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SUMMARY:Seminar by Prof. Pierre Azoulay\, MIT
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Pierre Azoulay\, MIT\n"Does Science Advance One Funeral 
 at a Time?"\n\n\n\nAbstract\nWe study the extent to which eminent scientis
 ts shape the vitality of their fields by examining entry rates into the fi
 elds of 452 academic life scientists who pass away while at the peak of th
 eir scientific abilities. Key to our analyses is a novel way to delineate 
 boundaries around scientific fields by appealing solely to intellectual li
 nkages between scientists and their publications\, rather than collaborati
 on or co-citation patterns. Consistent with previous research\, the flow o
 f articles by collaborators into affected fields decreases precipitously a
 fter the death of a star scientist (relative to control fields). In contra
 st\, we find that the flow of articles by non-collaborators increases by 8
 % on average. These additional contributions are disproportionately likely
  to be highly cited. They are also more likely to be authored by scientist
 s who were not previously active in the deceased superstar’s field. Over
 all\, these results suggest that outsiders are reluctant to challenge lead
 ership within a field when the star is alive and that a number of barriers
  may constrain entry even after she is gone. Intellectual\, social\, and r
 esource barriers all impede entry\, with outsiders only entering subfields
  that offer a less hostile landscape for the support and acceptance of “
 foreign” ideas. \n 
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