Where postdoctoral journeys lead
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| author | Duan, Yueran Memon, Shahan Ali AlShebli, Bedoor Guan, Qing Holme, Petter Rahwan, Talal |
| author_facet | Duan, Yueran Memon, Shahan Ali AlShebli, Bedoor Guan, Qing Holme, Petter Rahwan, Talal |
| contents | Postdoctoral training is a career stage often described as a demanding and anxiety-laden time when many promising PhDs see their academic dreams slip away due to circumstances beyond their control. We use a unique data set of academic publishing and careers to chart the more or less successful postdoctoral paths. We build a measure of academic success on the citation patterns two to five years into a faculty career. Then, we monitor how students' postdoc positions -- in terms of relocation, change of topic, and early well-cited papers -- relate to their early-career success. One key finding is that the postdoc period seems more important than the doctoral training to achieve this form of success. This is especially interesting in light of the many studies of academic faculty hiring that link Ph.D. granting institutions and hires, omitting the postdoc stage. Another group of findings can be summarized as a Goldilocks principle: it seems beneficial to change one's direction, but not too much. |
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| spellingShingle | Where postdoctoral journeys lead Duan, Yueran Memon, Shahan Ali AlShebli, Bedoor Guan, Qing Holme, Petter Rahwan, Talal Computers and Society Physics and Society Postdoctoral training is a career stage often described as a demanding and anxiety-laden time when many promising PhDs see their academic dreams slip away due to circumstances beyond their control. We use a unique data set of academic publishing and careers to chart the more or less successful postdoctoral paths. We build a measure of academic success on the citation patterns two to five years into a faculty career. Then, we monitor how students' postdoc positions -- in terms of relocation, change of topic, and early well-cited papers -- relate to their early-career success. One key finding is that the postdoc period seems more important than the doctoral training to achieve this form of success. This is especially interesting in light of the many studies of academic faculty hiring that link Ph.D. granting institutions and hires, omitting the postdoc stage. Another group of findings can be summarized as a Goldilocks principle: it seems beneficial to change one's direction, but not too much. |
| title | Where postdoctoral journeys lead |
| topic | Computers and Society Physics and Society |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.03938 |