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The Longevity of Innovation
Yiling Lin, Zak Risha, Erin Leahey +1
Modern science is organized around specialization in training and teamwork. Scientists develop deep expertise within a field and combine complementary knowledge through collaborati…
The Death of Renaissance Scientist
Zak Risha, Yiling Lin, Erin Leahey +1
Scholars are often categorized into two types: hedgehogs (specialists), who focus on working within a specific research field, and foxes (generalists), who actively contribute to a…
Metrics and Mechanisms: Measuring the Unmeasurable in the Science of Science
Lingfei Wu, Aniket Kittur, Hyejin Youn +4
What science does, what science could do, and how to make science work? If we want to know the answers to these questions, we need to be able to uncover the mechanisms of science,…
Prominent but Less Productive: The Impact of Interdisciplinarity on Scientists' Research
Erin Leahey, Christine Beckman, Taryn Stanko
Inter-disciplinary research (IDR) is being promoted by federal agencies and universities nationwide because it presumably spurs transformative, innovative science. In this paper we…