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The boundary-spanning mechanisms of Nobel Prize winning papers
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8, p e0254744 (2021), PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 8 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2021.
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Abstract
- The breakthrough potentials of research papers can be explained by their boundary-spanning qualities. Here, for the first time, we apply the structural variation analysis (SVA) model and its affiliated metrics to investigate the extent to which such qualities characterize a group of Nobel Prize winning papers. We find that these papers share remarkable boundary-spanning traits, marked by exceptional abilities to connect disparate and topically-diverse clusters of research papers. Further, their publications exert structural variations on the scale that significantly alters the betweenness centrality distributions of existing intellectual space. Overall, SVA not only provides a set of leading indicators for describing future Nobel Prize winning papers, but also broadens our understanding of the similar prize-winning properties that may have been overlooked among other regular publications.<br />27 pages, 8 figures, 9 tables. Submitted to Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics
- Subjects :
- FOS: Computer and information sciences
Computer and Information Sciences
Cell Physiology
Entropy
Autophagic Cell Death
Science
Boundary spanning
Space (commercial competition)
Bibliometrics
Research and Analysis Methods
Betweenness centrality
Citation analysis
Medicine and Health Sciences
Centrality
Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
Sociology
Multidisciplinary
Cell Death
Physics
Publications
Biology and Life Sciences
Computer Science - Digital Libraries
Cell Biology
Research Assessment
Nobel Prize
Databases as Topic
Cell Processes
Citation Analysis
Physical Sciences
Thermodynamics
Medicine
Bibliographies as Topic
Mathematical economics
Network Analysis
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 16
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c34921c080c5ac6092c08cb3e98175cf