2 papers
physics.soc-ph2026
How large should academic departments be?
Jan Bachmann, Lisette EspÃn-Noboa, Fariba Karimi +3
Academic departments are the primary unit of scholarship and education at universities, and they vary vastly in their sizes. However, the consequences and natural dynamics of depar…
stat.AP2026
Scientific productivity as a random walk
Sam Zhang, Nicholas LaBerge, Samuel F. Way +2
The expectation that scientific productivity follows regular patterns over a career underpins many scholarly evaluations. However, recent studies of individual productivity pattern…