{"title":"Novelty is very different from rarity fundamentally","authors":"Ji-Dong Gu","doi":"10.1016/j.ibiod.2025.106077","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Novelty in science does not come easily, but a trendy use of this word does not support the meaning in the research and manuscript. Many of the researches on novelty claimed is actually rarity because of the narrow focus, view and contents. Data of genomics-based technologies are used to generate further second-hand data presented as results, and these inferred biochemical potentials cannot be treated as the function of the community members without any verification or validation through experimentation. Science is facing an increasing challenge and the participants in science must uphold the standard for quality, not productivity without a good standard.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":13643,"journal":{"name":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","volume":"201 ","pages":"Article 106077"},"PeriodicalIF":4.1000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation","FirstCategoryId":"93","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0964830525000812","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"环境科学与生态学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Novelty in science does not come easily, but a trendy use of this word does not support the meaning in the research and manuscript. Many of the researches on novelty claimed is actually rarity because of the narrow focus, view and contents. Data of genomics-based technologies are used to generate further second-hand data presented as results, and these inferred biochemical potentials cannot be treated as the function of the community members without any verification or validation through experimentation. Science is facing an increasing challenge and the participants in science must uphold the standard for quality, not productivity without a good standard.
期刊介绍:
International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation publishes original research papers and reviews on the biological causes of deterioration or degradation.