Interdisciplinary Researchers Face Shorter Academic Careers

A July 2024 study by researchers in economics and informatics finds interdisciplinary biomedical researchers leave academia earlier than disciplinary peers, with the top 1% stopping publication within eight years of graduation. The study shows academia's discipline-based departments, journals, and tenure systems disadvantage cross-disciplinary work, and recommends universities and funders create incentives and structures to retain early-career interdisciplinary researchers.
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Strong empirical evidence and clear institutional recommendations, but findings are focused on biomedicine and specific career stages.
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