Ideometrics: a scientific approach to generating, evaluating, and prioritising ideas.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This paper introduces and describes a new integrative scientific approach - ideometrics - building on the 'sense of ideas' and 'value of information' concepts. Ideometrics is the emerging field of generating, evaluating, and prioritising ideas.

Methods

Focused on the generation, evaluation and prioritisation of ideas, we identified and then mapped the landscape of methodological approaches that have been used over time, disciplines, and epistemic paradigms across many areas of human enquiry. Although these often appeared to arise independently, isolated by geographical and disciplinary boundaries, they share remarkable conceptual and structural similarities, from creative ideation, balancing of subjective and objective criteria, to iterative refinement. Finally, w

SUBMITTER: Rudan I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12904029 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature