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The relationships between age, mobility and scientific productivity. Part I

Effect of mobility on productivity

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The main aim of this study is to estimate to what extent the productivity of researchers is influenced by their mobility. Based on emperical data of Dutch scientists it is shown that job mobility is a characteristic of productive scientists rather than a means to enhance productivity. Field mobility appears to stimulate productivity in the long run.

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  1. Advisory Council for Science Policy in the Netherlands, Javastraat 42, P.O. Box 18524, 2502 EM, The Hague, (The Netherlands)

    A. Van Heeringen & P. A. Dijkwel

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  1. A. Van Heeringen
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Van Heeringen, A., Dijkwel, P.A. The relationships between age, mobility and scientific productivity. Part I. Scientometrics 11, 267–280 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02279349

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