Teamwork is good for science — but maybe not for young researchers’ careers
Science is a team sport, and those teams are getting larger. While that expansion might help researchers answer complex biomedical questions by working together, a recent study suggests that this trend has hampered the career prospects of Ph.D. graduates.
The authors analyzed 40 years of data from a National Science Foundation survey that tracks Ph.D. graduates. They then combined this data with the average team size in a researcher’s field at the time they earned their doctorate, calculated based on the number of authors listed on published research. Doing so showed that, as team size has risen, young researchers have become less likely to earn tenure and secure research funding, and are more likely to leave science altogether.
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