When does brokerage matter? Citation impact of research teams in an emerging academic field
研究了新兴学术领域中，研究团队的网络中介作用对引用影响的作用，发现领域发展早期中介作用更强，随着领域成熟而减弱。
Through exposure to heterogeneous sources of knowledge, actors who broker between unconnected contacts are more likely to generate valuable output. We contribute to the theory of social capital of brokerage by considering the impact of field maturity. Using longitudinal data from the field of strategic management we find that the benefits of network brokerage are stronger during the early stages of field development and diminish as the field matures. The results of our study call for further research on the interplay between network structures and processes of field emergence.