Novelty indicators are increasingly important for science policy. This paper challenges the
indicators of novelty as an atypical combination of knowledge (Uzzi et al., 2013) and as the …

Novelty is an essential feature of creative ideas, yet the building blocks of new ideas are
often embodied in existing knowledge. From this perspective, balancing atypical knowledge …

Research which explores unchartered waters has a high potential for major impact but also
carries a higher uncertainty of having impact. Such explorative research is often described …

This paper explores the complex relationship between scientific novelty and technological
impact. We measure novel science as publications which make new combinations of prior …

Addressing many of the world's contemporary challenges requires a multifaceted and
integrated approach, and interdisciplinary research (IDR) has become increasingly central …

This paper introduces the perspective of dynamic citation process to identify citation patterns
of scientific breakthroughs. We construct a series of citation metrics and apply them to over …

Interdisciplinary research is increasingly recognized as the solution to today's challenging
scientific and societal problems, but the relationship between interdisciplinary research and …

Scientists are under increasing pressure to do" novel" research. Here I explore whether
there are risks to overemphasizing novelty when deciding what constitutes good science. I …

Prior work finds a diversity paradox: Diversity breeds innovation, yet underrepresented
groups that diversify organizations have less successful careers within them. Does the …

In the last two decades there have been studies claiming that science is becoming ever
more interdisciplinary. However, the evidence has been anecdotal or partial. Here we …