New Nature Paper: Decline in Scientific Disruption Was a Data Artefact
EricTopol · x · 2026-08-13
Eric Topol highlights a new Nature paper contradicting an influential 2023 study that claimed science progress has slowed with a notable decline in disruption.
The new paper argues that the reported decline is not true, but was attributable to data artifacts.
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