Potentially long-lasting effects of the pandemic on scientists

Jian Gao; Yian Yin; Kyle R. Myers; Karim R. Lakhani; Dashun Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-26428-z

Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Potentially long-lasting effects of the pandemic on scientists

Jian Gao,
Yian Yin,
Kyle R. Myers,
Karim R. Lakhani,
Dashun Wang

Affiliations

Jian Gao: Center for Science of Science and Innovation, Northwestern University
Yian Yin: Center for Science of Science and Innovation, Northwestern University
Kyle R. Myers: Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Karim R. Lakhani: Harvard Business School, Harvard University
Dashun Wang: Center for Science of Science and Innovation, Northwestern University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26428-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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The pandemic has caused disruption to many aspects of scientific research. In this Comment the authors describe the findings from surveys of scientists between April 2020 and January 2021, which suggests there was a decline in new projects started in that time.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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