Standing on the shoulders of giants
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Highlights：
• The study analyzes the impact of collaboration with well-known researchers of a field, on the career and success of new researchers.
• We studied the effect of collaboration with an elite researcher on career of new researcher in start of career and in later part of the career.
• We analyzed the performance of new researchers who never collaborated with a top class researcher.
• The researchers who started without any support of a well-known researcher and collaborated with them later were among the most successful ones.
摘要
•The study analyzes the impact of collaboration with well-known researchers of a field, on the career and success of new researchers.•We studied the effect of collaboration with an elite researcher on career of new researcher in start of career and in later part of the career.•We analyzed the performance of new researchers who never collaborated with a top class researcher.•The researchers who started without any support of a well-known researcher and collaborated with them later were among the most successful ones.
论文关键词：Success in academia,Collaboration,Rising stars,Impact of collaboration,Young researchers,Well-known researchers
论文评审过程：Received 21 October 2016, Accepted 25 January 2017, Available online 10 February 2017, Version of Record 10 February 2017.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2017.01.004
