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    It can be tricky to articulate your real novelty. Some works bring genuinely new paradigms, others deliver solid incremental optimisations. How do you clearly communicate your contribution level in introduction and abstract sections?

    Henry Collins, Hai Yuan and 44 others
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    • I explicitly list which parts are incremental improvements versus completely new components.

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      • Compare against closely related prior work point‑by‑point rather than making broad novelty claims.

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