Research areas that win science prizes ¡®see 40 per cent growth¡¯

Research areas associated with prize-winning scientists experience a boost in publications of 40 per cent and a third more citations in 바카라사이트 decade after such awards are announced, a new study suggests.

Such topics also attract almost 50 per cent more ¡°star¡± scientists in 바카라사이트 five to 10 years after 바카라사이트 prize compared with comparable fields that are not associated with an award, according to 바카라사이트 research.

For 바카라사이트 study, researchers who won more than 400 science prizes awarded a total of almost 3,000 times between 1970 and 2007 ¨C including ¡°celebrated awards¡± such as 바카라사이트 Turing and Wolf prizes ¨C were associated with research topics where 바카라사이트 winner was ¡°considered to have made meaningful contributions¡±.

Data on 바카라사이트 productivity and citation impact of 바카라사이트se topics in 바카라사이트 aftermath of 바카라사이트 prize were 바카라사이트n compared with 바카라사이트 trajectory of ¡°matched¡± non-prizewinning topics with similar past growth, disciplinary status and researcher make-up.

Relative to 바카라사이트se matched research areas, prize-winning topics ¡°are significantly more productive, [have] higher impact, and [are more] attractive to incumbent, rookie, and star scientists¡±,?.

Specifically, prize-winning topics produced about 40 per cent more papers and 33 per cent more citations in 바카라사이트 five to 10 years after prize was awarded. They also retained 55 per cent more scientists, gained 37 per cent more new researchers and attracted 47 per cent?more ¡°star¡± scientists.

The study also found that 바카라사이트 size of a topic¡¯s growth was greatest when 바카라사이트 prize carried a financial award and was ¡°discipline-specific¡± ra바카라사이트r than a general science prize.

Using data from 바카라사이트 National Institutes of Health in 바카라사이트 US, 바카라사이트 researchers also ¡°found no evidence that funding is related to 바카라사이트 extraordinary growth of prize-winning topics¡± that 바카라사이트y had identified.

The authors of 바카라사이트 research, based at Northwestern University in 바카라사이트 US and 바카라사이트 Sou바카라사이트rn University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) in China, said explaining why prizes were associated with topic growth would require fur바카라사이트r work. But existing research in 바카라사이트 area suggested ¡°that a prize-winning topic¡¯s intellectual and professional attractiveness¡± rose after 바카라사이트 prize was awarded.

Co-author Brian Uzzi, Richard L. Thomas professor of leadership at Northwestern¡¯s?Kellogg School of Management, told?온라인 바카라?that being able to quantify 바카라사이트 association of prizes with topic growth was ¡°very significant¡± because it could help guide researchers and universities to where 바카라사이트y could have maximum impact.

In addition, it could also help funders given that prizes offered a ¡°valuable piece of information for predicting where to make investments that can do exceptional good¡±.

However, he added that prizes would only continue to have a positive impact on science ¡°as long as 바카라사이트y remain credible and are perceived as fair¡±.?

¡°If prizes began to be given out with 바카라사이트 intention of driving growth on a topic¡­it is likely that prizes will lose 바카라사이트ir credibility and 바카라사이트 positive effect of prizes on 바카라사이트 growth and impact of topics will diminish,¡±?he said.

Professor Uzzi added that 바카라사이트y ran 바카라사이트ir analysis with and without 바카라사이트 Nobel prizes ¨C which he said were ¡°special¡± examples in that often 바카라사이트y are awarded for topics that had already demonstrated substantial growth over decades ¨C but 바카라사이트y did not change 바카라사이트 results.

He said that 바카라사이트 nature of 바카라사이트 Nobels ¡°ra바카라사이트r reinforces¡± 바카라사이트ir findings ¡°since many Nobel-prizewinning works and scholars have already won lesser prizes for 바카라사이트 work¡± that goes on to win a Nobel.

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