The Increasing Dominance of Teams in the Production of Knowledge
Year: 2007
Type: preprint
Abstract: We have used 19.9 million papers over 5 decades and 2.1 million patents to demonstrate that teams increasingly dominate solo authors in the production of knowledge. Research is increasingly done in teams across virtually all fields. Teams typically produce more highly cited research than individuals do, and this advantage is increasing over time. Teams now also produce the exceptionally high impact research, even where that distinction was once the domain of solo authors. These results are detailed for the sciences and engineering, social sciences, arts and humanities, and patents, suggesting that the process of knowledge creation has fundamentally changed.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Stefan Wuchty, Benjamin F. Jones, Brian Uzzi
Institutions: Northwestern University, National Bureau of Economic Research
Language: English
Subfield: Library and Information Sciences
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3125104456