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Foreign-trained faculty and the collaborative organization of high-impact U.S. science
Erjia Yan, Chaoqun Ni, Xiang Zheng +1
Internationally mobile scientists are central to national research and innovation systems. We link faculty rosters from the Academic Analytics Research Center to OpenAlex publicati…
Generating Biomedical Fact-Checking Reports with RL-Enhanced Agentic Search
Jiongxiao Wang, Dingli Ma, Chaoqun Ni
Automated fact-checking is essential for ensuring the reliability of public health information, yet the biomedical domain poses unique challenges. Validating biomedical claims requ…
Advisor career stage and PhD advisee outcomes
Xi Hong, Jialin Liu, Chaoqun Ni
PhD advisors are central to doctoral training, but their influence may vary across career stages. Early-, mid-, and late-career advisors may differ in research activity, mentoring…
Scientific exploration, collaboration and labor division in the large language model era
Xiang Zheng, Xi Hong, Jialin Liu +1
Large language models (LLMs) have rapidly and significantly entered scientific workflows, but it remains unclear how their diffusion is associated with changes in scientists' strat…
Global training and the collaborative structure of elite U.S. science
Erjia Yan, Chaoqun Ni, Xiang Zheng
Globally trained scientific labor is a substantial component of U.S. universities, yet the organizational mechanisms linking foreign degree training to elite scientific output rema…
Faculty mobility reallocates research capacity within persistent institutional hierarchies
Erjia Yan, Chaoqun Ni
Faculty mobility is often understood as a mechanism through which universities redistribute scientific talent and potentially improve research performance. Yet the system-level str…
AI-assisted writing and the reorganization of scientific knowledge
Erjia Yan, Chaoqun Ni
Generative AI systems such as ChatGPT are increasingly used in scientific writing, yet their broader implications for the organization of scientific knowledge remain unclear. We ex…
BibAgent: An Agentic Framework for Traceable Miscitation Detection in Scientific Literature
Peiran Li, Fangzhou Lin, Shuo Xing +6
Citations are the bedrock of scientific authority, yet their integrity is compromised by widespread miscitations: ranging from nuanced distortions to fabricated references. Systema…
AI-Assisted Writing Is Growing Fastest Among Less Established Scientists in Non-English-Speaking Countries
Jialin Liu, Yongyuan He, Zhihan Zheng +2
The recent emergence of AI-assisted writing raises an important question: how is this new technology being adopted across the scientific community, and how does adoption vary acros…
Parenthood Penalties in Academia: Childcare Responsibilities, Gender Role Beliefs and Institutional Support
Xi Hong, Xiang Zheng, Haimiao Yuan +1
Despite progress toward gender parity, women remain underrepresented in academia, particularly in senior research positions. This study investigates the role of parenthood in shapi…
Interdisciplinary PhDs face barriers to top university placement within their disciplines
Xiang Zheng, Anli Peng, Xi Hong +2
Interdisciplinary research has gained prominence as a necessity for addressing complex challenges, yet its impact on early academic careers remains unclear. This study examines how…
Tenure and Research Trajectories
Giorgio Tripodi, Xiang Zheng, Yifan Qian +4
Tenure is a cornerstone of the US academic system, yet its relationship to faculty research trajectories remains poorly understood. Conceptually, tenure systems may act as a select…