An analysis of 20 million articles + 4 million patents finds that long distance collaborators produce fewer discoveries than groups working in person. nature.com/articles/d41... When collaboration distance went from 0 kms to 600 kms, the probability of disruption fell from 28% to 22% for papers.

‘Disruptive’ science: in-person teams make more breakthroughs than remote groups

Analysis of millions of papers shows that farflung collaborators produce fewer foundational discoveries than groups working together in person. Analysis of millions of papers shows that farflung colla...

I can believe it! I collaborate a lot long distance, but there’s nothing that seems to replace the value of being in person together talking though things informally.