Nature Communications (Sep 2021)

Understanding the onset of hot streaks across artistic, cultural, and scientific careers

  • Lu Liu,
  • Nima Dehmamy,
  • Jillian Chown,
  • C. Lee Giles,
  • Dashun Wang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25477-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Despite their ubiquitous nature across a wide range of creative domains, it remains unclear if there is any regularity underlying the beginning of successful periods in a career. Here, the authors develop computational methods to trace the career outputs of artists, film directors, and scientists and explore how they move in their creative space along their career trajectory.