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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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March 10, 2026

Interdisciplinary Papers Supported by Disciplinary Grants Garner Deep and Broad Scientific Impact→

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Minsu Park, Suman Kalyan Maity, Stefan Wuchty, and Dashun Wang (2026). PNAS Nexus.

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AI Agents Are ‘Aeroplanes for the Mind’→

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Dashun Wang (2026). Nature, 651, 32-34.

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Sci2Pol: Evaluating and Fine-Tuning LLMs on Scientific-to-Policy Brief Generation

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Weimin Wu, Alexander C. Furnas, Eddie Yang, Gefei Liu, Akhil Pandey Akella, Xuefeng Song, Dashun Wang, and Han Liu (2026). The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR) (Forthcoming).

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March 05, 2026

Benchmark illusion: Disagreement Among LLMs and Its Scientific Consequences→

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Eddie Yang and Dashun Wang (2026). arXiv.

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Pivoting as an Adaptive Strategy to Geopolitical Tensions in U.S. Science→

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Moxin Li, Yifang Ma, Yang Wang, and Dashun Wang (2026). arXiv.

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Geopolitics in the Evaluation of International Scientific Collaboration→

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Alexander C. Furnas, Ruixue Jia, Margaret E. Roberts, and Dashun Wang (2026). NBER Working Paper 34789.

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The Rise of Large Language Models and the Direction and Impact of US Federal Research Funding→

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Yifan Qian, Zhe Wen, Alexander C. Furnas, Yue Bai, Erzhuo Shao, and Dashun Wang (2026). arXiv.

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The Pivot Penalty in Research

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

Partisan Disparities in the Use of Science in Policy

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

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.
• One of the 50 most readNature Communications articles from across the life and biological sciences in 2019

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

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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