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Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers
We examined the long-term impact of coauthorship with established, highly-cited scientists on the careers of junior researchers in four scientific disciplines. Here, using matched pair analysis, we find that junior researchers who coauthor work with top scientists enjoy a persistent competitive adva...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6858367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31729362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13130-4 |
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author | Li, Weihua Aste, Tomaso Caccioli, Fabio Livan, Giacomo |
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description | We examined the long-term impact of coauthorship with established, highly-cited scientists on the careers of junior researchers in four scientific disciplines. Here, using matched pair analysis, we find that junior researchers who coauthor work with top scientists enjoy a persistent competitive advantage throughout the rest of their careers, compared to peers with similar early career profiles but without top coauthors. Such early coauthorship predicts a higher probability of repeatedly coauthoring work with top-cited scientists, and, ultimately, a higher probability of becoming one. Junior researchers affiliated with less prestigious institutions show the most benefits from coauthorship with a top scientist. As a consequence, we argue that such institutions may hold vast amounts of untapped potential, which may be realised by improving access to top scientists. |
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spelling | pubmed-68583672019-11-20 Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers Li, Weihua Aste, Tomaso Caccioli, Fabio Livan, Giacomo Nat Commun Article We examined the long-term impact of coauthorship with established, highly-cited scientists on the careers of junior researchers in four scientific disciplines. Here, using matched pair analysis, we find that junior researchers who coauthor work with top scientists enjoy a persistent competitive advantage throughout the rest of their careers, compared to peers with similar early career profiles but without top coauthors. Such early coauthorship predicts a higher probability of repeatedly coauthoring work with top-cited scientists, and, ultimately, a higher probability of becoming one. Junior researchers affiliated with less prestigious institutions show the most benefits from coauthorship with a top scientist. As a consequence, we argue that such institutions may hold vast amounts of untapped potential, which may be realised by improving access to top scientists. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-11-15 /pmc/articles/PMC6858367/ /pubmed/31729362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13130-4 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Li, Weihua Aste, Tomaso Caccioli, Fabio Livan, Giacomo Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers |
title | Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers |
title_full | Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers |
title_fullStr | Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers |
title_full_unstemmed | Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers |
title_short | Early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers |
title_sort | early coauthorship with top scientists predicts success in academic careers |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6858367/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31729362 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13130-4 |
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