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Emergence of Scaling in Complex Substitutive Systems
Emergence of Scaling in Complex Substitutive Systems
The Evolution of Citation Graphs in Artificial Intelligence Research
The Evolution of Citation Graphs in Artificial Intelligence Research
Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology
Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology
Toward a More Scientific Science
Toward a More Scientific Science
A Century of Physics
A Century of Physics
Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact
Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact

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July 23, 2025

Tenure and Research Trajectories→

July 23, 2025/ ScienceSites

Giorgio Tripodi, Xiang Zheng, Yifan Qian, Dakota Murray, Benjamin F. Jones, Chaoqun Ni, and Dashun Wang (2025). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), 122 (30) e2500322122.

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May 29, 2025

The Pivot Penalty in Research→

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Ryan Hill, Yian Yin, Carolyn Stein, Xizhao Wang, Dashun Wang, and Benjamin F. Jones (2025). Nature.

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April 24, 2025

Partisan Disparities in the Use of Science in Policy→

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Alexander C. Furnas, Timothy M. LaPira, and Dashun Wang (2025). Science, 388, 362-367.

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Coevolution of Policy and Science During the Pandemic

Yian Yin, Jian Gao, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (2021). Science, 371(6525), 128-130.

Quantifying Dynamics of Failure Across Science, Startups, and Security (PDF)

Yian Yin, Yang Wang, James A. Evans, and Dashun Wang (2019). Nature.
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Early-Career Setback and Future Career Impact (PDF)

Yang Wang, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (2019). Nature Communications.
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• One of the 50 most read Nature Communications articles from across the life and biological sciences in 2019

Emergence of Scaling in Complex Substitutive Systems (PDF)

Ching Jin, Chaoming Song, Johannes Bjelland, Geoffrey Canright, and Dashun Wang (in press). Nature Human Behaviour.
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Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology (PDF)

Lingfei Wu, Dashun Wang, and James A. Evans (2019). Nature.
• arXiv preprint
• Ranked by Altmetrics as one of the 100 most-discussed papers in 2019

Hot Streaks in Artistic, Cultural, and Scientific Careers

Lu Liu, Yang Wang, Roberta Sinatra, C. Lee Giles, Chaoming Song, and Dashun Wang (2018). Nature.
• Data and Code
• arXiv preprint
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Quantifying Patterns of Research-Interest Evolution (PDF)

Tao Jia, Dashun Wang, and Boleslaw K. Szymanski (2017). Nature Human Behaviour.

Quantifying the Evolution of Individual Scientific Impact (PDF)

Roberta Sinatra, Dashun Wang, Pierre Deville, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2016). Science.
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Scaling Identity Connects Human Mobility and Social Interactions (PDF)

Pierre Deville, Chaoming Song, Nathan Eagle, Vincent Blondel, Albert-László Barabási, and Dashun Wang (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
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Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact (PDF)

Dashun Wang, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2013). Science, 342, 6154: 127-132.
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