http://bonoblog.com/2007/06/13/the-nobel-prize/

This is one [my] reading of the posted information on nobel prize organization and brittanica on number of nominators and number of nominees for each of the six category of nobel prize to reconcile the reported 6000 nominations in brittanica

Part of the Nobel Prizes’s prestige stems from the serious research that goes into the selection of the prizewinners. The Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in the months of October and November. The selection of the prizewinners starts in the early autumn of the preceding year, when the prize-awarding institutions invite more than 6,000 people throughout the world to propose, or nominate, candidates for the prizes; about 1,000 people submit their nominations for each prize. Among those invited to nominate candidates are previous Nobel laureates; members of the prize-awarding institutions themselves; scholars active in the fields of physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine; and officials and members of diverse universities and learned academies. The recipients of the invitations are asked to supply a written proposal giving the reasons for their choice. Self-nomination automatically disqualifies the person. (For a graphic depiction of the selection process, see Figure.)

http://www.britannica.com/nobel/nobelprizes.html

Gleaned from Brittanica linked earlier.
There are about 1140- 1490 nominees for the six prizes ranging about 150-300 nominees per prize as detailed below with about 6,000 nominators submitting these 1140- 1490 nominees as many nominators would have nominated the same nominee. This explains the discrepancy in number between number of nominators submitting the nominations of the nominees and the actual number of nominees.

It does not mean 1000 nominations for each category, given 6 categories and 6000 nominations received. Economics appears to have 250 nominations with only 100+ nominees. Some categories could have more than 1000 nominators submitting then. Brittanica suggests that 1000 nominations for each category but the nobel prize organization reporting of 250 nominations with 100+ nominees appears to depart from the rule of thumb of 1000 nominations per category. It could be 1000 invitations are sent out for economics but 250 reply with a submission of a nominee and with over lapping, there are thus 100+ nominees from the 250 nominators.

The ratio of nominees to nominators is about 1,300: 6,000 or 1: 4 . It would be presumptuous to conclude that 4 nominators nominate the same nominee. Popular and serious nominees could have more nominations and the converse could be true.

From the nobel prize organization covering the six nobel prizes are the figures for the received number of nominees [ note , not the received number of nominations or number of nominations. These are about 6000 nominations from 6000 nominators for 1140- 1490 nominees]

(1) Physics: 250-350 nominees per recent year

The nominations reach the Academy of Sciences between September and February. Many candidates receive more than one nomination and therefore the number of candidates is fewer than the nominations submitted. In recent years, about 250-350 persons have been nominated annually. http://nobelprize.org/physics/nomination/index.html

(2) Chemistry : 250-350 nominees per recent year

The nominations reach the Academy of Sciences between September and February. Many candidates receive more than one nomination and therefore the number of candidates is fewer than the nominations submitted. In recent years, about 250-350 persons have been nominated annually. http://nobelprize.org/chemistry/nomination/index.html

(3) Medicine or physiology : 200-300 nominees per recent year

The nominations reach the Nobel Assembly between September and February. Many suggest the same person, and therefore the total number of recommended candidates is usually about 200 to 300. http://nobelprize.org/medicine/nomination/index.html

(4) Literature: 200 nominees per recent year

The nominations reach the Academy between September and February. The same names are usually listed as candidates. Around 200 names have been submitted yearly for consideration. http://nobelprize.org/literature/nomination/index.html

(5) Peace: 140 nominees per recent year

The nominations reach the Nobel Committee between September and February. In recent years, the Committee has received well over 140 nominations. Like the other prizes, the number of candidates is usually fewer than the number of nominations submitted since the same names are usually proposed. http://nobelprize.org/peace/nomination/index.html

(6) Economics: 100+ nominees per recent year

The nominations reach the Economics Prize Selection Committee of the Academy between September and February. About 250 nominations are submitted covering a little more than a hundred nominees. http://nobelprize.org/economics/nomination/index.html

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I was looking at the proper post to leave this comment… It is off-topic, but I hope you don’t mind. This post seems to be the one that I found, in my entire 5-second search, that would make it the least off-topic, since you are talking here about nominations and winning awards.

That’s what I wanted to mention as well. As I noted the other night at Little Miss Attila’s entry on you (see the 3rd comment there, and her response to it), I had nominated this site for the “Best Law Blog” category in the annual Weblog Awards Contest, and said that I hope that it was chosen as a finalist for the ballot.

I just saw that your site has indeed been chosen. The voting begins tomorrow, and the weblogs that’ve been chosen will be posting entries, making their readers aware of this, so as to get votes. Best of luck in the contest!