Why do older scholars slow down?

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-27 DOI:10.1111/ecin.13186

Daniel S. Hamermesh, Lea-Rachel Kosnik

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Abstract

Using data describing all “Top 5” economics journal publications from 1969 to 2018, we examine what determines which authors produce less as they age and which retire earlier. Sub-field has no impact on the rate of production, but interacts with it to alter retirement probabilities. A positive, tentative, and contemporary writing style increases persistence in publishing. Authors whose previous work was more heavily cited produce slightly more. Those better-cited with more top-flight publications retire later than others. Declining publication with age arises mostly from habit—there is a very significant increasing positive autocorrelation of publication across the decades of a career.

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为什么年长的学者会放慢脚步？

利用描述 1969 年至 2018 年所有 "五大 "经济学期刊论文的数据，我们研究了哪些因素决定了哪些作者随着年龄的增长而发表较少的论文，以及哪些作者会提前退休。子领域对生产率没有影响，但与之相互作用，改变了退休概率。积极的、试探性的和现代的写作风格会提高发表论文的持久性。以前的作品被引用次数较多的作者产量略高。那些被引用次数较多、发表了较多顶级论文的作者比其他人退休得晚。随着年龄的增长，发表论文的数量会减少，这主要是习惯使然--在几十年的职业生涯中，发表论文的数量会出现非常显著的正向自相关性增长。

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来源期刊

Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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