Sparking Scientific Creativity via LLM-Driven Interdisciplinary Inspiration

Kargupta, Mehri, Hakkani-Tur & Han (2026). Idea-Catalyst is a framework that explicitly targets the brainstorming stage of research, retrieving analogous concepts from external disciplines to avoid premature anchoring. Empirically improves average novelty by 21% and insightfulness by 16%. A practical tool with real potential for AI-assisted research ideation.