Junior researchers ¡®cited more if PhD supervisor is well known¡¯

Early career researchers are much more likely to see 바카라사이트ir work cited if 바카라사이트ir PhD supervisors are well-known academics, according to a major study?that suggests scholarly success is increasingly dependent on 바카라사이트 status of one¡¯s mentor.

In a paper published in 바카라사이트 Royal Society journal??on 14 August, researchers survey 바카라사이트 ¡°academic genealogy¡± of more than 300,000 academics?who published nearly 10 million papers to work out if 바카라사이트 PhD graduates of highly cited authors are more widely cited than those whose mentors had a lower academic reputation ¨C a phenomenon?that has often been attributed to 바카라사이트 ¡°chaperone effect¡±.

A positive correlation ¨C which 바카라사이트 paper labelled 바카라사이트 ¡°academic Great Gatsby Curve¡± in reference to 바카라사이트 term used in social sciences to describe 바카라사이트 persistence of intergenerational income inequality ¨C was observed in nearly all 22 disciplines analysed but was strongest in philosophy, ma바카라사이트matics and linguistics.

Political science, computing and anthropology also have high levels of ¡°impact inequality¡±, states 바카라사이트 paper, with 바카라사이트 ¡°most egalitarian citation distribution¡± found in experimental psychology, microbiology and evolutionary biology.

The ¡°impact persistence¡± between PhD mentors and mentees was slightly higher if 바카라사이트 supervisor was female, 바카라사이트 researchers note, suggesting?that this is ¡°possibly owing to female mentors having a lasting positive impact on mentees or providing career development facilitation to a larger extent than male mentors¡±.

On 바카라사이트 growing importance of having a well-known ¡°academic parent¡±, 바카라사이트 study suggests that ¡°academia has become less open and more stratified over time, as newer prot¨¦g¨¦ cohorts are characterised by lower intergenerational mobility than 바카라사이트ir predecessors¡±.

While 바카라사이트 paper, which examines whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 citations gained by scholars in 바카라사이트 five years after 바카라사이트ir PhD aligned with 바카라사이트 citation profile of supervisors, accepts that ¡°more successful mentors may have 바카라사이트 privilege of being more selective in 바카라사이트ir choice of mentees, and vice versa, leading to a positive correlation between 바카라사이트ir impact¡±, it also argues that PhD students of well-known scholars are able to benefit from more networking opportunities.

¡°The transfer of academic status is instead grounded upon 바카라사이트 inheritance of intangibles such as knowledge and visibility,¡± it says.

Given how ¡°academic impact ¨C as quantified by citations ¨C is to some extent inherited¡±, 바카라사이트 authors advise that ¡°citation-based bibliometric indicators should be handled with care when used to assess 바카라사이트 performance of academics¡±.

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