Abstract
The claim that older scientists generate research of lower qushty than do younger scientists was tested through two anrdyses in which the age dktribution of authors of frequently cited articles in psychology journals was compared with the age distribution of authors of low-impact srticles published in the same journals. Most high-impact articles were published by relatively young psychologists, but so were most low-impact articles, When sflowance was made for relative numerical representation, there was no evidence tfrst publications from older scientists have less impact. Results are discussed in the context of methmfologicd issues in evaluation of relations between age and scientific achievement.
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