Increasing trend of scientists to switch between topics
How does a scientist’s tendency to explore a variety of topics affect their career? Here, the authors analyze scientific publication data to understand how often scientists switch topics, how topic switching has changed over time, and how it relates to research productivity.
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| author | An Zeng Zhesi Shen Jianlin Zhou Ying Fan Zengru Di Yougui Wang H. Eugene Stanley Shlomo Havlin |
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| description | How does a scientist’s tendency to explore a variety of topics affect their career? Here, the authors analyze scientific publication data to understand how often scientists switch topics, how topic switching has changed over time, and how it relates to research productivity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-608d9ffd32004d5da3f3d7c2eadd87082022-12-21T19:25:59ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232019-07-0110111110.1038/s41467-019-11401-8Increasing trend of scientists to switch between topicsAn Zeng0Zhesi Shen1Jianlin Zhou2Ying Fan3Zengru Di4Yougui Wang5H. Eugene Stanley6Shlomo Havlin7School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal UniversityNational Science Library, Chinese Academy of SciencesSchool of Systems Science, Beijing Normal UniversitySchool of Systems Science, Beijing Normal UniversitySchool of Systems Science, Beijing Normal UniversitySchool of Systems Science, Beijing Normal UniversityCenter for Polymer Studies and Department of Physics, Boston UniversityDepartment of Physics, Bar-Ilan UniversityHow does a scientist’s tendency to explore a variety of topics affect their career? Here, the authors analyze scientific publication data to understand how often scientists switch topics, how topic switching has changed over time, and how it relates to research productivity.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11401-8 |
| spellingShingle | An Zeng Zhesi Shen Jianlin Zhou Ying Fan Zengru Di Yougui Wang H. Eugene Stanley Shlomo Havlin Increasing trend of scientists to switch between topics Nature Communications |
| title | Increasing trend of scientists to switch between topics |
| title_full | Increasing trend of scientists to switch between topics |
| title_fullStr | Increasing trend of scientists to switch between topics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increasing trend of scientists to switch between topics |
| title_short | Increasing trend of scientists to switch between topics |
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| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11401-8 |
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