Surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplines
Here, using hypergraph modeling the authors show that surprising research (in terms of unexpected combinations of research contents and contexts) is associated with impact and arises from scientific outsiders solving problems in distant disciplines.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36741-4 |
| Summary: | Here, using hypergraph modeling the authors show that surprising research (in terms of unexpected combinations of research contents and contexts) is associated with impact and arises from scientific outsiders solving problems in distant disciplines. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |