Abstract:We examine whether and when star scientist collaborations produce indirect peer effects. We theorize that a star's social status causes a collaboration to act as a prism; it reduces quality uncertainty, leading to increased recognition of coauthors' ideas. We identify two moderators of prisms, other scientists' quality uncertainty and awareness of the collaboration, and link prisms to "sleeping beauties", articles that are initially overlooked and then rediscovered later. Empirically, we examine the effect on … Show more
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