Disruption Is Not Intrinsic: Evidence from Patent–Paper Pairs

René Carraz, Van-Thien Nguyen, Pierre Pelletier, Alex Jie Yang and Kyle Higham
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René Carraz: Toyo University = Tōyō Daigaku = 東洋大学
Van-Thien Nguyen: Toyo University = Tōyō Daigaku = 東洋大学
Pierre Pelletier: BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - AgroParisTech - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) - Université de Haute-Alsace (UHA) Mulhouse - Colmar - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Alex Jie Yang: NJU - Nanjing University
Kyle Higham: Motu Economic and Public Policy Research

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Abstract: Do research ideas retain their disruptive character when they are disclosed through both scientific papers and patented inventions? Disruption indicators are widely used to assess whether contributions redirect or consolidate knowledge trajectories, but they are typically applied separately to papers and patents. Using a large dataset of patent--paper pairs, this study introduces a disruption gap indicator that compares the relative disruptive positioning of paired outputs originating from the same research project. The results show that disruptiveness is not preserved across disclosure domains: patents tend to occupy more disruptive positions than their associated papers, and asymmetric configurations are widespread. Econometric analyses further show that this divergence is associated with organizational context, knowledge-base structure, and citation environments. These findings suggest that disruption is not an intrinsic property of ideas alone, but varies with the institutional context and disclosure channel through which knowledge is articulated. By directly comparing paired scientific and technological outputs, the study advances research on science--technology linkages and clarifies how disruption metrics behave across domains.

Keywords: Patent-paper pair; Disruption; Science-technology; Innovation; Patent (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026-10-12
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6811561

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