3 papers
physics.soc-ph2025
A High-Scale Assessment of Social Media and Mainstream Media in Scientific Communication
Yang Yang, Tanya Tian, Brian Uzzi +1
Communication of scientific knowledge beyond the walls of science is key to science's societal impact. Media channels play sizable roles in disseminating new scientific ideas about…
cs.DL2025
The Innovative Distinctiveness of Prizewinners and their Networks
Chaolin Tian, Yurui Huang, Ching Jin +2
Science prizes purportedly reward innovation and explorations of new phenomena. Yet, in practice prizes may inadvertently divert resources from similarly impactful but less celebra…
physics.soc-ph2024
Quantifying the Dynamics of Innovation Abandonment Across Scientific, Technological, Commercial, and Pharmacological Domains
Binglu Wang, Ching Jin, Chaoming Song +3
Despite the vast literature on the diffusion of innovations that impacts a broad range of disciplines, our understanding of the abandonment of innovations remains limited yet is es…