CHEMIST

Katalin Karikó

1955 - Today

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Katalin "Kati" Karikó (Hungarian: Karikó Katalin, pronounced [ˈkɒrikoː ˌkɒtɒlin]; born 17 January 1955) is a Hungarian-American biochemist who specializes in ribonucleic acid (RNA)-mediated mechanisms, particularly in vitro-transcribed messenger RNA (mRNA) for protein replacement therapy. Karikó laid the scientific groundwork for mRNA vaccines, overcoming major obstacles and skepticism in the scientific community. Karikó received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2023 for her work, along with American immunologist Drew Weissman.Karikó spent more than twenty years as a poorly supported researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, where she is an adjunct professor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Katalin Karikó has received more than 1,296,336 page views. Her biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Katalin Karikó is the 96th most popular chemist (up from 169th in 2019), the 72nd most popular biography from Hungary (up from 101st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Hungarian Chemist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

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  • 65.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 55

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.14

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Katalin Karikó by language

Over the past year Katalin Karikó has had the most page views in the with 605,930 views, followed by Hungarian (151,602), and Japanese (100,659). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Korean (24,576.47%), Swedish (1,971.02%), and Polish (1,183.88%)

Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Katalin Karikó ranks 96 out of 602. Before her are Paul Hermann Müller, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Vladimir Prelog, Leopold Ružička, and Marshall Warren Nirenberg. After her are Karl Ziegler, Martin Heinrich Klaproth, Carl Ferdinand Cori, Felix Hoffmann, William Giauque, and Stanford Moore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Katalin Karikó ranks 28. Before her are Mo Yan, Ludovico Einaudi, Héctor Cúper, Olga Korbut, Valery Gerasimov, and Whoopi Goldberg. After her are Nina Hagen, Dodi Fayed, Chow Yun-fat, Marcelo Bielsa, Donatella Versace, and Najib Mikati.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Katalin Karikó ranks 72 out of 1,077. Before her are Andrew I of Hungary (1010), Elizabeth of Bosnia (1340), Ferenc Molnár (1878), Géza II of Hungary (1130), Béla II of Hungary (1108), and Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893). After her are Solomon, King of Hungary (1053), Marie Henriette of Austria (1836), Nándor Hidegkuti (1922), Sándor Ferenczi (1873), Kinga of Poland (1224), and Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917).

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Among CHEMISTS In Hungary

Among chemists born in Hungary, Katalin Karikó ranks 2. Before her are George de Hevesy (1885). After her are Avram Hershko (1937), George Andrew Olah (1927), Mária Telkes (1900), Michael Polanyi (1891), and Elizabeth Roboz Einstein (1904).

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