3 papers
physics.soc-ph2024
Initial Burst of Disruptive Efforts Ensuring Scientific Career Viability
Shuang Zhang, Feifan Liu, Haoxiang Xia
Despite persistent efforts to understand the dynamics of creativity of scientists over careers in terms of productivity, impact, and prize, little is known about the dynamics of sc…
physics.soc-ph2023
Science as Exploration in a Knowledge Landscape: Tracing Hotspots or Seeking Opportunity?
Feifan Liu, Shuang Zhang, Haoxiang Xia
The selection of research topics by scientists can be viewed as an exploration process conducted by individuals with cognitive limitations traversing a complex cognitive landscape…
physics.soc-ph2023
Scientists' bounded mobility on the epistemic landscape
Shuang Zhang, Feifan Liu, Haoxiang Xia
Despite persistent efforts in revealing the temporal patterns in scientific careers, little attention has been paid to the spatial patterns of scientific activities in the knowledg…