Beyond Citations: Measuring Novel Scientific Ideas and their Impact in Publication Text
使用自然语言处理检测科学出版物中新思想的起源和影响,通过分析诺贝尔奖获奖论文和文献综述论文验证方法,发现新颖论文有更多后续知识邻居,且被引更多。
Abstract New scientific ideas drive progress, yet measuring scientific novelty remains challenging. We use natural language processing to detect the origin and impact of new ideas in scientific publications. To validate our methods, we analyze No-bel Prize-winning papers, which likely pioneered impactful new ideas, and lit-erature review papers, which typically consolidate existing knowledge. We also show that novel papers have more intellectual neighbors published after them, indicating they are ahead of their intellectual peers. Finally, papers introducing new ideas, particularly those with greater follow-on reuse, attract more citations.