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Friday 27 October 2017

Breakthroughs are not only for the young

We found that the highest-impact work in a scientist’s career is randomly distributed within her body of work. That is, the highest-impact work has the same probability of falling anywhere in the sequence of papers published by a scientist. It could be the first publication, appear mid-career, or emerge last. This result is known as the random impact rule.
https://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/showcase/2384-science-paths
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