Cumulative Advantage of Brokerage in Academia
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| author | Bachmann, Jan Espín-Noboa, Lisette Iñiguez, Gerardo Karimi, Fariba |
| author_facet | Bachmann, Jan Espín-Noboa, Lisette Iñiguez, Gerardo Karimi, Fariba |
| contents | Science is a collaborative endeavor in which "who collaborates with whom" profoundly influences scientists' career trajectories and success. Despite its relevance, little is known about how scholars facilitate new collaborations among their peers. In this study, we quantify brokerage in academia and study its effect on the careers of physicists worldwide. We find that early-career participation in brokerage increases later-stage involvement for all researchers, with increasing participation rates and greater career impact among more successful scientists. This cumulative advantage process suggests that brokerage contributes to the unequal distribution of success in academia. Surprisingly, this affects both women and men equally, despite women being more junior in all brokerage roles and lagging behind men's participation due to their late and slow arrival to physics. Because of its cumulative nature, promoting brokerage opportunities to early career scientists might help reduce the inequalities in academic success. |
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| spellingShingle | Cumulative Advantage of Brokerage in Academia Bachmann, Jan Espín-Noboa, Lisette Iñiguez, Gerardo Karimi, Fariba Physics and Society Social and Information Networks Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 62P25, 91D30 J.4 Science is a collaborative endeavor in which "who collaborates with whom" profoundly influences scientists' career trajectories and success. Despite its relevance, little is known about how scholars facilitate new collaborations among their peers. In this study, we quantify brokerage in academia and study its effect on the careers of physicists worldwide. We find that early-career participation in brokerage increases later-stage involvement for all researchers, with increasing participation rates and greater career impact among more successful scientists. This cumulative advantage process suggests that brokerage contributes to the unequal distribution of success in academia. Surprisingly, this affects both women and men equally, despite women being more junior in all brokerage roles and lagging behind men's participation due to their late and slow arrival to physics. Because of its cumulative nature, promoting brokerage opportunities to early career scientists might help reduce the inequalities in academic success. |
| title | Cumulative Advantage of Brokerage in Academia |
| topic | Physics and Society Social and Information Networks Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability 62P25, 91D30 J.4 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.11909 |