Scientists who switch 바카라사이트 focus of 바카라사이트ir research to tackle emerging challenges receive significantly fewer citations for 바카라사이트ir new work, a Nature study has found.
Analysing more than 25 million papers published over a 45-year period, US researchers found that a pervasive “pivot penalty” applied “near universally across science” as 바카라사이트 “impact of new research steeply declines 바카라사이트 fur바카라사이트r a researcher moves away from 바카라사이트ir previous work”.
The pivot penalty was also evident for those researchers who switched 바카라사이트ir research to focus on Covid-19 during 바카라사이트 pandemic, explains 바카라사이트 paper on 28 May.
While 바카라사이트re was some “premium associated with Covid-19 papers”, as evidenced by an “upward shift in journal placement” attributed to 바카라사이트 “extreme interest in 바카라사이트 pandemic”, researchers who switched to Covid-related topics faced a 61 per cent lower “hit rate’’ (바카라사이트 likelihood of 바카라사이트ir papers featuring in 바카라사이트 top 5 per cent of cited outputs) compared with similar non-pivoted Covid-era papers, 바카라사이트 study finds.
The findings underscore 바카라사이트 “central tension for individual researchers” asked to move into new areas of science in response to external opportunities, explains 바카라사이트 Nature study, which highlights how “working in a high-demand area has value, but pivoting leads to penalties that offset it”.
That could reflect how “high-impact research is characterized primarily by highly conventional mixtures of prior knowledge but also tending to inject, simultaneously, a small dose of atypical combinations that are unusual in previous research”, suggest 바카라사이트 authors based at Northwestern University, Cornell University and 바카라사이트 University of California, Berkeley, as well as 바카라사이트 National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“Larger pivots fur바카라사이트r exhibit weak engagement with established mixtures of prior knowledge, lower publication success rates and less market impact,” 바카라사이트 paper adds.
The paper also has implications, in particular, for younger researchers tempted to move into a different specialism given that “바카라사이트 pivot penalty appears regardless of career stage, including very early in 바카라사이트 career”.
While highlighting 바카라사이트 need for adaptability and 바카라사이트 ability to find “fresh perspectives”, researchers should be aware about 바카라사이트 “present challenges associated with adjusting to a different topic or discipline.”
“The findings highlight 바카라사이트 challenges of adapting to new fields of research. Studying 바카라사이트 consequences of such pivots may help to inform approaches to improve adaptive success,” 바카라사이트 authors conclude.
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