# Research Gaps

> Surface candidate research gaps (under-studied combinations and themes).

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:alt: Research Gaps
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The Research Gaps widget.
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## Overview

Heuristically surfaces candidate **research gaps** — e.g. concept pairs that
rarely co-occur, declining-but-unresolved themes, or sparsely covered
combinations — and ranks them, with a breakdown by gap type. A starting point
for positioning new work, not a substitute for domain reading.

## Inputs
- **Data** (`Table`) — bibliographic data.

## Outputs
- **Gaps** (`Table`) — ranked candidate gaps.
- **Summary** (`Table`) — gap counts by type.

## Controls
- *(uses sensible defaults; results appear in the Ranked gaps view)*

**Actions:** `Find Gaps`.
