New measure captures how scientists' identities shift across academic disciplines
September 10, 2026
September 10, 2026
HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 10 -- Rice University posted the following news release:
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New measure captures how scientists' identities shift across academic disciplines
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Does the academic discipline of a scientist's doctorate degree accurately capture their disciplinary affiliation decades later? Consider a scientist who earned a doctorate in physics 25 years ago who now studies climate change, publishes primarily in interdisciplinary . . .
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New measure captures how scientists' identities shift across academic disciplines
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Does the academic discipline of a scientist's doctorate degree accurately capture their disciplinary affiliation decades later? Consider a scientist who earned a doctorate in physics 25 years ago who now studies climate change, publishes primarily in interdisciplinary . . .