Originality has self-evident importance for science, but objectively measuring originality
poses a formidable challenge. We conceptualise originality as the degree to which a …

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 …

A model is proposed for the creation and transmission of scientific knowledge, based on the
network of citations among research articles. The model allows to assign to each article a …

Although the novelty of scientific publications has been the subject of previous studies, most
have examined the distribution of references in the bibliography, which may not be effective …

The impact of a scientific publication is often measured by the number of citations it receives
from the scientific community. However, citation count is susceptible to well-documented …

Novelty is a core value in science, and a reliable measurement of novelty is crucial. This
study proposes a new approach of measuring the novelty of scientific articles based on both …

Several authors have proposed that a large number of unusual combinations of cited
references in a paper point to its high creative potential (or novelty). However, it is still not …

Bibliometric indicators are increasingly used to evaluate individual scientists–as is
exemplified by the popularity of the many other publication and citation-based indicators …

Citation analysis does not tell the whole story about the innovativeness of scientific papers.
Works by prominent authors tend to receive disproportionately many citations, while …

Citations to previous literature are extensively used to measure the quality and diffusion of
knowledge. However, we know little about the different ways in which a study can be cited; …