Papers and patents are becoming less disruptive over time

2023/01/04 by Michael Park, Erin Leahey, Russell J. Funk · 1 voice · 35 citations
Decision Sciences · Economics, Econometrics and Finance · #Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis #Innovation Diffusion and Forecasting #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05543-x

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Discussions

• ...and if I feel that way regarding my own field, my suspicion is the same goes for other fields as well. An example, the much-discussed paper about how science is becoming less innovative and disrupt [bsky, 1 points, 1 comments]