The value of experience in research

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Highlights:

• The number of previous publications is used as a measure of researchers’ experience.

• The relationship between author experience and citations is estimated.

• The numbers of times an article is cited increases concavely with author experience.

摘要

•The number of previous publications is used as a measure of researchers’ experience.•The relationship between author experience and citations is estimated.•The numbers of times an article is cited increases concavely with author experience.

论文关键词:Human capital,Experience,Citation count,Publications,Negative binomial model

论文评审过程:Received 20 June 2014, Revised 22 October 2014, Accepted 3 November 2014, Available online 23 November 2014.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.11.003