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Striking the Right Balance Between Youth and Experience: An Ageing Scientific Workforce Could Have Unanticipated Implications for Innovation, Creativity, and Productivity

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Journal EMBO Rep
Specialty Molecular Biology
Date 2023 Sep 19
PMID 37725040
Authors
Philip Hunter
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Abstract

Should more research funding be directed towards scientists' peak years of creativity and productivity?

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Striking the right balance between youth and experience: An ageing scientific workforce could have unanticipated implications for innovation, creativity, and productivity.

Hunter P EMBO Rep. 2023; 24(10):e58129.

PMID: 37725040 PMC: 10561165. DOI: 10.15252/embr.202358129.

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Hunter P . Striking the right balance between youth and experience: An ageing scientific workforce could have unanticipated implications for innovation, creativity, and productivity. EMBO Rep. 2023; 24(10):e58129. PMC: 10561165. DOI: 10.15252/embr.202358129. View