklin Medal (1981)Harvey Prize (1980)Hughes Medal (1976)Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1976)Eddington Medal (1975)Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics ()

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Major Awards

425

Publications

92,330

Citations

104

h-index

201

i10-index

217.2

Avg Citations/Paper

Career History

Director of Research

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, GB

2009 — Present

Lucasian Professor of Mathematics

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, GB

1979 — 2009

Reader in Gravitational Physics

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, GB

1975 — 1979

Sherman Fairchilds Distinguished Visiting Professor

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, US

1970 — 1975

Education

University of Cambridge Trinity Hall

PhD

Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

1966

University of Oxford University College Oxford

First-Class BA (Hons.)

Natural Science

1962

External Profiles

ORCID

0000-0002-9079-593X

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Publications & Citations

Career Path

Award progression over time

Apex Elite Prestigious

Co-winners

Shared the same award in the same year

Roger Penrose

Wolf Prize in Physics (1988)

Education

Trinity Hall(doctorate)

University College, Oxford(Bachelor of Arts)

St Albans High School for Girls

St Albans School

Byron House School

University of Cambridge

Doctoral Advisors

Bruce AllenGary GibbonsThomas HertogBernard CarrDon PagePaul ShellardFay DowkerMalcolm PerryRaphael BoussoRaymond LaflammeWu ZhongchaoChristophe GalfardChristopher PopeMarika TaylorAlan YuilleHarvey ReallJonathan HalliwellIan MossAndrew ChamblinPeter D. D'EathNicholas P. WarnerJames D. E. GrantSimon Frederick RossFriedel EppleJames SparksMike CassidyPaul DavisMike FawcettJustin D. HaywardChristopher J. HunterAlan LapedesJulian LuttrellOisin MacConamhnaTim PrestidgeChris PriorBrian WhittZhong Chao WuDaksh LohiyaStephen Theodore SiklosRicardo MonteiroGianPaolo ProcopioGlenn LyonsDennis W. Sciama