http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9831&page=175
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The rapid growth of the postdoctoral population is a recent phenomenon,
occurring mostly since the late 1980s. As a result, relatively little has
been published about the incorporation of postdoctoral scholars into the
research enterprise. Therefore COSEPUP augmented its study with an unusual
degree of on-site investigation and interviewing via 39 focus groups. The
majority of postdocs were held with postdocs and/or advisers at e
