{"id":11463,"date":"2016-11-11T13:00:31","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/?p=11463"},"modified":"2016-11-10T20:16:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T20:16:48","slug":"your-best-work-might-be-just-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/11\/11\/your-best-work-might-be-just-around-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Your best work might be just around the corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A recent finding shows that a scientist\u2019s career can peak at any age.<\/h2>\n<p>Ever wonder when you\u2019ll publish that big paper that\u2019ll win you the Nobel Prize (or at least a new research grant)? Turns out, it could be your next.<\/p>\n<p>As <em>Nature News<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/news\/scientists-can-publish-their-best-work-at-any-age-1.20926#\/b1\">reports<\/a>, a new equation, developed by a team led by Albert-L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Barab\u00e1si at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts, shows that papers published at any point in a scientist\u2019s career have equal chance in becoming their most highly cited work. It might be sensible to keep that in mind the next time you\u2019re struggling through centuries of data analysis, or when your thumb starts to bruise from more and more mindless pipetting.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch a video explainer below, and find the paper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/11\/161103142438.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Is a scientific career predictable?\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qlnxM-ld4BU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suggested posts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2014\/11\/03\/how-to-get-published-in-high-impact-journals-big-research-and-better-writing\/\">How to get published in high-impact journals: Big research and better writing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2015\/07\/10\/publishing-high-impact-papers-natures-way\/\">Writing for international journals: tips and techniques<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2015\/09\/28\/nature-masterclasses-writing-for-highly-selective-journals\/\">Nature Masterclasses: Writing for highly-selective journals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ever wonder when you\u2019ll publish that big paper that\u2019ll win you the Nobel Prize (or at least a new research grant)? Turns out, it could be your next.&nbsp; <a href=\"\/naturejobs\/2016\/11\/11\/your-best-work-might-be-just-around-the-corner#more-11463\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/2016\/11\/11\/your-best-work-might-be-just-around-the-corner\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90925,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[190,323,419,359,199],"tags":[179,261,161,2929727,14,4334735,5,158,1473077,116,13,2911587],"class_list":["post-11463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academia-2","category-career-paths","category-in-the-news","category-publishing-2","category-research-2","tag-boston","tag-career","tag-funding","tag-grant","tag-grants","tag-nature-news","tag-news","tag-nobel","tag-prize","tag-publishing","tag-research","tag-scientific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11463","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90925"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11463"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11463\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11463"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11463"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.nature.com\/naturejobs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11463"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}