Some productive academics insert themselves into a lab where they want to learn something new. After sabbatical they try to combine their new ideas into their

Some productive academics insert themselves into a lab where they want to learn something new. After sabbatical they try to combine their new ideas into their existing research programme. The really top academics don’t take sabbaticals because they are already in a place where money, talent, and collaborations are flowing and taking any time off would break that momentum.