Young idler an old beggar

博士号取得前の状況が取得後の論文生産性に与える影響

Hiromichi KASAGI, Naoto TAJIMA, Akira YAMAGUCHI, Yasushi HARA

Scientific productivity, STI policy, Ph.D. Matthew Effect

October 1, 2018

Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Research Center

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)

2018-#2

https://scirex.grips.ac.jp/resources/Kasagi%2C%20et%20al.%2C%20SciREX_WP%2C%202018.pdf

SciREX Working Papers

What helps to increase paper productivity?  Obtaining Ph.D. in an early stage of your life leads more production of papers? To respond to these questions, this study analyzed the relationship between the ages scientists receive Ph.D. and the number of papers produced afterwards. The result tells that even if one obtains Ph.D. in middle age, the paper productivity afterwords is high enough. This means that the age of obtaining Ph.D. does not matter as to the paper productivity afterwards. 



This research implies that the age limit set for training scientists may not be a valuable parameter to train excellent scientists. The analysis also found that experiences at more than a single university or research institution can be a valuable factor to produce excellent research results.