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AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW
卷 109, 期 8, 页码 2889-2920出版社
AMER ECONOMIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20161574
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- National Science Foundation through its SciSIP Program [SBE-1460344]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness [ECO-2014-55555-P]
- Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness through Severo Ochoa Programme for Centres of Excellence in RD [SEV-2015-0563]
We examine how the premature death of eminent life scientists alters the vitality of their fields. While the flow of articles by collaborators into affected fields decreases after the death of a star scientist, the flow of articles by non-collaborators increases markedly. This surge in contributions from outsiders draws upon a different scientific corpus and is disproportionately likely to be highly cited. While outsiders appear reluctant to challenge leadership within a field when the star is alive, the loss of a luminary provides an opportunity for fields to evolve in new directions that advance the frontier of knowledge.
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