20.500.12556/DKUM-88285 Universal productivity patterns in research careers A common expectation is that career productivity peaks rather early and then gradually declines with seniority. But whether this holds true is still an open question. Here we investigate the productivity trajectories of almost 8500 scientists from over 50 disciplines using methods from time-series analysis, dimensionality reduction, and network science, showing that there exist six universal productivity patterns in research. Based on clusters of productivity trajectories and network representations where researchers with similar productivity patterns are connected, we identify constant, u-shaped, decreasing, periodic-like, increasing, and canonical productivity patterns, with the latter two describing almost three-fourths of researchers. In fact, we find that canonical curves are the most prevalent, but contrary to expectations, productivity peaks occur much more frequently around midcareer rather than early. These results outline the boundaries of possible career paths in science and caution against the adoption of stereotypes in tenure and funding decisions. scientific networks research career social physics universality znanstveno omrežje raziskovalna kariera fizika družbe univerzalnost true true true American Physical Society Angleški jezik Slovenski jezik Članek v reviji 2024-04-13 04:05:22 2024-09-13 11:58:11 2024-09-14 03:28:37 0000-00-00 00:00:00 2023 0 0 10 str. iss. 4, [article no.] 043203 Vol. 5 2023 0000-00-00 Zaloznikova Objavljeno NiDoloceno 2023-06-27 2023-11-05 2023-12-05 53 177614851 10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043203 2643-1564 RAZ_Sunahara_Andre_S._2023.pdf RAZ_Sunahara_Andre_S._2023.pdf 1 BECCF84C8B77EE7EA731F9E4BE19035E 91c22773d2ddc0cc668d65bfe9e0de70a24ef20cd6b1267bbeb14f7d3cdbb6c7 b8731f18-71b5-11ef-909e-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=185111 https://journals.aps.org/prresearch/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.043203 0 15cb3e42-71b6-11ef-909e-00155d000105 https://dk.um.si/Dokument.php?lang=slv&id=185112 Fakulteta za naravoslovje in matematiko 0 0 0