Become a better you: Correlation between the change of research direction and the change of scientific performance

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Highlights：

• The change of research direction in one’s early and late career is quantified.

• The direction change is associated with the chance to increase scientific impact.

• The direction change is not associated with the productivity change.

• The direction change is uncorrelated with diversity or switching among topics.

摘要

•The change of research direction in one’s early and late career is quantified.•The direction change is associated with the chance to increase scientific impact.•The direction change is not associated with the productivity change.•The direction change is uncorrelated with diversity or switching among topics.

论文关键词：Research topic change,Research interest,Explore and exploit,Scientific performance,Scientific impact,Science of science

论文评审过程：Received 1 March 2021, Revised 6 June 2021, Accepted 1 July 2021, Available online 24 July 2021, Version of Record 24 July 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2021.101193