An Analysis of Entry and Persistence Among Scientists in an Emerging Field

Michael A. Rappa, Koenraad Debackere

ISBN 10: 1332249221 / ISBN 13: 9781332249220

Published by Forgotten Books, 2019

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Print on Demand. This book examines scientists who choose and remain in an emerging field of research, specifically focusing on comparing scientists who enter early with those who follow later when the field achieves broader acceptance. The author presents an in-depth study of neural network scientists, analyzing quantitative survey data from over 700 researchers in the field. By contrasting early entrants to the field with scientists who entered later, the book uncovers differences in their motivations. Early entrants, for example, are less influenced by social dynamics within the research community, and more strongly influenced by the subject matter's intellectual appeal. The book concludes that early entrants who persist in a field are distinct from those who follow, particularly in their motivations for choosing and remaining in their chosen field. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: An Analysis of Entry and Persistence Among Scientists in an Emerging Field
• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication Date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1332249221
• ISBN 13: 9781332249220
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Book Type: print-on-demand item
• Seller catalogs:
  • Audits and Surveys

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This paper examines the factors that influence scientists in their choice and persistence in an area of research, and compares the experience of scientists who enter a field early with those scientists who follow in their footsteps once the field becomes widely accepted. Evidence is presented from an international survey of more than seven-hundred scientists working in the field of neural networks. After controlling for cohort and experience effects, the results suggest that early entrants as a group are indeed different in both their motivations to enter and their persistence to remain in the field. In general, compared with scientists who enter late, early entrants are significantly less influenced by the social dynamics of the research community.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.