Although originally developed by RK Merton to explain advancement in scientific careers,
cumulative advantage is a general mechanism for inequality across any temporal process …

This article is a critical assessment of research productivity through publication among
scientists. The article scrutinizes the literature on correlates and determinants of publication …

This is the first comprehensive overview of the'science of science,'an emerging
interdisciplinary field that relies on big data to unveil the reproducible patterns that govern …

Citations are important building blocks for status and success in science. We used a linked
dataset of more than 4 million authors and 26 million scientific papers to quantify trends in …

A classic thesis is that scientific achievement exhibits a “Matthew effect”: Scientists who have
previously been successful are more likely to succeed again, producing increasing …

This is not to say that economics has a monopoly when it comes to factors that affect science
or in providing a lens for examining science. Other disciplines—and their foci—contribute …

The workload of most academics involves two main activities: research and teaching.
Despite the dual nature of the work, career advancement usually chiefly depends on …

T HE SUBJECT OF THIS ESSAY is a problem in the sociology of science that has long been
of interest to me. That problem, a candid friend tells me, is somewhat obscured by the …

Throughout the world, women leave their academic careers to a far greater extent than their
male colleagues. 1 In Sweden, for example, women are awarded 44 per cent of biomedical …

SCIENCE COMMANDS the attention of economists for at least three reasons. First and most
important, science is a source of growth. The lags between basic research and its economic …