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Journal article
The boundary-spanning mechanisms of Nobel Prize winning papers
PloS one, v 16(8), pp e0254744-e0254744
01 Jan 2021
PMID: 34379631
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 a scale that significantly alters the betweenness centrality distributions in 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 similar prize-winning properties that may have been overlooked among other regular publications.
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- Title
- The boundary-spanning mechanisms of Nobel Prize winning papers
- Creators
- Yakub Sebastian - Charles Darwin UniversityChaomei Chen - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- PloS one, v 16(8), pp e0254744-e0254744
- Publisher
- Public Library Science
- Number of pages
- 31
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000684029800056
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85112298089
- Other Identifier
- 991019168118604721
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- Information Science & Library Science