The social discussions reveal a consensus that impactful science often involves blending traditional knowledge with a touch of novelty, as shown in remarks about how high-impact papers are grounded in conventional combinations but include unusual elements. Examples include references to empirical data, such as the study analyzing 17.9 million papers, and comments about how interdisciplinary work's effectiveness depends on the extent of shared knowledge. The tone is analytical and slightly enthusiastic, emphasizing the article's relevance and the nuanced view of innovation in science.
AgreementModerate agreement
Most discussions agree with the main finding that impactful research combines conventional and novel elements.
InterestHigh interest
Posts demonstrate high interest by referencing specific details, like how high-impact papers often merge familiar with unusual ideas.
EngagementModerate engagement
Discussions explore methods, implications, and question the relationship between novelty and impact, showing moderate depth.
ImpactModerate impact
The overall tone suggests these social discussions view the article as highlighting significant insights into scientific productivity and innovation.
Abstract in brief
The study suggests that impactful scientific ideas often combine mostly conventional knowledge with some unusual or novel elements, making them more likely to be highly cited.
Although rare, teams of researchers are significantly more likely than individuals to introduce these novel combinations into familiar scientific areas.
Overall, the findings highlight that balancing familiar and unconventional ideas is key to producing influential and innovative scientific research.]
What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that combine conventional prior work and insert a little bit of novelty.
https://t.co/byDv5d2tza https://t.co/X2nLKgl6hb
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Misha Teplitskiy | Science of Science
@MishaTeplitskiy · X
Using peer review data from 49 journals in physical and life sciences, provided by @IOPPublishing and @CellPressNews, and measuring novelty using @UzziLeadership et al. 2013 (https://t.co/J1c2QmafYn ) we ask a simple question
❓Are novel papers easier to publish❓
3/n
Nov 17, 2022 · 13 likes · 1 share · 8,781 followersView post →
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Hossein Alidaee
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@ben_golub Success is correlated with how much they internalize this result https://t.co/mXINlve1aR
@kearney_melissa Uzzi et al find high-impact research is slightly but not very unusual combos of prior work (https://t.co/l4MKFZp8Mk). Highly interdisciplinary work tends to have too little shared prior knowledge to make big breakthrough. I know no good evidence for the common dean preference.
Feb 3, 2022 · 2 likes · 17,143 followersView post →
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Ravi S. Kudesia
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@PsychRabble @lakens @Chrismartin76 @NeilLewisJr @ceptional @RogertheGS @BobbiePoPS @CampbellSocProf @chrisdc77 @MattGrossmann Some of these may be relevant:
- https://t.co/LXxrNi6Biq
- https://t.co/09J5r1IoRa
- https://t.co/7lQaQYoXRU
- https://t.co/vEIvQti3hd
- https://t.co/wASBf6UItY
- ISBN: 978-0-585-46389-6
- https://t.co/xC1V1ZOHzN
- https://t.co/YFOlSNzczY
- https://t.co/YJmbdUEGt9
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Yang Yang
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@byrd_nick @UzziLeadership @PNASNews @bfjo @KelloggSchool @NICOatNU @NorthwesternU @NorthwesternEng @ResearchNU That’s a great question, Nick. We measured novelty using two measures in the existing literature. One is the novelty measure per https://t.co/JAGB91aYNg and the other is by topic expertise following the sterling index https://t.co/sb3VklELl6. Our main findings hold for both.
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@Cmwitko I would argue that interdisciplinary work is more likely to get you to those atypical combinations than monodisciplinary team https://t.co/BEV1WfWCuv
@EikoFried This is cool:
"Our analysis of 17.9 million papers spanning all scientific fields: the highest-impact science is primarily grounded in exceptionally conventional combinations of prior work yet simultaneously features an intrusion of unusual combinations."
https://t.co/bn5EzAbpbq
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Sven Grüner
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RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
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Álvaro Delgado-Vega
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RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Stefan Pichler
@StefanPEcon · X
RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Simon Mutungi, PhD
@shakamara · X
RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Dzhamilya (Jamila) Nigmatulina
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RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Marek Giebel
@MarekGiebel · X
RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Bjoern Gehrmann
@BjoernGehrmann · X
RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Kris Inwood (@kris-inwood.bsky.social)
@kris_inwood · X
RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Theodosia Stavroulaki
@TStavroulaki · X
RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Oolong Tea Party Express
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Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Richard Kališ
@richard_kalis · X
RT @florianederer: What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that com…
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Florian Ederer
@florianederer · X
What papers have the biggest scientific impact?
Surprisingly, it's not the most novel papers, but those papers that combine conventional prior work and insert a little bit of novelty.
https://t.co/byDv5d2tza https://t.co/X2nLKgl6hb
Nov 26, 2022 · 53 likes · 11 shares · 49,510 followersView post →
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Luca Borger
@lucaborger · X
RT @MishaTeplitskiy: Using peer review data from 49 journals in physical and life sciences, provided by @IOPPublishing and @CellPressNews,…
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Misha Teplitskiy | Science of Science
@MishaTeplitskiy · X
Using peer review data from 49 journals in physical and life sciences, provided by @IOPPublishing and @CellPressNews, and measuring novelty using @UzziLeadership et al. 2013 (https://t.co/J1c2QmafYn ) we ask a simple question
❓Are novel papers easier to publish❓
3/n
Nov 17, 2022 · 13 likes · 1 share · 8,781 followersView post →
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Yang Yang
@yang_yang_16 · X
@byrd_nick @UzziLeadership @PNASNews @bfjo @KelloggSchool @NICOatNU @NorthwesternU @NorthwesternEng @ResearchNU That’s a great question, Nick. We measured novelty using two measures in the existing literature. One is the novelty measure per https://t.co/JAGB91aYNg and the other is by topic expertise following the sterling index https://t.co/sb3VklELl6. Our main findings hold for both.
@kearney_melissa Uzzi et al find high-impact research is slightly but not very unusual combos of prior work (https://t.co/l4MKFZp8Mk). Highly interdisciplinary work tends to have too little shared prior knowledge to make big breakthrough. I know no good evidence for the common dean preference.
Feb 3, 2022 · 2 likes · 17,143 followersView post →
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Misha Teplitskiy | Science of Science
@MishaTeplitskiy · X
@nalanpog @haoopeng @mrblasco @klakhani Good question...
a. Novelty measure (we use https://t.co/J1c2QmafYn) - I think yes. IIRC original paper finds effect across fields + measure's been used in a bunch of places since
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this is very nice. and if you don't know the work by Uzzi, super relevant:
Uzzi B, Mukherjee S, Stringer M, Jones B (2013) Atypical combinations and scientific impact. Science https://t.co/gYG7vOJwR8
Atypical Combinations and Scientific Impact
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Brian Uzzi, Satyam Mukherjee, Michael Stringer, Ben Jones
Novelty is an essential feature of creative ideas, yet the building blocks of new ideas are often embodied in existing knowle…https://t.co/ZZLu2dJcKX https://t.co/z63LG8d2Ar
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