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essential tension: a standalone construct

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Scholarly communication

the pull between productive tradition and risky innovation in choosing research problems, measured as how often scientists connect new rather than established topics.

In scholarly communication, essential tension refers to the pull between productive tradition and risky innovation in choosing research problems, measured as how often scientists connect new rather than established topics. This meaning comes from Foster (2015) in American Sociological Review.[1]

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  1. Foster, J. G., Rzhetsky, A., & Evans, J. A. (2015). Tradition and Innovation in Scientists’ Research Strategies. American Sociological Review, 80(5), 875-908. https://doi.org/10.1177/0003122415601618

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