I'm against Ageism.

AGE affects productivity. One of the reason we have retirement age is that at a certain age, human productivity starts to decrease. It is a natural process. No machine or system could last forever. The human body and mind are machines; they go through decay process with age.

Some people may still maintain good mental capacity even at old age; some may decay with age. For each person (researcher) the toll of time is not the same.

Hmm. This is an interesting question, and I do agree that age does affect productivity, but the question is when does it substantially or significantly affect it for researchers. The aspects of cognition that decline in our 30s, 40s, and 50s (i.e., reaction times, speed of processing, energy levels, rate of healing, etc.) are not necessarily the skills needed to be a productive researcher. Thus, we see many, many scholars who are extremely productive past the usual age of retirement (i.e., 65) because they have built up and honed their researching skills, their research networks, and can be more judicious with the expenditure of energy.

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Without doubt, the age after 75, in general, the researcher begins to lose his memory, sight, etc. Whoever has had time, he rust. "ألي بقضي بصدي"

Age may affect research productivity and effeciency.

With age we note that the number of research carried out by the researcher decreases, but the quality of research is much better Therefore, we note the existence of research teams of different ages to combine the experience of the elderly with young people who are able to complete the largest number of research formulated by the ideas of the team members of the elderly.

It doesn't matter if you are still updated.

Maybe

As long as a person is mentally and physically active he/she, can contribute a lot to research. According to me it is not age but fitness of the individual which matters.

Research has no precise age

For me age is related to experience of research not ability.

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That fully depends on the scientific subject of research and practiced discipline, i.e. reaching a professional and biographical record in medicine or engineering can be achieved earlier than in a social science like economics. Keep in mind that science and life cannot be disconnected; in some disciplines (e.g. political economy) you will even need an extended life span (besides all scientific expertise) to notice, what is going on? Imagine an economist, who was born ~1900, faced to2WW, 3 governmental systems, had to migrate and gives a record of his/her scientific research and experiences (expertise).

Examples:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_von_Mises

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Hayek

Conclusion: Human professional expertise follows different life learning curves,

depending on the chosen subject/discipline.

This is a very good question, but the topic is definitely under-researched,

concerning real human praxis.

Old age should means more experience.

no age limit for research ... researchers are like wine... the older the better

Unfortunately sometimes yes.

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Thank you for your interest in answering the question

Each of you has a very distinctive answer

I'm against Ageism.

Age is just a number. With age comes an ability to reason and think logically and rationally. And all this is required for a good researcher.

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Thanks for your helpful answer

No age has nothing to do with research. One can continue to do research even when but this speed of course may diminish

I believe that as age grows, experiences grow and thinking develops. At this stage the researcher can find new things with less effort and time.

With increase in age put constraints to physical work but with increases experience helps to research activity mentally

Age is the remotest factor a researcher thinks about

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My thanks and appreciation for your interest in answering my question

Age will not be a factor for research that much, if the person is mentally fit, with his long experience he will be able to continue in research

Although at any age beyond 75, a researcher becomes physically limited, but he or she can still contribute to research. One can do this by guiding the research , that is pointing out sources of the relevant data, directing how the analysis should be undertaken, and maybe not writing the entire paper but at least help with the interpretation of the results and policy implications.

Interesting topic and replies.

I am tempted to say that as time goes by, everyone and everying change, including researchers. So sure they are not the same. They are different but not necessarily less able.

Or they may be less able in one topic but more in another.

The researcher is characterized by several features - primarily curiosity, knowledge and skills. Without curiosity, the scientist turns into a "wise serpent" who knows everything ("I have already read all the necessary books") but has no incentive to work. Unfortunately, over the years, curiosity, i.e. interest in the new, decreases against the background of increasing knowledge. As the French poet wrote: “Si jeunesse savait, si vieillesse pouvait...”

At the same time, wisdom does not come automatically, age does not add reason, but manifests it, if was. Many should be immediately retired (which is often done). This is especially true for the former bosses (many of them hardly move to the position of "sage" and cannot suppress the bossy reflexes).

So, it’s important (as in any business in life) to create a workable group in which older and younger scientists collaborate. In this situation, they compensate for each other's shortcomings, in a different interpretation they complement each other.

Age affects research output just like it does everything. It is how life works. It simply fits into a typical bacterial growth curve. The lag or preparaTory phase for training, the small beginner's research output and the outburst of research in the exponential range, a steady state where a certain volume of research is turned out on a consistent level and then the diminishing phase where increasingly fewer researches are conducted, involved in and then the retirement. That is what age does. It is a law of nature.

Research is not limited to a specific age

HI,

I do not know if I have posted about this before, if so. I am old and forgetful and so apologize. Ageism was coined by Robert Butler. He was in his eighties or later and still productive. A research project I used on a nursing school project had a contributor-cancer survivor, researcher and amazing woman in her 90's. Age to a point is a number.

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Research is open for every one there is no limitation age.

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Thank you for your different answer

Thank unbiased answers

I remind you that age has a clear impact on man

Many of us are unable to conduct further research due to neck or back problems, as well as vision and eye problems resulting from frequent use of laptops, computers and other health problems

Science does not decrease with the progress of science, but the ability decreases when some

Amany Mousa Abdelgalel

Thank you for thanking us! You are correct and some of us have had surgeries for neck and back (not eyes yet) but in life we do not think about what has happened to us, we focus on tomorrow as giants. We can not fix yesterday but we can still perform an aspect of research function. Maybe listen and tell the writer if an interpretation needed more work. Every one is useful until they pass away!

Dear, Chuck A Arize

You are a person who loves giving to the last moment of your life

Really you are a wonderful person

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Amany Mousa Abdelgalel

Hey Amany,

Allah is always with us and we have to believe. We cannot trust one and change tomorrow. Blessings to you!

The views and comments of Chuck A Arize , Maurice Ekpenyong , and Vadim S. Gorshkov are insightful and inspiring !!

At any age one can still contribute in the research process

No!

To me, age is just a number. There is no age-limitations for research. But, sometimes age may affect on it.

Why we should be worried about age that much, we are doing our research with the blessing of God, He only will decide whether we should continue farther or not, keep faith on that Almighty certainly we will remain active in research field up to our last stage.

Appeals court and Supreme Court judges still perform in United States until they can retire by themselves. No president can remove them. In my university some teachers are in their late eighties (although I do not plan on being one of them). I would like to relax and travel at such an age. Given that there is no age discrimination it is better to stay in contribution mode as far as one can than stay at home. At home all the time creates bad thoughts in one’s head

Older researchers may be more efficient when writing papers as they have been doing it over the years.

Maybe

They mature more. But their morale is diminishing. Their goals did not remain meaningful inevitably reduced capacity