Score breakdown

The Hardware Lottery

paper-0137 · paper · 2021

Sara Hooker

Research directions win because hardware favors them; a structural critique of progress.

Academic, score -0.2178

MetricStatusValueNorm.WeightContributionSourceConfidenceProvenance
citation_countpresent29.00.0001260.56.3e-05OpenAlexhighlink
library_holdingsmissingrecorded as missing, penalized by rule, never imputed−0.1recorded as missing; penalized by rule, never imputed
readership_persistencepresent3.00.1428570.050.007143OpenAlexmediumlink
syllabus_adoptionsmissingrecorded as missing, penalized by rule, never imputed−0.125recorded as missing; penalized by rule, never imputed

Broad Influence, score -0.1428

MetricStatusValueNorm.WeightContributionSourceConfidenceProvenance
citation_countpresent29.00.0001260.22.5e-05OpenAlexhighlink
library_holdingsmissingrecorded as missing, penalized by rule, never imputed−0.125recorded as missing; penalized by rule, never imputed
readership_persistencepresent3.00.1428570.40.057143OpenAlexmediumlink
syllabus_adoptionsmissingrecorded as missing, penalized by rule, never imputed−0.075recorded as missing; penalized by rule, never imputed

Governance Practitioner, score -0.3107

MetricStatusValueNorm.WeightContributionSourceConfidenceProvenance
citation_countpresent29.00.0001260.253.2e-05OpenAlexhighlink
library_holdingsmissingrecorded as missing, penalized by rule, never imputed−0.15recorded as missing; penalized by rule, never imputed
readership_persistencepresent3.00.1428570.10.014286OpenAlexmediumlink
syllabus_adoptionsmissingrecorded as missing, penalized by rule, never imputed−0.175recorded as missing; penalized by rule, never imputed

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