Pandemics are catalysts of scientific novelty: Evidence from COVID-19

Meijun Liu, Yi Bu, Chongyan Chen, Jian Xu, Daifeng Li, Yan Leng, Richard Barry Freeman, Eric T. Meyer, Wonjin Yoon, Mujeen Sung, Minbyul Jeong, Jinhyuk Lee, Jaewoo Kang, Chao Min, Min Song, Yujia Zhai, Ying Ding

Abstract: Scientific novelty drives the efforts to invent new vaccines and solutions during the pandemic. First-time collaboration and international collaboration are two pivotal channels to expand teams' sear...