Research

My research has three main streams. First, I examine evaluation processes - how organizations evaluate innovative ideas, seeking to uncover biases in such evaluations and policies to reduce them. 

• Is novel research worth doing? Evidence from peer review (PNAS)

• Social influence among evaluators: negative information dominates (Management Science)

• Lack of peer reviewer diversity advantages authors from wealthier countries (SocArxiv)

• The effect of trainee career intentions on mentorship availability (SSRN)

Second, I examine knowledge flows - how factors like technology, location, and culture affect the diffusion of scientific ideas, often resulting in disparities in whose ideas become visible.

• In-person presentations increase intentional and serendipitous diffusion (Arxiv)

• Being together in place as a catalyst for scientific advance (Research Policy)

• Gender differences in self-promotion in science (Arxiv)

Third, I study how to best measure innovation.

• Citations are a biased measure of influence (Research Policy)

• The effect of rhetorical citations on science (Nature Communications)

I am also interested in how the design of online platforms like Wikipedia and Twitter/X affects the content users create and share. 

• Ideologically diverse teams produce better knowledge (Nature Human Behavior)

• Accessibility and the diffusion of science (JASIST)