Age dynamics in scientific creativity

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 47, 2011, Pages 18910-18914

  Jones, Benjamin F ^a,b   Weinberg, Bruce A ^b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

History of science; Innovation; Scientific revolutions

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; LIFE CYCLE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; THEORY;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CREATIVENESS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NATURAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; NOBEL PRIZE;

EID: 82755197375     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1102895108     Document Type: Article

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