Disruption Index

Are papers consolidating or disrupting their field (CD index)?

Overview

Computes the disruption (CD) index for papers from their citation/reference structure: a disruptive paper eclipses the work it builds on (later papers cite it but not its references), whereas a consolidating paper is co-cited with its predecessors. Returns per-paper scores and aggregates by entity (author, source, year). Requires references / citation linkage.

Inputs

Data (Table) — data with references (and citation links).

Outputs

Disruption (Table) — per-paper disruption metrics.
Aggregated (Table) — disruption aggregated by entity.
Enhanced Data (Table) — input with disruption columns.
Selected Documents (Table) — papers selected in the plot.

Controls

Analysis Type — per-paper vs aggregated-by-entity.
Min Documents / Top N — thresholds for the aggregated view.
Add disruption to dataset — append the score columns to the data output.
Show visualization / Show statistics on plot — display toggles.
Plot Type — chart style.
Auto apply — recompute on change.

Actions: Analyze, View Data →, Export to Excel.