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.
Key Points
- 1Finds most interdisciplinary biomedical researchers quit publishing early; top 1% stop within eight years post-graduation.
- 2Shows academia's discipline-based hiring, publishing, and tenure systems disadvantage cross-disciplinary scholars' career progression.
- 3Suggests funders and universities must create incentives and support structures to retain interdisciplinary early-career researchers.
Scoring Rationale
Strong empirical evidence and clear institutional recommendations, but findings are focused on biomedicine and specific career stages.
Sources
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