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Novelty and Contribution Positioning

A paper's contribution is not what it does -- it's what it does that hasn't been done before. But the *motivation* for the paper must come from the world, not from the literature. The strongest papers start with a phenomenon, puzzle, or paradox that demands explanation, and only then show that existing knowledge does not resolve it. The literature check is confirmatory -- it verifies that the ques

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E2ER bundled skills
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E2ER contributors
Licence
MIT
Source file
bhanneke/E2ER-project/blob/orgsci-mvp/skills/files/reasoning/novelty.md
Identifier
e2er/reasoning/novelty

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@software{e2ercontributors2026noveltyandcontributionpo,
  title   = {Novelty and Contribution Positioning},
  author  = {E2ER contributors},
  year    = {2026},
  note    = {E2ER skill. Persistent identifier planned},
  url     = {https://github.com/bhanneke/E2ER-project/blob/orgsci-mvp/skills/files/reasoning/novelty.md}
}
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Description

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Discipline
Economics
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Research stage
Hypotheses
Contributors
E2ER contributors (Software, Methodology)
Usage
used in 1 template · 1 published study · loaded by 1 specialist · Examples: 3 example studies
Source
E2ER repository · skills/files · @3b91f0e
Record
skill:e2er/reasoning/novelty · JSON

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