I am planning a presentation about research novelty for MS students in the health/medical/biological fields in my home country. My emphasis will be on differentiating between adding knowledge and presenting local information. An example is presenting new findings on the relationship between clinical and/or laboratory characteristics of a particular patient group versus presenting clinical and/or laboratory data of such a group in a limited hospital setting. I can assess on my own whether a study is of the first or second type, but that would be like presenting my own point of view. I would grateful if someone can point me to resources that discuss examples of novelty and its lack rather than only the general definition of novelty. Input based on personal experience would also be valuable.
I would like to add that the rational given for many studies reporting local information in my home country is that it has not been studied there before, while there is no reason to indicate that it might be different from anywhere else.
Respected Sir,
An extensive review of literature will be helpful in finding gaps in the knowledge, both at local and international level. Studies filling those gaps will be novel. Any improvement in the knowledge (both local or international) is welcome, because what is observed for Western population may not be totally relevant to African, Asian or European population. Novelty doesn't mean an outstanding breakthrough every time, but a small improvement on previous knowledge is.
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