Replication Data for: Does `Precocious Research Creativity' Account for Notable Late Career Research Achievements by Political Scientists?

We offer the first test with valid measures and rigorous multivariate methods of the hypothesis that especially significant early career research achievements of academics predict late-career achievements of the same kind. Considerable research has investigated the correlates of late-career research success, but this promising hypothesis originating in psychological and educational research on adolescents has not been systematically tested for academic careers. For a sample of three annual temporal cohorts of political science faculty we find notable evidence in support of this hypothesis. Our findings also provide a foundation for future research on how innate abilities, the character of doctoral programs, and the advantages of different kinds of academic positions shape long-term career productivity.