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A global perspective on social stratification in science

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To study stratification among scientists, we reconstruct the career-long trajectories of 8.2 million scientists worldwide using 12 bibliometric measures of productivity, geographical mobility, collaboration, and research impact. While most previous studies examined these variables in isolation, we study their relationships using Multiple Correspondence and Cluster Analysis. We group authors according to their bibliometric performance and academic age across six macro fields of science, and analyze co-authorship networks and detect collaboration communities of different sizes. We found a stratified structure in terms of academic age and bibliometric classes, with a small top class and large middle and bottom classes in all collaboration communities. Results are robust to community detection algorithms used and do not depend on authors’ gender. These results imply that increased productivity, impact, and collaboration are driven by a relatively small group that accounts for a large share of academic outputs, i.e., the top class. Mobility indicators are the only exception with bottom classes contributing similar or larger shares. We also show that those at the top succeed by collaborating with various authors from other classes and age groups. Nevertheless, they are benefiting disproportionately from these collaborations which may have implications for persisting stratification in academia.
Ismail, Norashikin (21739318200); Kaliani Sundram, Veera Pandiyan (58169033100); Othman, Nor Azairiah Fatimah (58248098600); Abdul Rahman, Zanariah (59156532700)
Crowdfunding, Social Capital and Sustainability – A Ten-Year Bibliometric Overview
2024
10.5171/2024.177889
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85195212667&doi=10.5171%2f2024.177889&partnerID=40&md5=87ba792c4a2092420ef3c96cb626f5e9
Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan, Johor, Malaysia
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