The advent of large-scale datasets that trace the workings of science has encouraged
researchers from many different disciplinary backgrounds to turn scientific methods into …

We investigate the degree to which impact in science and technology is associated with
surprising breakthroughs, and how those breakthroughs arise. Identifying breakthroughs …

Teamwork is one of the most prominent features in modern science. It is now well
understood that team size is an important factor that affects the creativity of the team …

This study is a critical review aimed at assessing the reception received in bibliometric
research by the theories and concepts developed by the sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. The …

Across a range of creative domains, individual careers are characterized by hot streaks,
which are bursts of high-impact works clustered together in close succession. Yet it remains …

Interdisciplinary research is on the rise globally. Yet, several studies have shown that it often
achieves lower impact compared to more specialized work, and is less likely to attract …

One important task in the study of information cascade is to predict the future recipients of a
message given its past spreading trajectory. While the network structure serves as the …

Detecting research trends helps researchers and decision makers to promptly identify and
analyze research topics. However, due to citation and publication delay, previous studies on …

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 …

Throughout history, a relatively small number of individuals have made a profound and
lasting impact on science and society. Despite long-standing, multi-disciplinary interests in …