Researching deeply or broadly? The effects of scientists’ research strategies on disruptive performance over their careers

IF 3.5 2区 管理学 Q2 COMPUTER SCIENCE, INTERDISCIPLINARY APPLICATIONS
Weiyi Ao , Libo Sheng , Xuanmin Ruan , Dongqing Lyu , Jiang Li , Ying Cheng
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Abstract

The research strategies scientists use can affect the efficiency and direction of scientific discovery. This study focuses on the relationships between scientists’ knowledge breadth and depth strategies and disruptive performance as well as the role career age plays in these relationships. The data were from 651,831 publications authored by 12,278 biomedical scientists from the PubMed Knowledge Graph (PKG) dataset. The two main findings are as follows: (1) U-shaped correlations were found between scientists’ knowledge breadth, depth, and disruptive performance; and (2) career age influences the relationship between knowledge depth and disruptive performance, with different impacts across various stages of a scientist's career. The findings imply that future research must consider the key role scientists’ career age plays in the relationship between research strategies and scientific performance.
深入研究还是广泛研究?科学家的研究策略对其职业生涯中破坏性表现的影响
科学家使用的研究策略会影响科学发现的效率和方向。本研究主要探讨科学家知识广度与深度策略与破坏性绩效的关系,以及职业年龄在这些关系中的作用。数据来自PubMed Knowledge Graph (PKG)数据集中12278名生物医学科学家撰写的651831篇出版物。主要研究结果如下:(1)科学家的知识广度、深度与颠覆性绩效呈u型相关;(2)职业年龄影响知识深度与破坏性绩效的关系,在不同职业阶段的影响不同。研究结果表明,未来的研究必须考虑科学家的职业年龄在研究策略与科学绩效之间的关系中所起的关键作用。
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Journal of Informetrics
Journal of Informetrics Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences
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6.40
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期刊介绍: Journal of Informetrics (JOI) publishes rigorous high-quality research on quantitative aspects of information science. The main focus of the journal is on topics in bibliometrics, scientometrics, webometrics, patentometrics, altmetrics and research evaluation. Contributions studying informetric problems using methods from other quantitative fields, such as mathematics, statistics, computer science, economics and econometrics, and network science, are especially encouraged. JOI publishes both theoretical and empirical work. In general, case studies, for instance a bibliometric analysis focusing on a specific research field or a specific country, are not considered suitable for publication in JOI, unless they contain innovative methodological elements.
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