
The disruption index (DI1), while widely used to measure disruptive research, suffers from significant analytical flexibility, leading to a multiverse of potential results and threatening the credibility of bibliometric research. The authors advocate for the adoption of multiverse-style methods to enhance transparency and robustness in the field.


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The Impact of Analytical Flexibility on the Disruption Index and the Need for Multiverse-Style Methods in Bibliometrics
