Novelty

One way to think about novelty is Combinatorial novelty. In many cases, something is novel because it creates new combinations of existing things.

In AI/Machine learning, novelty(-seeking) is sometimes a guiding principle for the agent. Boult2021towards attempts to formalize the notion of novelty in this context.

Askin2017what and O’Toole2022novelty study how novelty and popularity correlate.

Teplitskiy2022novel argues that novel papers are more likely to be accepted in the Peer review process.