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Collaborating with ACM fellows is associated with achieving fellowship 3.8 years earlier, with frequent, recent collaborations and prestigious collaborators exhibiting even shorter time intervals to recognition. Gender and institutional factors also significantly impact timing.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Research limitations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The study is correlational, focuses on one society, and may not capture all forms of scientific contribution beyond traditional metrics.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Practical implications<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Current processes may favor well-connected candidates. Reforms should increase transparency and expand recognition criteria to address biases and promote inclusivity.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Originality\/value<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This provides the first comprehensive three-decade analysis of ACM fellowship patterns, revealing the growing importance of strategic networking in scientific recognition and offering evidencebased recommendations for more inclusive evaluation processes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.2478\/jdis-2025-0044","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,8,22]],"date-time":"2025-08-22T07:58:01Z","timestamp":1755849481000},"page":"411-420","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["The road to ACM fellowship: Examining collaboration patterns and disparities"],"prefix":"10.2478","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Fan","family":"Jiang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Higher Education Research, Southern University of Science and Technology , Shenzhen, Guangdong , China"}]},{"given":"Tongxin","family":"Pan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Statistics and Data Science, Southern University of Science and Technology , Shenzhen, Guangdong , China"}]},{"given":"Jue","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Social Sciences, Nanyang Technological University , Nanyang Singapore"}]},{"given":"Yifang","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Statistics and Data Science, Southern University of Science and Technology , Shenzhen, Guangdong , China"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,6,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"2026020518360292304_j_jdis-2025-0044_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Chen, L., Sun, Y., & Cao, C. 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