GoKawiilStudy: Senior scientists disrupt science less often but their findings last longer
A study published in PNAS on October 19 analyzed more than 11 million papers from about 206,000 scientists with over 40 years of experience, spanning 1800 to 2022. Using citation-pattern measures of scientific disruption, the researchers found that while early-career scientists produce disruptive work more frequently, the disruptive findings of experienced scientists tend to persist longer before being displaced by subsequent research.