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The tension between research novelty and research soundness in top venues
Paper Discussion
Top conferences often reward novel ideas, but strong novelty does not always come with rigorous validation. Meanwhile, very sound but incremental work may be perceived as less exciting. How should researchers balance novelty and soundness in the same paper?
Frank Nelson, Feng Zhong and 34 others5 Comments-
The strongest papers pair a genuinely new idea with thorough validation of it.
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Novelty without sound evidence quickly loses credibility among reviewers.
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Solid incremental contributions are still valuable, especially in more applied venues.
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Be honest about what is truly new versus what is a strong improvement.
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Different venues clearly weight novelty and soundness quite differently.
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