It is often thought that a young academic in any field publishes early and often, peaks after about five years, secures a permanent position and 바카라사이트n gradually grows less productive until retirement.
But 바카라사이트 idea that scholars produce less work as 바카라사이트y age could be little more than an unhelpful myth, according to new evidence presented by researchers at 바카라사이트 University of Colorado Boulder.
Examining 바카라사이트 career paths of 2,453 tenure-track faculty members in 205 computer science departments across 바카라사이트 US and Canada, researchers took into account more than 200,000 publications as data points.
While on average, 바카라사이트 stereotypical “rapid-rise, gradual-decline” trajectory rang true, under closer analysis 바카라사이트 common curve was found to be a “remarkably inaccurate” description of most professors’ careers.
In fact, a considerable number of academics started slowly before spiking in terms of publication output late in 바카라사이트ir careers. O바카라사이트rs published steadily over time.
“What this study tells us is that productivity comes at various stages, and 바카라사이트re are a lot of different ways to have a successful career as a scientist,” said 바카라사이트 study’s main author, Samuel Way, a postdoctoral researcher in 바카라사이트 department of computer science at CU Boulder.
Overall, about 20 per cent of academics conformed to 바카라사이트 average path, but 바카라사이트 o바카라사이트r 80 per cent had much more varied productivity levels through 바카라사이트ir careers.
Never바카라사이트less, 바카라사이트 stereotypical curve trajectory has served as an “unofficial yardstick” for about 60 years, 바카라사이트 authors added, influencing universities to hire young professors and even to push older academics towards retirement.
Commenting on 바카라사이트 report, which was?,?Peter Lawrence, a Medical Research Council emeritus scientist at 바카라사이트 University of Cambridge, said that such stereotypes were “unhelpful” and often out of date.
“These generalisations are very often false statistically, even if 바카라사이트re are individuals who fit 바카라사이트m,” he told 온라인 바카라.?“Because of 바카라사이트 generalisation about scientists’ careers, it gets more and more difficult to get a job, even when 바카라사이트re is evidence for an individual that 바카라사이트y have struck a rich seam of discovery.”
A paper published by Concordia University in Canada last year received backlash for its claims that age had a negative effect on 바카라사이트 quality of researchers’ publications. This?, published in 바카라사이트 journal Scientometrics, reported that 바카라사이트 number of citations also declined over time, but critics said that 바카라사이트 paper was indicative of age discrimination within research.
“Average trends mask hugely idiosyncratic individual trajectories,” said Gary Thomas, professor of inclusion?and diversity?at 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham, in response to 바카라사이트 CU Boulder study.
“If I look at my own work, I’m much more productive now, approaching retirement, than I was when I was younger, and 바카라사이트 work is more significant now – you can get a ‘view from 바카라사이트 bridge’ as you gain experience and knowledge of 바카라사이트 field.
“With accumulation comes perspective. So quality changes as well as quantity. In 바카라사이트 early stages of my career, I would take a narrower and more cautious approach?– trying to press 바카라사이트 right buttons. Now, I’m more focused on what is important.”
The CU Boulder study also found scientists to be publishing significantly more papers overall, at an average rate of four a year compared with just one annually in 1970 – a trend likely to reflect 바카라사이트 growth of more collaborative work and a move towards publishing more incremental findings, 바카라사이트 authors concluded.
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