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They go on to propose an alternative line of investigation: the relationship between age and the reception of scientific publications. It is on the basis of the concept of 'codification' 'the consolidation of empirical knowledge into succinct and interdependent theoretical formulations' that Zuckerman and Merton formulate theoretical expectations concerning the relationship between a scientist's age and the impact or reception of his or her publications. While the 'consolidation of knowledge' confers advantages on the young in the more codified disciplines,
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