Let's Go Team!

JDMers,

I recently came across a research report in the journal Science that quantitatively measured the impact of teamwork on the production of knowledge. The main findings of Wuchti, Jones, and Uzzi (2007) include: (a) research is increasingly done in teams in virtually all fields (scientific journals & patents), (b) teams produce the highest impact (i.e. more highly cited) research, and (c) these trends are increasing over time.

I met this past weekend with Andy Whitmore - a fellow doctoral student at Albany (also a groomsman in my wedding) - and we discussed a strategy for conducting research that will benefit us both. Knowing that our primary goal is to graduate ASAP, we have chosen research questions that will aid us in attaining this goal.

We should use this forum - as well as our monthly meetings in Albany - to find avenues of collaboration that can benefit us all. Individually none of us may be the likes of Ken Hammond, but together we can become the next hub of JDM research!

~RMT