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Beyond citations: Measuring novel scientific ideas and their impact in publication text

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  • Samuel Arts
  • Nicola Melluso
  • Reinhilde Veugelers

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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 Nobel Prize-winning papers, which likely pioneered impactful new ideas, and literature 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.

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  • Samuel Arts & Nicola Melluso & Reinhilde Veugelers, 2025. "Beyond citations: Measuring novel scientific ideas and their impact in publication text," Working Papers of Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Leuven 757417, KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Department of Management, Strategy and Innovation, Leuven.
    • Handle: RePEc:ete:msiper:757417
    Note: paper number MSI_2502
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