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AI Expands Scientists' Impact but Contracts Science's Focus

Hao, Xu, Li, Evans

2026Nature5 citations
Observational labor marketInterdisciplinary
AI (General)Science / research
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-025-09922-y
Summary

Hao et al. use bibliometric data to study how AI adoption affects scientists' research impact and the diversity of scientific inquiry.

Main Finding

AI tools expand individual scientists' citation impact but narrow the overall focus of scientific research topics.

Primary Datasets

Unknown - bibliometric data

Key Methods
Bibliometric analysis of scientific publications and citations
Sample Period
Unknown
Geographic Coverage
Unknown
Sample Size
Unknown
Level of Analysis
Individual
Notes
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