1\Really excited to share our latest paper, out today in @NatureComms! It's joint work with @WeihuaLi11, @TomasoAste, Fabio Caccioli at @uclfincomp @uclcs.
nature.com/articles/s4146…
Let's see what we did #ScienceOfScience
nature.com/articles/s4146…
Let's see what we did #ScienceOfScience
2\We analysed the careers of 22K scientists in 4 disciplines, and showed that coauthoring at least *one* paper with a top-cited scientist during the first 3 career years leads to a long-term competitive advantage with respect to peers.
3/This effect is not equally strong across the cohort though. Junior researchers (JRs) who are affiliated with top institutions and/or who are highly productive are already on the pathway to long-term career impact with high probability, regardless of their coauthors.
4/In contrast, coauthorship with a top scientist truly has potential career-altering consequences for JRs who are affiliated with less prestigious institutions and/or are not among the top in terms of productivity.
5/The aforementioned competitive advantage materialises by means of a 'rich-get-richer' mechanism, where the early career opportunity to publish with a top scientist translates into a higher probability of doing it again at later career stages, and, eventually, to become one.
6/Hope you enjoy the paper!
