Global nanotechnology research metrics

Kostoff, Ronald N.; Koytcheff, Raymond G.; Lau, Clifford G. Y.

doi:10.1007/s11192-007-0303-5

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“…Naturally, the analysis of trends and patterns of patenting activity in emerging industries is a popular subject of research. Among these, nanotechnology has been experiencing rapid development which leaves traces through growth in research grants, the publication of academic papers and the granting of patents (Hullmann 2006;Kostoff et al 2007;Alencar et al 2007;Takeda et al 2009;Porter et al 2008;Dang et al 2010;Grieneisen 2010). Numerous countries have put in place initiatives to foster their scientific and technological capabilities in this field (Alencar et al 2007;Li et al 2009).…”

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Discovering and assessing fields of expertise in nanomedicine: a patent co-citation network perspective

2012

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Document publié chez l'éditeur commercial ABSTRACTDiscovering and assessing fields of expertise in emerging technologies from patent data is not straightforward. First, patent classification in an emerging technology being far from complete, the definitions of the various applications of its inventions are embedded within communities of practice. Because patents must contain full record of prior art, co-citation networks can, in theory, be used to identify and delineate the inventive effort of these communities of practice. However, the use patent citations for the purpose of measuring technological relatedness is not obvious because they can be added by examiners. Second, the assessment of the development stage of emerging industries has been mostly done through simple patent counts. Because patents are not all valuable, a better way of evaluating an industry's stage of development would be to use multiple patent quality metrics as well as economic activity agglomeration indicators. The purpose of this article is to validate the use of 1) patent citations as indicators of technological relatedness, and 2) multiple indicators for assessing an industry's development stage. Greedy modularity optimization of the 'Canadian-made' nanotechnology patent co-citation network shows that patent citations can effectively be used as indicators of technological relatedness. Furthermore, the use of multiple patent quality and economic agglomeration indicators offers better assessment and forecasting potential than simple patent counts.

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Discovering and assessing fields of expertise in nanomedicine: a patent co-citation network perspective

2012

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“…They show that although Canada is among the top countries producing nanotechnology research, its contribution is relatively low 1 (Yegul et al, 2008). In the study of Kostoff et al (2007), Canada ranks only 13 th in terms of production of nanotechnology papers, and according to Miyazaki and Islam (2007), Canada ranks 10 th even though its share in overall publications is steadily rising. Canada seems to be more successful in nanotechnology patenting: Li et al (2007) place Canadian patent assignees to the 5 th rank.…”

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Is Canadian intellectual property leaving Canada? A study of nanotechnology patenting

Beaudry

Schiffauerova

2011

J Technol Transf

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Document publié chez l'éditeur commercialDocument issued by the commercial publisher Titre de la revue:Journal Title: The Journal of Technology Transfer AbstractIn this study we explore the patent ownership for the innovations created by Canadian nanotechnology inventors. We find that although there is a great innovative potential and inventive productivity among Canadian researchers, a lot of the intellectual property actually leaves the country: Around 50% of the nanotechnology patents invented by Canadian inventors are owned by foreign assignees. We also note the predominance of private companies among the patent owners. Almost one third of all the Canadian-invented nanotechnology patents is assigned to a single American firm, Xerox Corporation. Furthermore, we explore the role of Canadian nanotechnology star inventors. The results show that the fruits of their great inventive productivity are collected outside Canada.

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“…Countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America have made substantive investments in the field of nanotechnology, and some are even said to be world leaders in the field. [37][38][39][40] India, for one, has been systematically investing in nanotechnology since 2002 and has become the sixth most prolific country in terms of nanotechnology publications, ahead of countries such as The Netherlands and England. [41] Research on nanotechnology in India has addressed issues including the governance of risks, laboratory practices, public-private partnerships, and the benefits for development objectives; [42][43][44][45] each building on the view that nanotechnology can thus affect "developed" countries as much as it can affect "developing" countries.…”

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Publics, issues, and nanotechnology in Indian news media

Beumer¹

2015

J Sci Res

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This article explores the relation between nanotechnology and the public in India. Nanotechnology is expected to have far-reaching consequences for developing countries and India has been particularly active in supporting the technology. This article contributes to the emerging literature on nanotechnology and the public by using a concept of the public that diverges from conventional accounts. Rather than assuming the public view coincides with the average opinion of the population of a certain territory, this article uses a concept of the public that was developed by the pragmatist philosopher, John Dewey, who defines the public in relation to the issue at hand. As an experiment, this article empirically studies the views of issue-based publics by analyzing the nanotechnology coverage of the Times of India. A total of 273 articles were identified between 2000 until 2010. The findings suggest that the main issue is the concern of missing out on the benefits of nanotechnology, in particular for various social groups in India and for the country itself. The view of the issue-based public is that more care is required for the positive consequences of nanotechnology to land in India.

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Global nanotechnology research metrics

Cited by 61 publications

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Discovering and assessing fields of expertise in nanomedicine: a patent co-citation network perspective

Discovering and assessing fields of expertise in nanomedicine: a patent co-citation network perspective

Is Canadian intellectual property leaving Canada? A study of nanotechnology patenting

Publics, issues, and nanotechnology in Indian news media

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