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One outstanding path from A to B

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What does it mean for an individual to be ‘important’ or for a connection to be ‘outstanding’? The answer depends on context, as Sarah Shugars and Samuel V. Scarpino explain.

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  1. Center for Data Science, New York University, New York, NY, USA

    Sarah Shugars

  2. Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

    Samuel V. Scarpino

  3. Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, NM, USA

    Samuel V. Scarpino

  4. Vermont Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Samuel V. Scarpino

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Shugars, S., Scarpino, S.V. One outstanding path from A to B. Nat. Phys. 17, 540 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-021-01222-2

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