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Let researchers try new paths

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  • Tolu Oni

    (Tolu Oni is a public-health physician scientist at the University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.)

  • Fabio Sciarrino

    (Fabio Sciarrino is associate professor of physics at the Sapienza University of Rome, and junior fellow at the International School for Advanced Studies Sapienza, Rome, Italy.)

  • Gerardo Adesso

    (Gerardo Adesso is professor of mathematical physics at the University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK.)

  • Rob Knight

    (Rob Knight is professor of paediatrics and of computer science and engineering at the University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA.)

Abstract

Demand for steady output stymies discovery. To pursue the most important research, scientists must be allowed to shift their focus, say Tolu Oni and colleagues.

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  • Tolu Oni & Fabio Sciarrino & Gerardo Adesso & Rob Knight, 2016. "Let researchers try new paths," Nature, Nature, vol. 538(7626), pages 451-453, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:538:y:2016:i:7626:d:10.1038_538451a
    DOI: 10.1038/538451a
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    1. Sergey Kolesnikov & Eriko Fukumoto & Barry Bozeman, 2018. "Researchers’ risk-smoothing publication strategies: Is productivity the enemy of impact?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 116(3), pages 1995-2017, September.

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