We investigate the degree to which impact in science and technology is associated with
surprising breakthroughs, and how those breakthroughs arise. Identifying breakthroughs …

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 …

Nobel Prizes are commonly seen to be among the most prestigious achievements of our
times. Based on mining several million citations, we quantitatively analyze the processes …

In many academic fields, the number of papers published each year has increased
significantly over time. Policy measures aim to increase the quantity of scientists, research …

Theories of scientific and technological change view discovery and invention as
endogenous processes,, wherein previous accumulated knowledge enables future progress …

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

Some ideas have dramatically more impact than others–they may overturn existing
paradigms or launch new areas of scientific inquiry. Where do such high impact ideas come …

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 …

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 …