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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Main Authors: Feng Shi, James Evans
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36741-4
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description 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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spelling doaj.art-8b2821027be3441d99b6e2faaddb86132023-03-26T11:13:53ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232023-03-0114111310.1038/s41467-023-36741-4Surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplinesFeng Shi0James Evans1TigerGraph, 3 Twin Dolphin DrKnowledge Lab, University of ChicagoHere, 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.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36741-4
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Surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplines
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title Surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplines
title_full Surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplines
title_fullStr Surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplines
title_full_unstemmed Surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplines
title_short Surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplines
title_sort surprising combinations of research contents and contexts are related to impact and emerge with scientific outsiders from distant disciplines
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