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Early Career Setback and Future Achievement in Professional Sports→

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Early Career Setback and Future Achievement in Professional Sports

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Which Political Party Is More Science-Friendly? Maybe Not the One You Think→

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Which Political Party Is More Science-Friendly? Maybe Not the One You Think

Republicans have historically funded a lot of science, new research shows. President Trump might be bucking that trend.

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AI Enters the Grant Game, Picking Winners→

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AI Enters the Grant Game, Picking Winners

Funders test algorithms to spot promising science, raising hopes of faster reviews—and fears of bias.

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The Impact of Faculty Tenure on Research Output Explored in New Study→

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The Impact of Faculty Tenure on Research Output Explored in New Study

Faculty tenure is associated with increasing output during the ‘tenure clock’ years, followed by a shift to more novel and exploratory work, finds a new study.

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How Getting Tenure Changes Researchers’ Publication Habits — and Citations→

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How Getting Tenure Changes Researchers’ Publication Habits — and Citations

Paper output varies between disciplines, as does the trend after tenure is achieved.

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The Pivot Penalty in Research→

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Shifting Research Focus Comes with the Risk of Reduced Impact→

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Shifting Research Focus Comes with the Risk of Reduced Impact

An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents shows that the further a researcher or inventor moves from their previous work, the less cited their latest work will be.

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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.
• Supplementary Information

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.
• arXiv
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