Scientific prizes and the extraordinary growth of scientific topics

Scientific revolutions have famously inspired scientists and innovation but large-scale analyses of scientific revolutions in modern science are rare. Here, the authors investigate one possible factor connected with a topic’s extraordinary growth—scientific prizes.

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Main Authors: Ching Jin, Yifang Ma, Brian Uzzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25712-2
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spelling doaj-3e1d255855e54e65baec8c55abac27f82021-10-10T11:44:55ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232021-10-0112111110.1038/s41467-021-25712-2Scientific prizes and the extraordinary growth of scientific topicsChing Jin0Yifang Ma1Brian Uzzi2Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Northwestern UniversityNorthwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO), Northwestern UniversityScientific revolutions have famously inspired scientists and innovation but large-scale analyses of scientific revolutions in modern science are rare. Here, the authors investigate one possible factor connected with a topic’s extraordinary growth—scientific prizes.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25712-2
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