Potentially long-lasting effects of the pandemic on scientists

被引：134

作者：

Gao, Jian ^{[1
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Yin, Yian ^{[1
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Myers, Kyle R. ^{[5
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Lakhani, Karim R. ^{[5
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Wang, Dashun ^{[1
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机构：

[1] Northwestern Univ, Ctr Sci Sci & Innovat, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[2] Northwestern Univ, Kellogg Sch Management, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[3] Northwestern Univ, Northwestern Inst Complex Syst, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[4] Northwestern Univ, McCormick Sch Engn, Evanston, IL 60208 USA

[5] Harvard Univ, Harvard Business Sch, Boston, MA 02163 USA

[6] Harvard Univ, Lab Innovat Sci Harvard, Boston, MA 02134 USA

[7] Harvard Univ, Inst Quantitat Social Sci, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

来源：

NATURE COMMUNICATIONS | 2021年 / 12卷 / 01期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

D O I：

10.1038/s41467-021-26428-z

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Two surveys of principal investigators conducted between April 2020 and January 2021 reveal that while the COVID-19 pandemic's initial impacts on scientists' research time seem alleviated, there has been a decline in the rate of initiating new projects. This dimension of impact disproportionately affects female scientists and those with young children and appears to be homogeneous across fields. These findings may have implications for understanding the long-term effects of the pandemic on scientific research. 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.

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