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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…
Small Teams Propel Fresh Ideas in Science and Technology
Yiling Lin, Lingfei Wu
The past half-century has seen a dramatic increase in the scale and complexity of scientific research, to which researchers have responded by dedicating more time to education and…
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…
Aging and the Narrowing of Scientific Innovation
Haochuan Cui, Yiling Lin, Lingfei Wu +1
With rising life expectancies around the world and an older scientific workforce than ever before, what does aging mean for individual scientists, and what do aging scientists mean…