January 17, 2020

Science Reveals the Tipping Point Between Success and Failure→

January 17, 2020/ ScienceSites

- Fast Company
January 16, 2020

November 11, 2019

The Long-Term Benefits of Losing, According to Science→

November 11, 2019/ ScienceSites

- Fast Company
November 11, 2019

October 08, 2019

Research: When Losing Out on a Big Opportunity Helps Your Career→

October 08, 2019/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
October 1, 2019

July 18, 2019

How New Versions of Products Spread Differently Than Entirely New Products→

July 18, 2019/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
July 17, 2019

February 27, 2019

Research: When Small Teams Are Better Than Big Ones→

February 27, 2019/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
February 21, 2019

October 08, 2018

Career Hot Streaks Can Happen at Any Age→

October 08, 2018/ ScienceSites

- Harvard Business Review
October 5, 2018
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August 10, 2018

The Science Behind Career Hot Streaks→

August 10, 2018/ ScienceSites

- The Wall Street Journal
August 10, 2018

April 13, 2017

We're Learning To Predict Who Will Have The Greatest Career Impact→

April 13, 2017/ ScienceSites

- Forbes
December 8, 2016

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Representative Publications

Academic Articles

Coevolution of Policy and Science During the Pandemic

Yian Yin, Jian Gao, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (2021). Science, 371(6525), 128-130.

Quantifying Dynamics of Failure Across Science, Startups, and Security (PDF)

Yian Yin, Yang Wang, James A. Evans, and Dashun Wang (2019). Nature.
• Supplementary Information
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Early-Career Setback and Future Career Impact (PDF)

Yang Wang, Benjamin F. Jones, and Dashun Wang (2019). Nature Communications.
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• One of the 50 most read Nature Communications articles from across the life and biological sciences in 2019

Emergence of Scaling in Complex Substitutive Systems (PDF)

Ching Jin, Chaoming Song, Johannes Bjelland, Geoffrey Canright, and Dashun Wang (in press). Nature Human Behaviour.
• arXiv preprint
• Supplementary Information
• Cover

Large Teams Develop and Small Teams Disrupt Science And Technology (PDF)

Lingfei Wu, Dashun Wang, and James A. Evans (2019). Nature.
• arXiv preprint
• Ranked by Altmetrics as one of the 100 most-discussed papers in 2019

Hot Streaks in Artistic, Cultural, and Scientific Careers

Lu Liu, Yang Wang, Roberta Sinatra, C. Lee Giles, Chaoming Song, and Dashun Wang (2018). Nature.
• Data and Code
• arXiv preprint
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Quantifying Patterns of Research-Interest Evolution (PDF)

Tao Jia, Dashun Wang, and Boleslaw K. Szymanski (2017). Nature Human Behaviour.

Quantifying the Evolution of Individual Scientific Impact (PDF)

Roberta Sinatra, Dashun Wang, Pierre Deville, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2016). Science.
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Scaling Identity Connects Human Mobility and Social Interactions (PDF)

Pierre Deville, Chaoming Song, Nathan Eagle, Vincent Blondel, Albert-László Barabási, and Dashun Wang (2016). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
• Supplementary Information
• .bib

Quantifying Long-Term Scientific Impact (PDF)

Dashun Wang, Chaoming Song, and Albert-László Barabási (2013). Science, 342, 6154: 127-132.
• arXiv
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