{"id":1237848,"date":"2025-03-07T12:20:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1237848"},"modified":"2025-03-07T12:20:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:20:00","slug":"study-reveals-lab-size-impacts-phd-students-academic-careers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1237848","title":{"rendered":"Study Reveals Lab Size Impacts PhD Students’ Academic Careers"},"content":{"rendered":"
PhD students trained in small research groups are more likely to remain in academia than those from larger labs, according to a comprehensive analysis published in Nature Human Behaviour. <\/p>\n

The study, which examined 1.5 million scientists and 1.8 million mentorships across chemistry, physics and neuroscience, found that trainees from large research groups had 38-48% lower “survival rates” in academia between the 1980s and 1995 compared to their small-group counterparts. <\/p>\n

However, researchers from larger labs who do stay in academia tend to achieve greater career success, publishing papers with higher citation rates and more frequently ranking among the most-cited scientists. <\/p>\n

The research team, led by social-data scientist Roberta Sinatra from the University of Copenhagen, discovered that successful large-group scientists typically published more first-author papers with their mentors as last authors, suggesting they received substantial attention despite the group size.<\/p>\n

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